Biodiesel is a sustainable alternative to petroleum diesel produced by trans-esterification of vegetable oils in a presence of a catalyst. The present study investigates heterogeneous transesterification of algal oil to biodiesel using novel calcium doped zinc oxide nanocatalysts synthesized using UV shaker. The developed catalyst was under different light sources UV and non UV, different calcium concentrations (0.01, 0.03, 0.05 M) and different calcination temperature (600,700,800°C). The catalyst has been characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Energy Dispersive Spectra (EDS). The effects of the different parameters used in catalyst preparation were studied for transesterification of algal oil. The catalyst of 0.05M calcium loading, calcination temperature 700 °C, synthesized in UV light is considered as the most suitable nanocatalyst which achieved 99.18% yield of biodiesel. The catalyst was used three times effectively with 76% yield. The chemical properties of biodiesel have been investigated using Gas Chromatography