Biography

Dr. Neakanshika Chadha joined the Department of Chemistry at the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology as an Assistant Professor in July 2025. Before her appointment at JIIT, Dr. Chadha has more than 3 years of teaching experience in different reputed B.Tech colleges, she worked as a Assistant Professor at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad from Sept 2024-July 2025. Prior to that, she worked as Assistant Professor at K.I.E.T Group of Institutions from April 2024-July 2024.  Dr. Chadha holds a Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Chemistry (2010) and a Master of Science in Physical Chemistry (2012) from Miranda House College, University of Delhi. She earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in Jan 2022 from the CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, specializing in the design and development of Graphene based porous materials for Energy and Electronic applications. She got AIR 59 in NET JRF exam conducted by CSIR and UGC (2015). She also served as Senior Associate in Innodata Isogen from May 2012-2013 where she handles the Patent related tasks for Elsevier Publishing. Additionally, Dr. Chadha has worked as Research Intern in chemistry (Delhi University) from 2014-2015. 

Research Highlights

During her tenure at Delhi University,  she gained experimental hand on different project including synthesis of metal curcumin nanoparticles for biomedical applications. During her PhD, she has explored numerous application of porous graphene based 3-D assemblies (GAs) as electrostatic safeguards, microwave absorbers and electrode material for energy storage devices. As a part of CSIR-800 Project that intend to benefit 800 million people of India through Science & Technology (S&T) interventions,  she work on waste to wealth strategy with major concern to protect the environment.  Here, she discuss the consumer awareness and preference towards the disposal of “Battery waste” with major emphasis on end of life (EOL) mobile phone batteries i.e. lithium ion batteries (LIBs). She worked on industrial level (Sheela Foams, Sector 135, Noida) for the in-situ synthesis of polyurethane foams using different carbon fillers for antistatic applications. Well acquainted with the several technologies required for the characterization of nanomaterials & layered structures viz. TEM, SEM, Zeta-Size analyser, X-ray diffraction, TLC, FT-IR, NMR, EDAX, Electron Diffraction, BET analysis, UV Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy etc. Well versed with the instruments and characterization techniques required for the designing of porous carbon materials.

Area Of Research

• Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
• Supercapacitors
• Electrochemical sensors
• Water Remediation
• E-waste recycling
• Antistatic Foams 

Publications

• Neakanshika Chadha, Rahul Sharma, Parveen Saini, Reduced Graphene Oxide Coated Foams for Safe Dissipation of Electrostatic Charges, World Journal of Textile engg and Technology, 3, 37- 42, (2017).
• Rahul Sharma, Neakanshika Chadha, Parveen Saini, Determination of defect density, crystallite size and number of graphene layers in graphene analogues using Xray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, 55, 625- 629, (2017). 
• Neakanshika Chadha and Parveen Saini, Post synthesis foaming of grapheneoxide/chitosan aerogel for efficient microwave Absorbers via regulation of multiple reflections, Material Research Bulletin, 143, 1114 58, (2021).
• Neakanshika Chadha, Rahul Sharma and Parveen Saini, A New Insight into the Structural Modulation of Graphene Oxide upon Chemical Reduction probed by Raman spectroscopy and X -Ray diffraction Carbon Letters, 90, 176, (2021).
• Neakanshika Chadha, Md. Yasir Bhat, S. A. Hashmi, Parveen Saini, Fe3O4/graphene - oxide/chitosan hybrid aerogel based high performance supercapacitor: effect of aqueous electrolytes on storage capacity & cell stability Journal of Energy Storage, 46, 1037 89, (2022) 

Achievements

• Secured 8^Thrank in PhD entrance test in Delhi University (2014)
• Secured AIR 59 in NET-JRF (2015)
• Awarded UGC Fellowship (SRF) ,Government of India from year 2018-2021 on the basis of rational interview and work progress.
• PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Committee member of various cultural events in previous institutes.
• Hands on training Operation and working of Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been gained from National Physical Laboratory.
• Worked as ERP coordinator and Examination controller at departmental level in esteemed Engineering colleges.