Faculty
Basic Science & Humanities
Dr. Vidya Lekshmi K.P
Assistant Professor
Specialisation : Environmental Chemistry
Room: AD101
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., CSIR/JRF, MSc Chemistry, BEd.
Employment History
Joined as an Assistant Professor at SCMS SSET, Karukutty on 03/04/23, Worked as Govt. Guest Lecturer, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery.
Key Responsibilities Held
Teaching, Conducting experiments related to practical work, Exam invigilation duty, Admission related work etc.
Present Responsibilities
Admission Duty – BSH
Criteria 2 based on work within the department.
Teaching Interests
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
Research Interests
- Advanced Oxidation Processes, Wastewater treatment, Application of solar energy in Environmental protection.
Publications
- K.P. VidyaLekshmi, P.V. Gayathri, SugunaYesodharan, E.P Yesodharan, “MnO2 Catalysed Microwave Mediated Removal of Trace Amount of Indigo carmine Dye from Water, IOSR-JAC, Vol.1 (2014) 29-40.
- P.V Gayathri, K.P. VidyaLekshmi, SugunaYesodharan, EP Yesodharan, “Microwave Assisted Catalytic Degradation of Traces of Rhodamine B in Water in Presence of H2O2”, IOSR-JAC,Vol.1, (2014)1-11
- K.P. VidyaLekshmi, SugunaYesodharan, E.P Yesodharan,“Co3O4 mediated microwave catalysis: A new innovative Advanced Oxidation Process(AOP) for the removal of dye pollutants from water’ IOSR-JAC, Vol.1 (2016) 25-46
- K.P VidyaLekshmi, P.V Gayathri, S.G Anju, K.P Jyothi, Suguna, Yesodharan, E.P. Yesodharan, “Application of ultrasound under different conditions for the purification of water contaminated with chemical and bacterial pollutants”Gurukulam International Journal of Innovations in Science and Engineering, Vol.1,(2016) 35-52.
- K.P. VidyaLekshmi, SugunaYesodharan, E.P Yesodharan, “MnO2 and MnO2 mediated persulphate enhanced photocatalysis for the removal of indigocarmine dye pollutant from water” European Chemical Bulletin Vol.6, (2017) 177-191.
- K.P. VidyaLekshmi, SugunaYesodharan, E.P Yesodharan, “MnO2 efficiently remove indigo carmine dyes from polluted water” Heliyon 4 (2018) 1-52.
Awards and Honours
- National Rank 62 in National Eligibility Test (NET) of the CSIR-UGC, 2011.
- ‘Novel unusual application for microwave radiation: removal of last traces of toxic chemical pollutants from industrial wastewater’. Presented as a competition paper at the 28th Kerala Science Congress held at Calicut, India (2016).
Professional Activities
Nil
Membership in Professional Societies
Nil
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- International Seminar on ‘Research Impact, Publishing and Profiling at School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT’, Kochi.
- International Research Conference on Advanced Techniques in Chemistry (IRCATC- 2014) St. Alberts College, Ernakulam.
- Short Term Training Programme on Theory and Applications of Adsorption Processes- TAAP 2016, 27 June – 02 July, 2016 organised by NIT, Calicut.
- UGC Sponsored National Seminar On Green Chemistry For Environmental Sustainability, 7-8 February 2017, at Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara, Kochi.
- National Seminar on “Environmental Degradation and Climate Change- A Holistic Approach” on 15 March, 2017, organized by School of Environmental Studies, CUSAT, Kochi.
- National Seminar on Impairment on Ocean Health due to Inadequate Waste Management on the Terrains CUSAT 2018.
- National Seminar on Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM 2018) CUSAT 2018.
PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
- “Microwave assisted Advanced oxidation Process for the degradation of indigocarmine in water using MnO2”, Presented at the International Conferences on Advanced Oxidation Process, Munnar, India (2014).
- “MnO2 catalysed microwave mediated removal of trace amount of indigocarmine dye from water”, Presented at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Management (ICETEM’15) at SreeNarayanaGurukulam College of Engineering, Ernakulam, India (2014).
- ‘Co3O4 mediated microwave catalysis: A new innovative advanced oxidation process (AOP) for the removal of dye pollutants from water’, Presented at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Management (ICETEM 16) at SreeNarayanaGurukulam College of Engineering, Ernakulam, India (2016) .
- ‘Novel unusual application for microwave radiation: removal of last traces of toxic chemical pollutants from industrial wastewater’. Presented as a competition paper at the 28th Kerala Science Congress held at Calicut,India (2016).
- MnO2and MnO2/TiO2 as efficient photocatalysts for the removal of last traces of indigo carmine dye from water,Presented at the International Conferences on Advanced Oxidation Process, at Goa, India (2016)
