Dr. Vikky Anand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India. He has expertise in electrohydrodynamics, membrane technology, ceramic membrane fabrication, microfiltration and water/wastewater treatment, electrodeposition, and water-in-oil separation. He has done fundamental research (first-of-its-kind) on water-oil emulsion system applications in electrocoalescence. He has published several papers on electrocoalescence, electrochemical routes for water treatment, and environmental applications. Dr. Anand has over 30 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, and books. He also got some patents accepted.

Key Publications:

• Hemant Vaidhya, Pradip Kumar Tewari, Vikky Anand, Negatively charged antifouling ceramic membrane for sewage water treatment recycling, Emergent Materials, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-025-01174-w.
• Rahul Painuly, Vikky Anand, Bottle test technique for separating water-in-oil emulsion under an application of electric field stabilised by surfactant and hydrolysed polyacrylamide, Fuel, Volume 377, 2024, 132734, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.132734.
• Rahul Painuly, Vikky Anand, Examining the interplay of hydrolysed polyacrylamide and sodium dodecyl sulfate on emulsion stability: insights from turbiscan and electrocoalescence studies, Langmuir, 40 (33), 2024, 17710-17721, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c02115.
• Rahul Painuly, Sumit Kumar, Vikky Anand, "Coalescence of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and surfactant-based droplet on water-oil interface under an electric field," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects,134389, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134389.
• Rahul Painuly, Raunaq Hasib, Vikky Anand, "Amplitude modulation in surfactant and polymer-based water-in-oil emulsions: A novel approach to enhance separation rate and mitigate chaining effects," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 690, 133763, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.133763.

Ongoing Projects:

• Investigating the Impact of Large-Volume Water Withdrawal from an Open Coal Mine on Microclimate, Land Subsidence, and Gainful Utilization of the Abstracted Saline Water (RSMML)