Faculty

Brief Profile

Dr. Yennam Rajesh received his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from MVGR College of Engineering (JNTU Hyderabad), Vizianagaram (2007), M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam (2009), and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2015). He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education & Research (KKWIEER), Nashik. He possesses over 12 years of professional experience, comprising 7.5 years in teaching and 4.5 years in research and development. Prior to joining KKWIEER in 2021, he worked as a Research Associate at the HPCL Green R&D Centre, Bengaluru (2017–2021), and as an Ad-hoc Assistant Professor at NIT Karnataka, Surathkal and NIT Calicut (2014–2017). He has guided nine undergraduate dissertation batches and established testing and consultancy services involving UV-Visible Spectrophotometer analysis and Horizontal Tube Furnace with nitrogen purging. Dr. Rajesh's research interests focus on environmental and sustainable chemical engineering. He has published over 30 research papers in reputed journals, including Chemosphere, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Separation Science and Technology, Desalination and Water Treatment, and Materials Today: Proceedings, and has presented more than 20 papers at national and international conferences. He has filed an Indian patent on Carbon Dots and Solar Dome Desalination and has received over 306 citations with an h-index of 10 and an i10-index of 11. His accolades include the Best Research Associate Award from HPCL Green R&D Centre (2020), the Best Library User Award at KKWIEER (2021–22), and multiple Best Paper Awards from reputed institutions during 2022–2026. He serves on editorial boards, reviews manuscripts for several leading international journals, is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), and has successfully organized two international Faculty Development Programmes with over 150 participants each, along with the ChemFest national technical symposium series (2023–2026) as Convener.