Faculty at School of Engineering

V M Rajesh

V M Rajesh

Associate Professor

School of Engineering


Contact Information

  • Micro/milli-reactor design, scale-out, and process intensification.
  •  Multiphase flow distribution and distributor design for parallel micro/milli-channels.
  • CFD modelling and optimization of catalytic and multiphase reactor systems.
  • Catalyst-coated milli-reactors for highly exothermic reactions, including maleic anhydride and syngas-to-methanol processes.
  • Continuous biodiesel synthesis and sustainable fuel production using micro/milli-reactors.
  • Paper microfluidics, environmental sensing, and water-treatment applications.

  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 2015.
  • M.Tech in Chemical Engineering, VIT University, 2005.
  • B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Madras University, 2003.
  • Diploma in Chemical Technology, Swamy Abedhanandha Polytechnic, Thellar, 2000.

  • 07/2023–Present
    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR.
  • 07/2014–06/2023
    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University / Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR.
  • 01/2007–12/2008
    Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
  • 07/2006–12/2006
    Lecturer, Merit International Institute of Technology, Ooty, Tamil Nadu.
  • 06/2005–06/2006
    Lecturer, Thirumalai Engineering College, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.

  • Research Excellence Award, SNIoE, 2026
    Received the Research Excellence Award from Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence on 16 April 2026 in recognition of research contributions, sponsored project outcomes, publications, and scholarly achievements.
  • DST-SERB Travel Grant, 2023
    Received a travel grant from DST-SERB to present research work at the BRTX2023 Conference, Italy.
  • Editorial Board Membership, 2021–Present
    Serving as an Editorial Board Member for the Elsevier journal Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments since August 2021.
  • IIT Delhi Travel Grant, 2012
    Received a travel grant from IIT Delhi to attend and present research work at ISCRE-22, The Netherlands.
  • National Science Day Presentation, 2013
    Selected to present research work at National Science Day, organized by IIT Delhi.

  • “Continuous-flow skeletal editing for front-end remediation of 1,4-dioxane at environmentally relevant concentrations”
    Authors: H Khan, S Murugan, VM Rajesh, S Sen, L Gremaud
    Journal: Cell Reports Physical Science (Vol. 7, Issue 3), 2026.
  • “Effect of multiphase distributors on gas–liquid flow uniformity in parallel micro and milli-channels”
    Authors: B Moorthy, K Gupta, VM Rajesh
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 530, Article No. 173313), 2026.
  • “GLM-based optimization of a 3D-Printed spiral milli-reactor for biodiesel synthesis using a design of experiments framework”
    Authors: S Bhatia, L Vedula, VM Rajesh, A Quiyoom, V Kumar, P Rakshit
    Journal: Renewable Energy (Article No. 124567), 2025.
  • “Modified Splitting Distributor for Enhanced Flow Uniformity in Parallel Microchannels: An Experimental Study on the Effect of Fluid Properties”
    Authors: B Moorthy, K Gupta, VM Rajesh
    Journal: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (Vol. 63, Issue 41, Pages 17492–17511), 2024.
  • “Optimization of blue LED Photo-Flow synthesis in continuous flow reactors using design of experiments (DoE): Efficient synthesis of diverse diaryl ketones”
    Authors: H Khan, VM Rajesh, MK Rayya, S Sen
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 501, Article No. 157657), 2024.
  • “Electrochemical Sensors Based on Flexible Laser-Induced Graphene for the Detection of Paraquat in Water”
    Authors: S Sain, S Roy, A Mathur, VM Rajesh, D Banerjee, B Sarkar, SS Roy
    Journal: ACS Applied Nano Materials (Vol. 5, Issue 12, Pages 17516–17525), 2022.
  • “Effect of Inlet Contactors of Splitting Distributors for Parallel Microchannels”
    Authors: S Sain, VM Rajesh, K Gupta, S Sinha Roy
    Journal: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (Vol. 60, Issue 46, Pages 16682–16700), 2021.
  • “Extraction of silica nanoparticles from Rice Husk Ash and its characterization”
    Authors: A Azhakesan, S Yadav, VM Rajesh
    Journal: Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (Vol. 79, Issue 7, Pages 656–660), 2020.
  • “Experimental characterization of gas–liquid flows in splitting distributor for parallel microchannels”
    Authors: A Tiwari, A Maheshwari, VM Rajesh, KB Singh
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 377, Article No. 120602), 2019.
  • “Groundnut shell gasification performance in a fluidized bed gasifier with bubbling air as gasification medium”
    Authors: D Singh, S Yadav, VM Rajesh, P Mohanty
    Journal: Environmental Technology (Vol. 40, Issue 24, Pages 3140–3152), 2019.
  • “Biodiesel production in micro-reactors: A review”
    Authors: A Tiwari, VM Rajesh, S Yadav
    Journal: Energy for Sustainable Development (Vol. 43, Pages 143–161), 2018.
  • “Volume-of-fluid simulations of gas–liquid–liquid flows in minichannels”
    Authors: VM Rajesh, VV Buwa
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 345, Pages 688–705), 2018.
  • “Experimental characterization of gas–liquid–liquid flows in T-junction microchannels”
    Authors: VM Rajesh, VV Buwa
    Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 207, Pages 832–844), 2012.

  • “Numerical Study on Modified Splitting Distributor for Enhanced Flow Uniformity in Parallel Microchannels”
    Authors: Bhalaji M, VM Rajesh and Karan Gupta
    Journal: International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Submission ID: 266781999, Submitted / Under Review.
  • “CFD Validation of n-Butane Oxidation Kinetics for Maleic Anhydride Synthesis and Optimization of Milli-Fluidic n-Butane–Air Mixers”
    Authors: Varun Kumar Medak, VM Rajesh, Vinod Kumar, Abdul Quiyoom, Seetaram Chebrolu and Pranab Rakshit
    Journal: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Manuscript ID: ie-2026-02656j, Submitted / Under Review.
  • “Lipase and Biochar-Derived Catalysts for Sustainable Biodiesel Production: A Critical Review of Hybrid Systems, Microreactor Process Intensification, and Techno-Economic Pathways”
    Authors: Aastha Garg and VM Rajesh
    Manuscript Number: BITE-D-26-05968, Review Article, Submitted / Under Review.
  • “Gas–Liquid Flow Distribution and Bubble Splitting in Multiphase Distributors for Parallel Microchannels”
    Authors: Bhalaji M and VM Rajesh
    Under Preparation.
  • “Phase-Field CFD Simulation and ANN-Based Modelling of Slug Dynamics in Micro/Milli-Channel Distributors”
    Authors: Bhalaji M, VM Rajesh and Karan Gupta
    Under Preparation.
  • “Syngas-to-Methanol Conversion in Milli-Reactors: CFD Modelling, Simulation and Reactor Design Optimization”
    Authors: Varad and VM Rajesh
    Under Development.

  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 27), "EFFECT OF FLUID PROPERTIES ON FLOW UNIFORMITY IN PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS", Bhalaji Moorthy, Karan Gupta, and V. M. Rajesh, Québec City, Canada, June 11–14, 2023.
  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 26), "SCALE-OUT STRATEGY FOR FLOW UNIFORMITY USING SPIRAL AND NON-SPIRAL PARALLEL MICRO/MILLI CHANNELS", Devang Patel, Karan Gupta, and V. M. Rajesh, Québec City, Canada, June 11–14, 2023.
  • Invited talk on "Green bio-aviation fuel from UCO using intensified reactors." BPCL R&D, Greater Noida, December 2022.
  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 26), "Effect of aspect ratio of meandering parallel microchannels: Experiments and Phase field simulations", Sourav Sain, V. M. Rajesh, and Susanta S. Roy, New Delhi, India, December 5–8, 2021.
  • CAMURE II & ISMR 10, "Effect of Inlet mixers on flow uniformity in parallel microchannels", Sourav Sain, V. M. Rajesh, and Susanta S. Roy, Milan, Italy, March 21–24, 2021.
  • International Workshop on Microfluidics, organized by Shiv Nadar University and DST, India, February 24–28, 2020.
  • Invited talk for a five-day workshop on "Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics", Department of Chemical Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, April 1–5, 2019.
  • Attended workshop on "Experiential & Project-based Learning in Engineering Education: How to make it work" at JKLU, January 11–12, 2019.
  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 25), "Experimental characterization of gas-liquid flows in parallel microchannels", Appurva Tiwari, Apoorva Maheshwari, and V. M. Rajesh, Florence, Italy, May 20–23, 2018.
  • Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEE-2018), "Volume-of-fluid simulations of two-phase flows in parallel microchannels", Apoorva Maheshwari, V. M. Rajesh, Karnail B. Singh, SSN, Chennai, February 15–16, 2018.
  • Recent Advancements in Chemical, Environmental and Energy Engineering (RACEE-2018), "Experimental characterization of two-phase flows in splitting distributor for parallel microchannels", Appurva Tiwari, Arson Goyal, and V. M. Rajesh, SSN, Chennai, February 15–16, 2018.
  • 13th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-13), "Volume-of-Fluid Simulations of Gas-Liquid Flows in Splitting Distributors for Parallel Microchannels using OpenFOAM", Apoorva Maheshwari and V. M. Rajesh, Brussels, Belgium, August 20–23, 2017.
  • Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), "Volume-of-Fluid Simulations of Gas-Liquid Flows in Parallel Microchannels using OpenFOAM", Apoorva Maheshwari and V. M. Rajesh, IIT Madras and Anna University, India, December 27–30, 2016.
  • Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), "Numerical Investigations of Liquid-Liquid Flows in Microchannels using OpenFOAM", Saksham K. Agrawal, Apoorva Maheshwari, and V. M. Rajesh, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, December 27–30, 2015.
  • Gas-Liquid & Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-12), "Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid-Liquid Flows in a T-junction Microchannels", V. M. Rajesh and Vivek V. Buwa, Crowne Plaza, Times Square, Manhattan, New York, NY, June 28 – July 1, 2015.
  • International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2014), "Numerical Simulations of Gas-Liquid-Liquid Flows in a T-junction Microchannels", V. M. Rajesh and Vivek V. Buwa, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, December 11–14, 2014.
  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 23), "Controlled generation of bubbles and drops in gas-liquid-liquid flows in T-junction microchannels", V. M. Rajesh and Vivek V. Buwa, Bangkok, Thailand, September 7–10, 2014.
  • International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE 22), "Experimental characterization of gas-liquid-liquid flows in T-junction microchannels", V. M. Rajesh and Vivek V. Buwa, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2012.
  • Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON), "Experimental and numerical investigations of gas-liquid-liquid flows in microchannels", V. M. Rajesh and Vivek V. Buwa, Bangalore, India, 2011.

  • Project 1: Design and Optimization of Parallel Millireactors for Sustainable Maleic Anhydride Production from n-Butane Oxidation
    Funding Agency: BPCL-CRDC | Amount: ₹25,00,000 | Status: Completed
  • Project 2: Visible Light Induced Removal of 1,4-Dioxane Contaminant from Drinking Water
    Funding Agency: FGIR Grant 2023, SNIoE | Amount: ₹20,00,000 | Status: Completed
  • Project 3: Pyrolysis of Oil Extracted from Spice Waste and Up-gradation of Biodiesel Using Novel Catalysts
    Funding Agency: CST-UP | Amount: ₹10,00,000 | Status: Completed
  • Project 4: FIST Program – Supporting Department Research and Development Activities
    Funding Agency: DST-FIST | Amount: ₹1,10,00,000 | Duration: 2022–2027 | Status: Ongoing
  • Project 5: Swiss Collaborative Project on Micro/Milli-Fluidic Reactor Design and Scale-out
    Funding Agency: Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture Fribourg (HEIA-FR), Switzerland | Amount: ₹1,80,00,000 | Status: Ongoing
  • Project 6: Syngas-to-Methanol Conversion Using Milli-Reactor Technology
    Status: Ongoing / Under Development

International Collaboration: Dr. Harrison S. Santana, University of Campinas, Brazil – Collaboration on the development of enzymatic microreactors for commercial-scale biodiesel production from waste oils. Role: Co-PI / Collaborator (December 2022–Present).

International Collaboration: Prof. Ludovic Gremaud, Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture Fribourg (HEIA-FR), Switzerland, in collaboration with Dr. V. M. Rajesh, Department of Chemical Engineering, SNIoE, and Prof. Subhabrata Sen, Department of Chemistry, SNIoE, on micro/milli-fluidic reactor design, scale-out strategies, flow distribution, and sustainable chemical/environmental applications.

  • Development of Enzymatic Microreactors for Commercial-Scale Biodiesel Production from Waste Oils
    Collaborator: Dr. Harrison S. Santana, University of Campinas, Brazil
    Role: Co-PI / Collaborator
  • Swiss Collaborative Project on Micro/Milli-Fluidic Reactor Design and Scale-out
    Principal Investigator: Prof. Ludovic Gremaud, Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture Fribourg (HEIA-FR), Switzerland
    Indian Collaborators: Dr. V. M. Rajesh and Prof. Subhabrata Sen, SNIoE
    Funding Agency: HEIA-FR, Switzerland
    Amount: ₹1,80,00,000
    Status: Ongoing