Dr. Neeraj V S

Designation: Assistant Professor
Education qualification:  Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

Professional Experience
Teaching experience: 1 years

Non-Teaching experience: 3years

  • Assistant Professor (Adhoc) at Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam
  • Assistant Engineer at Wimpey Laboratories LLC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Engineering Apprentice at VSSC-ISRO, Trivandrum (TVM)
  • Graduate Engineering Apprentice at Kerala State Pollution Control Board – Head office (TVM)

Education

DegreeInstituteSpecializationYear
Ph.D.National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NITT)Chemical Engineering – Electrochemical Wastewater treatment2025
M.TechIndian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (IIST)Material Science & Technology2017
B.TechTKM College of Engineering, Kollam (TKMCE)Chemical Engineering2014

Professional Activities

Conference attended

  1. Environmentally Benign Processes, Products and Materials for Sustainable Ecosystem (EBPPM 2021), NITT.
  2. International Conference – CHEMCON 2022, HBTU – IIT, Kanpur.
  3. International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry (SusChemE 2.0), 2023, ICT Mumbai.

Faculty Development Programmes

  1. Statistical Tools in Research and Data Analysis, 2021, COVAS, Parbhani.
  2. Biowaste to Bioenergy: Future Sustainable Energy Source, 2021, ATAL.
  3. Waste Technology – Energy Conservation & Utilization, 2021, ATAL.
  4. Nanostructure Material & Their Applications, 2021, ATAL.
  5. Sustainable Engineering and Carbon Neutrality, 2025, ATAL.
  6. Sustainable Urban Waste Management: Combining Centralized, Decentralized Systems with AI Innovation, 2025, ATAL.
  7. Green Hydrogen and the Future of Renewable Energy Systems, 2025, ATAL.

Membership

  1. Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Life Associate Member – LAM-73578
  2. The institute of Engineers (India) (IEI), Associate member – AM3205205

Research Interest

• Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment
• Waste-to-Wealth Technologies
• Resource Recovery and Waste Valorisation
• Sustainable Process Engineering
• Functional Materials for Environmental Applications

Publication

  1. Jayalakshmi Balraj, J., V S Neeraj., Shukla, K., & Karuppan, M. Sustainable edible film development from potato starch, sunflower oil, and sugarcane bagasse fibers. Chemical Product and Process Modeling  (2026). https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2025-0082
  2. Kartikeya Shukla Harini Subalakshmi M, Aathish Gurunathan, Imthiaz Ahmed M., Rishikesh Dhanaji Mohite, Sayyad Abdulla, Shaik Sharfoon, V S Neeraj, Karuppan Muthukumar, Yi-Feng Lin, Photocatalytic Degradation of Amoxicillin Using ZnO Derived from ZIF-8 Nanosheets, Chemistry select 10(38) (2025) e03511. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202503511
  3. V.S. Neeraj, Sumant, S., Muthukumar, K., & Muthukumar, K. (2025). Kitchen wastewater degradation using electrochemical reactor. Environmental Technology, 46(23), 4597–4609. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2025.2513686
  4. V.S. Neeraj, A. Appusamy, M. Karuppan, E-Waste-Derived Electrode for Electrooxidation of Kitchen Wastewater, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 63 (2024) 13480–13490. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01344.
  5. V.S. Neeraj, M. Yashwanth, B. Pavan Kalyan, A. Appusamy, K. Muthukumar, Improved kitchenwastewater treatment using PbO2-coated graphite electrode, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society101 (2024) 101453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2024.101453.
  6. More. A, V.S. Neeraj, K. Muthukumar, Electrochemical Treatment of Dye Wastewater in a Filter Press Type Electrochemical Reactor, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. E (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40034-023- 00270-y.
  7. More. A, V.S. Neeraj, A. Arunagiri, K. Muthukumar, Ultrasound-assisted electrochemical oxidation of synthetic dye wastewater, Indian Chemical Engineer 65 (2023) 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00194506.2023.2280637.
  8. V.S. Neeraj, A. Arunangiri, K. Muthukumar, Treatment of Kitchen Wastewater in a Batch Electrochemical Reactor, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E 104 (2023).https://doi.org/10.1007/s40034-022-00262-4.
  9. V.S. Neeraj, M. Yashwanth, B. Pavan Kalyan, K. Shukla, A. Arunagiri, K. Muthukumar, Intensified treatment of kitchen wastewater in a filter- press type electrochemical reactor, Chemical Engineering and    Processing    –    Process    Intensification    193    (2023)    109552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2023.109552.
  10. V.S. Neeraj, P. Wilson, S. Vijayan, K. Prabhakaran, Porous ceramics with a duplex pore structure by compression molding of alumina-NaCl paste in molten sucrose, Ceramics International 43 (2017) 14107–14113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.07.149.

Book Chapter

  1. Durgadevi, Selvaraj, Susaimanickam Anto, and V S Neeraj “Engineered Biochar Preparation and Its Application in Biofuel Technologies.” Emerging Materials for Biofuel Developments. CRC Press, 2025. 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003668893

Achievement

  • Achieved finalist position in Kritagya Hackathon 2.0, organized by NAHEP and ICAR.

Contact Details

Ph  8086980699

Email: neeraj.vs@saintgits.org, neerajvsneeni@gmail.com

Website:https://sites.google.com/view/neerajvs/bio?authuser=0

Linkedin   https://www.linkedin.com/in/neerajvsneeni/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8LOGoecAAAAJ&hl=en