Academic Profile

• M.Tech., Chemical Engineering with specialization of Computer Aided Process and Equipment Design from National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana. CGPA: 8.89

• B.Tech., Chemical Engineering from Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode. CGPA: 9.25

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Nandha Engineering College, Erode (July 2026 - Till Date)

• Assistant Professor in Petrochemical Technology, Excel Engineering College, Namakkal (September 2023 - June 2026)

• Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode (June 2017 - February 2022)

• Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Erode (July 2016 - May 2017)

Anna University Supervisorship

• Supervisor Recognition ID: 4140133

• Number of Scholars Pursuing Ph.D.: 6 

Journals Published (International)

1. V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.SathishRaam and 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.

2. V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.SathishRaam and 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.

3. V.Chitra Devi, P.Manjula and A.Manju Sri, "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.

4. Manjula Palanisamy, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam and Manju Sri Anbupazhani, Siva Shankar Chandran, Naveen Kumar Rajendran and Vishnubharath Lakshmanan, "Fabrication and properties testing of sisal fiber reinforced epoxy composites with random orientation", AIP Conference Proceedings 2224(1):040015, 2020.

5. Jaya Bharathi Jayabalan, Senthilkumar Kandasamy, Manjula Palanisamy and Naveen Kumar Manickam, "Synthesis of bio-polymers from Prosopis Juliflora", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240(1):090006, 2020.

6. Jaya Bharathi Jayabalan, Senthilkumar Kandasamy, Manjula Palanisamy, Prasad Rangasamy and Ajay Sathiya, "Bioactive Phytochemicals synthesis: Source, Preparation and Characterization", AIP Conference Proceedings 2387(1):100005, 2021.

7. Manjula Palanisamy, Srinivasan Govindan, Sivakumar Palanisamy, Sandhiya Kumaran, Sanjuna Sudhakar, Swathi Govindaraju and Prashanth Shanmugam, “Valorisation of Coffee Husk Fiber into High Performance PLA Biocomposites for Sustainable Food Packaging Applications”, International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 14 (4), 177-183, 2025.

Papers Presented in International Conference

1. Dynamic simulation of oil-water emulsion formation in microchannels in International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering at NIT Surathkal on December 20-22, 2015.

2. Removal of chromium ions from tannery effluent using emulsion liquid membrane in International Conference on Applied Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, on March18-19, 2019.

Papers Presented in National Conference 

1. Fluid flow Simulation using CFD(ANSYS-FLUENT) in National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on February 9th, 2018.

2. Hydro-chemical recovery of Co and Li from spent lithium-ion batteries by acid leaching and chemical precipitation in National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018) at Annamalai University, Chidambaram on September 28-29, 2018.

3. Simulation of Oil droplet formation at a vertical nozzle immersed in water in National Conference on Dynamics of Interphases in Multiphase Systems at NIT Warangal on December 15-16, 2018.

4. Emulsion Liquid Membrane in National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on January 25th, 2019.

5. Fabrication and Properties Testing of Sisal Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composites with Random Orientation in National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on January 25th, 2020.

6. Synthesis of Bio-polymers from Prosopis Juliflorain National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on January 25th, 2020.

7. Bioactive Phytochemicals synthesis: Source, Preparation and characterizationin National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies (e-concept) at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on February 20th, 2021.

8. Coffee Husk Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composites for Food Packaging Applications in CSIR sponsored National Conference on Contaminate and Pollutant Management at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on April 22 - 23, 2021.

9. Effect of Different Extraction Methods on Pineapple Leaf Fiber with Epoxy Matrix Composite in CSIR sponsored National Conference on Contaminate and Pollutant Management at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on April 22 - 23, 2021.

Professional Society Membership

• Life Member: Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

• Life Member: Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE)  

Subjects Handled

• Process modeling and simulation

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Transport Phenomena

• Chemical Reaction Engineering

• Process Dynamics and Control

• Chemical Process Industries

• Chemical Process Utilities

• Mass Transfer