This work reports the result of finite-time reliable dissipative control for switched neutral-type based neural networks subject to input nonlinearities, time-delay and randomly occurring perturbations. In particular, a novel control model consist of both linear and non-linear fault inputs is designed for reliable control. In addition, randomly occurring uncertainty caused by stochastic variables satisfying the Bernoulli distribution is considered. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, Jensen's integral inequality technique and average dwell time method, sufficient criteria for finite-time boundedness of resulting neural networks are obtained. Furthermore, the obtained boundedness theory are enhanced to solve the finite-time dissipative problem of the considered systems through reliable control against mixed actuator failures. The obtained sufficient conditions are constructed in the form of linear matrix inequalities, which can be facilitated by using some standard numerical Matlab packages. At last, numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the considered theory. KEYWORDS finite-time boundedness, finite-time dissipative, neutral-type of switched neural networks, reliable control, time-delay How to cite this article: Saravanakumar T, Nirmala VJ, Raja R, Cao J, Lu G. Finite-time reliable dissipative control of neutral-type switched artificial neural networks with nonlinear fault inputs and randomly occurring uncertainties.