Dr. K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

 

Email : meera@nitt.edu

 

Employment Profile

Job Title

Employer

From

To

Professor

National Institute of Technology, Trichy

2018

Till date

Associate Professor

National Institute of Technology, Trichy

2009

2018

Assistant Professor

National Institute of Technology (Formerly REC), Trichy

2006

2009

Senior Lecturer

Regional Engineering College, Trichy

2001

2006

Lecturer

Regional Engineering College, Trichy

1997

2001

Academic Qualifications

Examination

Board / University

Year

Division/ Grade

Subjects

Ph.D.

A.C. Tech

Anna University, Chennai

1996

-

Chemical Engineering specialized in Petroleum Refining

M. Tech.

A.C. Tech

Anna University, Chennai

1990

First class with distinction

Chemical Engineering

B. Tech

A.C. Tech

Anna University, Chennai

1988

First class with distinction

Chemical Engineering

 

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position

Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution

From

To

Institute PMRF Coordinator

Institute

2022

Till date

Member in PMRF Steering committee

Institute

2020

2022

Member in UG-ARC committee

Institute

2020

2022

Associate Dean ( Institute Development)-Women Cell/Women Harassment (ICC)/PwD cell

Institute

2012

2015

Member in ICC Cell

Institute

2012

2017

2015

2018

Presiding Officer for Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Institute

2018

2021

Member in Promotion Committee related to MACPS implementation

Institute

2017

Till date

Department Member in Strategic Planning group and IoE core team

Institute

2017

2018

Member in IPR cell

Institute

2017

Till date

Member in Scrutiny committee for PwD recruitment

Institute

2014

2016

Stock Verification Officer

Institute

1998

2000

Member of Institute Package A/C maintenance

Institute

2009

2010

Executive members in officer’s club

Institute

2004

2005

Head of the Department

Department

2018

2020

Member in Department Administrative Council

Department

2012

2014

Member in Scrutiny committee for faculty recruitment/PDF

Department

2017

2022

Incharge of Mass Transfer Lab

Department

2002

Till date

Incharge of Heat Transfer Laboratory

Department

2001

2006

UG/PG curriculum coordinator (NBA and BoS)

Department

2016

2020

2017

2022

DPEC Chairman, M.Tech.Project Evaluation committee

Department

2009

2019

2010

2020

DPEC member in Project evaluation committee

Department

2015

2018

Chairman, Performance Analysis Committee (PG-II Year)

Department

2012

2013

Chairman, Performance Analysis Committee (PG-I Year)

Department

2011

2012

Department Purchase Committee member

Department

2010

2012

Chairman, Performance Analysis Committee (UG)

Department

2005

2009

2007

2010

Department Library In charge

Department

1998

2001

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University

Position

Institution

BoS Expert

SASTRA University, Tanjore (UG)

Periyar University, Tanjore

Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (UG)

SRM University, Chennai (UG)

SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (UG/PG)

Adhiyamann College of Engineering, Hosur (UG)

Syllabus subcommittee member

Anna University, Chennai

Co-Principal Investigator

Project Evaluation on Particle Size and Fuel Value of Carbonaceous Deposits in Duct at TNPL Captive Power Plant

 

Project Evaluation on Decolorization of dye effluent using Rice husk carbon at Ms.GB Industries, Trichy

Guest Editor

Special issue in International journal of Chemical Product and Process Modelling (CPPM)

PhD Viva voce external examiner and DC members

IISER (Mohali), Punjab university, Anna university (Chennai/Trichy), SRM university, SIT-Tumkur, Kongu University, SSN etc.

Fellowships

Year of Award

Name of the Fellowship

Awarding Organization

From (Month/Year)

To (Month/Year)

1992

MRL Research Fellow

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd , Chennai(Formerly Madras Refineries Ltd)

1992

1995

2021

PG student Project on Microwave Catalytic Pyrolysis of E-Waste using Industrial Slag for fuel Production

IIChE

2021

2022

Awards, Associateships, etc.

Name of the Award

Year

M.H. Shukla Award for Best Technical Paper presentation in CHEMCON 2003 awarded in the joint conference of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Institute of Chemical Engineers, CHEMCON 2004, at Mumbai

2004

Candidate in the Biographical Data of Who’s Who in the World

2007

Best teacher Award by NITT

2009

Best Paper Award in the area of Environmental Engg., Presented at International Conference RACET-2011, Kochi

2011

Technical Co-Chair for a session in National conference on “Recent trends on Renewable Energy sources”, Anna University, Trichy, 2011

 

Technical Chair in International Conference at Dubai

 

Technical Chair at CHEMCON

 

2011

 

 

2017

 

2016

Best Paper Award Presented at Int. Conf. on Trends and Innovations in Chem. And Pharm.Tech. (TICPT) 2017, Anna University, Trichy

2017

Best Paper Award at CHEMCON 2017

2017

Faculty recognition award for paper publication at NITT

2017,2018

Best Paper Award at International Conference DUBAI

2017

Tech Samaritan Award for COVID Service by IE (TLC)

2021

Women Engineer Award by The Institution of Engineers (India)

2022

 

Details of Academic Work

  1. Curriculum Development​​
    • Industrial Applications/Case studies included in Mass Transfer II course.
    • Tutorial classes and assignments conducted in UG course (Mass Transfer II) to enhance the knowledge towards design and analysis of industrial problems.
    • Seminar classes conducted in PG course to update the recent developments and applications towards down streaming operations.
    • Setting up Analytical Instrumentation lab for PG in 2016
    • Practical sessions conducted for PG to give awareness and enhance the research skills in Analytical instrumentation.
  2. Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels​​
    • Mass transfer Operations (UG)
    • Mechanical Operations (UG)
    • Transport Phenomena (UG)
    • Petroleum Refining Engineering and petrochemicals (UG)
    • Advanced Separation Techniques (PG)
    • Piping and Instrumentation (PG)
    • Unit operations and Unit processes (PG)
  3.  Projects guided at Postgraduate level

                                             Name of the Thesis

    Year

    Effluent treatment by Solvent extraction in batch extractor and York - Scheibel column

    1997

    Distillery effluent odour control by Emulsion liquid membrane extraction

    1998

    Studies on extraction of Amino acid using Emulsion liquid membrane technique    

    1999

    Energy audit in sugar Industry

    1999

    Studies on extraction of Amino acid using ELM technique with different emulsions    

    2000

    Recovery of 2-Chlorophenol from aqueous solutions by ELM

    2001

    Removal of Chromium VI ions by Emulsion liquid membrane technique

    2002

    Experimental investigation on Bio-Diesel from Rice bran oil

    2002

    Studies on reactive distillation for the esterification of acetic acid by methanol over   cation ion exchange resins.

    2003

    Studies on Foam Fractionation

    2004

    Studies on Desalination by Emulsion liquid membrane technique

    2004

    Modeling the Recovery of heavy metal ions using ELM

    2005

    Recovery of Imidazole from dilute solutions by ELM in Continuous operations

    2005

    Studies on preparation and characterization of Nanosized Magnetic Particles

    2006

    Recovery of Resorcinol from dilute solutions by ELM in batch process

    2006

    Adsorption of biomolecules using functionalized magnetic nanoparticles

    2007

    Recovery of Resorcinol from dilute solutions by ELM in Continuous- Mathematical Modeling

    2007

    Improved hydraulics calculation tool

    2007

    Preparation of  Nanosize zinc sulphide  by emulsion liquid membrane technique

    2007

    Steady State data Reconciliation using Aspen Plus

    2008

    Removal of chromium from aqueous and Tannery effluent using Nanomagnetic particles

    2008

    CO2 Sequestration from Thermal power plant using ammonia

    2008

    Adsorption of Methylene blue dye on activated carbon from rice husk

    2009

    Production of Biodiesel using heterogeneous ion exchange resin catalyst

    2009

    Process Simulation and Economic Assessment of Biodiesel Production

    2009

    Treatment of industrial textile dye effluent by carbonized rice husk

    2010

    Removal of Hexavalent Chromium Ions by Acid Treated Carbon from rice husk

    2010

    Synthesis and Characterization of RTIL Encapsulated and RTIL Impregnated Microcapsules

    2010

    Removal of hexavalent Chromium ions by surface functionalized carbon

    from rice husk

    2011

    Removal of Phenol using RTIL encapsulated polymer Microcapsules

    2011

    Production of Biodiesel From WCO Using Clam Shell as Catalysts

    2011

    Removal of phenol using mixed RTIL encapsulated polymer Microcapsules in packed bed adsorber

    2011

    Thermodynamic Model Studies for Liquid- Liquid Separation Techniques

    2012

    Adsorption Studies on Surface Functionalized Cellulose Beads from Rice Straw for Dye Removal

    2012

    Removal of Phenol Using Mixed RTIL Encapsulated Polymer Microcapsules in Packed Bed Adsorber

    2012

    Synthesis of Cellulose Hydrogels from Rice straw for Protein Drug delivery

    2013

    Biodiesel production using nanosized KOH doped CaO-MgO catalyst

    2013

    Studies on Engine Performance Characteristics of biodiesel synthesized using heterogeneous catalysts

    2013

    Effect of Arabic Gum on Alginate/Hydroxyapatite composites for Drug delivery

    2013

    Resveratrol separation from red grapes and studies on drug delivery kinetics

    2013

    Reaction Kinetics and Modeling for the Trans-Esterification Reactions in Batch and Continuous Proces

    2014

    Biodiesel production from Jatropha oil using mixture of natural shells as heterogeneous catalysts

    2014

    Green Synthesis of Iron Nano Particles and Its Characterization

    2014

    Effect of Injector Design on Combustion Modeling of an IC Engine Using ANSYS

    2014

    Transesterification of J.oil Using Industrial Scale Deposits as Solid Catalyst

    2015

    Arsenic Removal by Using Iron loaded Activated Carbon

    2015

    Drug Loading and Drug Delivery Kinetics using calcium ferrite NPs

    2015

    Drug Delivery Studies Using Biomediated Iron NP

    2016

    Environmental Friendly Corrosion Inhibitors for Oil and Gas Fields

    2016

    Hydrodynamic and Mechanical Design of Reactive Absorber Using Aspen Plus and Unigraphics

    2016

    Thermal and Mechanical Design of Mutiple Effect Evaporator Using Matlab and Unigraphics

    2016

    CFD Analysis of Flow Patterns in Deoiling Hydrocyclone

    2017

    Steam Reforming of Ethanol for Hydrogen Generation-Catalytic and Drift Spectroscopic Study

    2017

    Development and characterisation of Cellulose Hydrogel as Drug carrier

    2017

    Development and characterisation of Hybrid Casein-CFNP Drug carrier

    2017

    Curcumin Release studies using Hybrid Casein-CFNP Drug carrier

    2018

    Curcumin drug delivery using Cellulose Hydrogel as Drug carrier

    2018

    Controlled delivery of Biopesticides using Hydrogels from Sugarcane Bagasse

    2018

    Magnetic assisted Curcumin drug delivery using Receptor based Hybrid Nanocarrier

    2018

    Process Equipment Design and Analysis for Maleic Anhydride Plant

    2019

    Targeted delivery of Phyto-derived drugs using BSA-CFNP Hybrid carrier

    2019

    Environmental safety by Organic Forming

    2019

    Kinetic study of cellulase production using lemongrass waste by Aspergillus niger

    2020

    Theoretical design of  chitosan Hydrogel supercapacitor

    2020

    Theoretical design of Functionalized chitosan Hydrogel supercapacitor

    2021

    Development of activated carbon  electrodes from rice straw for capacitive deionization of brackish water

    2021

    Microwave Pyrolysis of E-Waste for fuel Production with and without bi-metal doped catalyst

    2021

    Synthesis of Formic acid by electrochemical reduction of CO2 : theoretical study

    2022

    Microwave Catalytic Pyrolysis of E-Waste using Industrial Slag for fuel Production.

    2022

  4. Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor /Co-Convenor)
    • International Conference -Organized​​

      Title

      Duration

      Sponsor

      Role

      Venue

      International Conference on Desalination-Clean Technologies, role of Desalination and Swachh Bharat Mission

      20- 21 April 2018

      InDA-DBT

      Organizing Secretary

      NIT,Trichy

      International Conference on Multifunctional and Hybrid Composite Materials for Energy, Environment and Medical applications

      9-11 September, 2019

      DBT

      Chairman

      NIT Trichy

      Environmentally Benign Processes, Products and Materials for Sustainable Ecosystem

      19-20 November 2021

      DST-SERB/

      Seshasayee Paper Boards

      Convener

      NIT, Trichy

    • Short Term Training Programme-Organized(National)

      Title

      Duration

      Sponsor

      Role

      Venue

      Novel Separation Techniques

      15.11.1999- 27.11.1999

      ISTE

       

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Recent Advances in Environment, Safety and Energy Management

      5.2.2007 to 9.2.2007

      QIP (Poly scheme)

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Communication Skill Development

      21.2.2013 to 22.2.2013

      TEQIP

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Conceptual Mechanisms of Transport operations in Chemical and Biochemical Processes

      22.8.2016- 27.8.2016

      TEQIP- II

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Women in Science and Technology-Breaking the glass ceiling

      18.3.2019-

      23.3.2019

      NCW &TEQIP III

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

    • Workshops Organized(National)

      Title

      Duration

      Sponsored by

      Role

      Venue

      Safety and stress management

      8.12.2006

      TEQIP

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Environment and Hygiene

      9.12.2006

       

      TEQIP

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Nanomaterials Characterization and their Process Applications

      28.02.2008

       

      TEQIP

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Remediation for Clean and Green Environment

      30.11.2012- 01.12.2012

      Self supporting

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Energy Conservation : Scope and Options

      24.01.2014

      PCRA-NITT

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Energy Conservation and Alternative Options

      20.5.2016

      PCRA-NITT

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Workshop on Nurturing IPR and Technology Transfer

      20.4.2017

      NITT

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Self Defence, Safety Awareness and Psychological Empowerment for woman Against Crime

      17.9.2019-18.9.2019

      TEQIP

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Recent Technologies on Waste to Energy Conversion

      2.12.2019-13.12.2019

      SPARC

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Environmental and Energy impacts of Biomass Thermochemical Process

      25.01.2021-29.01.2021

      SPARC

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

      Next Gen Fuels: A Sustainable Approach

      16.3.2022-20.3.2022

      SICI

      Coordinator

      NIT, Trichy

    • Invited Talks Delivered

      Name of the topic

      Programme

      Period

      Organization

      Extraction Process in Petroleum refineries

      IE Regional special Lecture

      1997

      Institution of Engineers (I), Tiruchirappalli Local center, BHEL

      Emulsion liquid membrane Pertraction- A Tool for Novel Separation

      ISTE sponsored winter school

      1999

      NIT (REC), Tiruchirappalli

      Emulsion liquid membrane – A tool for Effluent Treatment

      ISTE sponsored summer school

      2003

      NIT (REC), Tiruchirappalli

      Emulsion liquid membrane - A Novel Separation technology

      ISTE sponsored winter school

      2003

      Annamalai University

       

      Emulsion liquid membrane Pertraction-A Tool for Novel Separation

      IE Regional special Lecture

      2004

      Institution of Engineers (I), Tiruchirappalli Local center

      Emulsion liquid membrane Treatment– Environmental sustainable Technology

      ISTE Sponsored Short term Programme

      2004

      Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam College of Engineering,  Needamangalam

      Membrane processes for Waste Water Treatment

      ISTE sponsored Short term training Programme

      2004

      Periyar Polytechnique, Tanjore

      Liquid Membranes as a tool for treatment of wastes

      TEQIP sponsored workshop

      2006

      National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

      Membrane Reactors for Hydrogen fuel production

      AICTE-QIP sponsored Short term training programme

      2007

      National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

      Nanoparticles for waste water treatment

      ISTE sponsored Short term training Programme

      2007

      Periyar Maniyammai college of technology for Women, Tanjore

      Alternate Fuel for Future Demands

      Special lecture

      2009

      Selvam College of Technology, Namakkal

      Essential for Eco-friendly Society-CO2 Sequestration

      Invited talk

      2010

      Sudharsan Engineering College, Pudukkottai

      ELM –A technique for effluent Treatment

      Special lecture

      2010

      Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur

      Surface Functionalized adsorbents for Environmental applications

      lecture in workshop

      2012

      NITT

      Alternate Fuels

      Mechanical Engineering Association

      2014

      Mother Teresa College of Engineering, Viralimalai, Trichy

      Mass Transport principles in Separation processes

      Lecture in STTP Course

      2016

      NITT

      Transfer Operations

      FDP lecture

      2016

      Anna university, Trichy

      Bioenergy

      Invited talk

      2017

      SRM university

      Advanced Materials

      Key note address

      2018

      SRM University

      Functional materials for Biofuels

      FDP lecture

      2019

      NIT, Calicut

      Advanced materials for Adsorption

      FDP Lecture

      2020

      Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry

      Biofuels: Next gen fuels

      FDP lecture

      2021

      PSNA college of Engg, Dindigul

  5. Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc. (mentioning the role)​
    • ​​​​Short Term Training Programme Attended

      Sl.

      No.

      Title

      Duration

      Sponsor

      Venue

      1

      Bio Process Technology,

       

      01.06.1999 – 24.06.1999

      (UGC)

      Annamalai University, Chidambaram

      2

      Recent trends in sustainable energy sources for the Human development – strategies for the 21st century

      09.12.1999 –29.12.1999

       

      (AICTE)

      Bharathidasan       University

      3

      Computer control of processes

      20-25th Feb2002

      (QIP)

      IIT , Chennai

      4

      Biotechnology-Emerging trends& challenges ahead

      11.11.2002-22.11.2002

      (AICTE-ISTE)

      Annamalai University, Chidambaram

      5

      Safety and Environment management Emerging trends

      9.6.2003-20.6.2003

      (AICTE-ISTE)

      National Institute of Technology, Trichy

      6

      SERC school on  Interfacial Fluid Dynamics 

      22.9.2003-27.9.2003

      (DST)

      Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

      7

      Emerging Trends in Energy Management and Non-Conventional Energy

      22.11.2004 - 03.12.2004

       

      (AICTE-ISTE)

      National Institute of Technology, Trichy

      8

      Advanced Measurements and Techniques in process industries

      25th to 27th April 2007

       

      (DST-SERC)

      UICT, Mumbai.

      9

      Advanced alternative Energy technologies on Fuel Cells

      03.03.2008-13.03.2008

      (TEQIP)

      National Institute of Technology, Trichy

      10

      The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

      21.12.2008-23.12.2008

      (Franklin Covey)

      National Institute of Technology, Trichy

      11

      Chemical Systems modeling and Simulation

      13.7.2009-17.7.2009

      (AICTE-MHRD)

      National Institute of Technology, Trichy

      12

      Next Gen Fuels 2010

      3011.2010-2.12.2010  

      GDC care council

      SurajKund, New Delhi

      13

      Communication skill Development

      21.2.2013 – 22.2.2013

      TEQIP I

      National Institute of Technology

      14

      Conclave on Academic Reforms

      28-29th April 2015

      TEQIP II

      National Institute of Technology

      15

      Waste Management

      8.5.2016-13.5.2016

      TEQIP-II

      National Institute of Technology

      16

      New Teaching-Learning Aid and course Module development using Aspen Plus

      3-5th October 2019

      TEQIP-II

      National Institute of Technology

      17

      E-Content Development

      11-15th May 2020

      MHRD-QIP

      National Institute of Technology

    • Workshops Attended(National)

      Sl.

      No.

      Title

      Duration

      Sponsor

      Venue

      1

      Recent Trends in wastewater Treatment       

      27.2.2008

      TEQIP

      NIT, Trichy

      2

      Advanced Chemical Process Design

      20.10.2008

       

      TEQIP

      NIT, Trichy

      3

      Sustainable Technologies for future  

      13.12.2008

      TEQIP

      NIT, Trichy

      4

      Sexual Harassment at Workplace

      26.4.2018

      UGC

      Bharathidasan University,Trichy

      5

      Ways to Handle Millennial  kids

      2020

      TEQIP

      Tanjore

  6. Other contribution(s)
    • Mini Experimental Projects given to UG students to develop research skills on the following areas of research:
      • Dye removal using functionalized adsorbents
      • Drug synthesis from natural resources
      • Preparation of Silica gel from rice husk
    • Established new experiments on “Hydrodynamic studies on ELM Pertraction using Rotating Disc Contactor, Continuous Foam Separator for enrichment of metal ions, Continuous adsorption column for Breakthrough studies, Recirculating gas humidifier and VLE data generation” for UG/PG/PhD students.
    • Development of Reactive Distilled reactor for Biodiesel production in continuous mode.
    • Development of Novel cylindrical dual chambered Capacitive Deionization unit (CDI) for Desalination and wastewater treatment
 

Details of Major R&D Projects

Title of Project

Funding Agency

From

To

Ongoing/ Completed

Mentor for Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence

SERB-TARE

2022

2025

Ongoing (Initiated)

Life cycle assessment of CO2 reduction by energy efficient hybrid biomass pyrolysis and gasification

DST-BRICS

  (Co-PI)

2023

2026

 (Project Sanctioned & Awaiting Fund)

Environmental and Energy Impacts of Higher Alcohol and Biofuel Synthesis by Thermochemical Process

MHRD-SPARC     (Co-PI)

2019

2022

Completed

•2 Workshops conducted.

•Text Book published under Elsevier (International).

•Papers published with Student exchange (Brazil & India)

•Foreign professors visited NIT Trichy and outcome reached

Mentor for WOS A-scheme

DST

2018

2021

Completed

(1 PDF worked/Patent published and published papers)

A novel study on Biofuel from Non-edible oils using Functional heterogeneous catalysts in a continuous process

CSIR (PI)

2011

2014

Completed

(1 Phd Produced;

2 book chapters;

Awareness by Presentation in Southern Railways)

Removal of phenol/phenolic compounds using functional RTIL Microcapsules

DST (PI)

2010

2012

Completed

(1 Phd Produced

 Papers published and Lectures delivered for social awareness)

Modernization of Separations Laboratory

MHRD (PI)

2005

2007

Completed

(Development of Separations Processes lab)

Studies on Emulsion Liquid Membrane Extraction

MHRD (PI)

2003

2006

Completed

(1 Phd Produced;

 Demonstration taken in Trichy Distilleries)

Number of PhDs guided

Name of the PhD Scholar

Title of PhD Thesis

Role(Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor)

Year of Award

R.Baskar

Characterization and Reuse of Process industry solid wastes in Clay bricks

Co-Supervisor

2007

N.S. Badrinarayanan

Studies on electrochemical Methods of treatment of Industrial effluents

Co-Supervisor

2009

S.Venkatesan

ELM Technique for removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions and Industrial effluents

Supervisor

2009

M.Arulmozhi

Removal of Metal ions from Aqueous solutions and Industrial effluents by Foam separation

Supervisor

2009

S.Sugashini

Surface Functionalized adsorbents for the removal of metal ions from  aqueous solutions and Industrial effluents

Supervisor

2014

S.Niju

Production of Biodiesel from waste frying oil using Calcium oxide derived from natural resources

Supervisor

2015

K.Sriram

Hydrophobically modified chitosan with inorganic oxide as hybrid nanocarriers for controlled curcumin (drug) delivery

Supervisor

2018

Dhanya George

Controlled drug delivery and kinetics using Bio-inspired nanohybrid hydrogels

Supervisor

2020

A.V.S.L Sai Bharadwaj      

Synthesis, Characterisation and applications of Biodiesel from  Rubber seed oils using heterogenous catalysts

Co-Supervisor

2020

K P Bindhya

Receptor targeted-hybrid nanocarrier for magnetically modulated drug delivery

Supervisor

2021

Vigneshhwaran G

Wastewater Reclamation by Capacitive Deionization (CDI) using Effective functional electrodes

Supervisor

Ongoing

 

Academic Foreign Visits

Country

Duration of Visit

Programme

NUS, Singapore

April 2006 to May 2006

Training undertaken on Surface Functionalized Nano Magnetic Particles for Biomolecular Separations under TEQIP

Malaysia

5 days

Paper Presentation at 11th APCCHE Congress, Kuala Lampur,  Malaysia, 2006.

Harrogate, UK

7 days

Paper presentation at IWA International conference, May 2007.

Maldives

4 days

Paper presentation at (ICESB) 2011 by APCBEES, November 2011.

Dubai (UAE)

4 days

Paper presentation at ISER-82nd Int. Conf. on Chem. and Environ. Science (ICCES)- Dec.2016.

Publications

Refereed Research Journals:

Author(s)

Title of Paper

Journal

Vol (No.)

Page number

Year

I.F the Journal (Optional)

Kumaresan.T, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, P. Sivashanmugam, N. Anantharaman,  and S. Sundaram,

Experimental studies on treatment of distillery effluent by Liquid Membrane Extraction’

Chemical Engg Journal

95

199-204

2003

16.744

S.Saravanan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N.Anantharaman

Removal of Hexavalent Chromium by Emulsion Liquid Membrane Technique

J. of Univ. of Chem. Tech. and Met.

41(3)

193-198

2006

0.81

P.Ganesh Prasad, S.Venkatesan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Pertraction of zinc and copper by Emulsion liquid Membrane Technique and Emulsion formation using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Chem. Engg. and Tech.

30(9)

1212-1220

2007

2.215

R.Ramesh Babu, Bhadrinarayana, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Treatment of Tannery wastewater by Electrocogulation

J. of Univ. of Chem. Tech. and Metallurgy

42(2)

201-206

2007

0.81

C.A. Basha, N.S. Bhadrinarayana, Anantharaman, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum

Heavy metal removal from copper smelting effluent using electrochemical cylindrical flow reactor

J.  of Haz. Mat.

152

71-78

2008

14.7

S.Venkatesan, K.M. Meera  Sheriffa Begum

Removal of Copper and Zinc from Aqueous and Industrial effluents using ELM Tech.

Asia Pacific J. of Chem. Engg.

3(4)

387-399

2008

1.777

S. Venkatesan, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Emulsion liquid membrane pertraction of benzimidazole using room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) carrier

Chem. Eng. J

148

254-262

2009

16.744

S.Venkatesan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum

Emulsion Liquid Membrane pertraction of imidazole from dilute aqueous solutions by Aliquat-336 mobile carrier

Desalination

236

65-77

2009

11.211

K.Sivaguru, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Hydrodynamic studies on three phase fluidized bed using CFD analysis

Chem. Eng. J

155

207-214

2009

16.744

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, N.

Anantharaman

Removal of Chromium(VI) from Aqueous solutions and industrial effluents using Magnetite Nanoparticles

Adsorp. Sci. and Tech.

27(7)

701-722

2009

4.373

S.Venkatesan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum

Removal of trivalent chromium from dilute aqueous solutions and industrial effluents using ELM

Int. J. of Env. Engg

2, No.1/2/3

250-268

2010

 

M.Arulmozhi, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, N.Anantharaman

Continuous foam separation of heavy metal ions from electroplating industrial effluent

Chem.

Eng.Com

 

 

198, (4),

541-551

2011

2.586

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, S.Venkatesan and N. Anantharaman

ELM Pertraction of Metal ions from Aqueous solutions and Electroplating Effluent using RDC

Chem.

Eng.Com

 

199

1575 – 1595

2012

2.586

M.Sindhu, K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum and S.Sugashini

A comparative study of surface modification in carbonized rice husk by acid treatment

Desal and Water Treat

45

170-176

2012

1.23

S.Sugashini, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Optimization using CCD for biosorption of Cr(VI) ions by cross linked Chitosan Carbonized rice husk(CCACR)

Clean Tech. and Environmental Policy

 

15

 

293-302

2013

4.7

S.Sugashini  and K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum

Column Adsorption studies for the removal of Cr(VI) ions by EA modified  Chitosan CRH Composite Beads with Modeling and Optimization

J. of Chem

 

Article ID 460971,

11 pages

2013

3.241

S.Sugashini  and K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum

Studies on the performance of EA modified     Chitosan Carbonized rice husk Composite Beads for adsorp. of metal ion

Bioremediation J.

 

 

17, (2)

97-106

2013

2.14

S.Sugashini  and K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum

Performance of Ozone treated rice husk carbon for continuous adsorption of Cr (VI) ions from synthetic Effluent

J. Env. Chem. Eng.

 

 

1

79-85

2013

7.968

N.Girish, S.Niju, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N.Anantharaman

Utilization of Cost Effective solid catalyst derived from Natural White Bivalve Clam Shell for Trans-esterification of waste Frying Oil

Fuel

 

 

111

653-658

2013

8.035

Lakra R., Meera Sheriffa  Begum K.M, Saranya R., Thuyavan Y.L., Sugashini S. and G. Arthanareeswaran

Separation of acetic acid and reducing sugars from biomass derived hydrosylate using biopolymer blend polyethersulfone membrane

Sepn and  Pur. Tech

 

 

118

853-861

2013

9.136

K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum and S.Sugashini

Adsorption and Desorption studies on the performance of Fe-Loaded chitosan carbonized rice husk for metal ion removal

Desal. and Water Treat

51

7764-7774

2013

1.23

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, S.Niju, and N.Anantharaman

Modification of egg shell and its application in biodiesel Production

J. of Saudi Chem. Soc.

18

702-706

2014

4.712

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, S.Niju, and N.Anantharaman

Hydrodynamic studies on fluidized beds with internals: Experimental and ANN approach.

Powder Tech

 

 

18

702-706

2014

5.64

S. Niju, K. M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum and N. Anantharaman

Continuous flow reactive distillation process forbiodiesel production using waste egg shells asheterogeneous catalysts

RSC Adv.

 

 

4

54109-54114

2014

4.036

S. Sugashini,K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Preparation of activated carbon from carbonized rice husk by ozone activation for Cr removal

New Carbon material

30, (3)

250-260

2015

3.7

S. Sugashini , K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, Anantharaj Ramalingam

Removal of Cr(VI) ions using Fe-loaded chitosan carbonized rice husk composite beads (Fe-CCRCB): Experiment and quantum chemical

J. Mol. Liq.

 

 

208

380-387

2015

6.633

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, S.Niju, and N.Anantharaman

Preparation of Biodiesel from Waste Frying Oil Using a Green and Renewable Solid Catalyst derived from Egg Shell

Env. Prog. & Sust. Energy

 

34, (1)

248-254

2015

2.824

Sneha E. Mahesh, R. Anand, K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum and N.Anantharaman

Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil using KBr impregnated CaO as catalyst

Energy Conv and Management

 

91

442-450

2015

11.533

S. Niju,  M. Niyas,  K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

KF-impregnated clam shells for biodiesel production and its effect on a diesel engine performance and emission characteristics

Env. Prog. & Sust. Energy

 

 

34, (4)

1166-1173

2015

2.824

V.Archana, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, and N.Anantharaman

Studies on removal of phenol using ionic liquid immobilised polymeric microcapsules

Arab. J. Chem

 

9

371-382

2016

6.212

S. Niju, K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum, N. Anantharaman

Enhancement of biodiesel synthesis over highly active CaO derived from natural white bivalve clam shell

 

Arab. J.of Chem.,

9

633-639

2016

6.212

Y. Eswararao, S. Niju, K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum, N. Anantharaman and  S.Malik Raj

Transesterification of jatropha oil using a mixture of natural shells as solid catalyst

Biofuels

7 (4)

345-351

2016

2.731

P.A. Anjana, S. Niju, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, N. Anantharaman

Utilization of limestone derived calcium oxide for biodiesel production from non-edible pongamia oil

Env. Prog. & Sust. Energy

 

35 (6)

1758-1764

2016

2.824

P.A. Anjana, S. Niju , K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum, N. Anantharaman, R. Anand and D. Babu,

Studies on biodiesel production from Pongamia oil using heterogeneous catalyst and its effect on diesel engine performance and emission characteristics

Biofuels

7 (4)

377-387

2016

2.731

S. Niju, K.M. Meera Sheriffa  Begum and N. A

Clam shell catalyst for Continuous Production of Biodiesel

Int. J. of Green Energy

13, (13).

1314-1319

2016

3.206

M. Sai Vijaya Krishna, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, N. Anantharaman

 

Hydrodynamic studies in fluidized bed with internals and modeling using ANN and ANFIS

Powder Tech

307

37-45

2017

5.64

Ram Bilas, K. Sriram, P. Uma Maheswari, K.M. MeeraSheriffa Begum,

Highly biocompatible chitosan with super paramagnetic calcium ferrite (CaFe2O4) nanoparticle for the release of Ampicillin

Int. J. of  Biol. Macromolecule

97.

 

513-525

2017

8.025

K. Sriram, D. Renuga, P. Uma Maheswari, K. M. Meera sheriffa begum, G.Arthanareeswaran

A Comparative Study on Chitosan and Benzimidazole Modified Chitosan as Antimicrobial and Mercury (Hg) Sensor Biomaterials

J. Polym. Materials

34, No. 1

45-55

2017

0.5

S. Niju, J. Indhumathi,  K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N.Anantharaman

Tellina tenuis- a highly active environmentally benign  catalyst for the transesterification process

Biofuels

8 (5)

565-570

2017

2.731

K. Sriram, P. Uma Maheswari, A. Ezhilarasu, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum  and G. Arthanareeswaran

CuO loaded hydrophobically modified chitosan as hybrid carrier for curcumin delivery and anticancer activity

Asia Pacific. J. Chem. Engg.

12, (6),

858-871

2017

1.777

Sriram, K., P. Uma Maheswari, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, G. Arthanareeswaran, M. Gover Antoniraj and K. Ruckmani

Curcumin delivery by vanillin modified chitosan with Superparamagnetic hybrid nanoparticles as carrier

Eur. J. of Pharm. Sciences

116

48-60

2018

5.112

K.Sriram,  P. Uma Maheswari,  K. M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, G.Arthanareeswaran

Functionalized chitosan with super paramagnetic hybrid nanocarrier for targeted drug delivery of curcumin

Iranian polymer J.

27

 

469-482

2018

2.485

Dhanya George, P. Uma Maheswari, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and G. Arthanareeswaran

Biomass derived dialdehyde cellulose crosslinked chitosan nanocomposite hydrogel with phyto-synthesised zinc oxide nanoparticles for enhanced curcumin delivery and bioactivity

J. Agri. Food Chem.,

67,

37-48

2019

5.895

AVSL Sai Bharadwaj, Madhu Singh, S Niju, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, N Anantharaman

Biodiesel production from rubber seed oil using calcium oxide derived from eggshell as catalyst–optimization and modeling studies

Green Proc. and Syn.

8(1)

430-442

2019

3.97

Dhanya George, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Synergic formulation of onion peel quercetin loaded chitosan-cellulose hydrogel with green zinc oxide nanoparticles towards controlled release, biocompatibility, antimicrobial and anticancer activity

Int. J. of  Biol. Macromolecule

 

 

132

784-794

2019

8.025

Bindhya K Purushothaman, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Magnetic assisted curcumin drug delivery using folate receptor targeted hybrid casein-calcium ferrite nanocarrier

J of Drug Delivery Sci.and Tech

 

52

509-520

2019

5.062

 

B Anagha, Dhanya George, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Biomass derived antimicrobial hybrid cellulose hydrogel with green ZnO nanoparticles for curcumin delivery and its kinetic modelling

J. of Poly. and Environ.

 

27(9)

2054-2067

2019

4.705

AVSL Sai Bharadwaj, KM Meera S Begum

Free fatty acid optimization and modeling of biodiesel production from high viscous rubber seed oil–A comparative study of RSM and ANN

Energy Sources, Part A: Rec., Utilization, and Environ.Effects

 

1-15

2019

2.902

Bharadwaj AVSL Sai, Niju Subramaniapillai, Meera Sheriffa Begum Khadhar Mohamed, Anantharaman Narayanan

Optimization of continuous biodiesel production from rubber seed oil (RSO) using calcined eggshells as heterogeneous catalyst

J.of Environ. Chem Engg

8(1)

103603

2020

7.968

Dhanya George, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, P Uma Maheswari

Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) based pristine cellulose hydrogel for delivery of grape pomace polyphenol drug

Waste and Biomass valorization

11(3)

851-860

2020

3.449

Dhanya George, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum,

Cysteine conjugated chitosan based green nanohybrid hydrogel embedded with zinc oxide nanoparticles towards enhanced therapeutic potential of naringenin

Reactive and Functional Polymers

148

104480

2020

4.966

Rhea Muthappa, Bindhya K Purushothaman, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, P Uma Maheswari

Kinetic modeling and optimization of the release mechanism of curcumin from folate conjugated hybrid BSA nanocarrier

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

15(1)

 

2020

1.013

AVSL Sai Bharadwaj, S Niju, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, Anantharaman Narayanan

Performance and evaluation of calcined limestone as catalyst in biodiesel production from high viscous nonedible oil

Env. Prog. & Sust. Energy

 

39(3)

e13342

2020

2.824

Bindhya K Purushothaman, Meera Sheriffa Begum KM

Magnetic casein-CaFe2O4 nanohybrid carrier conjugated with progesterone for enhanced cytotoxicity of citrus peel derived hesperidin drug towards breast and ovarian cancer

Int. J. of  Biol. Macromolecule

151

293-304

2020

8.025

Dhanya George, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Chitosan-cellulose hydrogel conjugated with L-histidine and zinc oxide nanoparticles for sustained drug delivery: Kinetics and in-vitro biological studies

Carbohydrate polymers

236

116101

2020

10.723

M Dineshkumar, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, Banagiri Shrikar, Anand Ramanathan

Synthesis and characterization study of solid carbon biocatalyst produced from novel biomass char in a microwave pyrolysis

Materials Today: Proceedings

46

9814-9819

2021

1.46

R Muthu Dineshkumar, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum, Anand Ramanathan

Comprehensive characterization of cashew nutshell for biomass gasification

Materials Today: Proceedings

46

9837-9843

2021

1.46

P Uma Maheswari, Rhea Muthappa, K Purushothaman Bindhya, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Evaluation of folic acid functionalized BSA-CaFe2O4 nanohybrid carrier for the controlled delivery of natural cytotoxic drugs hesperidin and eugenol

J. of Drug Delivery Science and Tech.

61

102105

2021

5.062

Sai Bharadwaj Aryasomayajula Venkata Satya Lakshmi, Niju Subramaniapillai, Khadhar Mohamed Meera Sheriffa Begum, Anantharaman Narayanan

Identification of sensitive process parameter of rubber seed oil conversion to biodiesel using fluorite and calcined limestone as catalysts—Uncertainty error analysis

Env. Prog. & Sust. Energy

 

40(3)

e13564

2021

2.823

Bindhya K Purushothaman, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Glutamic acid functionalized casein-calciumferrite magnetic nanosystem based on paired targeting effect for synergistic anticancer therapy

Materials Letters

303

130550

2021

3.574

Duraisamy Renuga, Palanisamy U Maheswari, Kadhar MM Begum, Dharmar Prabaharan

TrizbenzIm, Cu-Trizbenzim and Zn-Trizbenzim as G-quadruplex inducing and stabilizing compounds on human telomeric sequence and their anticancer properties

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal -Chem

21(17)

2407-2418

2021

2.527

K Purushothaman Bindhya, P Uma Maheswari, KM Meera Sheriffa Begum

Milk protein inspired multifunctional magnetic carrier targeting progesterone receptors: Improved anticancer potential of soybean-derived genistein against breast and ovarian cancers

Matls: Chem and Physics

272

125055

2021

4.778

Aryasomayajula Venkata Satya Lakshmi Sai Bharadwaj, Subramaniapillai Niju, Khadhar Mohamed Meera Sheriffa Begum, Narayanan Anantharaman

Process parameter optimisation in acid value minimisation of rubber seed oil conversion to biodiesel using Al2O3/Calcined Eggshells as catalyst – RSM and ANN studies

I. J. of Ambient Energy

43(1)

3200-3207

2022

4.8

Dhanya George, Uma Maheswari Palanisamy, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Nanobiofunctionalized chitosan nanocomposite hydrogel as a highly biocompatible cancer drug carrier

The Canadian J. of Chem. Engg.

1

 

2023

2.5

Dineshkumar Muniyappan, Madhangi Ramanathan, Anand Ramanathan, Kartikeya Shukla, and Meera Sheriffa Begum K.M

Sustainable valorization of waste keyboard keys via microwave assisted pyrolysis over Fe-Ni doped green catalyst towards clean fuel production

Energy Sources, Part A: Rec., Utilization, and Environ.Effects

45(1)

1842-1855

2023

2.902

National Journals

 

Anantharaman, N., K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, Masud Hossain S.K. and  Ibrahim, S.H.

Viscosity correlations for alcohols

Journal of Current  Sciences

2(1)

1-4

2002

1.102

Masud Hossain, S.K., N. Anantharaman and S.H. Ibrahim, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Studies on lignin Biodegradation of Bamboo-An eco friendly pulping process

Eco. Env. & Cons.

9(1)

7-14

2003

0.341

Bhuvaneswari, S., K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum,P.S.Shanmugam, N. Anantharaman

Separation of L-Glutamic acid by emulsion liquid membrane extraction

CSIR J.of scien. and Ind. Res.

62

329-333

2003

0.555

S.K. Masud Hossain, S.H. Ibrahim, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Studies on Biodegradation of Polychloro Biphenyl (Benzopyrine) using Phanerochaete Chrysoporium

Indian Jl. Environ. Protn.

23(4)

150-160

2003

0.2

S.K. Masud Hossain, Manas Das, S.H. Ibrahim, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Studies on Bio-hydrometallurgical Leaching of Iron pyrite ore using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

I. J. of Chem Tech.

11

116-120

2004

0.76

S.Venkatesan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, and N. Anantharaman

Extraction of L-Glutamic acid by ELM

J. of Indian Chemical Society

81

1-3

2004

0.243

S.K. Masud Hossain, Manas Das, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. A

Bioleaching of Zinc Sulphide (ZnS) ore using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

J. Instn of Engrs.

85

7-11

2004

1.351

S.M Hossain, M. Das, K M M S Begum and N. Anantharaman

Studies on Lignin Biodegradation of Cyanide (AgCN) using P.chrysoporium

IE Journal _ Chem.Engg. Division

 85

45-49

2005

 

R. Baskar, K.M.Meera S.Begum and S.Sundaram

Studies on reuse of tannery sludge in manufacture of bricks

Process and Plant Engineering

 24, (2)

48-51

2006

0.032

R. Baskar, K.M.Meera S.Begum and S.Sundaram

Thermogravimetric Analysis of Waste sludge from Tannery

Ind.J.Chem.Tech

 1 (2-4)

39-44

2006

0.76

K.Sivaguru, S.K.M.Hussain, K.M.Meera S.Begum and N. Anantharaman

Aerobic Pollution Abatement of dairy Effluent using B. Candida haemulonii in Three phase fluidized bed Bioreactor

Ind. J. of Environ.Protection

90

788-793

2006

0.2

K.Sivaguru, S.K.M.Hussain, K.M.Meera S.Begum and N. Anantharaman

Dairy Effluent treatment using Candida haemulonii

Chemical Engg. World

11

58-61

2006

0.097

R. Baskar, K.M.Meera S.Begum and S.Sundaram

Characterisation and Constructive reuse of solid waste from Bauxite industry

Ind. J. of Environmental Protection

28

68-75

2007

0.2

S.Nithya, T.Balasubramanyam, N.Anantharaman and K.M.Meera S. Begum

Analysis study of FLC based Chemical Process using simulations

Process & Plant Engineering

 24, (6)

59-61

2007

0.032

S.M.Girirajkumar, N.Anantharaman, V.Dharmalingam and K.M.Meera S. Begum

Performance improvement in a model bioreactor using genetic Algorithm

J.Curr.

Sci.

10, (2)

479-484

2007

1.102

M.Arulmozhi, K.M.Meera S.Begum and N.Anantharaman

Foam Separation of copper (II) from Aqueous Solutions

J.Env.

Res. and Dev.

2, (2)

217-225

2007

0.453

M.Arulmozhi, M.Jaleel Rahman, K.M.Meera S.Begum and N.Anantharaman

Removal of Heavy metal ions from aqueous and Industrial effluent by Foam Separation

Water Digest

 4

73-76

2008

--

S.M.Girirajkumar, N.Anantharaman, V.Dharmalingam and K.M.Meera S. Begum

Genetic Algorithm based PID Controller Tuning for a Model Bioreactor

Ind.

Chem.

Engr.

 50, (3),

214-226

2008

0.76

Ronnie Kiran Mathew, Deepa Aravind,  K.M. Meera  S Begum and Anantharaman Narayanan

Studies On Fluidized Beds Using Disk Type Internals And Modeling By ANN

Indian Chemical Engineer

57,(2) 

 

 

164-176

2015

1.091

Tushant Ghode, KM Meera S Begum, Anand B Desamala, Anantharaman Narayanan

A comparative study of ANN and CFD modeling for Pressure drop prediction in Fluidized bed with Internals

Indian Chemical Engineer

 59 (1)

 

57-75

2017

1.091

Bharadwaj Sai AVSL, Niju Subramaniapillai, Meera Sheriffa Begum Khadhar Mahommed, Anantharaman Narayanan

Acid value optimization of calcined eggshells catalyzed biodiesel produced from rubber seed oil–A response surface methodology (RSM) approach

I.Journal of Chem. Tech (IJCT)

27(5)

411-417

2021

0.76

               

Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

International Conferences

Author(s)

Title of Abstract/ Paper

Conference Theme

Venue

Year

Sridhar, T., Siva Shanmugam, P., K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, and  Anantharaman, N

Process Integration Study of Ammonia Plant

International Symposium  on Recent trends in  Heat and Mass transfer

IIT Guahathi  

2002

R. Baskar, K.M.Meera S.Begum and S.Sundaram

 

A case study on Characterisation and reuse of Steel industry Pickling Plant waste sludge

Proc. of 11th APCCHE Congress

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

2006

M.Arulmozhi, K.M.Meera S.Begum and N.Anantharaman

Foam separation of tributyl phosphate

International Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Management

Pondicherry Engg. college, Puducherry

2007

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and S.Venkatesan

Mathematical modelling of ELM  pertraction of heavy metal ions from dilute aq. solutions

4th IWA Conference on Water and Waste Water Treatment

Harrogate, UK

2007

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and S.Venkatesan

 

Emulsion Liquid Membrane (ELM) Pertraction of imidazole from dilute aqueous solutions by Aliquat-336 mobile carrier

The 6th International Membrane Science and Technology Conference

The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 

2007

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, M.Arulmozhi and N.Anantharaman

Foam fractionation of Copper (II) from aqueous solutions

International Congress of Environmental Research

Govt. Geetanjali Girl’s P.G.College, Bhopal

2007

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, M.Arulmozhi and N.Anantharaman

Removal of Chromium (VI) ions by Foam separation from aqueous and industrial effluents

IV Int. conf. on Environmental, cultural,economic and social sustainability

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

2008

K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, M.Arulmozhi and N.Anantharaman 

Recovery of Zinc (II) ions from aqueous and industrial effluent using a batch foam fractionator

14th. Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference

India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India

2008

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, V. Archana and N. Anantharaman

Preparation and Characterization of RTIL Encapsulated polymer microspheres for phenol recovery

Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering and Technology, (RACET) 2011

 

IIChE Kochi Regional Centre and Cochi University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India

2011

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, S.Sugashini and M.Sindhu

Removal of Hexavalent Chromium Ions using activated carbon from surface functionalized rice husk

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Current development of water treatment in India

Poster presentation made at INDO-UK workshop

 

2012

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

RTIL Encapsulated microspheres as a tool for phenol recovery

Paper presented in International Conference on Environment Science and Biotechnology, (ICESB)

APCBEES, Maldives

2011

K.  Sriram,  G.  Arthanareeswaran,  K.M.Meera.S.Begum

Effects  of  nano  particles  on  sulfonated polyethersulfone membrane for fuel cell application.

11th International Conference on Membrane Science & Technology (MST2013)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013

K.Sriram, D.Renuga, P.Uma Maheswari, K.M.Meera S.Begum and G.Arthanareeswaran

Novel benzimidazole modified chitosan as antimicrobial biomaterial and effective Hg sensing for sequestration

ISER-82nd Int. Conf. on Chem. and Environ. Science (ICCES)

Dubai

2016

K.Sriram, P. Uma Maheswari,  K. M.MeeraSheriffa Begum,  G.Arthanareeswaran  M.GoverAntoniraj and K. Ruckmani

Curcumin drug delivery by vanillin modified chitosan with calcium ferrite hybrid nanoparticles as carrier

Int. Conf. on Trends and Innovations in Chem. and Pharm.Tech. (TICPT)

Anna university, Trichy

2017

K.Sriram, P. Uma Maheswari, R. suganya, R.satishkumar,  K. M.Meera Sheriffa Begum  and G.Arthanareeswaran 

Sulphonated polyamide imide with tyrosine modified chitosan composite membranes for fuel cell applications.

International Conference on Membrane Technology and its Applications (MEMSEP-2017)

NIT, Trichy.

2017

Anagha B, Dhanya George, K.M. MeeraSheriffa Begum

Nano-hydrogel from sugarcane bagasse cellulose with green ZnO nanoparticles for potential biomedical applications  

International Symposim on Functional materials: Energy and Biomedical applications (ISFM-2018)

Punjab University, India

2018

Rhea Muthappa, Bindhya K. Purushothaman, K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and P. Uma Maheswari

Kinetic modeling on the release mechanism of curcumin from folate conjugated hybrid BSA nanocarrier

International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Eco System (ICACSE-2018)

NIT Trichy, India

2018

Dhanya George, K.M. MeeraSheriffa Begum

P. Uma Maheswari

Bioinspired nanohybrid hydrogel on GA conjugated chitosan-cellulose polymer: Drug release and Kinetic Modeling

International Conference on Multifunctional and Hybrid Composite Materials for Energy, Environment and Medical applications

NIT Trichy, India

2019

Bindhya K P, K.M. MeeraSheriffa Begum

P. Uma Maheswari

Folic acid functionalized BSA-CFNP carrier for controlled and targeted drug delivery using natural cytotoxic agents

 

 

 

International Conference on Multifunctional and Hybrid Composite Materials for Energy, Environment and Medical applications

NIT Trichy, India

2019

National Conferences

Meera Sheriffa Begum, K.M., Lakshmanan, C.M. and Balaraman K.S.

Extraction of Aromatics from Lubricating oils using solvent extraction in Batch and Continuous extractors

National symposium

Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun

1995

Velmurugan, T. and K.M.  Meera Sheriffa Begum

Distillery effluent treatment by solvent extraction

CHEMCON ’99

Punjab University, Chandigarh

1999

Anantharaman, N., Sivashanmugam, P., K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, and  Mohan Rao

Studies on Treatment of Dairy waste water using Three-Phase Fluidisation

CHEMCON 2001

54th Annual session of IIChE held at Chennai

2001

L. Gurunathan, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and N. Anantharaman

Fluidized bed drying with internals

CHEMCON 2003

bhuvaneshwar

2003

S. Saravanan, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, N. Anantharaman, P. Siva Shanmugam and K.C. Velappan

Removal of Chromium (VI) from aqueous solutions by Emulsion liquid membrane

S. Saravanan, K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum, K.C. Velappan, N. Vedaraman

Exhaust emission of a Diesel Engine fueled with trans-esterified  Ricebran oil

R.Arul Gnanaraj, N.Anantharaman and K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum

    

Experimental Study on Composting of Press Mud

CHEMCON 2005

New Delhi

2005

M.Jaleel Rahman, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum and N.Anantharaman

Removal of Heavy metal ions from aqueous and Industrial effluents by Foam Separation

CHEMCON, 2007

 

2007

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum and S.Sugashini

Preparation and Characterization of Ozone Treated Carbonized Rice Husk for Removal of Chromium (VI)

CHEMCON 2012,

NIT, Jalandhar

2012

K.M.Meera S. Begum, S.Niju, and N.Anantharaman

Development of a cost effective heterogeneous catalyst for transesterification reaction

 

K.M.Meera.S.Begum, K.Sriram, P.Uma Maheswari, A.Ezhilarasu, and G.Arthanareeswaran

Modified chitosan: Synthesis, Characterization and application towards biological activities

17th  Chemical Research Society of India(CRSI) symposium in Chemistry,

Pune

2015

K. Sriram, P. Uma Maheswari,  K. M.Meera Sheriffa Begum,  and N.Anantharaman

Antimicrobial property of CuO loaded hydrophobically modified chitosans for skin infective application

CHEMCON 2016

Anna university, Chennai.

2016

 

Books & Monographs

Author(s)

Title of Book/Monograph

Name of Publishers

Year of Publication

ISSN/ISBN Number

Books

Elements of Mass Transfer- Part - I

Meera Sheriffa Begum  K.M, and  Anantharaman N

Prentice-Hall of India (P) Ltd.,

I Ed. 2005

9788120327283, 8120327284

Mass transfer Theory and Practice

Meera Sheriffa Begum  K.M, and  Anantharaman N

Prentice-Hall of India (P) Ltd.,

I Ed.  2011, Reprint, 2013

9788120341692

Process calculations

Meera Sheriffa Begum  K.M, and  Anantharaman N

Prentice-Hall India (P) Ltd.,

II Ed. 2011.

 

9788120341999

A Thermo-economic Approach to Energy from Waste

Anand Ramanathan, K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum, Amaro Olimpio Pereira and Claude Cohen

 

Elsevier

2021

9780128243572

Book Chapters

Agro-Residues as fuel and as a feedstock for other Products

Anupama R, Niju S, Meera Sheriffa Begum K.M, and  Anantharaman N

Advances in Bio-process technology by Springer Publishers

2015

9783319179148

Biofuels", in Multi Vol. Set on Compendium of Energy Science and Technology (in 10 Vols)

Niju S, Meera Sheriffa Begum K.M, and  Anantharaman N

Studium Press LLC, Houston, USA

2015

 

Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial properties of CuO-loaded hydrophobically modified chitosans,

Maheswari PU, Sriram K, Meera Sheriffa Begum KM

Taylor & Francis, CRC press

2019

9780429198045

Studies on Esterification Optimization of High FFA Content Pongamia Oil Using Box–Behnken Design

Madhu, Sai Bharadwaj A.V.S.L, Niju S, Meera Sheriffa Begum K.M, Anantharaman N

Springer, Cham,

2019

9783030290689

Prospects and Potential of Calophyllum inophyllum as a Renewable Feedstock for Biodiesel Production

Niju S, Balajii M, Vishnupriya G, Meera Sheriffa Begum KM, Anantharaman N

Springer, Cham,

2019

9783030290689

Bioelectrochemical System: Waste/Wastewater to Bioenergy Conversion Technology

Samsudeen N and Meera Sheriffa Begum K M

Taylor & Francis, CRC press

2021

9781003035398

Patents

S. No.

Title of the patent

Name of Faculty/Role

Patent Number

Status

1.

Calcium ferrite (CaFe2O4) as super paramagnetic nano particle for magnetically targeted drug delivery underin-vitro and in-vivo conditions

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum -Inventor

201641038101

(Filed in 2016/Report for FER submitted)

2.

Applications of phenanthroline-dione and related compounds for various medicinal purposes

K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum-Co Inventor

201741000780 

(Filed in 2017/Hearing completed/

Awaiting granting)

3.

Membrane free cylindrical capacitive deionization(CDI) system for the brackish water treatment

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum -Inventor

202241050994

(Filed in 2022/Report for FER under examination)

 

 

Membership of Learned Societies

Sl.No.

Type of membership

Organization

Membership Number

1

life member

ISTE

LM 28924

2

life member

IIChE

LM 30531                                                      

3

life member

IE

LM 1385059

 

Contact

Dr. K.M.Meera Sheriffa Begum
Professor
Room No :
Department of Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli - Tamil Nadu
India
Phone : 0431 - 250
Email :meera@nitt.edu