faculty Profile

• Pursuing Ph.D in Anna University, Chennai
• M.E – Automobile Engineering, MIT Campus, Anna University – 2012
• B.E – Mechanical Engineering, Thanthai Periyar Govt Institute of Technology – 2010

• Assistant Professor from 23-07-2012 to till date, Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur.

Theory Subjects Handling

• Vehicle Dynamics
• Computer Aided Engineering Drawing

Theory Subject Handled

• Automotive Engines
• Fundamental of Automobile Engineering
• Two and Three Wheelers
• Automotive Fuels and Lubricants
• Automotive Chassis
• Automotive Chassis Components Design
• Basic Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• Vehicle Dynamics

Laboratory Handling

• Vehicle Design Data Characteristics
• Engine and Vehicle Management System
• Engineering Graphics
• Vehicle Simulation Laboratory
• Computer Aided Drafting Laboratory

Laboratory Handled

• Vehicle Simulation Laboratory
• Automotive Electrical & Electronics Laboratory
• Basic Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
• Computer Aided Engine and Chassis Components Design Laboratory
• Simulation of Engine and Chassis Components Laboratory
• Strength of Materials Laboratory
• Engineering Practices Laboratory
• Computer Aided Drafting and Modeling Laboratory
• CAD and CAM Laboratory
• Two & Three wheeler Laboratory
• Computer Aided Machine Drawing Laboratory
• Automotive Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory
• Computer Aided Engine Design Laboratory

International Journal

• Ramanjaneyulu Kolla, Assistant Professor, Ganesh V, Associate Professor, R. Sakthivel & A. K. Boobalasenthilraj, Assistant Professors, published a paper titled “Simulation and Experimental Design of Load Adaptive Braking System on Two Wheeler” in an International Journal, Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 3115-3134, December 2022.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor and Mr. Sethuraman BL, Mr. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Shree Ram Vishaal S, Second year Automobile Engineering have published a paper titled “Design and Implementation of Secondary Air Brake System using Engine Exhaust Gas” in Journal of Advanced Engineering Research, ISSN: 2393-8447, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2020, pp.63-68.
• S. Premnath and R. Sakthivel published a paper titled “Combined effects of water emulsion and CH3NO2 (nitromethane) additive on combustion performance and emissions characteristics of a single-cylinder diesel engine using neem and cotton seed oil as biodiesel blends” in AIP Conference Proceedings 2283, 020039 (2020).

International Conference

• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, presented a technical paper titled “Intelligent load Adaptive Braking System” at the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Automobile, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering held at Easwari Engineering College on 05.04.2024.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, presented a technical paper titled “Ready to Start System for Electric Vehicles Using Relays and Timer” at the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Automobile, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering held at Easwari Engineering College on 05.04.2024.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, presented a technical paper titled “Enhancing Vehicle Handling Using Steer by Wire System with Variable Steering ratio” at the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Automobile, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering held at Easwari Engineering College on 05.04.2024.
• Mr. K. Navinkumar and Mr. M. Arunshankar, Final year Automobile Engineering and Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, Mr. Ramanjaneyulu Kolla, Assistant Professor, Dr. V. Ganesh, Associate Professor, Mr. A. K. Boobalasenthilraj, Assistant Professor from Automobile Engineering presented a paper titled “Design of Regenerative Vehicle Suspension system” in AICTE Sponsored International E-Conference on “SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND POWER GRID” during 27th – 29th January 2021.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor and Mr. Sudhrasan Ananth, Mr. Anish prabhu R R, Shaahidh Irfaan Sha, Final year Automobile engineering presented a paper titled “Design and Implementation of Energy storage system for Electric Vehicles using Supercapacitor” in an internal conference organized by SMETI 2020 SVCE during 16 and 17th October, 2020.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, Mr. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Sethuraman BL, Mr. Shree Ram Vishaal S, Second year and Mr. Poovarasan, Final year Automobile Engineering presented a paper titled” Development of Air Brake system using Engine Exhaust Gas” in an internal conference organized by SMETI 2020 SVCE during 16 and 17th October, 2020.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor and Mr. Nandagopal G, Mr. Manish R, Mr. Shoab Akthar, Second year Automobile Engineering presented a paper titled “Design of Active Rear Wheel Steering to Improve the Stability of the Vehicle” in Virtual International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Research in Mechanical Engineering, VICATRME’20, 26-28, Oct., 2020.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor and Mr. Sethuraman BL, Mr. Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Shree Ram Vishaal S, Second year Automobile Engineering presented a paper titled “Design and Implementation of Secondary Air Brake System using Engine Exhaust Gas” in Virtual International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Research in Mechanical Engineering, VICATRME’20, 26-28, Oct., 2020.
• Mr. Sudharsan Ananth, Shaahid Irfaan Sha, Anish Prabhu R from Third year Automobile Engineering, under the supervision of Mr. R. Sakthivel, Mr. Ramanjaneyulu Kolla, Presented a paper titled presented a paper titled “DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER CAPACITOR AND CIRCUITS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES” in 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRIDME2k19 Organized by Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research held on 15th November, 2019.
• Mr. R. G. Ajai, Adharsh from Third year Mechanical Engineering, under the supervision of Mr. R. Sakthivel, Presented a paper titled “Crashworthiness of Aluminum Foam filledCrash Box” in 2nd International Conference on Recent Innovations and Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRIDME2k19 Organized by Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research held on 15th November, 2019.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel Presented a Technical Paper titled “Automatic Accident Messaging System” in Interdisciplinary Research Innovations in Engineering and Technology 2018
• Mr. R. Sakthivel Presented a Technical Paper titled “Automatic Tyre Inflation System” in Interdisciplinary Research Innovations in Engineering and Technology 2018
• Mr. R. Sakthivel Presented a Technical Paper titled “Optimization of passenger car bumper beams to improve crashworthiness” in 2018

FDTP / Workshop Organized:
• Acted as coordinator in the workshop titled “Implementation of 5S and Quality Circles in HEI” organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering held on 28.04.2022.
• Dr. J. Venkatesan, Professor, Mr. A.K. Boobalasenthilraj, Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professors organized a Six day Online FDP on “Applied Thermodynamic for Engineers” from 31.03.2022 to 07.04.2022.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professors, Department of Automobile Engineering organized a One day workshop on “Awareness Program on Virtual Lab” on 06th November 2020.
• Organized a webinar titled “Algae biofuels for IC Engines” delivered by Dr. M. Mubarak, Associate Professor and Head, Mechanical Engineering, MEA Engineering College, Kerala held on May 11, 2020 which was convened by Dr J Venkatesan, Professor and Head.
• Acted as Coordinator in a “One Day training program on Modeling using Creo” Organized by the Department of Automobile Engineering held on 07.03.2020 in the CAD Laboratory, Automobile Engineering Department.
• Acted as Coordinator in the “One Day workshop on Automotive Suspension Systems” Organised by the Department of Automobile Engineering held on 9th January 2020.
• Acted as Co-coordinator in a Ten day workshop on “Automotive Embedded systems with IoT and cloud computing” Organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in association with the Department of Automobile Engineering during 17th to 28th June, 2019.
• Organized a Faculty Development Program on Vehicle Dynamics using MATLAB during 27th Novemeber to 01st December 2018 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai

Lecture Delivered

• Delivered a Lecture on “Response Analysis of Single DOF” in the FDT on Vehicle Dynamics using MATLAB during 27th Novemeber to 01st December 2018 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai
• Delivered a Lecture on “Response Analysis of Multi DOF” in the FDT on Vehicle Dynamics using MATLAB during 27th Novemeber to 01st December 2018 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai
• Delivered a series of Lectures on Faculty Development and Training Program on “AT6604 -Vehicle Dynamics” during 23 to 30th November 2016 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai

FDTP/Workshop Attended

• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering, also attended the Pals Industry Assisted Lecture on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Agriculture on 22nd February 2024.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, participated in the Faculty Advisors Forum Program conducted by SAEINDIA Southern Section on 18th March 2023, in Chennai.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, participated in a Five-Day Online Faculty Development Programme on “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from 05th December 2022 to 09th December 2022.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, participated in a NAAC Collaborated Two-day National Level Seminar on “NAAC – Revised Assessment and Accreditation Framework” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering from 24th November 2022 to 25th November 2022.
• Participated in the Six Day Online Faculty Development Programme on “APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS FOR ENGINEERS” organized by the Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, from 31.03.2022 to 07.04.2022.
• Participated in the Ideation and Proposal Writing Workshop jointly organized by PALS and Rural Technology Action Group, IIT Madras On 2nd and 3rd March 2022.
• Participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Trends & Challenges in Electric Vehicles” from 20/09/2021 to 24/09/2021 at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering.
• Participated in a has participated in the webinar titled “Career in Crashworthiness Analysis for Automotive and Mechanical Engineers” organised by the Department of Automobile Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College on 18.08.2021
• Participated in 10 Hours of Faculty Development Program on Productive tools in AutoCAD (Online Live FDP) conducted by ICT Academy on 12 Jul 2021 to 16 Jul 2021.
• Participated in Webinar on ‘How to handle online classes effectively?’ on 10/6/2021 organised by School of Social Sciences and Languages(SSL), VIT Chennai.
• Participated in a webinar titled “Introduction to Industry 4.0 & Industrial IoT”, organized by Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Arasu Engineering College on 04.06.2021.
• Attended Faculty Development Program Organized by Brakes India Ltd and PALS, IITM Conducted from 17th Feb 2021 to 22nd Feb 2021.
• Three day National Level Faculty Development Programme on Online College Management & Online Content Creation Tools organized by BMM & BAMMC Department of Lala Lajpat Rai College of Commerce & Economics and University of Mumbai with North Strom Academy from 30.04.2020 to 2.05.2020.
• Five day Faculty Development Programme (Online Mode) on “Introduction to Finite Element Analysis” organized by Panimalar Institute of Technology from 11.5.2020 to 15.5.2020.
• Online Faculty Development Programme under the topic “Emerging Trends in Electric Vehicles”, organized by JEPPIAR INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY held on 14.05.2020 and 15.05.2020.
• Five Day Online Faculty Development Programme on “ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS ESSENTIALS” organized by the Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering from 23.05.2020 to 27.05.2020.
• Two days National online Workshop on “Additive Manufacturing”, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. A. Engineering College held on 15.05.2020 and 16.05.2020.
• Three Day National Workshop on Industry 4.0 Organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), SVCE and Dept.of Mechanical Engineering during 29-31 August 2019.
• Six Day Faculty Development Program on “Engineering Thermodynamics” organized by Dr.J.Venkatesan, Professor and Head, Dr. Ganesh V, Associate Professor and Mr.G.Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering during 31st May to 06th June 2019 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Participated as a Faculty Advisor of the team TRAXION RACING, consisting of 15 Automobile Engineering & 10 Mechanical Engineering students in the National Level design and Fabrication of Formula style Race car competition FORMULA BHARATH 2019 held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from 23.01.2019 to 27.01.2019.
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “Automotive Air – Conditioning” during 25th Nonember to 30th November 2019 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “Engineering Thermodynamics” during 31st May 2019 to 06th June 2019 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “Engineering Graphics” from 26th July to 28th July 2018 at Rajalakshmi Engineering College.
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “AT6603-Two and Three Wheelers” during 27th Nonember to 05th December 2017 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Attended AICTE sponsored Two Week Faculty Development Programme on “Theory and Performance Evaluation of Automotive Vehicle Subsystems Using Modern Tools and Equipment” Organized by Department of Automobile Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, during 6th November to 21st November 2017.
• Attended two days “Hands on experience training programme” at TAFE, Dodballapura, Bengaluru during 2nd to 3rd May 2017.
• Attended One Day workshop on “Advanced Combustion concepts of Internal Combustion Engines” on 6th April 2017
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “AT6604 – Vehicle Dynamics” during 23 to 30th November 2016 at Automobile Engineering Department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Faculty Development Program in the field of Simulation with ANSYS on 28th July 2016
• Attended a Faculty Development and Training Program on “GE16152 – Engineering Graphic”s during 13 to 18th June 2016 Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Chennai.
• Attended the Faculty Development Programme on ” Automatic Control Systems and Design with MATLAB/SIMULINK ” from May 19 to 22, 2015 at Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, conducted by Department of Avionics.
• Attended the Faculty Development Programme on “Measurement Techniques and Measurement System Analysis” One week. 28.04.14 to 03.05.14 at SVCE conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Attended the AICTE sponsored seminar on “Automotive Electronics and Electronic Engine Management” from 20th to 22nd Mar’14, conducted by Department of Automobile Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engg. College.
• Attended the Faculty Development Programme on “Design of Experiments and Optimisation Techniques” One week. 16.12.13 to 21.12.13 at SVCE conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Attended the Two day workshop on “Recent Trends in Gas Turbine Technologies” on Two days. 08th &09th Mar’13 at Saveetha Engineering college conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• Attended the AICTE sponsored seminar on “Electronic Engine Management” on Two days. 15&16th Mar’13 at Rajalakshmi Engineering college conducted by Department of Automoble Engineering
• Attended the AICTE Faculty Development Programme on “Contemporary Research and Practices in Pollutant Elimination Systems towards Cleaner Environment” on 20.5.13 to 26.5.13 at svce conducted by Department of Chemical Engineering

Online course – Coursera – 5
• Two Week online non-credit course titled “The 3D Printing Revolution” authorized by University of Illinois.
• Eight week online non-credit course titled “Excel Skills for Business: Essentials” authorized by Macquarie University.
• Six Week online non-credit course titled “Differential Equations for Engineers” authorized by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• Five Week online non-credit course titled “Introduction to Engineering Mechanics” authorized by Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Two Week online course titled “Autodesk Certified Professional: AutoCAD for Design and Drafting Exam Prep” authorized by Autodesk.

• Data Coordinator (Collection and submission of data related to BoT & Governing Council report, Newsletter, Annual Report, AU Inspection)
• Dept -NIRF Coordinator
• Dept -IIC Coordinator
• Dept -AICTE Coordinator
• Dept -ISTE Coordinator
• Dept -PALS Coordinator
• Dept – IQAC Coordinator
• Faculty Advisor – Association of Automobile Engineers (AAE)
• Faculty Advisor – SAE Collegiate Club of SVCE (College Level)
• Department Social Media Coordinator
• NAAC Cr.5
• Caretaker Officer – NCC Naval Wing of SVCE (College level)

• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, received the First Prize in Paper Presentation entitled “Design and Analysis of Variable Braking Force System of the Two Wheeler” under the Automobile Engineering stream conducted during the SVCE Faculty Research Day 2023.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor, achieved a notable milestone by becoming a reviewer for the BOHR International Journal of Engineering (BIJE) at Bohr Publishers on September 7, 2023, and the SAE Technical Papers on September 11, 2023, thereby enhancing his contributions to the academic and editorial aspects of engineering research.
• Mr. Sakthivel R, Assistant Professor, was honored with a memento for his role as a judge for the SAE Tire II Events held at Chennai Institute of Technology on 07/02/2023.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering at SVCE, has received a certificate in recognition of his review contribution to the Measurement: Sensor journal in the month of March 2023.
• Mr. R. Sakthivel, Assistant Professor received appreciation from SAE Technical Papers for review of the Manuscript 23NETP-0225 titled “Enhancing Aerodynamic Performance of a Formula Car through Design Modification and Evaluation” on 11.10.2023.
• Mr. Gopalakrishnan. E, Mr. Ramakrishnan B R and Mr. Shree Ram Vishaal S, Final year UG students of the Department of Automobile Engineering, received Intramural grant for the year 2021-2022. They received a grant of Rs. 10,000/- for the project titled “Design and Simulation of Hybrid electric two wheeler”. The project is mentored by Mr. R. Sakthivel Assistant Professor/AUT.