faculty Profile

M.Tech. – Computational Fluid Dynamics (2010 – 2012)
U.P.E.S, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

B.Tech. –Chemical Engineering (2000 -2004)
Madras University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Six years of experience in Chemical Industries.
One year of experience as Project Engineer at IIT Jodhpur.
Assistant Professor at SVCE from June 2015

Advanced Transport Phenomena

Advanced Process Control

MATLAB/ASPEN

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Chemical Engineers

Mechanics of Solids for Chemical Engineering

Chemical Process Intensification

Fertilizer Technology

Petroleum Technology

Chemical Process Plant Safety

Process Economics

Transport Phenomena

Chemical Process Industries – I

Heat Transfer

Process Equipment Design I

Process Equipment Design II

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics – II

Mechanical Operations

Fluid Mechanics

Environmental Science & Engineering

Solid Waste Management (Open Elective)

Laboratory Courses:

Process Equipment Design Laboratory

Process Control Laboratory

Mechanical Operations Laboratory

Heat Transfer Laboratory

Mass Transfer Laboratory

Process Modelling and Simulation Laboratory

Research Publications

Research Grants Received:

1. Guided an Intramural research fund of Rs.10,000/- from SVCE management for UG student project work for the title “Design and Experimental validation of Cavitation reactor” in the academic year 2022-23.
2. Guided an Intramural research fund of Rs.10,000/- from SVCE management for UG student project work for the title “Experimental investigation of yield using lab scale Reactive Distillation apparatus” in the academic year 2018-19.
3. TNSTC Student Project of Rs.10,000/- 2017-18: Co-guide for the title “Enrichment of geraniol composition in palmorosa oil using simultaneous microwave-assisted extraction and hydro- distillation”.
4. Guided an Intramural research fund of Rs.10,000/- from SVCE management for UG student project work for the title “Experimental validation of ethanol recovery from fermenter product using dibutyl phthalate” in the academic year 2016-17.
5. Selected through INAE Scheme “Mentoring of Engineering Teachers by INAE fellows” and received mentorship from INAE Fellow for a duration of two months and worked on the project titled “Study of rheological behavior of fluids in tanning process using computational fluid dynamics”, Rs. 5000/- is received for this mentorship.

Consultancy

1. Consultancy work for Bubble behavior analysis is completed for M/s. Crevac Tech Engineering Private Limited, with value of Rs. 2,95,000/-
2. Consultancy work for Model making and simulation is completed for M/s. IndCzech Engineering Private Limited, Chennai, with value of Rs.34950/-
3. Consultancy Work : CFD Analysis Of Raw Gas Heater For M/s. Thirumalai Chemicals Limited, Ranipet during 2017-18, with the value of 1.67 lakhs rupees.

Journal Publications:

” Modeling of a Groundwater Mound in a Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Unconfined Aquifer in Response to Precipitation Recharge “, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2015,Vol.20, Issue 7, pp. 04014081.1-12.

“Analysis on Renewable Energy Generation from Salinity Gradient by Reverse Electro Dialysis”, published in proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (AdChE) 2020.

National Conference:

• Attended six days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on AI-driven Innovations: Transforming Core Engineering Disciplines at Online from 20/01/2025 to 25/01/2025, organised by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, SSN, Chennai
• Attended six days Short Term Training Program (STTP) on “Process Modeling, Simulation and Control”, organised by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, 23/05/2024 & 29/05/2024.
• Attended National Conference on “Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering towards Sustainability – Clean Environment (TIChSCON’24)”, organised by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, 29/04/2024.
• Organised and Attended the 6-day certificate program on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Accessor program jointly conducted by SVCE and TamilNadu Safety Professional Welfare Association (TNSPWA) from 22ndto 27thApril 2024.
• Attended 5 days Online FDP on “Building Advanced Data Analytics Application with Cloud”, organised by Edunet Foundation, Chennai, under Next Gen Employability program, from 11/12/2023 to 15/12/2023.
• Attended 5 days Online FDP on “Sustainability in Process Engineering”, organised by Dept. of Chemical Engg, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, from 18/12/2023 to 22/12/2023.
• Attended 5 days Online STTP on “Quantum Computing”, organised by Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, from 05/02/2024 to 10/02/2024.
• Attended 5 days Online FDP on “Process Intensification in Chemical Engineering”, organised by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, from 05/02/2024 to 10/02/2024.
• Attended two days Workshop on “Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Nanofluid and Hands-on Training with CFD Ansys Fluent Software”, organised by Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, 26/03/2024 & 27/03/2024.
• Organised and Attended a six days FDP on “Chemical Process Safety an Professional Ethics”, at SVCE, Sriperumbudur by 12th – 17th June 2023 and Earned certification for Process Hazard Analysis from DNV, India.
• Acted as Resource person for a technical lecture at “Three Day workshop on Boundary Layer Theory”, Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVCE on 22,23 & 24^th September 2021.
• Participated Online FDP, on “VIRTUAL LABS”, organised by NITK Surathkal, during 06th September 2021.
• Attended AICTE – ATAL,Online Elementary FDP on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Data Science” organised by BNCE, Maharashtra, during 14th to 18th July 2021.
• Attended online Workshop on “Operations Research using R”, organised by VIT vellore, during 18th & 19th June 2021.
• Participated in online Workshop on “Documenting Technical Reports in LATEX”, organised by SVCE during 1st to 5th June 2021.
• Paper presented in International Conference on “Smart Materials & Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0” organised by SVCE, during 16th & 17th October 2020.
• Attended One Week online Workshop on “DWSIM Advanced”conducted by IIT Bombay, during 16th to 25th August 2020.
• Attended QIP titled “Modelling and Simulation of Energy System” conducted online by IIT Roorkee, during 11th to 15th January 2021.
• Attended two week online FDP on “Environmental and Sustainable Chemical Engineering”, organised by Pondicherry Engg College, during 10th December to 23rd December 2020.
• Attended short term course on “Concepts in Chemical Reaction Engineering” held at IISc from 10 – 14 June 2019.
• Participated in Workshop on “Thin Film Deposition, Characterization and their Advanced Applications” held at SVCE, during 9th & 10th May 2019.
• Participated in Online FDP on MATALB for Data Scientists,organised by SVCE, from 5th April to 9th April 2019.
• Attended an  AICTE Sponsored short term course on “Instrumental Methods of Analysis” held at SVCE from 04th to 9th November 2019.
• Attended an One day National Conference on “Technological Innovation on Clean Energy Generation and Environmental Remediation” held at SVCE on 04th October 2019.
• Two days Workshop on “Learn & Explore MedTech”, on 14/09/2018 to 15/09/2018, at HTIC, IITM Research Park, Chennai.
• Hands-on Workshop in Data Analytics using R, on 8 & 9 th March 2018, at M/s GYAN DATA Pvt. Ltd, IITM Research Park, Chennai.
• Seminar on “Software Packages for Dynamic Modeling and Distributed Control System” on 16th and 17th March, 2018, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
• Participated in Asian Symposium on Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (ASCHT2017), at IITM on 10th – 13rd December, 2017.
• “Hands-on training on Simulation of Heat Exchanger – Design and Performance” at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on 19–08–2017.
• “11 Summer School on Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals” held on 6th to 10th June 2016 at the Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IiPM), 83, Institutional Area, Sector-18, Gurgaon.
• Two days national level seminar on “Technological Advancements in Fuel Cell Research” on 9th and 10th September, 2016, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
• Seven days FDTP on “Fluid Flow Operation” on 19th to 25th December 2016 at Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
• International Workshop on “Design of Sub-systems for concentrated solar power technologies”,16th to 22th December 2013 at IIT Jodhpur.
• Seminar entitled “Advances in Computational Methods for Simulation of Transport Processes in Engineering” was conducted during 24th- 26th June,2015, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu

International Conference:

Paper presented at International Conference on “Green Materials and Renewable Energy”, SVCE, 10.06.2021 & 11.06.2021; paper titled “Experimental Studies on Production and investigation of Aspirin”.

“Design and verification of high efficiency cyclone separator”, at International Conference on Smart Materials and Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0, on 16/10/2020.

Workshops Attended

• Participated Online FDP, on “VIRTUAL LABS”, organised by NITK Surathkal, during 06th September 2021.
• Attended AICTE – ATAL,Online Elementary FDP on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Data Science” organised by BNCE, Maharashtra, during 14th to 18th July 2021.
• Attended online Workshop on “Operations Research using R”, organised by VIT vellore, during 18th & 19th June 2021.
• Participated in online Workshop on “Documenting Technical Reports in LATEX”, organised by SVCE during 1st to 5th June 2021.
• Paper presented in International Conference on “Smart Materials & Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0” organised by SVCE, during 16th & 17th October 2020.
• Attended One Week online Workshop on “DWSIM Advanced”conducted by IIT Bombay, during 16th to 25th August 2020.
• Attended QIP titled “Modelling and Simulation of Energy System” conducted online by IIT Roorkee, during 11th to 15th January 2021.
• Attended two week online FDP on “Environmental and Sustainable Chemical Engineering”, organised by Pondicherry Engg College, during 10th December to 23rd December 2020.
• Attended short term course on “Concepts in Chemical Reaction Engineering” held at IISc from 10 – 14 June 2019.
• Participated in Workshop on “Thin Film Deposition, Characterization and their Advanced Applications” held at SVCE, during 9th & 10th May 2019.
• Participated in Online FDP on MATALB for Data Scientists,organised by SVCE, from 5th April to 9th April 2019.
• Attended an  AICTE Sponsored short term course on “Instrumental Methods of Analysis” held at SVCE from 04th to 9th November 2019.
• Attended an One day National Conference on “Technological Innovation on Clean Energy Generation and Environmental Remediation” held at SVCE on 04th October 2019.
• Two days Workshop on “Learn & Explore MedTech”, on 14/09/2018 to 15/09/2018, at HTIC, IITM Research Park, Chennai.
• Hands-on Workshop in Data Analytics using R, on 8 & 9 th March 2018, at M/s GYAN DATA Pvt. Ltd, IITM Research Park, Chennai.
• Seminar on “Software Packages for Dynamic Modeling and Distributed Control System” on 16th and 17th March, 2018, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
• Participated in Asian Symposium on Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (ASCHT2017), at IITM on 10th – 13rd December, 2017.
• “Hands-on training on Simulation of Heat Exchanger – Design and Performance” at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode, Tamil Nadu, on 19–08–2017.
• “11 Summer School on Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals” held on 6th to 10th June 2016 at the Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IiPM), 83, Institutional Area, Sector-18, Gurgaon.
• Two days national level seminar on “Technological Advancements in Fuel Cell Research” on 9th and 10th September, 2016, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu.
• Seven days FDTP on “Fluid Flow Operation” on 19th to 25th December 2016 at Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
• International Workshop on “Design of Sub-systems for concentrated solar power technologies”,16th to 22th December 2013 at IIT Jodhpur.
• Seminar entitled “Advances in Computational Methods for Simulation of Transport Processes in Engineering” was conducted during 24th- 26th June,2015, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu

Design – Module Member

Faculty Advisor II Year A1

Process Control Lab In-charge

IIC/ARIA/SIH Dept. Coordinator

PALS – Innowah Dept Coordinator

MOU Coordinator.

1. Star Performer – 2 Star, SVCE Management has acknowledged and appreciated my performance with this award. This award carries a certificate and appreciated on stage during college day 2023.
2. Certified as ESG Assessor.
3. Selected through INAE Scheme “Mentoring of Engineering Teachers by INAE fellows” and received mentorship from INAE Fellow for duration of two months and worked on the project titled “Study of rheological behavior of fluids in tanning process using computational fluid dynamics”
4. Received an  Intramural research fund from SVCE management for UG student project work for the title “Experimental investigation of yield using lab scale Reactive Distillation apparatus” in the academic year 2018-19.
5. TNSTC Student Project 2017-18: Co-guide for the title “Enrichment of geraniol composition in palmorosa oil using simultaneous microwave-assisted extraction and hydro- distillation”. 
6. Received an  Intramural research fund from SVCE management for UG student project work for the title “Experimental validation of ethanol recovery from fermenter product using dibutyl phthalate” in the academic year 2016-17.
7. Selected through INAE Scheme “Mentoring of Engineering Teachers by INAE fellows” and received mentorship from INAE Fellow for duration of two months and worked on the project titled “Study of rheological behavior of fluids in tanning process using computational fluid dynamics”