Professional Background

• 27+ years of R & D Experience
• Joined and worked as Junior Technical Assistant at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh during 1991-1995.
• Transferred to CSIR-CSIO Chennai Centre during 1995.
• Promoted as Scientist in 2004
• Presently working as Senior Scientist and heading one DST funded project on Motor Health Monitoring.

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Energy Management System based on MODBUS and LONWORKS Technology
• Pump & Motor Efficiency Monitoring System Instrumentation
• Power Quality Analyser & Portable Energy Audi Tool
• Embedded Systems
• Industrial Networking
• Building Automation
• Health Care Instrumentation
• Renewable Energy & Hybrid Power Systems.

Awards & Honours

• Stood State First Rank in Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering branch during the year 1990.
• Received the University Gold Medal for securing the highest mark in B.E (EEE branch) from Anna University during 1998-2001.
• Received the “General Proficiency Award” from College of Engineering, Anna University during 1998-2001 for securing the highest mark among all branches and maintaining distinction in all semesters.
• Received the “University Gold Medal” for securing the University first rank in M.E (E&C) among full-time & part-time from Sathyabama University during 2007-2009.
• “Raman Research Fellowship Award” for the year 2011-12 and visited Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California, USA under deputation for the duration of 4-months.
• Received “Indira Gandhi Sadhbhavana Gold Medal Award” for the individual achievements and outstanding contribution to the field of Research and Engineering during 2014 conferred by Global Economic Progress and Research Association (GEPRA), New Delhi at Bengaluru.
• Received “Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Gold Medal Award” for the individual achievements and outstanding contribution to the society in terms of service to the nation during 2016 conferred by GEPRA, New Delhi at Bengaluru.
• Received “Bharat Ratna Dr. Radhakrishnan Gold Medal Award” for the individual achievements and outstanding contribution to the field of Research & Science during 2017 conferred by GEPRA, New Delhi at Chennai.
• Received “Padma Jyoti Gold Medal Award” for the individual achievements and outstanding contribution to the field of Research & Engineering during 2017 conferred by All India Achievers & research Academy (AIARA), New Delhi at Bengaluru.
• Received the “Life Time Achievement Award” from Sri Dharma Sastha Trust, Chennai during the year 2005.
• Received the “Excellence Service Award” from the Rotary Club, Edapadi during the year 2017.
• Received two “National Level Best Paper Award” from NSI-32, ISOI, I.I.Sc, Bengalure during the year 2007.

Publication

• “Industrial Energy Management System” – paper presented in the National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-27) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore during 27th to 29th November 2002.
• “Electrical Energy Measurements – Importance in Energy Management of Process Control” – article published in Electrical India Magazine, Vol. 50, July 2004.
• “MODBUS Protocol & its implementation in Energy Management Systems” – presented the paper in the workshop on “Advance in Process Control & Instrumentation (APCI-2007)” at St. Joseph College of Engineering, Chennai during 10th – 11th August 2007.
• “Thermodynamic method of Flow Rate Measurement” – paper presented in the National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-32) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Thiruchengodu during 24th to 26th October 2007. (Won the National level Best Paper Award)
• “Energy Monitoring Nodes using LONWORKS technology” – paper presented in the National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-32) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Thiruchengodu during 24th to 26th October 2007. (Won the National level Best Paper Award)
• “Implementation of Waveform comparison technique to detect Impulse Transient” – paper presented in the National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-32) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Thiruchengodu during 24th to 26th October 2007.
• “Energy Conservation - Concepts to Technologies Developed for Energy Monitoring and Control (EMS, PQA, PEMS & LCOM)” – presented the paper in the workshop on “Public Private Partnership on Energy Management System” on 29th February 2008 at CSIO, Chennai.
• “Genetic Algorithm based on-site Induction Motor Efficiency Monitoring System” – presented the paper in National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-33) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during Dec 8-10, 2008.
• “Lon Works based Physical Parameter Node for Industrial Networking” – presented the paper in National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-33) organised by Instrument Society of India (ISOI), Bangalore at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam during Dec 8-10, 2008.
• Presented the paper titled “Personal Computer based Automatic Energy Meter Calibrator with improved accuracy” in the International conference (SENNET-09) organised by VIT, Vellore.
• Presented the paper titled “Hand held Display Terminal for Distributed LON Network Monitoring” in the International conference (SENNET-09) organised by VIT, Vellore.
• Published an article titled “Pump Efficiency Monitoring System (PEMS) using thermodynamic principle” - in the World Pumps India Magazine, May-June 2009.
• Paper published in the journal of Instrument Society of India titled “Energy Monitoring Nodes using LONWORKS technology”, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 57-58, March 2009.
• Paper published in the journal of Instrument Society of India titled “Genetic algorithm based on-site Induction Motor Efficiency Monitoring Systems”, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 280-282, December 2009.
• Presented the paper titled “Parasite Detection using Digital Image Processing” as co-author in the International Conference on Instrumentation (ICI-2009) & National Symposium on Instrumentation (NSI-34) organized by ISOI, Bangalore at Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune during 21st to 23rd January, 2010.
• “Pump Efficiency Monitoring – A Cost Effective Technique” - Article published in the Chemical World Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 12, pp: 36-38, April 2010.
• Presented the paper titled “Rapid detection of Pathogenic bacteria using Immuno Fluroscence technique for food processing industries” in the national conference on Agrionics and Food Processing Instrumentation NCAFPI-2010 organised by CSIO, Chandigarh during 26th to 28th September 2010.
• Presented the paper titled “Role of Energy Management Systems in Food Industry” as co-author in the national conference on Agrionics and Food Processing Instrumentation NCAFPI-2010 organised by CSIO, Chandigarh during 26th to 28th September 2010.
• Presented the paper titled “Smart Ultra High Precision Temperature Measurement” in the international conference on Trends & Industrial Measurements & Automation TIMA-2011 organised by CEERI, Chennai during 6th to 8th January 2011.
• Presented the paper titled “Improving the accuracy of Electronic Energy Meter using MAVE & Best Fit algorithm” in the international conference on Trends & Industrial Measurements & Automation TIMA-2011 organised by CEERI, Chennai during 6th to 8th January 2011.
• Presented the paper titled “Web monitoring and Control using LonWorks Technology” as co-author in the international conference on Trends & Industrial Measurements & Automation TIMA-2011 organised by CEERI, Chennai during 6th to 8th January 2011.
• “Review of Smart Metering Technologies for Smart Grid Applications” as co-author in the International Conference on Adaptive Technologies for Sustainable Growth (ICATS- 2011) during June 16-18, 2011 at Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal.
• Presented & published a paper titled “Smart Sensor Technology for Ultra High Precision Temperature Measurement” in the International conference SENNET- 2012, held at VIT, Vellore during 20th to 21st January 2012, pp: 120-123, Allied Pub.
• Presented & published a paper titled “Network Architecture for Building Automation Using LONWORKS” as co-author in the International conference SENNET- 2012, held at VIT, Vellore during 20th to 21st January 2012, pp: 249-252, Allied Pub.
• Presented a paper titled “Electrical Circuit Parameter Optimization using Genetic Algorithm under Matlab environment” in the National Conference on Recent Trends in VLSI, Mobile & Embedded Technology on 24th March 2012 at Mailam Engineering College, TN.
• Presented a paper titled “Development of ARM Controller based MODBUS WEB Server for Energy Management System” in the National Conference on Recent Trends in VLSI, Mobile & Embedded Technology on 24th March 2012 at Mailam Engineering College, TN.
• Delivered a bilingual lecture titled “Oorja Samrakshan ki Jankari – Awareness to Energy Conservation” in the Bilingual Hindi Workshop held on 27th March 2012 at CSIR Complex, Chennai.
• Presented a paper titled “Advanced Metering Infrastructures for Smart Grid Applications” as co-author in International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Technology (ICRTIT-2012) during 19th to 21st April 2012 at Anna University, Chennai.
• Published a paper titled “Advanced Metering Infrastructures for Smart Grid Applications” in IEEE Explorer, INDIA, pp: 145-150, Print ISBN:978-1-4673-1599-9, MAY 2012 as co-author.
• Delivered a Bilingual Lecture titled “Awareness to Energy Conservation – Oorjaa Samrakshan Ki Jaankari” in the Hindi TOLIC Meeting held on 13th July 2012 at Sterling Club Auditorium, Chennai.
• Presented a paper titled “Implementation of Induction Motor On-line Condition Monitoring System in Altium Nanoboard” in the IEEE International Conference on Smart Structures & Systems (ISSS-2013) during 28th to 29th March 2013 at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai.
• Presented a paper titled “Induction Motor On-Line Condition Monitoring System Using FPGA Board” in the International Conference in Magna on Emerging Engineering Trends (ICMEET-2013) during 10th to 12th April 2013 at Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai.
• Chaired one session in the National Conference (sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi) organized by Arulmigu Meenakshmi Amman Engineering College, Kancheepuram and also delivered an invited talk on the title “Role of Instrumentation in the Modern Era of Electronics” in the conference held on 18th October, 2013.
• Presented & published a paper titled “Simulation of Power Management Circuit in a standalone solar PV/Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid Power System” as co-author in the International Journal on Recent Innovation in Engineering and Technology (IJRIET) Vol. 1, Issue 2, December 2013, pp. 1-6.
• Presented & published a paper titled “Power Management in a Standalone Solar/ Fuel cell/ Battery Hybrid Power system” as co-author in the International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Volume 9, Issue 6, December 2013, PP. 08-14.
• Presented & published a paper titled “Simulation and Emulation of Induction Motor Faults” as co-author in the 2nd International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems (ICEES 2014) held at SSN Engineering College, Chennai during 7th to 9th January 2014, pp. 147-151 and published in IEEE Xplore, 2014, pp147-151.
• Published a paper titled “Simulation and Testing of Induction Motor Faults in MATLAB for Online Condition Monitoring” in the IUP Journal of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vol. IX, No. 2, April 2016, pp. 7-18.
• Presented a paper titled “Real Time Monitoring and Fault Detection System for PV Field” as co-author in the National Seminar RENCON, 2016.
• Published a paper titled “Design & Development of On-line, On-Site, In-Situ Induction Motor Performance Analyser” in International Journal of Electrical, Computer, Energetic, Electronic and Communication Engineering, UK, 2017, Vol: 11, No: 1, Pp: 121-128
• Published a paper titled “Design and Development of Web Server for Solar Panel Performance Monitoring System” in International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2017, Vol: 8, Issue: 5.

Lectures Delivered

• Delivered an invited lecture titled “Smart Energy Management System – Role of Instrumentation Science” in the Faculty Development Program held at Madras University on 13th December, 2013.
• Delivered technical lecture and hands-on training on “Induction Motor Efficiency Monitoring System – Technology Overview” to the licensee of IMEMS technology, M/s Industrial Controls & Drives India Private Limited, Chennai on 1st July 2016.
• Delivered lecture titled “You have the Power to Conserve: Energy Efficiency – The Smarter Way to Reduce Global Warming” in the one-day workshop organized by KCG College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu on 9th July 2016.
• Delivered lecture titled “Energy Efficiency – The Smarter Way to Reduce Global Warming” in the one-day workshop on “Green Energy” on 20th July 2016 at Thamirabarani Engineering College (TEC), Thirunelveli, Tamilnadu.
• Inaugurated the Makers Club association and mini-project Expo as Chief Guest at Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of MNM Jain Engineering College, Chennai and delivered inaugural address on the title “Secret of Success (SoS)” on 16th September 2016.
• Delivered keynote address on the title "ऊर्जा संरक्षण के बारे में जागरूकता - Awareness on Energy Conservation" in the Hindi workshop organized by Central Ground Water Board, Besant Nagar, Chennai on 29th September 2016.
• Delivered lecture titled “Thinking of becoming a Scientist – Ways & Means” at PRE - IISF 2016 one-day Outreach Programme held at CSIR-SERC to the students and teachers of Govt. Schools from Chennai on 11th November 2016.
• Delivered keynote address on the title “Teaching is an Art or Skill – a Debate” on 17th November 2016 in the 3-days faculty development programme on “Robotics & Automation”, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of MNM Jain Engineering College.
• Delivered lecture titled “Power Sources and Sensors” on 17th November 2016 in the 3-days faculty development programme on “Robotics & Automation”, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of MNM Jain Engineering College.
• Delivered sequence of lectures in the 2-days workshop titled “Concepts, Applications & Recent Trends in Embedded Systems” on 5th – 6th December 2016 at Thamirabarani Engineering College (TEC), Thirunelveli, Tamilnadu.
• Delivered many lectures titled “Thinking of becoming a Scientist – Ways & Means”, “Energy Generation & Conservation” & “CSIR Technologies at a Glance” at various KV Schools like KV-IIT, KV-CLRI, KV-Meenambakkam, KV-Arakonam etc.

Patents, Technology Transfer etc