• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering  – National Institute of Technology-Tiruchirappalli (2011)
  Specialization: Solar Thermal Engineering
• M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering – Pondicherry University (2004)
  Specialization: Energy Technology
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering – Bharathiar University (1995)
  Specialization: Mechanical Engineering 

• Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering
  SMVD University  (2018–Present)

• Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
  VTU Affiliated- ACS College of Engineering Bengaluru (2014–2018); BTL Institute of Technology Bengaluru  (2013-2014), RajaRajeswari College of Engineering (Autonomous) Bengaluru (2012-2013)

• Anna University Affiliated- Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (Autonomous) Hosur(2011-2012) 

• Full Time PhD Scholar , Mechanical Engineering Department
  National Institute of Technology-Tiruchirappalli  (2008-2010)

• Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department

Anna University Affiliated -Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (Autonomous) Hosur (2005-2008), Tamilnadu College of Engineering Coimbatore(2002-2003); VTU Affliated- Dayanandasagar College of Engineering (Autonomous) , Bengaluru (2004): DOTE Tamilnadu – Nanjappa Institute of Technology Coimbatore(1996-2001)

Solar Thermal Power Engineering (MEE3237)- Course Plan– Course Materials

• Head , School of Mechanical Engineering– SMVD University (2021–2024)

• Dean , Faculty of Engineering – SMVD University (2019–2022)

• Registrar, SMVD University (2020–2021)
• Chairman, SMVD University , BTech/BArch Admission Committee (2019-2021)

• Principal Investigator – Solar PV-Thermoelectric Generator with Composite PCM, SMVD University (2023–Present)

• Principal-Investigator – VGST GoK -Funded Project on Solar PV -TEG with Latent Heat Materials , VTU affiliated -ACS College of Engineering Bengaluru (2015–2016)

• DST – ANRF (Erstwhile SERB) sponsored project work on ‘Solar PV- Thermoelectric Generator with Composite PCM‘ under SURE scheme (2023–Present)

• VGST Sponsored Project on ‘V trough Solar Air heater with PCM’ under TRIP Scheme (2015–2016)

• VGST Sponsored Project on ‘Single Slope Solar Still with Nanocomposites PCM‘ under TRIP Scheme (2012–2013)

• NIT-T sponsored Research Work on ‘Solar Parabolic Dish Thermoelectric Generator’ under PhD Scholar Research Grant (2008–2010)

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56439359800

           https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pB930swAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

• “Solar Photovoltaic  Thermoelectric Generator with Flexible PCM”
  ICAT 2024  Conference held at IIT Madras ,2-7, September  2024.

https://printorders.aip.org/proceedings/2039

• Ph.D. Students Supervised – SMVD University (2018–Present)

  • Supervised : 1 Ph.D. candidate in the research domain of Solar Cooker with Thermal Storage and 02 PhD scholars under progress                                

• Master’s Thesis Advisor – SMVD University (2018–Present)

  • Mentored 03 Master’s students thesis in Mechanical Engineering .

1. ” Low and Medium Temperature Waste Heat Recovery in Process Heat Applications” offline ANRF sponsored National Workshop on 06th and 07th Feb.2025

2. “Green Hydrogen Generation and Opportunities in India”
   Online AICTE ATAL sponsored FDP from 09th -14th December 2024.

3. “Green Hydrogen Challenges and Opportunities “
   DST SERB sponsored National Workshop  during 28th and 29th April 2023.
4. “Thermoelectric Materials and Applications for Energy Harvesting and Power Generation” Online AICTE -ISTE Sponsored FDP during  21st to 27th December 2021
5. “Advances in Clean Energy Conversion Technologies & Materials for Energy Storage Applications Online AICTE ATAL sponsored FDP during 21st to 25th September 2020.                                                               
6. “Developments and Prospects of Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Devices & Its Applications”  DST SERB sponsored National Workshop  during  28th and 29th November , 2019.                                          
7. “Advances in Clean Energy Conversion Technologies and Materials for Energy Storage Applications” DST-SERB  Sponsored Workshop during  24th and 25th January 2019                                                                                                                                    

1. “Clean Energy Conversion Technologies” online AICTE ATAL FDP was organised by KS School of Engineering and Management, Bengaluru Karnataka State on 08-02-2005

2. “Solar Thermal System in Process Heat Applications ” offline AICTE ATAL FDP was held at KITS Singapur , Telangana State on 13-11-2024.

3. “Low and Medium temperature Waste Heat Recovery Technologies” Invited Technical Talk at Adhiyamaan College of Engineering (Autonomous) Hosur Tamilnadu on 08-11- 2024 

4. “Solar PV Thermoelectric Generator with Flexible PCM ” ICAT 2024 held at IIT Madras during 2th -7th September 2024.

Technical Consultant for ISSOJET Burner Ltd Hosur (2017-2018)

Interaction with Domain Experts on Application of Thermoelectrics from Academic Institution in UK, Srilanka and NISE New Delhi

• AICTE Travel Grant to attend Solar Asia 2018 conference held at NIFS Kandy SriLanka during January 2018
• INSA Visiting Scientist for two months  to work at Thermoelectric Lab , IISc Bengaluru during July 2021
• ISTE-SAYED SAJID ALI National Award on Innovative Research Work on Renewable Energy during August 2022