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Prof. Naresh Thota

PhD (National University of Singapore)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Chemical Engineering

Room No: 315 +91-870-2462647
naresht@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Drug Delivery, Controlled Release Cargos

 Molecular simulations

 Process Modelling and Simulations

 Reactive Distillation

  Self-assembly, Amphiphilic Peptides

 Waste Water Treatment Process Control

 Water Desalination

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics-I(CH204)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(CH6147)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CH6149)
  • Process Instrumentation and Control Laboratory(CH403)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CH6199)
  • Process Dynamics and Control(CH351)
  • Seminar(CH498)
  • Minor Project(CH16096)
  • Dissertation Work Part - B(CH6299)
  • Dissertation Work Part - A(CH6249)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(CH6247)
  • Sliding Mode Control(CH5273)
  • SCOPUS ID: 55840082700
  • Google Scholar ID: 1ek0qWAAAAAJ


  • Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptide (AF)6H5K15: coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation, By N. Thota, Z. Luo, Z. Hu, and J. Jiang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.117, pp.9690-9698, 2013
  • Molecular insights into the self-assembly of short amphiphilic peptides FmDn and FmKn, By N. Thota, Y. Ma, and J. Jiang, Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, vol.4, 105, pp.60741-60748, 2014
  • Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptide (AF) 6H5K15 derivatives: roles of hydrophilic and hydrophobic residues, By N. Thota and J. Jiang, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol.118, pp.2683-2692, 2014
  • Ibuprofen loading and release in amphiphilic peptide FA32 and its derivatives: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation study, By N. Thota, Z. Hu, and J. Jiang, Taylor & Francis, Molecular Simulation, vol.42, 8, pp.679-687, 2016
  • Computational amphiphilic materials for drug delivery, By N. Thota and J. Jiang, Frontiers, Frontiers in Materials, vol.2, 64, pp.1-15, 2015

Evaluation of Resin-Based Catalysts for the Production of Ethyl Acetate: Investigating Opportunities for Performance Enhancement.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Sahara International Petrochemical Company, Saudi Arabia
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2182516
  • Status Ongoing


Geddam Rajesh

  • Area of Research: Modelling and Simulation of Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • M.Tech Faculty Coordinator for Chemical Engineering ( August 2023 - Till Now) (Continuing from August, 2023)
  • Process Instrumentation Lab, NITW-Siemens center of Excellence ( January 2023 - Till Now) (Continuing from January, 2023)
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from December, 2021)
  • M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Systems and Control Engineering ( August 2021 - July 2023) (August, 2021 - July, 2023)
  • Lab Inchrage for Instrumentation and Process Control (July 2021 - Till now) (Continuing from July, 2021)
  • Learning Management Systems - Department Coordinator ( August 2020 - July 2022) (August, 2020 - July, 2022)
  • Learning Management Systems - Site Administrator ( August 2020 - December 2021) (August, 2020 - December, 2022)
  • M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Chemical Engineering ( August 2020 - July 2023) (August, 2020 - July, 2023)
  • M.Tech Faculty Advisor for Process Control ( August 2020 - July 2021) (August, 2020 - July, 2021)
  • Learning Management Systems - Technical Committe Member ( June 2020 - July 2022) (June, 2020 - July, 2022)
  • B.Tech IV year Faculty Advisor (Jan 2020 - July 2020). (January, 2020 - July, 2020)