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Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Dr. Remya Neelancherry Associate Professor
School of Infrastructure

Research Interests

  • Microwave pyrolsis for conversion of waste to value added products
  • Advanced oxidation process for water and wastewater treatment
  • Development of novel nanocatalyst for environmental application
  • Microalgae for wastewater treatment and biofuel production
  • Agricultural and Industrial wastewater treatment

Brief Resume

Contact Details

  • 06747136630
  • 8280549054
  • remya@iitbbs.ac.in

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Education

 Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Environmental Engineering 2010 National Chiao Tung University Taiwan
  M Tech Civil (Environmental) Engineering 2006 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (DAAD scholar - RWTH Aachen Germany)
 

Biosketch

 

Teaching

  • Environmental Nanotechnology & Applications
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Environmental Chemistry & Microbiology
  • Geo-environmental management
  • Water and Wastewater Engineering
  • Bioremediation Technology
  • Environmental Pollution Control Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering I (Water supply engineering)
  • Environmental Engineering (Water and Wastewater Engineering)
  • Environmental studies; Environmental Studies in Civil Engineering
  • Surveying
  • Environmental Engineering Laboratory
  • Environmental Design Sessional
  • Water and Wastewater Engineering Laboratory
  • Civil Engineering Workshop
  • Engineering Drawing & Graphics

Projects

      Research Projects:

  • Pilot-scale demonstration of solar-power driven microwave pyrolysis unit for upcycling conversion of end-of-life RO membrane material into biofuels, WTI-DST, Role - PI, Budget - 1.02 Cr [Ongoing].  
  • Biomass to biomass pellets through microwave torrefaction, TIC, Role - PI; Budget - 2 Lakhs [Ongoing].  
  • Novel scalable algal reactor for simultaneous wastewater treatment and biofuel production, TIC, Role - PI; Budget - 1.45 Lakhs [Ongoing].  
  • Upgradation of Bio-oil recovered from Microwave pyrolysis of solid waste, ERC, 8 Lakhs [Completed]  
  • Design and analysis of reactor for catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic: A treatment technique for mixed solid waste, SERB-DST, Role - PI, Budget - 31.8 Lakhs [Completed]  
  • Greywater treatment and reuse by combined sequencing batch reactor and solar photocatalytic reactor, WTI-DST, Role - PI, Budget - 22.04  Lakhs [Completed]  
  • Microwave photocatalytic treatment for soft drink beverage industry wastewater, Seed Grant IIT BBS, Role - PI, Budget - 10 Lakhs [Completed]

Consultancy Projects:

  • Feasibility study on utilization of overburden material of Bhubaneswari Open Cast Project for different purposes and void backfilling, Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd, Role - PI, Buget - 29.95 Lakh [On-going]
  • Proof checking of design and drawing of civil constructions and WTP process pertaining to Angul, Nayagarh and Jajpur districts, Kalpataru Projects International Ltd, Role - PI, Buget - 17.70 Lakh [On-going]
  • Assesment of quality of coal samples, Coal India Ltd, Role - PI, Buget - 3.658 Lakh [Completed]
  • Quality Assessment of some Indian coals, Coal India Ltd, Role - PI, Buget - 2.419 Lakh [Completed]
  • Environmental Audit of CHWTSDF, Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd, Role – Co-PI, Buget – 4.29 Lakh [Completed]

Recent Publications (International Journals)

1Srinadh, R. V., & Remya, N. (2024). Congo red Removal using Microwave assisted Pyrolysis derived Magnetic Hemp hurd Biochar. Chemical Engineering Research and Design.
2Remya Neelancherry, Prakash Binnal, N. Keerthi Kumar, Ranjeet Kumar Misra, N. R. Banapurmath, Ashok M. Sajjan, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, Sarfaraz Kamangar, Mohammed Alqahtani, "Evaluating the combined influence of microwave‑enhanced alkali pretreatment and copyrolysis on characteristics of biochars produced by thermal and microwave pyrolysis", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-024-13587-6
3Parvees, Ahamed, Upasana Priyadarshini, and Neelancherry Remya. "Visible Light induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue using Carbon Fibre Cloth-Bismuth oxybromide–Water Hyacinth derived Silver Nanocomposite." Environmental Research (2024): 119787.
4Verma, A., Priyadarshini, U. & Remya, N. Solar photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin using biochar supported zinc oxide- tungsten oxide photocatalyst. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33764-2
5Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya. "Exploring effects of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus on greywater treatment by polyculture microalgae using response surface methodology and machine learning, Journal of Environmental Management (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120728
6Aggarwal Mohit, V Kuttickal Mishel, Neelancherry Remya, Life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis of biofuels produced from polyculture microalgae cultivated in greywater, Journal of Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120711
7Mohit, Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya, Upasana Priyadarshini. "Multifaceted application of modified biochar for water and wastewater treatment" Environmental Quality Management (2024), https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.22170
8Mistry, Chintan, Dadi Venkata Surya, Ramesh Potnuri, Tanmay Basak, Pandian Siva Kumar, Chinta Sankar Rao, Ribhu Gautam, Palla Sridhar, Himanshu Choksi, and Neelancherry Remya. "Effective electronic waste valorization via microwave-assisted pyrolysis: investigation of graphite susceptor and feedstock quantity on pyrolysis using experimental and polynomial regression techniques." Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023): 1-17
9Potnuri, Ramesh, Dadi Venkata Surya, Chinta Sankar Rao, Abhishek Yadav, Veluru Sridevi, and Neelancherry Remya. "A review on analysis of biochar produced from microwave-assisted pyrolysis of agricultural waste biomass." Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (2023): 106094.
10Mohit, Aggarwal, and Neelancherry Remya. "Optimization of biochar production from greywater grown polyculture microalgae using microwave pyrolysis." Bioresource Technology (2023): 129666.
11Roy, S.V., Raychaudhuri, A., Behera, M., Neelancherry, R., Elimination of pharmaceuticals from wastewater using microbial fuel cell-based bio-electro-Fenton process, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023), doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-28424-w.
12Mohit, A., & Remya, N. (2023). Pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics study of native polyculture microalgae using thermogravimetric analysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-9.
13Kachhadiya, K., Patel, D., Vijaybhai, G.J., Raghuvanshi, P., Surya, D.V., Dharaskar, S., Kumar, G.P., Reddy, B.R., Remya, N., Kumar, T.H. and Basak, T., 2023. Conversion of waste polystyrene into valuable aromatic hydrocarbons via microwave-assisted pyrolysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-14.
14Patil, A., Remya, N., Singhal, N., & Dubey, B. K. (2023). Walnut shell biochar supported TiO2–g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst for solar photocatalytic degradation of congo red. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-11.
15Manna, S., Remya. N., Singhal, N., 2023. Advancements in S-scheme photocatalytic material for wastewater treatment, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(3),109838. https://10.1016/j.jece.2023.109838
16Swain, A., Remya, N., 2023. Oxidative and Photochemical Processes for Soft Drink–Industry Wastewater Treatment. J. Hazardous, Toxic, Radioact. Waste 27. https://doi.org/10.1061/jhtrbp.hzeng-1206
17Mohit, A., Remya, N., 2023. Low-Cost Greywater Treatment Using Polyculture Microalgae—Microalgal Growth, Organics, and Nutrient Removal Subject to pH and Temperature Variations During the Treatment. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04371-7
18Neha, S., Remya, N., 2023. Optimization of biochar production from microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and low-density polyethylene. Biomass Convers. Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03948-w
19Sudarsh, A., Remya, N., Swain, A., 2023. Recent research advancements in microwave photocatalytic treatment of aqueous solutions. Environ. Monit. Assess. 195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-10604-9
20Aggarwal, M., Neelancherry, R., 2022. Greywater Treatment Using Polyculture Microalgae – Microalgal Growth, Organics, and Nutrient Removal Subject to pH and Temperature Variations During the Treatment. SSRN Electron. J. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3982158
21Jayasree, P., Remya, N., 2022. Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol using TiO2 Supported on Waste-Recovered Aluminosilcate, in: Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2_14
22Mishra, B., Aggarwal, M., Remya, N., 2022. Application of Biochar for Removal of Emerging Contaminants, in: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8367-1_10
23Neha, S., Prasanna Kumar Ramesh, K., Remya, N., 2022. Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and low-density polyethylene. Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessments 52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102356
24Neha, S., Rajput, P., Remya, N., 2022. Biochar from microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and polyethylene using different microwave susceptors – Production, modification and application for metformin removal. Environ. Res. 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.112922
25Neha, S., Remya, N., 2022. Co-production of biooil and biochar from microwave co-pyrolysis of food-waste and plastic using recycled biochar as microwave susceptor. Sustain. Energy Technol. Assessments 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102892
26Neha, S., Remya, N., 2022. Raw and processed data set for optimization of bio-oil production from microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and low-density polyethylene with response surface methodology. Data Br. 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108093
27Neha, S., Remya, N., 2022. Thermochemical conversion of comingled food waste to bio-oil through microwave copyrolysis using different susceptors. Biomass Convers. Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02449-6
28Neha, S., Remya, N., Pedro, S.F.M., Thybaut, J.W., da Silva, W.R., Wisniewski, A., 2022. Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil obtained from microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and low-density polyethylene. Process Safety and Environmental Protection 166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.07.056
29Priyanka, K., Behera, M., Remya, N., 2022. Greywater treatment in SBR-SND reactor - optimization of hydraulic retention time, volumetric exchange ratio and sludge retention time. Environ. Technol. (United Kingdom). https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2022.2072238
30Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M., 2022. Solar Photocatalysis using N-doped TiO2 for Greywater Treatment: Optimisation of Operational Parameters, in: Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2_13
31Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M., 2022. Sequential biological and solar photocatalytic treatment system for greywater treatment. Water Sci. Technol. 86. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.229
32Prashanth, V., Priyanka, K., Remya, N., 2021. Solar photocatalytic degradation of metformin by TiO2synthesized using Calotropis gigantea leaf extract. Water Sci. Technol. 83. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2021.040
33Priyanka, K., Remya, N., Behera, M., 2021. Greywater Treatment in Continuous Flow Solar Photocatalytic Reactor Using Graphite Supported Nitrogen-Doped TiO2, in: Environmental Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75278-1_15
34Shardul R Narde, Neelancherry Remya*(2022)Biochar production from agricultural biomass through microwave-assisted pyrolysis: predictive modelling and experimental validation of biochar yield, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10.1007/s10668-021-01898-9.
35Insha Wani, Shradul R Narde, Xilong Huang, Neelancherry Remya, Vinod Kushvaha, Ankit Garg (2021)Reviewing role of biochar in controlling soil erosion and considering future aspect of production using microwave pyrolysis process for the same, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 10.1007/s13399-021-02060-1
36Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya* (2021) Optimization of Bio-oil production from Microwave Co-pyrolysis of Food Waste and Low-Density Polyethylene with Response Surface Methodology, Journal of Environmental Management (297). 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113345
37Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya* (2021) Application of Native Mix Algal Strain for Gray Water Treatment and Biofuel Production: Preliminary Study, ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 25(2): 04020070, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE).
38Aggarwal, M., Remya, N.*, 2022. The State-of-the-Art Production of Biofuel from Microalgae with Simultaneous Wastewater Treatment: Influence of Process Variables on Biofuel Yield and Production Cost. Bioenergy Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-021-10277-1
39Prashanth, V., Remya, N.*, 2021. Synthesis of TiO2 Using Calotropis gigantea for Visible Light Excitation and Degradation of Congo Red Dye . J. Hazardous, Toxic, Radioact. Waste 25. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)hz.2153-5515.0000632
40Bareen Bushra, Neelancherry Remya* (2021) Biochar from pyrolysis of rice husk biomass characteristics, modification and environmental application, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01092-3
41Kumari Priyanka, Neelancherry Remya*, Manaswini Behera (2020) Greywater treatment using modified solar photocatalyst - degradation, kinetics, pathway and toxicity analysis, Separation and Purification Technology 251(15):117319
42Pyla Jayasree, Neelancherry Remya* (2021) Photocatalytic degradation of paracetamol using aluminosilicate supported TiO2, Water Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2020.484
43Diptiprakash Sahoo, Neelancherry Remya* (2020) Influence of operating parameters on the microwave pyrolysis of rice husk: biochar yield, energy yield, and property of biochar, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00914-8.
44Namitha Nambiar, Neelancherry Remya*, George K Varghese, (2020) Effective reuse of waste material as an amendment in composite landfill liner - Assessment of geotechnical properties and pollutant retention capacity, Waste Management & Research, 38(2) 134-141.
45Ankit Singh, Neelancherry Remya* (2020) Estimation of fate of sulfamethoxazole in soil by adsorption test and diffusion cell test - a comparative analysis, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 25(4):441.
46Anil Swain, Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya* (2020) Treatment of Wastewater from Beverage/Soft Drink Industry by Microwave Photolytic Process, Recent Developments in Waste Management. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 57. Springer, Singapore.
47Kumari Priyanka, Manaswini, Remya Neelancherry (2020) Graywater Treatment in Sequencing Batch Reactor Using Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification, and Phosphorus Removal, with Kinetic Studies of Phosphate Adsorption onto Corncob, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 24 (3): 04020017.
48Neha Shukla, Diptiprakash Sahoo, Neelancherry Remya* (2019) Biochar from microwave pyrolysis of rice husk for tertiary wastewater treatment and soil nourishment, Journal of Cleaner Production 235, 1073-1079
49Neha Shukla,Neelancherry Remya* (2021) Microwave photo-oxidation with diverse oxidants for Congo red degradation: Effect of oxidants, degradation pathway and economic analysis, Environmental Technology, DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1670737.
50Kumari Priyanka, Neelancherry Remya, Manaswini Behera (2019) Comparison of titanium dioxide-based catalysts preparation methods in the mineralization and nutrients removal from greywater by solar photocatalysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 1-10
51Remya Neelancherry*, Anil Swain (2019) Soft drink industry wastewater treatment in microwave photocatalytic system - Exploration of removal efficiency and degradation mechanism, Separation and Purification Technology, 210, 600-607
52Ayshwarya Sudhakar, Neelancherry Remya*, George K Varghese (2017) Estimation of effect of sugarcane bagasse biochar amendment in landfill soil cover on geotechnical properties and landfill gas emission, Environmental Quality Management 27, 33-39.
53Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin (2017) Application of Central Composite Design and Response Surface Methodology for Carbofuran Degradation in Microwave-Granular activated carbon System, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5(5), 4751-4758.
54M A Vishnuganth, Neelancherry Remya, Mathava Kumar, N. Selvaraju (2017) Carbofuran removal in continuous-photocatalytic reactor: Reactor optimization, rate- constant determination and carbofuran degradation pathway analysis, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part-B, 1-8, 52(5), 353-360
55Vishnuganth M.A, Remya Neelancherry, Kumar M, Selvaraju N (2016) “Photocatalytic degradation of carbofuran by TiO2-coated activated carbon: Model for kinetic, electrical energy per order and economic analysis”, Journal of Environmental Management 181, 201-207.
56Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin (2015) “Microwave-Granular Activated Carbon (MW-GAC) system for carbofuran degradation - Analysis of characteristics and recyclability of the spent GAC”, Desalination and water treatment 53, 1621-1631.
57M A Vishnuganth, S Rangabhashiyam, Neelancherry Remya, Mathava Kumar, N. Selvaraju (2015) Optimization of GAC supported TiO2 photocatalytic process for competent carbofuran removal from an aqueous system, Journal of scientific and industrial research, 74, 225-231.
58Raju C Asha, M. A. Vishnuganth, Neelancherry Remya, N. Selvaraju, Mathava kumar, (2015) “Livestock wastewater treatment in batch and continuous photocatalytic systems: performance and economic analyses”, Water, air and soil pollution 5, 226
59Akhinesh K, Jithu G Francis, Junaid K T, Jishnulal K, Jeril Netto Joseph, Remya Neelancherry (2015) “Study of the compressive strength of concrete with various proportions of steel mill scale as fine aggregate”, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), e-ISSN : 2278-1684, p-ISSN : 2320334X, 104-109
60Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin (2011) “Microwave-assisted carbofuran degradation in the presence of GAC, ZVI, H2O2: Influence of reaction temperature and pH”, Separation and purification Technology 76, 244-252.
61Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin (2011) “Current Status of Microwave Application in Wastewater Treatment - A Review”, Chemical Engineering journal 166, 799-813.
62Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin (2011) “Carbofuran removal by the application of MW-assisted H2O2 process”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part-B 46, 350 - 359.
63Remya, N, Mathava Kumar, Mohan, S, Rafig Azzam (2011) “Influence of Organic Matter and Solute Concentration in Nitrate Sorption”, Bioresource Technology 102, 5283-5289.
64Remesan Renji, M. Syamaladevi Roopesh,Nelancherry Remya, P.S Preman (2007). “Wet Land Paddy Weeding- A Comprehensive Comparative Study from South India”. Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR E-journal. Vol. IX., Manuscript PM 07 011.
65Remesan Renji, M. Syamaladevi Roopesh,Nelancherry Remya, P.S Preman (2007). “Performance Analysis of wetland paddy weeders”. India Agricultural Science Abstracts.
66Neelancherry, R., & Suriapparao, D. V. (2024). Microwave-assisted techniques for conversion of waste into value-added products in integrated bio-refinery. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2024), 1-1, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32575-9
67Neelancherry, R., Amornsakchai, P., & Wisniewski Jr, A. Biomass conversion and utilization for remediation of contaminated systems. Environmental Quality Management (2024), https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.22206

Conferences (International)

1Rejeti Venkata Srinadh, Rinku Kumar Mahawar, Upasana Priyadarshini, Neelancherry Remya, Removal of congo red and methylene blue from aqueous solution using alkali-modified commingled food waste biochar, The 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Technology for Circular Economy (SEECE), August 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
2Dhiman Kashyap, Upasana Priyadarshini, Neelancherry Remya, Visible Light induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue by Magnetically Recyclable Biochar supported Bismuth Oxybromide Nanocomposite, The 2024 International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment Technology for Circular Economy (SEECE), August 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
3Rejeti Venkata Srinadh, Dhiman Kashyap, Neelancherry Remya, Congo red removal from aqueous solution using magnetic hemp hurd biochar produced through microwave pyrolysis, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment 2023 (ICPCCE2023) from December 15 – 16 2023, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
4Rutvik Kumar, Rejeti Venkata Srinadh, Neelancherry Remya, Predictive modelling of biodiesel production from waste through transesterification, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment 2023 (ICPCCE2023) from December 15 – 16 2023, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
5Upasana Priyadarshini, Parvees Ahamed, Remya Neelancherry, Solar Photocatalytic Treatment for the Degradation of Ciprofloxacin using Modified TiO2, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE-2023) IIT Bhubaneswar, 15-16 Dec 2023
6Anil Swain, Upasana Priyadarshini, Neelancherry Remya, Microwave coupled oxidation for soft drink industry wastewater treatment, International Conference on Pollution Control for Clean Environment (ICPCCE-2023) IIT Bhubaneswar, 15-16 Dec 2023
7Bhanu Meena, Neelancherry Remya, Polyculture microalgae and ZnO/GAC-nanocomposite system for greywater treatment, 16th International Conference Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering, CESE 2023, will be held from November 5 to 9, 2023, Duxton, Perth, Australia
8Aditya Verma, Neelancherry Remya, Solar photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin using biochar supported Zn-WO3 heterojunction photocatalyst, 16th International Conference Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering, CESE 2023, will be held from November 5 to 9, 2023, Duxton, Perth, Australia
9R V Srinadh, Neelancherry Remya, Applicability of comingled foodwaste biochar as a potential fertilizer, International Conference on Solid Waste 2023 (ICSWHK2023) from May 31 - June 2 2023, Hong Kong
10Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya, Optimization of bio-oil production by microwave pyrolysis using native polyculture microalgae cultivated in greywater, ENSURE Waste. Recycle, April 10-12, Sanfransisco, USA
11Aditya Verma, Neelancherry Remya, Photocatalytic degradation of Ciprofloxacin using Biochar nano-catalyst composite, International Conference on Water: From Pollution to Purification (ICW 2023), Feb.10-12, 2023, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
12Nived S Menon, Neelancherry Remya, International Conference on Water: From Pollution to Purification (ICW 2023), Feb.10-12, 2023, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.
13Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya, Biochar production from Microwave pyrolysis of polyculture microalgae: Optimization of operational parameters using response surface methodology, International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy ICBSEE-INDIA-2022 20 - 24 June 2022, NIT Rourkela, Odisha India.
14Satyajeet Arya, Neelancherry Remya, M.G. Sujana, Preparation and characterization of TiO2/GO composites for photocatalytic degradation of selected pharmaceutical products by Advance Oxidation Process. International conference on Advances in Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (AEESD-2022), 7-8 January, 2022, In Virtual Platform.
15Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya, Biochar production from native mixed algal strains cultivated in greywater through microwave pyrolysis, 10th Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts Conference, 14-16 June 2021
16Satyajeet Arya, Neelancherry Remya, M.G. Sujana, Photocatalytic treatment of pharmaceutical products in water and wastewater using reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite: a review, 2nd International Conference on Chemical, Bio & Environmental Engineering 20-22 August, 2021.
17Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya, Bio-oil From Food Waste Through Microwave Co-pyrolysis, 3rd International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, 17-19 May, 2021
18Kumari Priyanka, Neelancherry Remya, Manaswini Behera, Greywater treatment in continuous-flow solar photocatalytic reactor using graphite supported nitrogen doped TiO2 International Conference on Sustainable Development of Water and Environment (ICSDWE) 2021, Bangkok Thailand.
19Rajput Parth, Tripathi Akash, Neelancherry Remya “Microwave co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic- Effect of microwave susceptors on the yield and property of biochar”, International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE-India-2020), March 5-7, 2020 NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India.
20Pyla Jayasree, Neelancherry Remya “Photocatalytic degradation of paracetamol using TiO2 supported on waste recovered Aluminosilicate, 3rd International Conference on waste management Recycle 2020, IIT Guwahati on Feb 13-14, 2020.
21Kumari Priyanka, Remya Neelancherry, Manaswini Behera “Solar photocatalysis using N-doped TiO2 for greywater treatment: optimization of operational parameters" presented in the 3rd International Conference on waste management Recycle 2020, IIT Guwahati from 13-14th February 2020.
22Akash Tripathi, Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya, “Effect of microwave susceptors on the microwave co-pyrolysis of food waste and plastic”, International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis in the Asian Region (PyroAsia 2019), 11-13th December 2019, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
23Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya, Pedro Simao Freitas Mendes, Joris W. Thybaut, “Effect of pretreatment and feedstock composition on the valorization of food waste and low-density polyethylene by microwave co-pyrolysis”, Chemical Research in Flanders (CRF-2), 14-16 October 2019, Blankenberge, Belgium
24Parth Rajput, Neelancherry Remya“ Biochar from microwave co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic as a potential adsorbent/catalyst support” IBI Biochar World Congress 2019, 10-14 November 2019 in Korea University, Seoul, Korea
25V Prashanth, Neelancherry Remya, Synthesis of TiO2 using Calotropis Gigantea for visible light excitation and degradation of pollutants, 9th International conference on solid waste management (ICONSWM2019), KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during November 27-30, 2019
26Kumari Priyanka, Manaswini Behera, Neelancherry Remya, Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification coupled with phosphorus removal from greywater using sequencing batch reactor, 9th International conference on solid waste management (ICONSWM2019), KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India during November 27-30, 2019.
27Karunakar Tripathy, Neelancherry Remya “Modification of filter bed to improve nitrate removal efficiency in water treatment – A preliminary study” Smart cities: Opportunities and Challenges, 14-16 March 2019, New Delhi, India.
28Diptiprakash Sahoo, Neha Shukla, Neelancherry Remya “Potential of microwave co-pyrolysis on treatment of food waste and plastic”, Smart cities: Opportunities and Challenges, 14-16 March 2019, New Delhi, India.
29Kumari Priyanka, Manaswini Behera, Remya Neelancherry, Evaluation of performance for the treatment of low strength greywater using sequencing batch reactor, 11th International Conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE-2018), 4 to 8 November 2018, Bangkok, Thailand.
30Anil Swain, Remya Neelancherry, “Analysis of Photolytic and Photocatalytic Systems for the Microwave Coupled Treatment of Soft Drink Industry Wastewater” 3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference - 13 - 16 May 2018 - Berlin, Germany.
31Anil Swain, Neelancherry Remya “Microwave photolytic treatment of soft drink industry wastewater” Recycle-2018, IIT Guwahati, India, February 22-24, 2018.
32Neelancherry Remya, Ankit Singh, Chitransh Sharma, Gadde Naveena, Kunsoth Haritha and Lakshmi P V “Diffusive leaching behaviour of sulfamethoxazole in selected soils” The 12th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE2016) Hanoi, Vietnam, November 28-30, 2016.
33Ayshwarya Sudhakar, George.K.Varghese, Remya Neelancherry “Effects of sugarcane bagasse biochar amendment on geotechnical properties of clayey silt- bentonite cover soil and landfill gas emission” 6th International conference on solid waste management (ICONSWM2016), November 23-25, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
34N Remya, S Mathava Kumar, S Mohan, R Azzam “Influences of organic matter and solute concentration in the nitrate sorption potential of three German soils: comparison of batch and diffusion-cell experiments” Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, CESE-2010, 26 September -1 October 2010 at the SEBEL, Cairns, Australia.
35Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin. “Carbofuran Degradation in the Microwave-Granular Activated Carbon (MW-GAC) system” IWA International conference 15-19 September 2011, Xi’an, China.
36Neelancherry Remya, Jih-Gaw Lin. “Analysis of microwave-zerovalent iron system for aqueous phase carbofuran removal" International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, CESE-2011, 25 - 30 September 2011 at Tainan City, Taiwan.
37Neelancherry Remya, Mathava Kumar S, Jih-Gaw Lin. “Performance evaluation of microwave assisted system for degradation of carbofuran" International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM-2014), CWRDM, Calicut India, 19 - 21 February 2014.
38Asha C Raju, B Sarat Chandra, Adarsh Shukla, Varun Kumar Reja, Krishna Anish Adusumilli, Remya Neelancherry, Mathava Kumar “Photocatalytic Treatment of Poultry Wastewater by hectorite- TiO2 aqueous suspensions” International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Research (ICCER-2014), JMC College Trichy, Tamilnadu India, 11-12 March, 2014.
39B Sarat Chandra, Remya Neelancherry, Mathava Kumar “Treatment of highly organic waste water by supported and immobilized TiO2” International conference on waste management for sustainable development (ICWMSD-2014), NSS Palakkad, Kerala.
40Ankit Singh, Remya Neelancherry “Solid Waste Management A case study of ultimate analysis and landfill design for NIT Calicut” International Conference on Materials Mechanics and Management (IMMM 2014), CET Trivandrum, India.

Conferences (National)

1Akhinesh K, Jithu G Francis, Junaid K T, Jishnulal K, Jeril Netto Joseph, Remya Neelancherry "Study of the Compressive Strength of Concrete with various proportions of Steel Mill Scale as Fine Aggregate” National Conference on Innovation in Engineering Science and Technology (NCIEST-2015), Pune, Maharashtra, India.
 

Academic Honors & Awards

  • President's advisory Commitee, Society for green environment India
  • Innovation award in the National level Green Charcoal Hackathon organized by NTPC for designing microwave torrifier for biochar production
  • Women Researcher Award in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine
  • Best paper award, International Conference on International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment and Energy (ICBSEE-India-2020)
  • Outstanding Woman In Engineering (Major Area of Study - Environmental Engineering), Venus International Women Awards - VIWA 2020
  • IconSWM Excellence Award, 9th International conference on solid waste management (ICONSWM2019),
  • Sponsorship by Ministry of Education, Taiwan to attend 2019 Sustainable Environment and Energy Development (SEED 2019) International Workshop
  • Certificate for outstanding contribution in Reviewing, Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier.
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Green Technology
  • Top Cited Papers Award for 2011 and 2012 from Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Golden Bamboo Scholarship to pursue doctoral program in Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University with full tuition waiver (2007 - 2010).
  • CIGR award for the best E-journal, CIGR International conference, 30th August – 3rd September 2008, Iguassu Falls City, Brazil.
  • Gold medal and Valli Anantharamakrishnan Merit Prize for the best performance in Civil Engineering Department, IIT Madras, Chennai (2006).
  • DAAD (German Academic Exchange Program) fellowship to carry out M Tech project in RWTH- Aachen, Germany (2005-2006).
  • MHRD (Govt of India) Scholarship (2004-06).
  • Cleared Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2004, All India Rank 65.
 

Research Scholar

Completed

Kumari Priyanka

Area of Research: Greywater treatment by combined biological and photocatalytic process

Present Affiliation: Odisha State Pollution Control Board

Neha Shukla

Area of Research: Comingled foodwaste to energy conversion through microwave copyrolysis

Present Affiliation: Aarhus University Denmark

Mohit Aggarwal

Area of Research: Microalgae for wastewater treatment and biofuel production

Present Affiliation: TERI, The energy and research institute Delhi

 

Ongoing

Anil Swain

Area of Research: Microwave assisted treatment of Industrial wastewater

Rejeti Venkata Srinadh

Area of Research: Value added products from solid waste through thermochemical conversion

Upasana Priyadarshini

Area of Research: Biochar application in environmental remediation

Sohom Chatterjee

Area of Research: Waste to Value added products

 

Professional Experience

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • Life member, Indian Water Works Association (IWWA)
  • Member, Institute of Engineers (India)
  • Member, American chemical Society
  • Member, International Association for Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (IAWEES)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers 
  • Senior Member: Asia- Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES)
  • Professional Member, Institute for Science, Engineering and Technology Research

Editorial Role

  • Editorial Board Member, Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring and Management (Springer)
  • Guest Editor, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer)
  • Guest Editor, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer)
  • Guest Editor, Environmental Quality Management (Wiley)
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Book Editor, Agricultural Waste to Value-Added Products—Technical, Economic and Sustainable Aspects (Springer)
  • Book Editor, Agricultural Waste to Value-Added Products — Bioproducts and its applications (Springer)

Book Chapter Published

  • RV Srinadh, Remya, N. Aditya V., 2024. Advancements in Hydrogen Production Technologies from Agricultural Waste, Agricultural Waste to Value-Added Products. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2535-9_3

  • RV Srinadh, Remya, N., 2024. Biochar as a Filter Media for Air Pollution Control Systems, Agricultural Waste to Value-Added Products. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2535-9_5

  • U Priyadarshini, Remya N., 2024. Application of Biochar in Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Aqueous Medium, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2535-9_7

  • Shobit J, Anush K C, Remya N., 2024. Utilization of Agricultural Wastes and By-Products in Asphalt: A Critical Review, Agricultural Waste to Value-Added Products. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2535-9_10

  • D Nagrecha, N Remya 2024. Current status and Perspectives of Municipal Wastewater Treatment using Microalgal Systems, Applied Technologies for Clean up of Environmental Contaminants" Elsevier S&T Books, Netherlands (Accepted).

  • Aggarwal, Mohit, and Neelancherry Remya. "Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production Using Microalgae." Microbial Technologies for Wastewater Recycling and Management. CRC Press, 2022. 331-339.

  • Mishra, Bikram, and Neelancherry Remya. "Modified Biochar for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse." Designer Biochar Assisted Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents. CRC Press, 2022. 95-105. ISBN: 978-981-16-8367-1
  • Shukla, Neha, and Neelancherry Remya. "Solid Waste Management Methods: A Technological Analysis of Mechanical, Chemical, Thermal and Hybrid Means." Environmental Management in India: Waste to Wealth. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. 25-43.
  • Shukla, Neha, and Neelancherry Remya, Food Waste to Energy through Advanced Pyrolysis, Urban Mining for Waste Management and Resource Recovery, CRC press, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003201076
  • Pyla Jayasree, Neelancherry Remya*, Photocatalytic Degradation of Paracetamol using Aluminosilcate TiO2 Supported on Waste-Recovered Aluminosilicate, Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies, , https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2_14.
  • Kumari Priyanka, Neelancherry Remya*, Manaswini Behera (2022) Solar Photocatalysis using N-doped TiO2 for Greywater Treatment: Optimizasion of Operational Parameters, Chapter 13, Environmental Degradation: Monitoring, Assessment and Treatment Technologies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94148-2_13.
  • Bikram Mishra, Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya (2022) Application of Biochar for Removal of Emerging Contaminants, New Trends in Emerging Environmental Contaminants, 211-224
  • Shardul R. Narde, Neelancherry Remya, Hui Lin Ong, Al Rey C.Villagracia, Michelle S. Carbonell, Yit Hong Choo (2021) Conversion of agricultural wastes into biochar and its characteristics” Chapter 1, Biochar and Its Application in Bioremediation, Springer Nature (Accepted).
  • Mohit Aggarwal, Neelancherry Remya (2021) Removal of the pharmaceutical compounds from wastewater by biochar, Biochar - Applications for Bioremediation of Contaminated Systems, DE GRUYTER, Germany.
  • Priyanka, K., Behera, M., & Neelancherry, R. (2021). Insights into the diversity of microbial community and their role in pollutant degradation in various activated sludge systems, Bacterial Community Structure of Activated Sludge Processes-by NOVA SCIENCES, USA.
  • Priyanka, K., Remya, N., & Behera, M. (2021). Greywater treatment in continuous flow solar photocatalytic reactor using graphite supported nitrogen-doped TiO2. Environmental Science and Engineering, Sustainable Development of Water and Environment. Springer
  • Karunakar Tripathy, Neelancherry Remya (2020) “Filter media modification with nano-zero valent iron to enhance nitrate removal efficiency during water treatment” Chapter 9, Removal of Toxic Pollutants Through Microbiological & Tertiary Treatment-New Perspective, Elsevier, 249-260. (ISBN: 978-0-12-821014-7; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821014-7.00009-5).
  • V Prashanth, Pyla Jayasree, Parth Rajput, Neelancherry Remya (2020) “Solar photocatalytic treatment of wastewater", Advance Oxidation Process for Industrial Effluent Treatment, Chapter 4, Advance Oxidation Processes for Effluent Treatment Plants, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, 69-86. (ISBN: 978-0-12-821011-6; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821011-6.00004-9).
  • Neelancherry Remya, (2018) “Dye Wastewater Treatment using Carbonaceous Materials by Microwave assisted Methods”, Chapter 5, Water Remediation, Springer, Singapore, 75-87. (ISBN 978-981-10-7550-6; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7551-3_5).
 

Professional Experience

  • 2011 July – 2015 Dec, Adhoc Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala
  • 2016 April – 2022 Nov, Assistant Professor, School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubanewar, Odisha
  • 2022 Nov - Till date, Associate Professor, School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubanewar, Odisha

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