Academic Qualifications:

• PhD
  Subject: Environmental Engineering (Chemical Engineering)
  Title : Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions using melanin coated polymer matrix
  Year: 2019
  Institution: National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
•  Post-graduation
  Subject: M.Tech Chemical Engineering (Industrial Pollution Control)
  Year: 2015
  University: National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal.
• Graduation
  Subject: B.Tech Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
  Year: 2012
  University: University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Professional Experience/ Academic Positions:

• Assistant Professor
  Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally
  Duration: 2020-2026
• Research Fellow
  Organization: National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
  Duration: 2015-2017

Broad area

• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Adsorption and Advanced Materials for Pollution Control
• Photocatalysis and Solar-Driven Environmental Remediation
• Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Production and Clean Energy
• Algal Biotechnology for Biofuels and Environmental Applications

Details of ongoing and completed project

• Adsorptive removal of trivalent and pentavalent arsenic from aqueous solution using ilmenite-rich sand – Funded by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala
• Biodegradable chitosan-based film for food packaging – Funded by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala
• Microbial oil production from wastewater – Funded by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala
• Environmental pollutant degradation using advanced nanomaterials – Supported under the Young Innovators Program, Government of Kerala

Patents

• Method, System and Apparatus for Arsenic Removal from Water Using Functionalized Melanin. (Patent No. 368465)
• Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water by Adsorption Using Melanin Bound Activated Carbon. (Patent No. 351670)
• A Method of Preparing Adsorbents for the Removal of Arsenic. (Patent Application No.: 202441095239)

Best cited Publications

Manirethan, V., Raval, K., Rajan, R., Thaira, H., Balakrishnan, R.M., 2018. Kinetic and thermodynamicstudies on the adsorption of heavy metals from aqueous solution by melanin nanopigment obtained from marine source: Pseudomonas stutzeri. J. Environ. Manage. 214, 315–324.

Manirethan, V., Raval, K., Rajan, R., Thaira, H., Balakrishnan, R.M., 2018. Data on the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by adsorption using melanin nanopigment obtained from marine source: Pseudomonas stutzeri. Data Br. 20, 178–189.

Manirethan, V., Balakrishnan, R.M., 2020. Batch and continuous studies on the removal of heavy metals using biosynthesised melanin impregnated activated carbon. Environ. Technol. Innov. 20, 101085.

Manirethan, V., Gupta, N., Balakrishnan, R.M., Raval, K., 2020. Batch and continuous studies on the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution using biosynthesised melanin-coated PVDF membranes. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 27, 24723–24737.

Manirethan, V., Raval, K., Balakrishnan, R.M., 2020. Adsorptive removal of trivalent and pentavalent arsenic from aqueous solutions using iron and copper impregnated melanin extracted from the marine bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri. Environ. Pollut. 257, 113576.

URL of Google scholar/researchgate etc:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AveGUT4AAAAJ&hl=en

• Top Performing Faculty Award, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kerala (2022)
• Invited Participant, Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) at Rashtrapati Bhavan organized by the National Innovation Foundation (2018)
• Second Best Poster Award, International Conference on Recent Trends in Molecular Medicine, supported by the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (2011)
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

Dr. Vishnu M
KSCSTE, Sasthra Bhavan,
Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala-695004

Email ID: vishnukscste@gmail.com
Phone (Office/Mob):+ 91-471-2548