KEC Faculty Profile

 No. of Books/Chapters Published 12

Number of Funded Research Projects 5

Number of Patents 1

 Number of Consultancy Projects 4

 Number of Funded Programmes Organized 7

Contact Details Email     : chitrasuresh@kongu.ac.in

Mobile : 9865904404

Office   : 04294 - 226607 Intercom : 607

Google Scholar ID : WyXYLJoAAAAJ ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8510-2249 

Web of Science ResearcherID: AAL-6933-2020 Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57194379721

Awards & Honors

1. Best paper presentation in the Technical Session in the National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (NCFCE 2007), organized by IIT, Guwahati. <link> 

2. Kongu Engineering College - Best Faculty Award - Department of Chemical Engineering for the academic year 2010-11. <link>

3. Kongu Engineering College - Certificate of Appreciation - For significant contribution for the cause of Technical Education, Research & Development, Consultancy, Innovation and the overall growth of the Institution for the academic year 2019-20. <link>

4. Primary Evaluator - AICTE  - Toycathon 2021 organized by - Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, Govt. of India. <link>

5. Pre-Screening Evaluator - AICTE  - Smart India Hackathon 2022 organized by - Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, Govt. of India. <link>

6. Kongu Engineering College - Best Researcher - Institute level for the academic year 2021-22. <link>

Professional Societies Membership

Sl. No. Name of the Society Nature of Membership Membership No. 

1.        Association of Food Scientists and Technologists AFST(I) Life member AFST/LM/3-2021/ZON/3726

2.        Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Life member LM32001

3.        The Indian Society for Technical Education Life member LM 51667

4.        The Institution of Engineers (India) Member M-1596705

5.        International Association of ENGineers Member 191170

Professional Service

1. Guest Editor - International Journal of Research in Engineering & Advanced Technology (IJREAT) ISSN:2320-8791, For papers published in regular issue of Volume.6, Issue.2, April-May 2018 presented during IIChE National Conference CONCEPT-2018 held on February 9th 2018 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.

2. Editor - American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (AIJRSTEM) ISSN(Print):2328-3491, ISSN(Online):2328-3580, Special issue of National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies, (CONCEPT-2019), January 25, 2019 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.

3. Editor - AIP Conference Proceedings: ISSN:0094-243X, ISBN: 978-0-7354-1999-5 Volume No.2240 of 3RD NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT AND EMERGING PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES – CONCEPT 2020, January 25, 2020, at Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India.

4. Editor - AIP Conference Proceedings: ISSN:0094-243X, ISBN: 978-0-7354-1999-5 Volume No.2387 of 3RD NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CURRENT AND EMERGING PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES – e-CONCEPT 2021, February 20, 2021, at Kongu Engineering College, Erode, India.

5. Reviewer - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2019-21 <link>

6. Reviewer - Waste and Biomass Valorization  2021  <link>

7. Reviewer - Current Research in Food Science 2022 <link>

8. Reviewer - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2019-21 <link>

9. Reviewer - Energy Conversion and Management 2023 <link>

10. Reviewer - Process Safety and Environmental Protection 2023 <link> 

11. Reviewer - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2020-23  <link>

12. Reviewer - Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology  2021  <link>

Journals Published (National)

1. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam; Mothil Sengottian, "Study on Roasted Date Seed Non Caffeinated Coffee Powder as a Promising Alternative" Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 6, No. 6, June 2016, pp. 1387-1394. <Link> <Full Paper>

Journals Published (International)

1. Sivakumar Venkatachalam., Chitradevi Venkatachalam., "Decolorization of Cibacron Yellow S-3R Using Coriolus Versicolor (MTCC 138)", Modern applied science, Vol.2, No.5, pp. 3-8 (2008). DOI:10.5539/mas.v2n5p3

2. V.Chitradevi., V. Sivakumar., "Optimization and Kinetics Evaluation of Biodegradation of synthetic azo reactive dye by fungal consortium", Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vol. 53, No.4, pp.487-492, October 2011. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23505830/

3. K .Kalaivani.,  V. Chitra Devi., "Mathematical modeling on drying of SyzygiumCumini (L.)", International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Vol.6, No.4, pp. 96-103, 2013. DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20130604.011

4. Dr.V.Chitradevi., S.Mothil., "Kinetics study of Cr(III) Adsorption onto low cost Fly Ash Adsorbent", International Journal of Engineering Research and General Science, Vol.3, Issue.2 pp.877-887 March-April 2015. http://oaji.net/articles/2015/786-1431086683.pdf

5. Dr. V.Chitra Devi., J. Naveen., and P.Vinod Kannan., "Process Optimization of Bio -Ethanol Production through Cashew Apple Juice Fermentation", International Journal of Chem Tech Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 79-81, 2015. http://www.sphinxsai.com/2015/ch_vol8_no1/2/(79-81)%20V8N1.pdf

6. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam., Mothil Sengottian.,Tamizharasi Sengodan., "Formulation and Evaluation of Polyherbal Floating Effervescence Tablet Containing Pedalium Murex and Tribulus Terrestris Fruit Extracts", International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics, Vol 9, Issue 2, pp.10-15, March-April 2017. DOI: 10.22159/ijap.2017v9i2.16319

7. Chitra Devi.V., Mothil.S.,Tamizharasi.S., " Calcium oxalate crystallization inhibition by Pedalium Murex and Tribulus Terrestris fruit extracts", International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.10, No.3, pp.128-136, April 2017. Link: http://www.sphinxsai.com/2017/ch_vol10_no3/1/(128-136)V10N3CT.pdf

8. Mugaishudeen.G., Chitra Devi.V., Gomadurai.C., Mothil.S., " Desalination of Simulated Textile Wastewater by Capacitive Deionization Using Nitric Acid Modified Carbon Electrodes", International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.10, No.3, pp.296-301, April 2017. Link: http://www.sphinxsai.com/2017/ch_vol10_no3/1/(296-301)V10N3CT.pdf

9. K.Senthilkumar., V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., M.Naveen Kumar., N. Sri Kolkilavani " Kinetics and Adsorption Studies on Removal of Ni(II) ions by using Egg Shell Powder", International Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol.2, No.2, pp.41-50, 2018. <Link>

10. K.Senthilkumar., V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., M.Naveen Kumar “Adsorption studies on treatment of textile wastewater using low-cost adsorbent”, Desalination and Water Treatment, 123 (2018) 90–100 August. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2018.22756

11. V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., R.Sathish Raam., S.Sankar Prasad., "Flocculation of Dairy Effluent using Seed Coat of Hyacinth Beans and Utilization of Sludge as a Fertilizer", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.15-20, 2019. Special issue

12. V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., R.Sathish Raam., P.Manjula., "Hydrodynamics Study on Packed Bed with Wood Particles", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.42-46, 2019. Special issue

13. Mothil.S., V.Chitra Devi., R.Sathish Raam., K.Senthilkumar., "Electro-Coagulation of Synthetic Acid Black 210 and Acid Red 1 dye bath effluent using Fe and Al Electrodes in a recirculation cell", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.139-143, 2019. Special issue

14. V.Chitra Devi., S.Mothil., K.Senthilkumar., B.Karthick., "Biogenic synthesis of PdNCs embedded α-Fe2O3 microspheres using Myrtus cumini L. leaf extract and a Box-Behnken optimization of its Fenton-like catalytic activity", Global NEST Journal, 21(3), pp.410-421, 2019. DOI:https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.003133

15. V.Chitra Devi., K.Kalaivani., "Box-Behnken Response Surface Design for Acid Red - 87 Adsorption on Chemically Activated Syzygium Cumini Seeds", International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 8(6), pp.1183-1189, 2019. <Link>

16. A.Manju Sri., V.Chitra Devi., P.Manjula., "Rice Husks as a Sustainable Source of Nanostructured Silica for High Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes", International Journal of Modern Science and Technology, 4(3), pp.70-74, 2019. <Link>

17. Manju Sri Anbupalani., Chitra Devi Venkatachalam., Rajasekar Rathanasamy., "Influence of coupling agent on altering the reinforcing efficiency of natural fibre-incorporated polymers – A review", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, July 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0731684420918937

18. Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., Sineha L., Rahul Rajan AT., Santhosh P., "Extraction of polyphenols from cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale) shells using rotocel extractor", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 030001, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010999

19. Sreenivasan D., Sathish Raam R., Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., "Effective extraction of resveratrol through hydrotropy", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 030002, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011054

20. Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., Karthikaiselvan S., Gowtham R., Gowtham M., "Production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil under varying parametric conditions using hydrodynamic cavitation with a single holed orifice", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 120001, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011000

21. Mothil S., Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Sarath S., Aravind T., Kishore AS., Lakshmanan S., "Bisphenol A adsorption using hydrothermal carbonization derived biochar resulting from Casuarina equisetifolia L. and Wrightia tinctoria", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 130003, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010998

22. Manjula P., Chitra Devi V., Manju Sri A., Siva Shankar C., Chandran L., Naveen Kumar N., "Fabrication and properties testing of sisal fiber reinforced epoxy composites with random orientation", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 090008, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011049

23. Venkatachalam, C. D., Sengottian, M., Ravichandran, S. R., Subramaniyan, K., Kalappan Thangamuthu, P., "Optimization Studies on Subcritical Water Extraction of Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Prosopis juliflora: An Invasive Weed Tree", Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 65(1), 2021. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.15187 (SCIE - Impact Factor=1.368).

24. V Chitra Devi, S Mothil, S Sindhuja, R Vedha Prenitha, M Saravanan, "Aloe barbadensis miller edible coating with Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) leaf extract to increase the shelf life of fruits and vegetables ", AIP Conference Proceedings 2387, 080003 , 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068615.

25. R Shailajha, V Chitra Devi, R Sathish Raam, "Development of biodegradable nano film",  AIP Conference Proceedings 2387, 100007 , 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068613

26. N Dhivya Bharathi, Payel Dasgupta, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, "Studies on the formulation of cake using green banana flour", AIP Conference Proceedings 2387, 080004 , 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0070452.

27. S Mothil, V Chitra Devi, R Sathish Raam, P Asmitha, A Gokul, B Balakumar, "Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil through transesterification using novel double layered hydroxide catalyst" , AIP Conference Proceedings 2387, 120004  , 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068624.

28. MA Dhanyaa, V Chitra Devi, "Nanocellulose in food packaging applications", AIP Conference Proceedings 2387, 100008   , 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0068618.

29. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam., Sathish Raam Ravichandran., Mothil Sengottian., "Lignocellulosic and algal biomass for bio-crude production using hydrothermal liquefaction: Conversion techniques, mechanism and process conditions: A reivew", Environmental Engineering Research, 27(1), 2022. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2020.555 (SCIE - Impact Factor = 2.507).

30. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, Kesav Prasath Ramasamy Subramanian, Kirubakaran Purushothaman, Aravindan Lavanya Chandrasekaran, Mathiyazhagan Narayanan., "A review on hydrothermal liquefaction of algal biomass on process parameters, purification and applications", Fuel, 313, 122679, 2022. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122679 (SCIE - Impact Factor = 6.609)

31. Elamathi Vimali, Sathaiah Gunaseelan, Venkatachalam Chitra Devi, Sengottian Mothil, Muthu Arumugam, Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar, Innasi Muthu Ganesh Moorthy, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Perumal Varalakshmi., "Comparative study of different catalysts mediated FAME conversion from macroalga Padina tetrastromatica biomass and hydrothermal liquefaction facilitated bio-oil production", Chemosphere, 292, 133485, 2022. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133485 (SCIE - Impact Factor = 7.086)

32. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, "Optimization of Alkali catalyzed hydrothermal carbonization of Prosopis juliflora woody biomass to biochar for copper and zinc adsorption and its application in supercapacitor", International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 17(9), 220938, 2022. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.09.22 .  (SCIE - Impact Factor = 1.765 ).

33.  Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Bhavya Shri Subramaniam Ramasamy, Mathiyazhagan Narayanan, Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, Rathinam Raja, "A review on fabrication, characterization of membrane and the influence of various parameters on contaminant separation process", Chemosphere, 306, 135629, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135629  (SCIE - Impact Factor = 7.086 ).

34. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Karthikeyan Chinnusamy Sukumar, Dhinakar Chenniappan, Gnana Aravindh Ramachandran., "A review on bio-crude production from algal biomass using catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction process", Environmental Engineering Research, 28(3), 2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2022.211 (SCIE - Impact Factor=2.507)

35. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Bhavya Shri Subramaniam Ramasamy, Sakthivel Elangovan, Siddharth Thorali Sivakumar, Shanmuga Sundaram Subramanian., "Fabrication of Nanoparticle‐Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol‐Cellulose Acetate Membrane and Characterization of the Surface Enhancement", CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water, Article ID: 2100305, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202100305 (SCIE- Impact Factor=2.404).

36. Venkataraman Ramachandran, MK Shriram, E Reon Mathew, Kaushik Ramkumar, Dhakshinamoorthy Gnana Prakash, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, "Oil spill remediation and valorization of oil-soaked peat sorbent to biofuel by hydrothermal liquefaction", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 13, 9325–9337, 2023,  DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01887-y (SCIE - Impact Factor=4.1).

37. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran., "A critical review of the production, activation, and morphological characteristic study on functionalized biochar", Journal of Energy Storage, vol.67, Article ID: 107525, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107525 (SCIE - Impact Factor = 8.907).

38. Manju Sri Anbupalani, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan "Employing SiO2/TiO2/ZrO2 blends for boosting the power conversion efficiency of polycrystalline Si solar cells", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol.34 (33), Article number: 2184 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11589-y (SCIE - Impact Factor = 2.8).

39. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, "Optimization of process parameters for bio-crude and value-added chemical recovery through hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14 (12), 13445-13456 (2024),  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-05236-z (SCIE - Impact Factor=4.1).

40. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, "Reliability-based design optimization of screw shaft for continuous high-pressure hydrothermal co-liquefaction process ", Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 30(4) 2024, 335 -348, https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ231124004V(SCIE - Impact Factor=1.2).

41. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Devanampriyan Rajan and Sangeetha Arunachalam, "Optimization of Legume Based Meat Alternative using Freeze Structuring and Evaluation of its Quality Indices", Suranaree Journal of Science and Technology, 31(1), 2024, 1-14, DOI: https://ird.sut.ac.th/journal/sjst/#/los/manuscript/25546.

42. Mothil SENGOTTIAN, Chitra Devi VENKATACHALAM, Sathish Raam RAVICHANDRAN, Sarath SEKAR, "Hydrothermal Carbonization of Deciduous Woody Biomass: Path to Energy Intensification and Fine Chemicals", STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI CHEMIA, 69(1), 2024, 17-34, DOI: 10.24193/subbchem.2024.1.02

43. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Deenadhayalan Ramachandran, Asswin Saminathan, Ananth Raja, Geetha Venkatesan, Arunachalam Chinnathambi, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, "Modification of cellulose acetate membrane by integrating magnetite@ xanthan gum nanocomposite to enhance performance characteristics", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(3), 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112435

44. Sathish Raam RAVICHANDRAN, Chitra Devi VENKATACHALAM, Mothil SENGOTTIAN, "CATALYTIC AND SOLVENT HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF MICROALGAE: A STRATEGY FOR RECOVERING FINE CHEMICALS", STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI CHEMIA, 69(3), 2024, DOI: 10.24193/subbchem.2024.3.07

45. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Navahariharan Muthukumar, Saifullah Mundusreen Yaseen Syed Ali, Sriram Murali, Sree Arvind Seetharaman, "Fabrication of polysulfone-cellulose acetate based TiO2@ SiO2-CuS and Fe3O4@ XG membrane and its application in wastewater treatment", Desalination and Water Treatment, 320, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100636

46. Sarath Sekar, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, "Hydrothermal co-processing of plastic waste with lignocellulosic biomass and its application as a supercapacitor material", Journal of Energy Storage, 104, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.114475

47. V. Chitra Devi, R. Devanampriyan, D. Kayethri, R. Sankari, J. Premalatha, R. Sathish Raam, S. Mothil, "Optimization and Process Validation of Freeze-Structured Meat Substitute Using Machine Learning Models", Journal of Food Process Engineering, 48(3), 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.70071

48. Manju Sri Anbupalani, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Santhosh Sivaraj, "Utilisation of SiO2/TiO2/Al2O3 mechanical blends for enhancing the photovoltaic efficiency in polycrystalline silicon solar cells", Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106466

Paper Presented in National Conferences

1. Venkatesan S., Chitradevi V., and Sivakumar V. “ An overview of ethanol production from biomass”, NCAPCA, Kongu Engineering College Perundurai, February 8 & 9, 2007.<Link>

2. V. Sivakumar , V. Chitradevi,  and N. Sangeetha, “Decolorisation of Cibacron Blue Using White Rot Fungi”, NCFCE 2007, IITG,   December 12-14, 2007.<Link>

3. S.R.Gopalkrishnan, and V. Chitradevi, “Studies on Decolourization of Distillery Effluent using Electrochemical Method and its Comparison with the Conventional Chemical Methods”, National Conference on Current Trends in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CTCAB -2011), Sathyabama University, 20&21 JANUARY 2011.<Link>

4. Chitradevi Venkatachalam, Sivakumar Venkatachalam, Sangeetha Velusamy, Sudha Ayyasamy, “Biodecolorization of Synthetic and Real Effluents Containing Cibacron Reactive Dyes using Suspended and Immobilized Cells of White Rot Fungi”,  Biological Wastewater treatment Towards Green Environment, NIT, CALICUT, 28&29 JANUARY 2011.<Link>

5. Sivakumar Venkatachalam, Sangeetha Velusamy, Sudha Ayyasamy, Chitradevi Venkatachalam, “A Study of suitable Bioreactor for Treatment of dairy and sago effluents “, Biological Wastewater treatment Towards Green Environment, NIT, CALICUT, 28 & 29 JANUARY 2011.<Link>

6. Chitradevi Venkatachalam, Sivakumar Venkatachalam, Sangeetha Velusamy, Sudha Ayyasamy,  “Studies on Biodecolorization Kinetics of Cibacron Reactive Dyes Using Bacteria”, Biological Wastewater treatment Towards Green Environment, NIT, CALICUT, 28 & 29 JANUARY 2011.<Link>

7.  Vivekanadhan R., Dr.V. Chitra Devi, ’ “Biodecolorization of synthetic textile effluent containing reactive azo dyes by immobilized calcium alginate beads using bacterial cultures”, National Conference on Chemical Engineering Processes in Environmental Applications (CEPEA 2012),A.C.Tech, Anna University, Chennai, March 29-30, 2012.<Link>

8. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, N.Sangeetha, J.Naveen and P.Vinod Kannan, “Kinetic Modeling of Bioconversion of Cashew Apple into (Bio) Ethanol”, SCHEMCON 2013 - Eco Friendly Technologies For Better Tomorrow, 14-15 September, 2013<Link>

9. B.Karthik, V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, "Plant mediated approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles using leaf extract of syzygium cumini linn", National Conference on Emerging Interdisciplinary Trends of Chemical Technology (EITCT2014), Sathyabama University, Chennai, 13 - 14 March, 2014. <Link>

10. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, “Calcium Oxalate Crystallisation Inhibition by Tribulus terretris and Pedalium murex Fruit Extracts” National Conference "Innovations and New Horizons in Algal Technology and Biotechnology", Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology, Viruthunagar, 26-27 February, 2015. <Link>

11. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, ”Optimization on Formulation of polyherbal floating tablet containing Tribulus terrestris and Pedalium murex fruit extracts", National Conference on "Advances in Engineering and Technology for sustainable Future" AETSF-2015, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, March 28, 2015. <Link>

12. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, Sankar Prasad. S, ”Study on Natural Coagulation of Dairy Effluent and Utilization of Sludge as Biofertilizer", National Conference on "Advances in Engineering and Technology for sustainable Future" AETSF-2015, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, March 28, 2015. <Link>

13. R. Sathish Raam and Dr.V.Chitra Devi, "Performance Evaluation of the Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger – A Comparison using ANSYS Fluent And HTRI"., Two days national conference on “Current scenario and future prospects of biotechnology in diverse sectors” (CSFPB - 2016), Department of Biotechnomlogy, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 21&22, January 2016.<Link>

14. Dr.V.Chitradevi and S.Mothil, " Comparative Adsorption Studies on Activated carbon produced From Saw Dust, Banana Peel Anddelonix Regia Fruit pod",  National Conference on Emerging Trends and Applications in Petroleum & Petrochemical Engineering,  "KAFSIMA’16”, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering, March 24, 2016. <Link>

15. S.Mothil and Dr.V.Chitradevi , "Treatment of Textile Waste Water By Electro-Coagulation Using Iron and Aluminium Electrodes", National Conference on Emerging Trends and Applications in Petroleum & Petrochemical Engineering,  "KAFSIMA’16”, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Department of Petroleum Engineering, March 24, 2016. <Link>

16. K.Kalaivani., Dr.V.Chitra Devi, "Chemical Adsorption of Acid Red – 87 dye on Syzygium cumini Seeds: Optimisation using Response Surface Methodology",  National Conference on "Advances in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ACBEE)" SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, India,  February 9, 2017.<Link>

17. Ciji Sara Mathew, V.Chitra Devi, Sanjay P Kamble, S.Mothil,  “Removal of Phenol from waste water using advanced technologies” National Conference on "Advances in Process Engineering", (CAPE-2017) SASTRA University, Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Oct 6th & 7th 2017.<Link>

18. Mothil.S, Dr.Chitra Devi.V, Ayesha Siddhika.M., Jaffina.S.,Iswariya.R., “Graphene coated supercapacitor from graphite” 13th Annual Session of Students Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON-2017) NIT Rourkela, Odisha, Oct 7th and 8th 2017. (Received BEST PAPER AWARD)<Link>

19. S. Mothil, V. Chitra Devi, K. Senthilkumar, R. SathishRam and R. Sivabalakrishnan,  "Treatment of Tannery Effluent using Electrocoagulation with Electrolytic Recirculation", Kalam Young Researchers Conference (KYRC-01) on “Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Processes”. CECRI, Karaikudi,  October 16, 2017.<link> 

20. K. Senthilkumar, V. Chitra Devi, S. Mothil, R. SathishRaam and V. M. Tamil Selvan, "Experimental Investigation on Treatment of Textile Industry Effluent Using Electro-Coagulation Technique", KalamYoung Researchers Conference (KYRC-01) on “Mechanistic Insights into Electrochemical Processes”. CECRI, Karaikudi,  October 16, 2017.<link>

21. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., R.Sathish Raam., S.Mothil., T.Aravind., S.Lakshmanan., A.S.Kishore., “Treatment of dairy wastewater using Rotating Bed Biofilm”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018), Annamalai University, Chithambaram, Sep 28th and 29th 2018.<link> 

22. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., S.Mothil., R.Sathish Raam., R.Iswariya., S.Jaffina., S.Jagathesan., “Studies on production biochar from waste biomass using microwave assisted pyrolysis”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018), Annamalai University, Chithambaram, Sep 28th and 29th 2018.<link> 

23. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., S.Mothil., P.Manjula., S.Sandhiya., S.Sabari., M.Sakthivel., “Hydro-chemical recovery of Co and Li from spent lithium-ion batteries by acid leaching and chemical precipitation”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018), Annamalai University, Chithambaram, Sep 28th and 29th 2018.<link> 

24. L. Sineha, A.T.Rahul Rajan, P.Santhosh, Dr.V.Chitra Devi, “Combining a sequencing batch reactor with heterogeneous photocatalysis (ZnO/bentonite) for treating wastewater”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018), Annamalai University, Chithambaram, Sep 28th and 29th 2018.<link> 

25. V. Chitra Devi, R. Devanampriyan, “Optimization of Legume based Composite Meat Alternative and Evaluation of its Quality Indices”, Two Days National Conference cum Workshop " Millets as a Nutritional Paradigm for ensuring Food Security", College of Food and Dairy Technology, TANUVAS, Koduveli, Chennai,  September 14th and 15th 2023.<link> 

26. R. Devanampriyan, V. Chitra Devi, “Optimization and Formulation of Prawn to Develop a Substitute for Coarse Spice Powder”, One Day Technical Symposium on " Recent Innovations in Food, Agro & Pharma Sectors", Department of Biotechnology in association with Institution's Innovation Council - VMKVEC,  Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, November 7th 2023. <link> 

27. R. Devanampriyan, V. Chitra Devi, “Optimization of whey Based Ready to Drink (RTD) Protein Water and Evaluation of Its Quality Parameters”, National Conference on Multi-disciplinary strategy for sustainable Eco-friendly products and process development (NCMSD24),Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College, Salem, March 15-16, 2024. <link> 

Paper Presented in International Conferences

1.  Sivakumar V., Chitra Devi V., Sriram Prabhu T.V.  and Shanmugam P.  “Prediction of liquid holdup in cocurrent gas–liquid upflow through packed bed reactor”, INCRUIS 2006, Kongu Engineering College, January 4-6, 2006.<Link>

2. Sivakumar V., Chitra Devi V., and Kannan K., “Electrochemical oxidation of dye bath effluents”, CHEMCON 2006, IIChE-Ankleshwar Gujarat, December 27-30, 2006.<Link>

3. Chitra Devi V., Sivakumar V., and Kannan K., “Electrochemical treatment of pulp and paper mill effluents”, CHEMCON 2006, IIChE-Ankleshwar Gujarat, December 27-30, 2006.<Link>

4. Chitra Devi V., Sivakumar V., and Akilamudhan P.,  “A Study on biological degradation of textile effluents”, CHEMCON 2006, IIChE-Ankleshwar Gujarat, December 27-30, 2006.<Link>

5. Senthilkumar K., Sivakumar V, and Chitra Devi V., “Anodic oxidation of organic pollutants of distillery effluent by electrochemical method”, CHEMCON 2006, IIChE-Ankleshwar Gujarat, December 27-30, 2006.<Link>

6. Kannan K., Sivakumar V., Senthilkumar K. and Chitra Devi V., “Convective heat transfer studies in jacketed vessel under natural and forced conditions”, CHEMCON 2006, IIChE-Ankleshwar Gujarat, December 27-30, 2006.<Link>

7. A.Sudha, V.Sangeetha, V.Chitradevi, "Influence of Food Processing on Bioactive Compounds",  International Conference on Food Technology, Edition II, Incoftech - 2010, IICPT, Thanjavur, 30&31 October 2010.<Link>

8. V. Chitradevi,  V.Sivakumar, V.Sangeetha and A.Sudha, “Comparative Studies on Biodecolorization of Mono Azo Reactive Dyes using White Rot Fungi”, CHEMCON – 2010, Dept. of Chemical Engg., Annamalai University, December 27-29, 2010.<Link>

9. V. Chitradevi,  V.Sivakumar, V.Sangeetha and A.Sudha, “Biodegradation of Azo Reactive Dye Remazol Brilliant Blue R by mixed Bacterial Cultures”, CHEMCON – 2010, Dept. of Chemical Engg., Annamalai University, December 27-29, 2010.<Link>

10. K. Senthil Kumar, V. Sivakumar,  T.Kannadasan, K.Kannan,  V. Chitradevi, P.Akilamudhan, “Kinetic Studies on Treatment of Textile Effluent Using Low Cost Adsorbent”, CHEMCON - 2011, December 27 – 29, 2011.<Link>

11. V.Chitradevi, V. Sivakumar, K. Kannan,  K. Senthil Kumar and P.Akilamudhan, “Studies on Biodecolorization Kinetics of Textile Dyes Using Bacterial Consortium”, CHEMCON - 2011, December 27 – 29, 2011.<Link>

12. V. Sivakumar, P.Akilamudhan, K. Senthil Kumar, K.Kannan, V.Chitradevi, “Experimental Studies on Spiral Heat Exchangers for Heat Sensitive Systems”, CHEMCON - 2011, December 27 – 29, 2011.<Link>

13. Dr. V. Chitradevi, and R. Vivekanadhan., “Biodecolorization of synthetic textile effluent containing Cibacron azo reactive dyes using Escherichia Coli and Staphylococcus Pigeons”, International Conference on Bio India (ICBI – 2012), Dept. of Biotechnology, Vivekanadha College of Engg. For Women & Vivekanandha Educational Institutions, MARCH 9 & 10, 2012.<link>

14. Balasubramanian .K., Chitradevi.V., Kalaivani.K., “In-vitro antioxidant activity of methanolic and aqueous extract of Clitoria ternatea linn”, BITS , Sathyamangalam in association with UNIVERSITY of DERBY, 3-5 September 2012.<Link>

15. Dr.V.Chitradevi., and K.Kalaivani, “Decolourisation of dyes by adsorption – A Review”, CHEMCON 2012, Jalandhar, December 27-30, 2012.<Link>

16. Kalaivani K.,  Chitra Devi V., Priyenka Devi K.S., “Studies on Rehydration Characteristics of Syzygium Cumini (L). (Black Plum)”, INCOFTECH, Thanjavur, 4&5, January 2013.<Link>

17. Dr. V. Chitra Devi, N. Sangeetha, J. Naveen and P. Vinod Kannan, “Kinetic Modeling of Bioconversion of Cashew Apple into (Bio) Ethanol”, CHEMCON 2013, 27-30 December, 2013.<Link>

18. Dr. V. Chitra Devi, S. Mothil, "Anti-urolithiatic activity of Tribulus terrestris and Pedalium murex by invitro method”, ICTDAEEGW'15, Vivekanandha College of Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode, Feb 23, 2015.<Link>

19. S.Sankar Prasad & Dr. V. Chitra Devi, “Clarification Studies on Dairy Effluent using Natural Coagulant and Utilization of Sludge as Bio-fertilizer”, ICTDAEEGW'15, Vivekanandha College of Engineering for Women, Tiruchengode, Feb 23, 2015.<Link>

20. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, F.Donald John, S.Kiran Kumar, "Extraction of Algal Oil from Chlorella sp. using Combined Osmotic shock and Ultra sonication", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

21. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, V.S.Dinesh, M.S.Monika, M.Jayakumar,  "Extraction of Oil and Non-caffeinated Coffee from Date Palm Seeds", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

22. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, S.R.Venkatewara, A.P.Rubendran, "Phytochemical Screening and Anti-microbial activity of Clerodenruminerme", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

23. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, M.Manikandan, U.Naveen, "Value Added Products from Prosopis juliflora", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

24. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, L.Dharani, M.Akalya, "Cadmium Adsorption on dried activated paper sludge", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

25. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, S.R.Venkatewara, A.P.Rubendran, "Batch Adsorption studies of Activated Carbon produced from saw dust, banana peel and Delonix Regia fruit pod", CHEMCON 2015, IIT Guwahati, Dec 25, 2015.<Link>

26. S.Mothil, Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Kiran Kumar, J.Janani, "Integrated Algal Plant(INTAP)", Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Utilization of Biomass: Bioproducts, Biocatalysts and Biorefinery (SutB4), TNAU Coimbatore, 17-18th Nov 2016. <link> 

27. Gomadurai.C., Mothil.S., Chitra Devi.V., Mugaishudeen.G., "Studies on Mixing Characteristics of Jet Mixer", CHEMCON 2016, A.C.Tech, Anna University Chennai,27-30, December 2016. <link>

28. G.Mugaishudeen, Dr.V.Chitra Devi, Mothil Sengottian, C.Gomadurai, "Removal of NaCl from textile waste water by capacitive deionization using nitric acid modified carbon electrode", CHEMCON 2016, A.C.Tech, Anna University Chennai, 27-30, December 2016. <link>

29. Mothil.S, Chitra Devi.V, Gomadurai.C, Mugaishudeen.G, "Tannery dye bath effluent treatment by electro-coagulation using iron an aluminum electrodes",  CHEMCON 2016, A.C.Tech, Anna University Chennai,27-30, December 2016. <link>

30. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, Sengottian Mothil, C.Gomadurai, G.Mugaishudeen, "Microbial Fuel cells using Geobactor metallireducens", CHEMCON 2016, A.C.Tech, Anna University Chennai, 27-30, December 2016. <link>

31. Mothil.S., Dr.V.Chitra Devi, Kiran kumar.S., "Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Prosopis juliflora woddy biomass - Bio-oil Production and optimization" ,BIOPROCESSING INDIA 2017, IIT Guwahati, 09-11th Dec 2017. <link>

32. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, "Advanced oxidation of Organic Pollutants using ZnO/Fe2O3 Nanocatalyst" ,CHEMCON 2017, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, 27-30th Dec 2017. <link>

33. M.Naveen Kumar, K.Senthilkumar, V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, "Generation of Bioenergy from Industrial Wastewater", ICEEIS 2018, International Conference on Energy, Environment and Industrial safety, A.C.Tech Anna University, Chennai, Feb 22-23,2018. <link>

34. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, T.Poornima, T.Aravind, "Conversion of waste lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels using subcritical water extraction", CHEMCON 2018, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, 27-30th Dec 2018. <link>

35. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, R.Sathish Raam, S.Mothil, P.Manjula, T.Poornima, "Studies on thermochemical conversion of micro algae over novel heterogeneous catalysts", CHEMCON 2018, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, 27-30th Dec 2018. <link>

36. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, R.Sathish Raam, S.Mothil, T.Poornima, "Production of Biooil by Hydrothermal Liquefaction using Macro Algae", 4th International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies BEST 2019, Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019. <link>

37. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, R.Sathish Raam, S.Mothil, Aravindan.L.C., Kesava Prasath.R.S., Kirubakaran.P., "Heavy Metal Removal from aqueous solution using Biochar derived from Slow Pyrolysis of Manure", 4th International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies BEST 2019, Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019. <link>

38. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, R.Sathish Raam, S.Mothil, Asmitha.P., Balakumar.B., Gokul.A., "Transesterification of Waste cooking Oil into Biodiesel using Mg/Al based Layered Double Hydroxide Novel Catalyst", 4th International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies BEST 2019, Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019. <link>

39. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, V.Manasvini, R.Harish, S.Marvin Dhanish, "Removal of Salts in Brakish Water by Capacitive Deionization using CNT electrode", 8th International Conference on Advanced Science and Engineering Research, AESR 2019, Al-Ameen Engineering College, Erode, 23rd March 2019, pp.867. <link>

40. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, T.Mythili, P.Subharanjithan, N.Satheesh, "Extraction of Phytochemicals from Aerva Lanatha (L.) Juss Ex Schult flowers using Rotocell extractor ", 8th International Conference on Advanced Science and Engineering Research, AESR 2019, Al-Ameen Engineering College, Erode, 23rd March 2019, pp.862. <link>

41. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, S.Sarath, " Energy intensification of lignocellulosic biomass into biochar and fine chemicals through hydrothermal carbonization", First International Conference on Sustainable Development in Energy and Environment – ICSDEE’19, Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology, Virudhunagar, 18-20th July 2019, pp.20. <link>

42. Dr.Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., Karthikaiselvan S., Gowtham R., Gowtham M., "Production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil using hydrodynamic cavitation", International Conference on Green Energy for Environmental Sustainability (ICGEES-2020), NIT Calicut, Kerala, 5-6th August 2020. <link>

43. Dr.Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Mothil S., Ashwin R., Bhavya Shri RS., "Surface Modified PVA-CA Nanocomposite Membranes for Reverse Osmosis Applications", International Conference on Green Energy for Environmental Sustainability (ICGEES-2020), NIT Calicut, Kerala, 5-6th August 2020. <link>

44. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Prem Kumar Bhuvaneshwaran, Sarath Sekar, "Computational fluid dynamics with optimization of bio product for hydrothermal liquefaction process in batch type reactor", International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Control Technologies (EPACT - 2022), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, 26.08.2022 & 27.08.2022.<Link> 

45. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Sarath Sekar, Prem Kumar Bhuvaneshwaran, "Evaluation of used carbon-based heavy metal adsorbent obtained through hydrothermal carbonization as an effective energy material ", International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Control Technologies (EPACT - 2022), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, 26.08.2022 & 27.08.2022.<Link> 

46. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Navin Rukmani Tamilselvan, Sibiraj Sundaram, Venu Rohit Palanivelmurugan, "Recovery of bio-crude and fine chemicals from microalgae species using hydrothermal liquefaction", International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Control Technologies (EPACT - 2022), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, 26.08.2022 & 27.08.2022.<Link> 

47. Sathish Raam R., Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., Sarath S., Vigneshkarthik R., Sanackiyan M., Rishiharan T. , "Recovery of bio-crude and fine chemicals from microalgae species using hydrothermal liquefaction ", International Inter Disciplinary Conference on Energy, Nano Technology and IOT (ENT 2023), NIT , Puducherry, 02-04 February, 2023. <Link> 

48. Mothil S., Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Premkumar B., Barath M. Durairam N. ,"Energy Production from Hydrothermal Aqueous Phase Using Microbial Fuel Cell", International Inter Disciplinary Conference on Energy, Nano Technology and IOT (ENT 2023), NIT , Puducherry, 02-04 February, 2023. <Link> 

49. Mothil S., Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Premkumar B., Abinash D., Maneendhar D. and Mohamed Ibrahim S., "Development of biochar electrode based vanadium redox flow battery for energy storage", International Inter Disciplinary Conference on Energy, Nano Technology and IOT (ENT 2023), NIT , Puducherry, 02-04 February, 2023. <Link> 

50. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Deenadhayalan Ramachandran, Asswin Saminathan, Ananth Raja, "Modification of Cellulose Acetate Membrane by Integrating Magnetite@Xanthan Gum Nanocomposite to Enhance Performance Characteristics", 2nd International Conference on Emerging Contaminants in Water and Environment, ECWE-2023, PSG Institutte of Advanced Studies, 21-22 February, 2023.<Link>

51. Sathish Raam R., Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., Sarath S., Vigneshkarthik R., Sanackiyan M., Rishiharan T, "Recovery of bio-crude and fine chemicals from microalgae species using hydrothermal liquefaction ", 4th International conference on Sustainable Environment & Civil Engineering, ICSECE'23, ESWARI Engineering College, March 30 & 31, 2023.<Link> 

52. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Deenadhayalan Ramachandran, Asswin Saminathan, Ananth Raja, "Modification of Cellulose Acetate Membrane by Integrating Magnetite@Xanthan Gum Nanocomposite to Enhance Performance Characteristics" , 4th International conference on Sustainable Environment & Civil Engineering, ICSECE'23, ESWARI Engineering College, March 30 & 31, 2023.<Link>

53. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Navin Rukmani Tamilselvan, "Study the Effect of Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction for Microalgae Species", VALORIZATION 2024 - International Conference on Science & Technology Integration for Circular Economy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, January 18-19, 2024. <Link>

54. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Sibiraj Sundaram, Venu Rohith Palanivelmurugan , "Study the effect of different functional group co-solvents in HTL using algal biomass ", VALORIZATION 2024 - International Conference on Science & Technology Integration for Circular Economy, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, January 18-19, 2024. <Link>

55. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Sibiraj Sundaram, Venu Rohith Palanivelmurugan, "Study the effect of different functional group co-solvents in HTL using algal biomass", International Conference on Advances in Biotechnology-Algae towards Sustainable Environment 2024, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College (Autonomous), Chennai-600106, in association with TNSCST, January 22-23, 2024. <Link>

56. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sree Arvind Seetharaman, Sriram Murali ,"Treatment of waste streams from pharmaceutical Industries using nanomaterial doped polysulfone Membrane ", International Conference on Integrating Recent Innovations in Science and Technology: Shaping the Future, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College (Autonomous), Perambalur, Tamil Nadu - 621 212, February 01-03, 2024. <Link>

57. S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, V.Chitra Devi, R.Sanjay, S.Sateesh , "Design and fabrication of microwave pyrolyzer for the pyrolysis of woody and plastic mixed feedstock ", International Conference on Integrating Recent Innovations in Science and Technology: Shaping the Future, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College (Autonomous), Perambalur, Tamil Nadu - 621 212, February 01-03, 2024. <Link>

58. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Sujeet Rangaa Sundaram, Vaishnav Yuvaraj, "Biomass Based activated carbon from used tyres and lignocellulosic biomass for emission control", 7th International Conference on "Recent Trends in Applied Science and Tchnology (ICRTAST-2024), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University in association with ISTA and ISPA, February 02-03, 2024. <Link>

59. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Sibiraj Sundaram, Venu Rohith Palanivelmurugan, "Study The Effect of Different Functional Group Co-Solvents in HTL Using Algal Biomass", 7th International Conference on "Recent Trends in Applied Science and Tchnology (ICRTAST-2024), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University in association with ISTA and ISPA, February 02-03, 2024. <Link>

60. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Navahariharan Muthukumar, Saifullah Mundusreen Yaseen Syed Ali, "Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2@SiO2 and CuS supported nanocomposite for fabrication of Cellulose Acetate membrane",  7th International Conference on "Recent Trends in Applied Science and Tchnology (ICRTAST-2024), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University in association with ISTA and ISPA, February 02-03, 2024. <Link>

61. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Navin Rukmani Tamilselvan, Sarath Sekar, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, "Study The Effect of Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrothermal Liquefaction for Microalgae Species", EMERGING TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - ETET 2024, Department of Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics Engineering and SAE Collegiate Club , National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal - 609609,  February 15 - 16, 2024.<Link>

62. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Sibiraj Sundaram, Venu Rohith Palanivelmurugan, Sarath Sekar, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, "Study The Effect of Different Functional Group Co-Solvents in HTL Using Algal Biomass", EMERGING TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - ETET 2024, Department of Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics Engineering and SAE Collegiate Club , National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal - 609609,  February 15 - 16, 2024.<Link>

63. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, "Synthesis of alkali-catalyzed biocarbon using plastic waste and lignocellulosic biomass through continuous hydrothermal process and its application as a supercapacitor", 8th International Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental & Energy Engineering (RACEEE 2024), Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, February 15 - 16, 2024.<Link>

64. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, "Synthesis of alkali-catalyzed biocarbon using polystyrene and lignocellulosic biomass through continuous hydrothermal process and its application as a Supercapacitor", 5th International Conference on Sustainable Environment and Civil Engineering, ICSECE’2024, ESWARI Engineering College, APRIL 17&18, 2024.<Link>

65.  Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Sarath Sekar, "Heat transfer studies on batch reactor during hydrothermal liquefaction of Microalgae", 5th International Conference on Sustainable Environment and Civil Engineering, ICSECE’2024, ESWARI Engineering College, APRIL 17&18, 2024.<Link>

Books Published

1. K.Senthilkumar, M.Naveen Kumar, V.Chitra Devi, K. Saravanan, S.Easwaramoorthi, published Book Chapter, "Agro-Industrial Waste Valorization to Energy and Value Added Products for Environmental Sustainability", in Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020, R.Praveenkumar et al. (eds.), Biomass Valorization to Bioenergy, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, ISBN 978-981-15-0410-5. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811504099

2. V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, K.Senthilkumar, published Book Chapter, "Thermochemical Conversion and Valorization of Woody Lignocellulosic Biomass in Hydrothermal Media", in Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020, R.Praveenkumar et al. (eds.), Biomass Valorization to Bioenergy, Energy, Environment and Sustainability, ISBN 978-981-15-0410-5. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811504099

3. Venkatachalam C.D., Sengottian M., Ravichandran S.R.,  published Book Chapter, "Hydrothermal Conversion of Biomass into Fuel and Fine Chemicals", in the The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_583.

4. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, published Book Chapter, "Green synthesis of nanoparticles—metals and their oxides", in the Nanomaterials: Application in Biofuels and Bioenergy Production Systems - Editors: R. Praveen Kumar B. Bharathiraja. Academic Press - ISBN: 9780128224014 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822401-4.00012-X

5. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Sivakumar Venkatachalam, published Book Chapter, "Biodegradation of azo dye using microbiological consortium", in the Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes,Elsevier (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85657-7.00017-1

6. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, published Book Chapter, "Valorization of Biomass Into Value-Added Products and Its Application Through Hydrothermal Liquefaction", in the HANDBOOK OF BIOMASS VALORIZATION FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, Wiley-Scrivener: ISBN:9781119818793 (2022). https://scrivenerpublishing.com/cart/title.php?id=616#desc

7. Manju Sri Anbupalani, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, P. Manjula, published Book Chapter, "Polymer Natural Fibre Composites and its Mechanical Characterization", in the Sustainable Natural fiber composites,  Materials Research Forum LLC: ISBN:978-1-64490-184-7  (2022). https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901854-10

8. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, published Book Chapter, "Biofuel recovery from microalgal biomass through hydrothermal liquefaction ", in the Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications , Woodhead Publishing : ISBN:978-0-443-13927-7 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13927-7.00020-7

9. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, Sarath Sekar, published Book Chapter, "Algal Photo Bioreactors: A Promising Technology for Wastewater Treatment", in the Green Technologies for Industrial Waste Remediation, Springer Nature Switzerland: ISBN: 978-3-031-46858-2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46858-2_4

10. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Aatral Govindaraj, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, published Book Chapter, "Recent trends in advanced oxidation processes for tannery effluent treatment–A review", in the Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes, Elsevier: ISBN: 9780323956567 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95656-7.00006-3

11. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Sarath Sekar, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, published Book Chapter, "Thermochemical Conversion: An Approach for the Production of Energy Materials from Biomass", in the Biomass Energy for Sustainable Development, CRC Press: ISBN: 9781003406501 (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003406501 

12. Devanampriyan Rajan, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mahalakshmi RL Sruthi, Shaikh Mohd Riyan, published Book Chapter, "Emulsification and Spherification", in the Structured Foods, CRC Press: ISBN: 9781003355441 (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003355441

Funded Research Projects

Sl. No. Name of the Scheme Funding agency Title of the Project Amount (Lakhs) Year   Status

1. SPS TNSCST Studies on drying characteristics 0.10 2013 Completed 

and decolourisation of dye using

Syzygium Cumini (Black Plum)

2. SPDP AICTE Establishment of Skills and Personality   11.89 2019 Completed

Development of SC/ST Students

3. MODROB AICTE Modernization of food analysis 10.67   2020 Completed

and quality control laboratory

4. TDT-WMT DST Design and development of continuous 107.10   2021 On Going

high pressure screw reactor for Alkali 

catalyzed hydrothermal co-liquefaction of

plastic wastes with lignocellulosic biomass

5. SPS TNSCST Development of prawn coarse spice powder 0.075 2025 Completed

   using millets – A healthier breakfast

Patents

Sl. No. Title of the patent Name of the Investigators Year   Status

1. Hydro Thermal Reactor <Link> Dr. V. Chitra Devi 2024 Granted

S. Mothil 

       R .Sathish Raam 

       S. Sarath 

      B. Premkumar

Funded Programmes Organized (Seminar/Conference/Workshop/FDP/STTP/Other)

Name of the Programme Name of the Funding Agency

1. Integrated Techniques for Treatment of Textile Effluent on 20.04.2011& 21.04.2011 DST 

2. 1st National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies - CONCEPT 2018 on February 9, 2018

 (Proceedings ISBN:978-93-5288-485-8) IIChE, Kolkata

3. 2nd National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies - CONCEPT 2019 on January 25, 2019 

(Proceedings ISBN:978-93-5346-297-0) IIChE, Kolkata

4. National Seminar on Novel Materials Synthesis and Characterization Techniques on March 15, 2019 Pidilite Industries

5. 3rd National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies - CONCEPT 2020 on January 25, 2020 

(Proceedings ISBN:978-93-5396-110-7) IIChE, Kolkata

6. FDP on Innovations in green technology and its applications in Green synthesis and sequestration of Industrial 

pollutants towards sustainable development, from 27.11.2019 to 10.12.2019 AICTE

7. 4th National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies - e-CONCEPT 2021 on January 20, 2021

(Proceedings ISBN:978-93-5445-363-2) Self Supporting

Consultancy Projects

Sl. No. Title of the Project Name of the Company

1. Mechanical Separation Equipment for Coffee Effluent Treatment McKinnon Industries (India) Ltd., Coimbatore.

2. Improving the quality of Papads Richbite Natural Food Products, Erode.

3. New product development KAS Bio Product Firm, Chithode. 

4. Papad from tapioca starch Richbite Natural Food Products, Erode.

Industrial Exposure

Aravind Plastics, SIPCOT, Perundurai.

McKinnon Industries (India) Ltd., Coimbatore.

Richbite Natural Food Products, Erode.

Sri Vallabai Engineering Works.

Invited talks / chairing a session (Workshops/ Seminars /Symposium/ Conference/ Refresher/ Orientation course/FDP/ STTP/BoS, etc.)

1.     Session Chair - ZEALICHE – 2013, a  National Level students’ Technical symposium  organized by Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi on 23.02.2013.

2.     Delivered a lecture on Green Fuels in the ISTE - SRM sponsored STTP on “Green Engineering Concepts for Process Design in Synthesis of Green Products" organized by  Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Thudupathi on 16/4/2013.

3.     Session Chair - PRASIDHI 14, a  National Level students’ Technical symposium conducted by NSS wing of Kongu Engineering College on 21.03.14.

4.    Session Chair – AFCB -2k14, a National conference on “Advances in Food, Chemical and Biotechnology” organized by the Department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College on 12.09.2014.

5.     Session Chair – Oral session - Chemical panel in the  Kongu Fest 2016 organized by Kongu Polytechnic College  on 13.01.16.

6.     Delivered a lecture on Separation Techniques in the TEQIP II Sponsored Two Weeks Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications (ATSA’16) during 6-19 June 2016 Anna University, Trichy 17.06.2016 F.N

7.     Delivered a lecture on Industrial Process Calculations in the Department of Chemical Engineering Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal. 25.08.2016 A.N

8.     Session Chair - PRASIDHI 17 -  in the Paper Presentation –II  conducted by NSS wing of Kongu Engineering College on 23.03.2017

9.    Chair Person (Topic - Advanced Materials )- (Oral & Poster Sessions) in the BRNS & CSIR Sponsored International Conference on “Energy, Environment and Advanced Materials for a Sustainable Future (ICEEAMSF-2017)” organized by the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, School of Science and Humanities, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai-638 060 on 23.05.2017. 

10.  Delivered a lecture on PROSIMULATOR in the Process Modelling and Simulation Workshop organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongu Polytechnic College on 16.02.2018.

11.  Delivered a lecture on Multiphase flow – Heat Exchangers – Process Modelling and Simulation – Experimental Analysis in the FDP on “Advances in Heat Exchangers” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, CIT, CBE on 27 September, 2018.

12.  Served as Interview Expert Member in the Faculty recruitment Panel of the Department of Chemical Engineering of Gnanamani Engineeering college, Namakkal on 21.12.2018.

13.  Delivered a lecture on Co Firing Complements, Sustainable Land Management and Economic Sense in the TNSCST Sponsored One Day National Seminar on “ Co-Firing with a CO2 Dispassionate Biomass to Evade Global Warming” organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shree Venkateshwara Hi-Tech Engineering College 08.08.2019.

14.  Served as Academic Expert in the Board of Studies of the Department of Chemical Engineering of Mahendra Engineeering college, Namakkal on 09.10.2019.

15.  Delivered a lecture on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the CHEMSARX’20 organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering on 03.03.2020.

16.  Served as Academic Expert in the Board of Studies of the Department of Chemical Engineering of Mahendra Engineeering college, Namakkal on 12.04.2021.

17   Delivered a lecture on Diet, Nutrition, Prevention of Cancer in the 5 days AICTE-ATAL sponsored FDP on ,” Combating Cancer: Role of Ml Techniques in Prevention and Treatments”, organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, KIT-Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 09.06.2021.

18.  Served as Academic Expert in the Anna University – Second - Syllabus Sub Committee meeting – Revision of Syllabus under Regulations (R-2021) for the Non-Autonomous Colleges Affiliated to Anna University - Faculty of Technology , Anna University, Chennai  on 30.07.2021. 

19.  Served as Primary Evaluator  in the AICTE  - Toycathon 2021,  organized by Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, Govt. of India, on 15.12.2021.

20. Served as Doctoral Committee member  in the First Doctoral Committee meeting of research scholar Mr. Karl Joseph Samuel (22145891112), PhD - January 2022 session at Anna University, Chennai, conducted through virtual mode  on 14.03.2022. 

21.  Served as Academic Expert in the Board of Studies of the Department of Chemical Engineering of Mahendra Engineeering college, Namakkal on 30.04.2022.

22.  Served as Pre-Screening Evaluator  in the Smart India Hackathon 2022,  organized by Ministry of Education Innovation Cell, Govt. of India, on 4-6, June 2022.

23. Served as Academic Expert in the Anna University – Second - Syllabus Sub Committee meeting – Revision of Syllabus under Regulations (R-2021) for the Non-Autonomous Colleges Affiliated to Anna University - Faculty of Technology , Anna University, Chennai  on 06.06.2022. 

24. Served as Academic Expert in the Second Syllabus Sub Committee Meeting for framing syllabus for B.Tech. Food Technology programme for the Non-Autonomous Colleges Affiliated to Anna University under the Regulations 2021, Anna University, Chennai  on 21.06.2022. 

25. Served as Subject Expert for framing the curriculum in the Department Advisory Board meeting of the Department of Food Technology of K.S.R. College of Technology, Tiruchengode on 19.07.2022.

26. Served as Doctoral Committee member  in the First Doctoral Committee meeting for Full-time research scholar Mr. R.P. Rajadurai Jesudoss (Reg. No. 22145897115) conducted through virtual mode  on 30.08.2022. 

27.  Served as Academic Expert in the Board of Studies of the Department of Food Technology of Mahendra Engineeering college, Namakkal on 27.04.2023.

28. Served as Jury for the Video Contest on World Food Day 2K23, organized by Food Technology Association, Department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, on 16.10.2023.

29. Served as Jury for the Technical Session in FRISSION 2K24, organized by Food Technology Association, Department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, on 06.03.2024.

30. Served as Jury for the Technical Session in ZELOS 2K24, organized by Food Technology Association, Department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, on 15.03.2024.

31. Delivered a lecture on on"PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND ITS ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION" in ONE DAY STATE LEVEL SEMINAR held on 19/03/2025, organized by the Department of  Petrochemical Technology, Excel  Engineering College, Komarapalyam – 637303 Tamil Nadu, India.

Value Added Courses Offered

1. National Workshop on "Microfluidics" organized by Department of Chemical Engineering and IIP Cell KEC, Perundurai on 24 & 25 March, 2011 .

2. Two Days Workshop on "Two days Workshop for Students on Water Quality Monitoring " organized by Department of Chemical Engineering and IIP Cell KEC, Perundurai, on 19 & 20 July, 2013 .

3. Non-Formal Course on "Data analysis through statistical techniques" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 17 March to 01 April,  2014.

4. Non-Formal Course on "Finite Volume and Finite Difference Approach to Computational Fluid Dynamics" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 11 March to 06 April,  2015. 

5. Non-Formal Course on "Modeling and Optimization of Experimental Data" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 6 - 21 July, 2015.

6. Non-Formal Course on "Modeling and Optimization using MATLAB" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 20 July to 6 August, 2015.

7. Two Days Workshop on "Heat Exchangers" organized by Department of Chemical Engineering and IIP Cell KEC, Perundurai, on 21& 22 January, 2016.

8. Non-Formal Course on "Hands-on Training on 3-D Modeling of Process Plants" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 11 - 27 July, 2016.

9. One Day Workshop with "Hands-on Training on Plant Design Management System" organized by Department of Chemical Engineering and IIP Cell at KEC, Perundurai, on 24 February, 2017. <link>

10. Non-Formal Course on "Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data using Modern Software Tools" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 28 June to 21 July, 2017.

11. One Credit Course on "Advanced Mathematical Tools for Science & Engineering Applications" at Department of Chemical Engineering, KEC, Perundurai, from 7 - 22 September, 2017.

12. Two Credit Course on "Biosensors and its Application in Food Industries" at Department of Food Technology, KEC, Perundurai, from 2 March - 2 April, 2022.

13. One Credit Course on " Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data using Modern Software Tools", at Department of Food Technology, KEC, Perundurai, from 4 September - 12 November,  2024.

NPTEL Certification Courses

1. Completed "Waste to Energy Conversion" 8 weeks course with Elite (Score 70%).

2. Completed "Manufacturing of Composites" 8 weeks course with Elite (Score 81%).

Software Proficiency

• ASPEN PLUS

• ASPEN HYSYS

• HTRI

• PROSIM

• ANSYS FLUENT

• MATALB

• DoE

Subjects Handled

• Food Process Calculations - Chapter 1.1,  Chapter 1.2, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5

• Heat Transfer Operations - Unit - 1, Unit - 2, Unit - 3, Unit - 4, Unit - 5

• Industrial Waste Management - Unit - 1, Unit - 2, Unit - 2.2, Unit - 3.1

• Process Modeling and Simulation - Introduction - 1.1, Introduction - 1.2, Modeling of Chemical Systems, Process Simulation & Process Simulator

• Computational Fluid Dynamics - Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8

• Process Dynamics and Control  - Stability criterion, Amplitude plot, Advanced Control Systems

• Fluid Mechanics

• Mechanical Operations

• Chemical Process Industries

• Biochemical Engineering

Roles & Responsibilities 

• NBA Coordinator

• IQAC  Coordinator

• BoS Member

• NAAC Coordinator

• Student Counselor