Dr. Veeresh P. Mallapur Associate Professor and Head of the Department of
Ceramic and Cement Technology, awarded with a Doctoral Degree by
Visweswaraya Technological University, Belagavi for his research work on
“Studies on Synthesis Characterization and Applications of Zeolites”
He completed his Engineering from the Department of Ceramic and Cement
Technology and later earned his master's in Materials Technology from the National
Institute of Technology Karantaka (NITK) Surthkal. He has a total of 28 years of
experience as a teaching faculty In P D A College of Engineering. His Research
area of interest includes materials science, especially in the field of synthesis of
zeolites in an economic way their characterization with utilization in the industrial sector.
His other area of interest also includes the production of Geopolymers and
implementing them for the latest applications.
He has published his research work in reputed Journals namely Comptes
Rendus Chimie published by Elsevier and papers in Transactions of the Indian
Ceramic Society published by Taylor & Francis with a good number of citations.
He is an active member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and
an active member of the IEI Local chapter
He worked as Deputy Dean (Academic) for a period of two and half years and
as a BoE chairman for a period of one year. He acted as a session chair at the
international conferences and the national conferences. He was appointed as NBA Coordinator and has played an instrumental role in getting the department NBA accreditation
He is dedicating his professional service to the benefit of the students and
the development of the department and institution. He exhibits superior governance and
leads the team with a vision to meet outcome-based education.
