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Dr. Vishali S
EXPERIENCE : 20 years of experience
RESEARCH INTEREST :
- Integrated treatment system for water and wastewater treatment
- Development of new materials for environmental decontamination
- Recovery of valuables from solid waste
COURSES :
Process Calculations, Fluid mechanics, Chemical reaction engineering, Air Pollution control Engineering, Environmental Engineering
Education
publications
awards & Achievements
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
Work Experience
memberships
Responsibilities Held
Education
| Degree | Institute/Organisation | Specialisation | Year Of Passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | SRMIST | WASTEWATER TREATMENT | 2015 |
| M.E. | Annamalai University | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2004 |
| B.Tech. | Bharathidasan University | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | 2002 |
publications
Patent: 2
Book chapters : 9
International Journals: 29
First/Corresponding author : 21 Others : 8
Indexed : SCI 23; Scopus 4
H – Index : 12 Scopus; 12 Google scholar
i10 Index : 12
International Publications (SCI & SCOPUS Indexed only)
- P Mullai, Vishali, K Dharmalingam,Residence time distribution experiments in a hybrid anaerobic blanket reactor treating real pharmaceutical wastewater, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, (2024) 105381.(SCI IF:5.7)
- Mullai, Vishali, S.M. Sambav, K. Dharmalingam, M.K. Yogeswari, V.C. Vadivel Raja, B. Bharathiraja, Büs¸ra Bayar, Haris Nalakath Abubackar, Md Abdullah Al Noman, Eldon R. Rene, Energy generation from bioelectrochemical techniques: Concepts, reactor configurations and modeling approaches, Chemosphere 342 (2023) 139950. (SCI IF:8.8)
- Vishali*,Poonguzhali, Indhurekha Banerjee, Sharan Shakshi George, P. Srinivasan,Purification of domestic Laundry wastewater in an integrated treatment system consists of coagulation and ultrafiltration membrane process,Chemosphere,137662, 2022. (SCI IF:8.943)
- Mullai,Vishali, Sobiya, Experiments and adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system modelling in a hybrid up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor to assess industrial azadirachtin effluent quality, Bioresource Technology, 358, 2022, 127395. (SCI IF:11.889)
- Jeyalakshmi,Vishali, Albasher, O. Alamri, N. Alsultan, S. Kiruthika, Process optimization of struvite recovered from slaughterhouse wastewater and its fertilizing efficacy in amendment of biofertilizer, Environmental Research, 211, 2022, 113011.(SCI IF:8.431)
- Vishali*, Mullai, S. Mahboob, K.Al-Ghanim, A. Sivasankar, Elucidation the influence of design variables on coagulation–flocculation mechanisms in the lab-scale bio- coagulation on toxic industrial effluent treatment, Environmental Research, 212, 2022, 113224.(SCI IF:8.431)
- Mullai, Vishali. P.Kobika, K.S.Dhivya, A. Mukund, M. Sriraaman, Biochar Production And Its Basket Full Of Benefits – A Review ECS Transactions, 107 (1) 18747- 18752 (2022).
- Vishali*, S. Picasso, M. Rajdeep, B. Debom, Evaluation of the performance of an agricultural residue Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (guar gum) in toxic paint industry, effluent treatment using continuous fixed-bed adsorption column, Desalination and Water Treatment, 251 (2022) 105–113.(SCI IF:1.23)
- Mullai, Vishali*, Sobiya, Studies on the application of algae biomass as an adsorbent in the treatment of industrial Azadirachtin insecticide wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment, 251(2022)7-17.(SCI IF:1.23)
- SelvaGanesh, Adithya Sridhar, Vishali*, Utilization of fruit and vegetable waste to produce value-added products: Conventional utilization and emerging opportunities-A review, Chemosphere,287(3) (2022) 132221.(SCI IF:8.943)
- Vishali*, J. Sandhiya, Divya , K. Aarthi, Abhilash, Performance evaluation of coconut shell originated activated carbon as an adsorbent on the paint factory effluent treatment, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2007 (2021) 012067.
- Sambavi, Vishali, M. Asthika, M. Sriraaman, P.Mullai, Bioconversion of Food Waste with Cosubstrate to Electricity using Microbial Fuel Cell, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1979 (2021) 012011.
- Vishali*, Rajdeep Mukherjee, Picasso Sengupta, Nihal Rao, Evaluation of promising coagulant shrimp shell on paint factory effluent: studies on mixing pattern, isotherms, kinetics, and thickener design, Desalination and Water Treatment, 201 (2020) 204–218.(SCI IF:1.23)
- Vishali*, Selvalakshmi, M. Suresh Kumar, Studies on the effect of yogic practices on a psychological and academic-related variable of the tobacco smoking male students, Journal of Xidian University, 14(6) (2020) 2519-2535.
- Vishali*, S. Sakthivel, R. Karthick, V.S. Gowsigan, A sustainable approach for the treatment of industrial effluent using a green coagulant Cassia fistula chemical coagulant, Desalination and Water Treatment, 196 (2020) 189–197.(SCI IF:1.23)
- Vishali*, Mullai, R. Karthikeyan, Breakthrough studies and mass transfer studies on the decolourization of paint industry wastewater using encapsulated beads of Cactus opuntia (ficus-Indica), Desalination and Water Treatment, 177 (2020) 89–101.(SCI IF:1.23)
- Vishali*, H.Gayathri, Richa Malhotra, Arpitra Mahapatra, Studies on kinetics and settling behavior of flocs formed using a sustainable coagulant in sewage water treatment, Desalination and Water Treatment, 169 (2019) 72–81.(SCI IF:1.23)
- Vishali*, Roshni Sajiv Kumar, M.R. Samyuktha, K. Ashish anand, Towards zero waste production in the paint industry wastewater using an agro- based material in the treatment train, Environmental Monitoring and assessment, 190:587 (2018)1-9. (SCI IF: 1.804).
- Mullai, Vishali and P. L. Sabarathinam, Biogas production kinetics in an anaerobic multiphase hybrid reactor treating antibiotic industry wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment, 122 (2018) 247–253. (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Vishali* and R.Karthikeyan, Application of green coagulants on paint industry effluent – a coagulation–flocculation kinetic study, Desalination and water treatment, 122 (2018) 112–123 (SCI IF:1.631)
- Vishali*, Picasso Sengupta, Rajdeep Mukherjee, Nihal Rao, Shrimp shell waste – a sustainable green solution in industrial effluent treatment, Desalination and water treatment, 104(2018)111-120. (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Vishali*,Ayushi Agrawal, Performance evaluation of polysaccharides eluated from Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (guar gum), as a natural coagulant, in the treatment of paint industry effluent, Desalination and water treatment , 2017, 62, 443–448 (SCI IF:1.631)
- Vishali*, R.Karthikeyan, S.Prabhakar, Utilization of seafood processing waste, as an adsorbent, in the treatment of paint industry effluent using a fixed-bed column, Desalination and water treatment, 2017, 66, 149–157.Accepted (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Vishali*, Mullai, Analysis of two- parameter and three -parameter isotherms by nonlinear regression for the treatment of textile effluent using immobilized Trametes versicolor: Comparison of various error functions, Desalination and water treatment, 2016, 57(56), 27061-27072. (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Vishali*, Rashmi and R.Karthikeyan, Potential of environmental-friendly, agro- based material Strychnos potatorum, as an adsorbent, in the treatment of paint industry effluent, Desalination and water treatment, 2016, 57(39), 18326-18337. (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Vishali*, Rashmi and R.Karthikeyan, Evaluation of wasted biomaterial, crab shells (Portunus sanguinolentus), as a coagulant, in paint effluent treatment, Desalination and water treatment, 2016, 57 (28), pp. 13157-13165. (SCI IF: 1.631)
- Kannan S.Lakshmi , P.Radha, N.Aparna, Vishali and W.Richard Thilagaraj, Biosorption of heavy metals from actual electroplating wastewater using encapsulated Moringa oleifera beads in fixed bed column, Desalination and water treatment, 2016, 57(8), 3572-3587 (SCI IF: 1.272)
- Vishali* and R.Karthikeyan, Cactus opuntia (ficus-indica): an eco-friendly alternative coagulant in the treatment of paint effluent, Desalination and water treatment, 2015, 56 (6), pp. 1489-1497 (SCI IF:1.272)
- Vishali* and R.Karthikeyan, A comparative study of Strychnos potatorum and chemical coagulants in the treatment of paint and industrial effluents: An alternate solution, Separation Science and Technology, 2014, 49(16), pp. 2510–2517 (SCI IF:1.171)
Book Chapters published
Book Name: Essential Oils: Extraction Methods and Applications
Chapter Name: Industrial Application of Essential Oils
Wiley Publications, ISBN , 9781119829355, June 2023
Book Name: Essential Oils: Extraction Methods and Applications
Chapter Name: Therapeutic Role of Essential Oils
Wiley Publications, ISBN 9781119829355, June 2023
3. S. Vishali*, M.Susila, S.Kiruthika
Book Name: Biodegradable materials and their applications
Chapter Name: Biodegradable materials in Electronics
Scrivener Publishing, ISBN 9781119904908, Nov 2022
4. Kavitha, S.Kiruthika, Vishali*
Book Name: Advanced functional membranes Materials and applications
Chapter Name: Advanced functional membranes for energy applications
Materials Research Forum LLC, ISBN: 978-1-64490-180-9, Feb 2022
5. Kavitha, Vishali*
Book Name: Advanced functional membranes Materials and applications
Chapter Name: Advanced functional membranes for water purification
Materials Research Forum LLC, ISBN: 978-1-64490-180-9, Feb 2022
6. Vishali*,Kavitha
Book Name: Membrane-Based Hybrid Processes for Wastewater Treatment
Chapter Name: Application of membrane-based hybrid process on paint industry wastewater treatment
Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128238042, 2021
7. Vishali*
Book Name: Green sustainable process for chemical and environmental engineering and science
Chapter Name: Future perspectives for green solvents in environmental remediation
Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128218846, Nov 2020
8. Mullai, M.K.Yogeswari, Vishali, M.M.Tejas Namboodiri, B.D.Gebrewold, Eldon. R.Rene, K.Pakshirajan
Book Name: Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering publication
Chapter Name: Aerobic Treatment of Effluents from Textile Industry
Elsevier, ISBN: 9780444636652, Sep 2016
9. Mullai, Vishali, M.K.Yogeswari, M.E.Lopez, Eldon.R.Rene
Book Name: Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering- Resource Recovery from Wastes
Chapter Name: Methane production and recovery from wastewater
Elsevier, ISBN: 9780444643216, Nov 2019
Patents:
- S.Vishali*, S.Sam David,A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF LAUNDRY WASTEWATER, Indian Patent Application No.202341052433, Published on Sep 2023.
- S.Vishali*, E. Poonguzhali, A PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF LAUNDRY WASTEWATER, Indian Patent No. 201941004457, granted on Feb 2022.
awards & Achievements
- Subject Matter Expert in the Ideas to Impact (i2I) a nation-wide competition in India, spearheaded by IIT Madras and supported by Wipro Foundation. Jan 2024.
- Secured State level Third Prize with One Lakh Rupees Cash Prize, in the Enviro Solver Hackathon, Organized by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on June,05, 2023.
- Received SRM Green Ambassador Award 2023, in the World Environmental Day 2023 event, organized by REACH, SRMIST.
- Received SRM Phoenix Project Award 2023, in the World Environmental Day 2023 event, organized by REACH, SRMIST.
- Received First Prize in the Poster presentation on Waste Management, in the World Environmental Day 2023 event, organized by REACH, SRMIST.
- Subject Matter Expert for the Water theme of CZC (Carbon Zero Challenge) 2022, Organized by IIT Madras
- Member in the committee named Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMAS), formed by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) – Jan 2022 onwards.
- Member in the selection committee of “TAMIL NADU GREEN CHAMPION AWARD (TNGCA)” – A District Level Award Committee, by The Collectorate office of Chengalpattu, from April 2022
- Received YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD 2020 from Institute of Scholars in Oct 2020
- Received best paper award – International conference on modern trends in chemical sciences including green chemistry, 27-29 Dec 2018, SRMIST-Ramapuram.
- Received best paper award – International Conference on Energy, Environment and Industrial Safety (ICEEIS), SALVATIO ’18 Feb 22-23, 2018, A.C.Tech., Chennai
- Reviewer for the following international journals:
Elsevier : Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, Science of the Total Environment, Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences,
Springer : International Journal of Environmental Research, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Journal of Environmental Studies and sciences
Taylor and Francis : Environmental Technology
AIChe : Environmental progress and sustainable energy
- First Ph.D. candidate to graduate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SRMIST.
- Recipient of a “Best Outgoing Student 2002” award at
Anjalai Ammal Mahalingham Engg. College, Kovilvenni. - Ranked school second in HSC Examination
- Ranked school third in SSLC Examination
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
Presented-Overseas
Presented a paper in an International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science & Engineering, (CESE) 2016, Organized by National Kaohsiung Marine University, Taiwan held at Kaohsiung, Taiwan during 06-11, November, 2016.
Organised
Convener: Faculty Development program on SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT 2022 Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST between 12 and 17, SEP 2022
Convener: Entrepreneur alumni connect-2022 Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST on 1-2, SEP 2022
Convener: Virtual International conference on SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT 2021, Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST on 11-12, OCT 2021
Convener: International alumni Connect-2021, Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST on 06-07, AUG 2021
Convener: Virtual National conference on SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT 2020 Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST on 06-07, NOV 2020
Convener: International alumni Connect-2020, Organized by Dept. of Chemical Engg., SRMIST on 12-13, SEP 2020
Projects:
- Principal Investigator of the project Titled “Transformation of floral waste into value-added products: a sustainable approach towards waste management” funded by UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN with an amount of 1 Lakh for Six months ( July 2022- Dec 2022). (Status: Completed)
- Principal Investigator of the project Titled “Development of a green integrated system for the treatment and reuse of greywater” Funded by SRMIST with an amount of 1.75 Lakhs for Two years (Jul 2021- June 2023). (Status: Completed).
Work Experience
Academic Experience:
Jan 2018 to till date – Associate Prof., Dept. of Chemical Engg.,
SRMIST, Kattankulathur
Aug 2017 to Dec 2017 – Asst. Prof. (Sr.G.), Dept. of Chemical Engg.,
SRMIST, Kattankulathur
Aug 2009 to July 2017 – Asst. Prof. (O.G.), Dept. of Chemical Engg.,
SRMIST, Kattankulathur
Oct 2004 to July 2011 – Lecturer, Dept. of Chemical Engg.,
SRMIST, Kattankulathur
Jun 2004 to Oct 2004 – Lecturer, Dept. of Madha Engg. College,
Chennai
memberships
- Member in Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
- Member in Indian Desalination Association (InDA)
- Member in Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
Responsibilities Held
Coordinator: NBA Department level Feb 2023 onward.
Board of studies Member: Department Level AY2022-2023 onward
Admission Co-coordinator: Department level DEC-2021 onward
Member: University Level Solid Waste Management Committee- DEC-2021 onward
Member: M.B.A. Waste Management Program- organizing committee- OCT 2019
Member– Anti-Ragging Committee- JUNE -2018 onward
Chief Examiner: University Examination-2016 onward
Member: University Examination Question paper Scrutiny committee-2008 onward
Warden: SRMIST Ladies Hostel K Block- JUNE 2010-MAY 2011
Deputy Warden: SRMIST Ladies Hostels- AUG-2006-AUG-2008
Faculty Advisor: B.Tech. Chemical Engineering 2011-2015 Batch
Academic Advisor: M.Tech. Chemical Engineering 2016-2018
In charge: Chemical Reaction Engineering Lab-2006 onward
Supporting Faculty: Admissions, Counseling, Convocation, Exam cell, Accreditation
