M.Sc, PGDCA, M.Ed, M.Phil [Phy], M.Phil [Edn], Ph.D [Physics]

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Research Fellow, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering , City University of HongKong during Aug-Sep 2017 and Oct-Nov 2019

Research Associate, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kongduring FEB 2024, SEP 2024 & Jan 2025 – Feb 2025

Director (Student Cultural Affairs & programmes)

Member, Inter-University National Cultural board [IUNCB], of Association of Indian Universities, Govt. of India

MEMBERSHIP IN VARIOUS BODIES:

Member, Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi

Life Member, Ultrasonic Society of India (USI)

Life Member, Acoustical Society of India (ASI)

Life Member, Theme Centered Interaction (TCI –India)

Executive committee member, Thermo Physical Society of India [TPSI]

Senior Member, Science and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), USA

Chairman, Board of Studies, Department of Science and Humanities, SCSVMV University from June 2009 to May 2012

Chairman, Board of studies in Physics from June 2009 till date

Member, Board of Studies, School of Education, SCSVMV University from the year 2007-2008. Member, Board of studies, PG Dept. of Physics, St. Joseph’s college (autonomous), Cuddalore, Tamilnadu from 2011-12

Member, Board of studies in Physics, MGR University, Chennai during 2012-13

Member, Academic Council, SCSVMV (Deemed University) from 2005-2006 onwards till now. Member, IQAC cell, SCSVMV University from Feb 2014 onwards

Member, Planning & Monitory Board, SCSVMV University from May 2014

External expert member, Academic audit, St. Joseph’s college (autonomous), Cuddalore.

Board Member, World Academy of Science, Engineerring and Technology

BOS member – Sri Venkateswara College of Engg (SVCE), Sriperumbudur.

Area of research:

Nanofluids, Ultrasonic studies on polymers & blends, Molecular interaction analysis of liquids, Thermophysical properties of liquids, Wave propagation in solids, Population education & Teaching through ICT.

Research grants received:

Received a grant of 12.58 lakhs from Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India for the preparation of Indigenous Differential Scanning Calorimeter (Sep 2016- Aug 2019).

Completed projects on Population education sponsored by UGC, Govt. of India during 2004-2006 (1.5 lakhs)

Properties of matter – B.Sc (Physics)
Optics – B.Sc (Physics)
Engineering Physics – B.E
Laser and Spectroscopy – M.Sc (Physics)
Research Methodology – M.Phil (Physics)

LIST OF JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

• Chandravadhana Arumugam, Venkatramanan K, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Vaskuri C.S. Theja, Sirikanjana Thongmee, Choon Kit Chan, Nandakumar Velu, Dong-Eun Lee, Gopalan Anantha-Iyengar, A.L. Roy Vellaisamy, Facile modification of TiO2 as S-Scheme multifunctional materials for environmental protection and energy-storage applications, Surfaces and Interfaces, Volume 55, 2024, Article No 105298 (IF : 5.7 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Velu Nandakumar, Chandravadhana Arumugam, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Vellaisamy A.L. Roy, Chongkol Sungoum, Rashmi Mannu, Gopalan Anantha-Iyengar, Dong-Eun Lee, Venkatramanan K, Graphitic carbon nitride sheets sandwiched metal oxides: A novel platform for S-Scheme heterojunction generation for efficient photodegradation of volatile organics, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 698, 2024, Article No 134515 (IF : 4.9 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Nandakumar Velu, Chandravadhana Arumugam, Padmanaban Radhakrishnan, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Gopalan Anantha-Iyengar, Dong-Eun Lee and Venkatramanan K, “Investigating the thermo-physical properties of a new kind of graphitic carbon nitride included ternary hybrid nanofluids and the property correlations”, Heliyon, Vol. 10, (2024), Article No e26163. (IF : 4.0 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Chandravadhana Arumugam, Nandakumar Velu, Padmanaban Radhakrishnan, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Gopalan Anantha-Iyengar, Dong-Eun Lee, and Venkatramanan K, “Studies on the Functional Properties of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Distributed in Silyl–Alkyl Bridged Polyaniline-Based Nanofluids”, Nanomaterials, Vol. 13(16), (2023), Article No 2332. (IF : 5.3 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Radhakrishnan Padmanaban, Ahobilam Gayathri, Aanantha Iyengar Gopalan, Dong-Eun Lee and K. Venkatramanan, “Comparative Evaluation of Viscosity, Density and Ultrasonic Velocity Using Deviation Modelling for Ethyl-Alcohol Based Binary Mixtures”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 13(13), (2023), Article No 7475. (IF : 2.7 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Vaskuri C.S. Theja, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Sanjib Nayak, Kadir Ufuk Kandira, Dani S. Assi, Venkataramanan K, Vellaisamy A.L. Roy, “Facile composite engineering to boost thermoelectric power conversion in ZnSb device”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 178, (2023), Article No 111329. (IF : 4.383 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Gopalan Saianand, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Liang Wang, K Venkatramanan, Vellaisamy AL Roy, Prashant Sonar, Dong-Eun Lee, Ravi Naidu, “Conducting polymer based visible light photocatalytic composites for pollutant removal: Progress and prospects”, Environmental Technology & Innovation, Vol 28, (2022), Article No 102698. (IF : 7.1 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Karthikeyan Velmurugan, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Krati Sharma, Tulja Bhavani Korukonda, Venkatramanan K, Dhinesh Balasubramanian, Tanakorn Wongwuttanasatian, “Contactless phase change material based photovoltaic module cooling: A statistical approach by clustering and correlation algorithm”, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol 53, (2022), Article No 105139. (IF : 9.4 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Gopalan Saianand, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, K Venkatramanan, Dong-Eun Lee, Prashant Sonar, “Chapter 3 – Introduction to various sustainable energy storage technologies”, Sulfide and Selenide Based Materials for Emerging Applications, (2022), Pages 33-57. (Book Chapter)

• Gladis Raja Malar, C Chandravadhana A, NandaKumar V, Venkatramanan K, “A Brief Review on various applications of NanoSilica and coated Nano-Silica”, International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol 9(3), (2022), 189-196.

• Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Saw Lin Oo, James Utama Surjadi, Xiaocui Li, Vaskuri C. S. Theja, Venkataramanan K, Siu Chuen Lau, Yang Lu, Kwok-Ho Lam, and Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, “Defect Engineering Boosted Ultrahigh Thermoelectric Power Conversion Efficiency in Polycrystalline SnSe”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 13(49), (2021), 58701-58711. (IF : 9.5 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Mannu Rashmi, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Nandakumar Velu, Chandravadhana Arumugam, Vellaisamy A.L. Roy, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Gopalan Saianand, Prashant Sonar, Kwang-Pill Lee, Wha-Jung Kim, Dong-Eun Lee, and Venkatramanan K, “Polyethylene Glycol Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles: Hybrid Nanofluid Formulation, Properties and Drug Delivery Prospects”, Nanomaterials, Vol. 11(2), (2021), Article no : 440. (IF : 5.3 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• S.M. Santhi Rekha, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Le Thi Thu Thuy, Quach An Binh, Kuaanan Techato, Venkatramanan K, Vellaisamy A.L. Roy, Sukruedee Sukchai, Karthikeyan Velmurugan, “Efficient heat batteries for performance boosting in solar thermal cooking module”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 324, (2021), Article No 129223. (IF : 11.1 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Gopalan Saianand, Prashant Sonar, Gregory J.Wilson, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Vellaisamy A.L.Roy, Gautam E.Unni, Khan Mamun Reza, Behzad Bahrami, K.Venkatramanan and Qiquan Qiao, “Current advancements on charge selective contact interfacial layers and electrodes in flexible hybrid perovskite photovoltaics”, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Volume 54, (2021), 151-173. (IF : 14.0 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Rashmi Mannu, Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Murugendrappa Malalkere Veerappa, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Gopalan Saianand, Prashant Sonar, Binrui Xu, Kwang-Pill Lee, Wha-Jung Kim, Dong-Eun Lee and Venkatramanan K, “Facile Use of Silver Nanoparticles-Loaded Alumina/Silica in Nanofluid Formulations for Enhanced Catalytic Performance toward 4-Nitrophenol Reduction”, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, Vol. 18, (2021),  Article number 2994 (1-22 pages). (IF : 5.4 / Q2 / PubMed & SCOPUS)

• Khrongkhwan Yotkuna, Rungsima Chollakup, Tanawat Imboon,                          K. Venkatramanan  & Sirikanjana Thongmee, “Effect of flame retardant on the physical and mechanical properties of natural rubber and sugarcane bagasse composites”, Journal of Polymer Research, Vol. 28, (2021), Article number: 455. (IF : 2.8 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Venkatramanan K, “National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and SCSVMV” SPRINGER : CSI Transactions on ICT, Vol. 9, (2021), 11-15. (INSPEC)

• S Swaminathan, S Balaji, G Sriram, K Venkatramanan, “Philosophical reflections about the virtual world”, SPRINGER : CSI Transactions on ICT, Vol. 9, (2021), 37-47. (INSPEC)

• T Gnanasekaran, R Parthasarathy, S Shyam Kumar, Venkatramanan K, “Indigenous heat flux differential scanning calorimeter (HF-DSC)”, SPRINGER : CSI Transactions on ICT, Vol. 9, (2021), 49-57. (INSPEC)

• K Venkatramanan, T Gnanasekaran, “Development of educational model of power compensated differential scanning calorimeter (PC-DSC)”, SPRINGER : CSI Transactions on ICT, Vol. 9, (2021), 59-70. (INSPEC)

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkataramanan and K. Suresh Kumar, “An overview of the experimental techniques for characterization of laser-welded metal joints”, Elsevier : MaterialsToday Proceedings, Vol. 39(1), (2021), 572-581. (SCOPUS)

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkataramanan and K. Suresh Kumar, “Physical Characteristics of Keyhole in 316L Stainless Steel Joint During an Autogenous Pulsed Laser Beam Welding”, Springer Proceedings in Materials, Vol. 7, (2020), 519-531. (SCOPUS)

• Nellore Manoj Kumar and K Venkatramanan, “Lidar Observed Optical Properties of Tropical Cirrus Clouds Over Gadanki Region”, Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 8(140), (2020), 1-8. (IF : 2.9 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Nellore Manoj Kumar, K Venkatramanan, Anish Kumar M. Nair & Shekatam Satheesh Kumar, “On the characterization of descending nature of cirrus clouds over a tropical site, Gadanki”, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 41(17), (2020), 6550-6569. (IF : 3.151 / Q1 / SCI & SCOPUS)

• P. Dhivya, R. Padmanaban, A. Gayathri and K. Venkatramanan, “Acoustic, Rheological and Optical Properties of Binary Mixtures of Aqueous Solutions of PEG 200—A Comparative Analysis”, Springer Proceedings in Materials, Vol. 7, (2020), 239-244. (SCOPUS)

• Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Jun-Cheol Lee, Gopalan Saianand, Kwang-Pill Lee, Woo-Young Chun, Yao-long Hou, Venkatramanan K, Sung-Sik Park and Wha-Jung Kim, “Cost-Effective Production of TiO2 with 90-Fold Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Via Facile Sequential Calcination and Ball Milling Post-Treatment Strategy”, Materials, Vol. 13(22), (2020), 5072 (IF : 3.623 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Jun-Cheol Lee, Gopalan Saianand, Kwang-Pill Lee, Prashant Sonar, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Yao-long Hou, Venkatramanan K and Wha-Jung Kim, “Recent Progress in the Abatement of Hazardous Pollutants Using Photocatalytic TiO2-Based Building Materials”, Nanomaterials, Vol. 10(9), (2020) 1854. (IF : 5.076 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Rashmi M., Padmanaban R., Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan, Gopalan Saianand, Wha-Jung Kim, Venkatramanan K, “A Comparative Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties and Photocatalytic Efficiencies of Cerium Oxide and Copper Oxide Nanofluids” Catalysts, Vol. 10(1), (2020), 34. (IF : 3.8 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• Vaithinathan Karthikeyan, James Utama Surjadi, Joseph C.K.Wong, K.Venkatramanan, Kwok-HoLam, Xianfeng Chen, Yang Lu, Vellaisamy A.L.Roy, “Wearable and flexible thin film thermoelectric module for multi-scale energy harvesting”, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 455, (2020), 227983. (IF : 8.1 / Q1 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar, Conductive and convective heat transfer during welding of AISI316L stainless steel using pulsed Nd: YAG laser”, Elsevier : MaterialsToday Proceedings”, Vol. 22(3), (2020), 465-472. (SCOPUS)

• A Chandravadhana, V NandaKumar and K Venkatramanan, “Mono and hybrid nanofluid based heat sink technologies – A review”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1644, (2020), 012048-1-16. (SCOPUS)

• Manoj Kumar Nellore, K. Venkatramanan, Arul Lenus Roy Vellaisamy, “A Statistical Method for Determining Optical and Geometrical Characteristics of Cirrus Clouds”, Climate, Vol. 7(72), (2019), 1-16 (IF : 3.0 / Q2 / WoS & SCOPUS)

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar, “An investigation on laser induced downward expanded vapour region in laser weld butt joint of AISI 316L stainless steel”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 574 (2019) 012020-1-12 (SCOPUS)

• A Gayathri, T Venugopal, K.Venkatramanan, “Redlich-Kister co-efficients on the analysis of physic-chemical characteristics of functional polymers”, Elsevier : Materialstoday Proceedings, Vol. 17, (2019), 2083-2087 (SCOPUS)

• R.Padmanaban, A.Gayathri, K. Venkatramanan, “A study on Thermodynamic, Acoustic and Elastic properties of aqueous solutions of Hydroxyethyl Cellulose”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 390, (2018) 012038 (SCOPUS)

• A Gayathri, T Venugopal, R Padmanaban, K. Venkatramanan, R Vijayalakshmi, “A comparative study of experimental and theoretical refractive index of binary liquid mixtures using mathematical methods”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 390, (2018) 012116 (SCOPUS)

• A.Gayathri, T.Venugopal, K. Venkatramanan, “A Comparative Study of Experimental and Theoretical Ultrasonic Velocity of Binary Liquid Mixtures Using Mathematical Methods”, International Journal of Engineering & Technology’ Vol. 7(4.10), (2018), 602-604 (SCOPUS)

• Rashmi M., Venkatramanan K., Shammuganandam T. D., Padmanaban R, “Thermal and acoustical studies of CuO nanofluids”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol. 10, No. 21, (2018), 81-85

• Padmanaban R, Venkatramanan K., Arumugam R, “A Study on the Acoustic and Rheological Properties of Polystyrene in Different Solvents”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol. 10, No. 21, (2018), 99-102

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan and K. Suresh Kumar, “Modeling And Simulation For Welding of Aisi 316l Stainless Steels Using Pulsed Nd: Yag Laser”, International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 39-50

• C.V.Venkatakrishnan and K. Venkatramanan, “Spectroscopic and acoustic studies on synthesized nanoTiO2- PEG complex”, International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 358-365

• C.V.Venkatakrishnan and K. Venkatramanan, “Synthesis of nano ZrO2-PPG complex and its spectroscopic and acoustic studies”, International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 366-372

• Padmanaban R., Venkatramanan K. and Muniasamy, ‘A Study on the Compatibility Nature of Polyblend [PEG/HEC] using Physical Methods’ International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 131-136

• Padmanaban R., Venkatramanan K. and Amareesan R. ‘Acoustic and Molecular Interaction Studies of PEG 200 in Benzene’ – International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 123-130

• Padmanaban R., Venkatramanan K., Sathishkumar and Rashmi M. ‘A study on molecular interaction and excess parameter analysis of Polyethylene Glycol’ – International Journal of Materials Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 2, (2017), 137-145

• Padmanaban R., Venkatramanan K. and Sundari G. ‘A Study on Comparative Analysis of Polypropylene Glycol’, International Journal of Current Research and Review, Vol. 9, No. 10, (2017), 89-91

• R.Padmanaban, K. Venkatramanan, S.Girivel, Kasthuri, Usharani, A.Gayathri, Roy Vellaichamy, “Mathematical and Experimental Analysis of Ultrasound Velocity and Refractive Index in binary Mixtures of Pharmaceutically Important Polymer – PEG 600” SPRINGER Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 189, En. 58, (2017), 709-722. (SCOPUS)

• R.Padmanaban, K. Venkatramanan, Girivel, Kasthuri, Usharani,Roy Vellaichamy,  “Thermal and Rheological Studies of Aqueous Solutions of PEG 400 and PEG 1500 Having Pharmaceutical Applications” SPRINGER Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 189, En. 58, (2017), 723-730. (SCOPUS)

• K. Venkatramanan, R.Padmanaban, “Thermodynamic Studies on Biocompatible Polymer”, Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 22, No. 11, (2016), 3948-3950. (SCOPUS)

• R.Padmanaban, K. Venkatramanan, “Miscibility studies of Polyethylene Glycol with Polystyrene in Toluene by Various Physical and Advanced Techniques”, Journal of Physics : Conference Series, Vol. 759, (2016),  012017-1-6. (SCOPUS)

• R.Padmanaban, S.Girivel, K. Venkatramanan, “Compatibility and thermal studies of blends of PMMA 350000 in 1,4-dioxane by ultrasonic technique”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1728, (2016), 020147-1-4 (SCOPUS)

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar “Laser Beams A Novel Tool for Welding: A Review”, IOSR Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 8(6), (2016), 08-26

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar, “A Literature Survey on Modeling of Laser Welding and its Related Processes”, IOSR Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 8(6), (2016), 42-53

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar, “Modeling and analysis of temperature distribution and thermal cycles on a 316L Stainless Steel during Laser Welding”, International Journal of Current Science & Technology, Vol. 4(5), (2016), 209-215

• A. Jayanthi, K. Venkatramanan, K. Suresh Kumar, “Optimization of Operating Parameters for Autogenous Welding of AISI 316L Stainless Steel and Steel Using Pulsed Nd: YAG Laser”, IOSR Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 8(3), (2016), 46-54

• G. Venkata Koteswara Rao, K. Venkatramanan, Saikiran samudrala, R. Sudheer Chowdry, R. Padmanaban, “Study on Rheological characteristics and Molecular Interaction properties of Annona Squamosa (Custard Apple) seed Biodiesel”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 813-814, (2015), 862-865 (SCOPUS)

• K.Venkatramanan, R. Padmanaban, V.Arumugam, “Arumugam, “Acoustic, Thermal and molecular interactions of Polyethylene Glycol (2000, 3000, 6000)”, Elsevier : Physics Procedia, Vol. 70, (2015), 1052-1056 (SCOPUS)

• A.Gayathri, T.Venugopal, K.Venkatramanan, “A Comparative Analysis of Ultrasound Velocity in Binary Liquid systems of PPG by Mathematical and Experimental Methods”, Elsevier : Physics Procedia, Vol. 70, (2015), 241-244 (SCOPUS)

• A.Jayanthi, K.S.Kumar, K.Venkatramanan, “Selection and precise application of operating parameters of Nd:YAG and other Laser sources for Materials Processing”, Material Science & Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 5, (2015), 1000188-1-3

• R.Padmanaban, K.Venkatramanan, “On the Analysis of Activation Energy of PS 35000 in Various Solvents”, American Institute of Physics-Conf. Proceedings (ISSN:1551-7616- online)  vol. 1675,  (2015), 020019-1-4. (WoS & SCOPUS)

• R.Padmanaban, K.Venkatramanan, J.K.Elango, “Determination of Compatibility nature of blends of PMMA 350000 in Toluene by Physical methods”, Indian Journal of Science, vol. 13(39), (2015), 69-74.

• C.SenthamilSelvi, K.Venkatramanan, V.Kannappan, C.Thenmozhi, S.Ravichandran, “Ultrasonic Investigation of Ternary mixtures of Crotonaldehyde at 298.15 and 303.15 K”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, vol.26 (8), (2014), 2471-2474. (SCOPUS)

• D.Saranya, I.V.Anambiga, V.Suganthan, N.Arunai Nambi Raj, K.Venkatramanan, “Ultrasonic studies on Kidney stone Phantom”, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, vol.35(2-3), (2013), 49-51.

• K.Venkatramanan, R.Padmanaban, D.Kalidass, An investigation of compatibility nature of polyblends PEG 400/PS 35000 and PEG 4000 / PS 35000 using ultrasonic and related techniques”, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, vol. 35(2-3), (2013), 105-108.

• K.Venkatramanan, R. Padmanaban, V.Arumugam, “A study on the molecular interaction of PPG 3000 and its blend using Ultrasonic technique”, American Institute of Physics-Conf. Proceedings, vol.1433, (2012), 539-542. (WoS & SCOPUS)

• K.Venkatramanan, “A Study on the Molecular Interaction of PEG 1000 and its Blend in Toluene Using Ultrasonic Technique”, International Review of Chemical Engineering, vol.3(2), (2011), 308-311. 

• K.Venkatramanan, V.Arumugam, “Compatibility Studies of Blends of PPG 4000 and PEG 4000 using Viscosity Technique”, American Institute of Physics-Conf. Proceedings (DOI: 10.1063/1.3466567)  vol.1249, (2010), 59-62. (WoS & SCOPUS)

• K.Venkatramanan, V.Arumugam, “ Miscibility Studies of Blends of PPG and PEG using Viscosity Technique”, American Institute of Physics-Conf. Proceedings (DOI: 10.1063/1.2927559)  vol.1004, (2008), 235-240. (WoS & SCOPUS)

• K.Venkatramanan, V.Arumugam, “Ultrasonic studies on PPG and PEG and its blend in different solvents”, Ultrasonics – Macmillan Advanced Research Series, vol.1, (2008), 524-534. (Book chapter)

• K.Venkatramanan, V.Arumugam, “Viscosity Studies On Poly Propylene Glycol And Its Blend” International Journal of Thermophysics, USA., Springer Netherlands publication, vol. 27(1), (2006), 66-78. (IF : 2.5 / Q2 / SCIE & SCOPUS)

BOOKS AUTHORED / EDITED 

• Authored a text book titled “Experimental Physics for I Year Engineering”, June 2010. [SCITECH Publishers ISBN: 978 81 8371 403 7]
• Authored a text book titled ‘Applied Physics for Engineers’, June 2012, SCITECH Publishers [ISBN: 978 81 8371 431 0] 
• Editor – Proceedings of International workshop on advanced topics in Chemistry and Physics [IWATCP 2012], ISBN : 978 81 83741 437 2 ( Nov 2012) 
• Editor – Proceedings of International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics [INACFAP 2014] (Dec 2014) 
• Editor – Proceedings of International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM 2017) (Mar 2017) 
• Editor – Proceedings of International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM 2018) (June 2018)

PAPER PRESENTATION IN CONFERENCES :

• Presented a paper entitled “Quantum Topological Insulator-Based Neuromorphic Modulators for Therapeutic Neural Applications” International Conference on Materials and Thermophysical Properties (ICMTP-2024), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur & Thermophysical Society of India (TPSI), during 21-23 NOV 2024.

• Presented a paper entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Expectations of Ultrasonic Velocity in Binary Liquid Mixtures of Cyclohexane with Isopropyl acetate / Isobutyl acetate – A Comparative Study” International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2023), Women’s Christian College, Chennai during 21-22 FEB, 2023.

• Presented a paper entitled “A Study on the Activation Energy of Binary Mixtures of Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA 15000)” International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM-2023), Women’s Christian College, Chennai during 21-22 FEB, 2023.

• Presented a paper entitled “Determination of Physico-Chemical characteristics of organic liquid using Redlich-Kister coefficients” International Conference on Recent Trends In Applied Mathematics (ICRTAM 2023), organized by Loyola College, Chennai during 24-25 FEB, 2023.

• Presented a paper entitled “Molecular Interaction and Thermal conductivity studies of N-doped Carbon Coated Metal Oxides Nanocomposites Nanofluids” International Conference on Advanced Materials and Their Applications – (ICAMA – 2022), V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi during 29-30 Sep, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Ultrasonic and Thermal Conductivity studies of TiO2@SiO2 Core-Shell Nanofluids” International Conference on Advanced Materials and Their Applications – (ICAMA – 2022), V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi during 29-30 Sep, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of N-doped Carbon Coated Metal Oxides Nanocomposites” International Virtual Conference on Materials Research (IVCMR -22), Easwari College of Engineering , Chennai during 15-16 Sep, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Synthesis and characterization of TiO2-SiO2 Core-Shell nano-composites” International Virtual Conference on Materials Research (IVCMR -22), Easwari College of Engineering , Chennai during 15-16 Sep, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Smart Specks for Blind People” 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Materials and Technologies for Bio and Energy Applications (SMTBEA-2022), organized by Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam during 13-15 July, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Applications of Nano-Silica and silica coated nanoparticles: A brief Review” Third International Conference on Innovation in Engineering Sciences (ICIES-2022), organized by Techno Engineering College Banipur, West Bengal, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore during 26-27 Mar, 2022

• Presented a paper entitled “Applications of Nano-Silica and silica coated nanoparticles: A brief Review” 2nd Int. National web conference on Advanced Material Science & Nanotechnology organized by Department of Physics, VinayakVidnyan Mahavidyalaya, NandgaonKhandeshwar, Dist. Amravati, Maharashtra during 23-25 Nov, 2021.

• Presented a paper entitled “Applications of Nano-Silica and silica coated nanoparticles: A brief Review” 2nd Int. National web conference on Advanced Material Science & Nanotechnology organized by Department of Physics, Vinayak Vidnyan Mahavidyalaya, Nandgaon Khandeshwar, Dist. Amravati, Maharashtra during 23/11 to 25/11/2021

• Presented a paper entitled “Experimental and Theoretical Estimation of optical and Rheological properties of Polypropylene Glycol – A Comparative study” National Web Conference on Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, Muthurangam Govt. Arts College, Vellore during 06-07, July 2020.

• Presented a paper entitled “A Review on Current research aspects in mono and hybrid nanofluid based heatsink technologies” International Web Conference on Advanced Material Science & Nanotechnology organized by Department of Physics, Vinayak Vidnyan Mahavidyalaya during 20-21, June 2020.

• Presented a paper entitled “Compatibility Studies of Polyblends Using Physical Methods-An Overview” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020

• Presented a paper entitled “Synthesis and Antibacterial Analysis of Nanosilver Coated Silk -A Green Approach” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal and Acoustical studies of Polyethylene glycol (PEG 10000)” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences” Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020

• Presented a paper entitled “Mathematical and Experimental Investigation of Viscosity and Refractive index of Binary liquid Mixtures of Polypropylene glycol with Isopropyl Alcohol” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020

• Presented a paper entitled “Miscibility Studies of Blends of PEG / PS by Physical Methods” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020

• Presented a paper entitled “A Study On Rheological, Optical, Electrical And Magnetic Properties of Fe2o3 Nanofluids” International Conference on Materials & Mathematical sciences, organized by School of Advanced Sciences, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, during 19-20 June, 2020.

• Presented a paper entitled “A systematic analysis on the conductivity and inherent properties of CuO nanofluid towards probing ion transports” Asia-Pacific Symposium on Ion Analysis (2019 APIA), Daejon (South Korea), during 06-09 Nov, 2019.

• Presented a paper entitled “Exploration study on molecular interactions
  and conductivity of Al₂O₃ nanofluid” Asia-Pacific Symposium on Ion Analysis (2019 APIA), Daejon (South Korea), during 06-09 Nov, 2019.

• Presented a paper entitled “Acoustical, Rheological and Optical properties of binary mixtures of aqueous solutions of PEG 200 – A comparative Analysis” International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (ICMME-2019) organized by Dept. of Mech. Engg., SCSVMV during 21-22 Mar, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal & acoustical studies of PEG 3000” International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (ICMME-2019) organized by Dept. of Mech. Engg., SCSVMV during 21-22 Mar, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled “Miscibility studies of blends of PPG by physical methods” International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (ICMME-2019) organized by Dept. of Mech. Engg., SCSVMV during 21-22 Mar, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled, “Conductivity studies of Al2O3 and CuO Nanoparticles”, at National conference on Recent trends in Differential equations held at St. Joseph’s college of arts and science for women, Hosur, during January 23, 2019.

• Presented a paper entitled “Miscibility studies of PPG/PVP blends in water by viscosity, density, refractive index and ultrasonic velocity techniques” at National Conference on Materials for Sustainable Development organized by RAMCO Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, during 11-12 Jan, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled “A study on acoustic, thermal and molecular interaction property analysis of PEG” at National Conference on Materials for Sustainable Development organized by RAMCO Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, during 11-12 Jan, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled “Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of ultrasonic velocity and refractive index studies of binary mixtures of PPG with benzene” at National Conference on Materials for Sustainable Development organized by RAMCO Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, during 11-12 Jan, 2019

• Presented a paper entitled “Effect of Sonication on the thermal conductivity of NiFe2O4 Nanofluid” at 13th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference (WESPAC 2018-2018) organized by CSIR, NPL, New Delhi during 11-15 Nov, 2018

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermo – Acoustic Studies of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG 3350)” at 13th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference (WESPAC 2018-2018) organized by CSIR, NPL, New Delhi during 11-15 Nov, 2018

• Presented a paper entitled, “Optical properties of cirrus clouds over tropical latitude observed by a polarization diversity lidar” APAS-2018, organized by Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh during 09-11 Nov 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled, “Effect of sonication on the thermal conductivity of Nanofluids”, Sep,28-30,2018, at International conference on Nanotechnology and Nano-science, Osaka, Japan, during September 28-30, 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Lidar Observed Characteristics of Tropical Dual Layer Cirrus Clouds over Gadanki (13.50 N; 79.20 E)” International conference on Climate Change and Coastal Environment (CCCE), organized by Binh Duong University, Vietnam, during 29th August 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Conductive and convective heat transfer during autogenous welding of 316L stainless steel using pulsed Nd:YAG laser” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Ultrasonic study of molecular interactions in binary liquid mixtures of Cyclohexane with MMA and 2-Ethylbutanol at various temperature” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal and acoustical studies of CuO nanofluids” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal, acoustic and molecular interaction studies of NiFe₂O₄ nanofluids” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “A comparative analysis of ultrasound velocity and refractive index in binary liquid systems of PPG and toluene by theoretical and experimental methods” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “A study on the acoustic, optical and rheological properties of Polystyrene in different solvents” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2018), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram during 25-26 June 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled, “A Review on Magnetic Nanofluids”, at National conference (SYNERGY -2018) held at Christ college of Science and Management, Malur, Karnataka, during January 22, 2018.

• Presented a paper entitled “Acoustic, thermal and compatibility studies of PEG 10000 / HEC using physical methods” at International Conference on Materials Science & Technology (ICMST-2017) organized by Department of Physics, GONZAGA College, Krishnagiri during 05 Oct 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled, “A Review on Magnetic Nanofluids”, at International conference on material science and technology (ICMAST-2017) organized by Department of Physics Pachamuthu college of Arts & Science for women, Dharmapuri, during August 28-29, 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Modeling And Simulation For Welding Of Aisi 316l Stainless Steels Using Pulsed Nd: Yag Laser” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Ultrasonic studies on nano TiO2 dispersed in PPG polymer matrix” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Synthesis of nano ZrO₂– PPG complex and its spectroscopic and acoustic studies” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Spectroscopic and acoustic studies on synthesized Nanotitania-polymer complex” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “A study of thermal and acoustic properties of Disodium tartrate” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “A study on molecular interaction and excess analysis of PEG” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “A study of the compatibility nature of polyblend [PEG/HEC] using physical methods” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Acoustic and molecular interaction studies of PEG 200 in benzene (A comparative analysis)” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “A study on thermodynamic and comparative analysis of Polypropylene Glycol” at International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2017) organized by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 02-03 Mar 2017.

• Presented a paper entitled “Optical, Mechanical and surface tension studies of aqueous solutions of PEG 3350” at 3^rd National conference on Materials for Modern world (NCMMW-2016) organized by Dept. of Physics, Eswari Engineering College, Chennai during 15-16 Sep, 2016.

• Presented a paper entitled “Mathematical and Experimental Analysis of Ultrasound Velocity and Refractive Index in binary Mixtures of Pharmaceutically Important Polymer – PEG 600” at International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Applications (ICRTMSA-2016) organized by Dept. of Physics, St. Joseph College, Trichy during 29 Feb, 2016.

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal and Rheological Studies of Aqueous Solutions of PEG 400 and PEG 1500 Having Pharmaceutical Applications” at International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Applications (ICRTMSA-2016) organized by Dept. of Physics, St. Joseph College, Trichy during 29 Feb, 2016.

• Presented a paper entitled “Compatibility and thermal studies of blends of PMMA in 1, 4 Dioxane by ultrasonic technique” at International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics (ICC 2015) organized by Department of Physics, Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan during 30-31 Oct, 2015.

• Presented a paper entitled “Compatibility and thermal studies of blends of PMMA in 1, 4 Dioxane by ultrasonic technique” at International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics (ICC 2015) organized by Department of Physics, Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan during 30-31 Oct, 2015.

• Presented a paper entitled “Thermal and molecular interactions of Polyethylene Glycol (2000, 3000, 6000)” at 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU 2015) organized by ICU, hosted by Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz, France during 10-14, May 2015.

• Presented a paper entitled “A Comparative Analysis of Ultrasound Velocity in Binary Liquid systems of PPG by Mathematical and Experimental Methods” at 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU 2015) organized by ICU, hosted by Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz, France during 10-14, May 2015.

• Presented a paper “Study on Rheological characteristics and Molecular Interaction properties of Annona Squamosa (Custard Apple) seed Biodiesel”, at International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (ICMME-2015), organized by Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 2-3 APR 2015.

• Presented a paper entitled “On the Analysis of Activation energy of PS 35000 in various solvents” at 4^th National Conference on Advanced Materials and Radiation Physics (AMRP-2015) organized by Department of Physics, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal, Punjab during 13-14 Mar, 2015.

• Presented a paper on “Determination of Compatibility Nature of Blends of PMMA in Toluene by Physical methods” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Rheological Investigation of PEG 2000” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Ultrasound on the determination of Miscibility studies of polyblends of PPG and Polystyrene” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Acoustical Investigation of PEG” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Thermo-Acoustic Investigation of PEG 6000” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Acoustical and Spectro studies on Nano TiO₂ introduced into PEG 200 polymer matrix ” at the International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics – INACFAP-2014, organised by Department of Physics, SCSVMV University, Enathur, Kanchipuram during 18-19 Dec 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Compatibility and Activation energy studies of blends of PMMA 350000 in 1 4 Dioxane by ultrasonic and related techniques” at the National Symposium on Acoustics, organised by All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka during 12-14 Nov 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Physico-Chemical Investigation of PMMA using Ultrasonic Technique” at the Second National Conference on Recent Advances in Materails – NCRAM-14, organised by B.S.Abdur Rahaman University, Chennai during 3-4 Sep 2014.

• Presented a paper on “Thermal and Ultrasonic Investigation of PMMA in benzene” at the National Symposium on Ultrasonics, organised by Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha during 24-25 Jan 2014.

• Presented a paper on “A study on the Activation energy of Aqueous solutions of PEG (400, 1500, 4000) using viscometry techniques” at the International conference on Advanced Polymeric Materials – ICAPM 2013, organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during 11-13 Oct 2013.

• Presented a paper on “A study of Activation energy and molecular interaction of Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone (PVP 40000) at different temperatures” at the International conference on Emerging Trends in Physics – ICETP 2013, organised by St. Joseph College of Arts and Science, Cuddalore during 21-22 Feb 2013.

• Presented a paper on “Activation energy studies of PEG in toluene” at the International conference on Emerging Trends in Physics – ICETP 2013, organised by St. Joseph College of Arts and Science, Cuddalore during 21-22 Feb 2013.

• Presented a paper on “A study of activation energy and molecular interaction of polystyrene (PS 35000) at different temperature” at the INDO-ISREAL MEETING ON MATERIALS SCIENCE AND NANOSCIENCE – IIMMN-2013, organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala during 31-01, 01-02, 2013

• Presented a paper titled “Ultrasonic studies of artificial kidney stone models” at XIX National Symposium on Ultrasonics organized by Ultrasonic Society of India & CSIR at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during 30 – 31 Oct 2012.

• Presented a paper titled “An Investigation of Adiabatic compressibility, Free volume and Internal Pressure of PEG 200 using Ultrasonic Technique” at XIX National Symposium on Ultrasonics organized by Ultrasonic Society of India & CSIR at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during 30 – 31 Oct 2012.

• Presented a paper titled “A study on the molecular interaction of PEG 5000 at 303 K at different concentrations using Ultrasonic Technique” at XIX National Symposium on Ultrasonics organized by Ultrasonic Society of India & CSIR at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during 30 – 31 Oct 2012.

• Presented a paper titled “An Investigation of Compatibility nature of polyblends PEG 400 / PS 35000 and PEG 4000 / PS 35000 using Ultrasonic and related Techniques” at XIX National Symposium on Ultrasonics organized by Ultrasonic Society of India & CSIR at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during 30 – 31 Oct 2012

• Presented a paper on “A study on the molecular interaction of PPG 3000 and its blend using Ultrasonic technique” at the International Conference on Ultrasonics-ICU 2011, organised by University of Gdansk, Poland, during 5-8, Sep 2011.

• Presented a paper titled “Ultrasonic studies on PPG and PEG and its blend in different solvents” at National symposium on Ultrasonics NSU-XVII, organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during Dec 4-6, 2008.

• Presented a paper titled “ Miscibility Studies of Blends of PPG and PEG using Viscosity Technique” at National Thermophysical Properties Conference organized by Amrita University, Kollam, during Sep 20-22, 2007.

• Presented a paper on “A study on Compatibility and molecular interaction of Polypropylene Glycol and its blends using Ultrasonic technique” at the International Conference on Ultrasonics-ICU 2007, organised by Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria during 9-12, April 2007.

• Presented a paper on “Ultrasonic Studies on PPG and its Blends in different solvents” during XIV^th National Symposium on Ultrasonics organised by Ultrasonic Society of India at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, during Nov 2005.

• Presented a paper entitled “Viscosity Studies on Poly Propylene Glycol In Different Solvents” at the 17^th European Thermophysical Properties Conference (ETPC), held at Bratislava, Republic of Slovakia from 3-8 Sep 2005.

• Presented a paper on “Ultrasonic studies on Polypropylene Glycol and its Blend ” during XII^th National Symposium on Ultrasonics organised by National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India, during Nov 2003.

• Presented a paper entitled “Viscosity Studies on Poly Propylene Glycol and Its Blend” at the 7^th Asian Thermophysical Properties Conference (ATPC), held at Hefei and Huangshan, PR China, from 23-28 August 2004.

RESEARCH GUIDANCE:

Guided 14 B.Sc projects, 21 M.Sc projects, 4 B.Tech projects, 43 M.Phil research scholars and 6 Ph.D scholars.

(ongoing 3 Ph.D scholars, 1 M.Sc project & 1 B.Sc project)

AWARDS RECEIVED

• Received “Ganatantra Diwas Puraskar Award for Distinguished Contribution” by IMRF Institute of Higher Education and Research, Vijayawada, A.P, during Jan 2025

• Received “C V Raman Prize 2024 Award” in recognition of the Outstanding Professional and Research Achievements hosted by Institute of Researchers, The researcher unit of ISPL registered with MSME, Govt. of India during Dec 2024

• Received an award of appreciation from Prof. Zhou Fei, President of Shinawatra University, Thailand for collaborative research during Aug 2024

• Received “Educator of the Year AWARD” by Taylor s University, Malaysia during July 2023

• Received JOHN J. WILD Distinguished Professor Award in recognition of the consistent superior performance in ULTRASONICS AND NANOFLUIDS 2022 on the eve of International day of Education 2022 hosted at IMRF Institute of Higher Education & Research, Vijayawada, A.P., India, on 26th Jan 2022.

• Shortlisted for the award category of “Outstanding Excellence In Physics Teaching”  during India Excellence Awards 2019,  organised on 15th December 2019 at Taj Hotel, Bangalore by www.blindwink.in

• Shortlisted to receive National Education Icon Award 2019, organized on 1st December, 2019 (Sunday) at Montecristo Banquet, Ahmedabad

• Received Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Research under the category HEI Professor during Auropath Global Awards 2019 during Nov 2019, organized by Auro service Trust, Puducherry.

• Selected for the award Excellence in Education by Venus International Foundation at 1st Industry Leadership Awards -ILA 2019, during Nov 2019 at Chennai

• Received Best Director of the Year  award during International education Symposium & Awards 2019 held at 29th Sep 2019 at Chandigarh from Mr. Troy D Cline, Director, STEM Innovation, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA and Padmashree Dr. V. Adhimurthy, ISRO

• Received BEST TEACHER AWARD from SCSVMV (2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)

• Received EXCELLANCE IN RESEARCH AWARD from SCSVMV (2016-2017).

• Received  Distinguished Professor award during 2nd International Award Conference on Review, Research and Evaluate (Indo – Thai Academic  Awards-2019) on Sunday 21st September 2019 at KU Home, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand

INVITED TALKS / DELIVERED LECTURE IN INDIA & ABROAD

• Delivered an invited talk on “Topological Insulators – From Terahertz Physics to Converting Waste Heat into Sustainable Electricity” at International Conference on Materials and Thermophysical Properties (ICMTP-2024) organized by University of Rajasthan, Jaipur & Thermophysical Society of India (TPSI), during 21-23. Nov 2024.

• Delivered an invited talk on “Multifunctional Nanofluids for enhanced photocatalytic, environmental and biomedical applications : a unified approach” at International Conference on Ultrasonics and Materials Science for Advanced Technology (ICUMSAT 2024) organized by Ultrasonics Society of India & Kamaraj College, Thoothukudi, during 13-15. Nov 2024.

• Delivered an invited talk on “Investigation of the thermo acoustical properties of TiO₂ based nanocomposites” at Int. Conf. on Ultrasonics and Materials Science of Advanced Technology – ICUMSAT 2023, organized by Ultrasonic Society of India and Bhundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP, during 25-27, Nov 2023

• Delivered an invited talk on “Ultrasonics and Nanofluids” organized by the Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand on 17.07.2023

• Delivered an invited talk on “Ultrasonics and applications with special reference to nanofluids” at the graduate seminar organized by the Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand on 29.08.2019

• Acted as resource person at ASCON 2019 for panel discussion on the topic “Eye care and technology – the latest happenings” organized at Chitkara University, Punjab by ASCO (Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry), India during 22-23, June 2019

• Served as International Advisory Committee member and Session Chairman in The 8th Pacific IIW International Congress held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand from 20-22 March 2019

• Deliver a talk on “Thermal and molecular interaction analysis of few Nanofluids” at the National Conference on Materials for Sustainable Development (NCMSD 2019) organized by Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, held during 11-12, Jan, 2019.

• Deliver a talk titled “Ultrasonic and thermal conductivity studies of few Nanofluids”, at 3rd International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials,(ICEAN 2018), organized by  Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials (GICAN) , University of Newcastle, Australia during Oct 30-Nov 2, 2018.

• Acted as resource person and delivered a talk on “Ultrasonics and applications” during the “In-service training programme for Science teachers” of Kanchipuram District, organized by Govt. of Tamilnadu on 10-07-2017 at Aadhi College of Engineering, Walajabad.

• An invited talk was delivered on “ Ultrasonic studies on polymers and their blends-A view on low cost instrumentation techniques”  at the National workshop on Instrumentation techniques for Advanced Research, organized by Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur on 28-07-2017

• Delivered an invited talk titled “Thermal and acoustic studies of Nanofluids” at International Conference on Nanomaterials and Molecular Research on 8th & 9th Dec 2016, Organised by PG & Research Dept. of Physics, St. Joseph College of Arts & Science, Cuddalore

• Delivered a lecture on “Nanofluids – An overview” at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Sciences – ICRAAS 2016 organised by the Science And Humanities Association, St. Peter’s University, Chennai during 11-13 Feb 2016.

• Delivered an invited talk on “Research – Ultrasonics and Polymer Blends” at the National Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Physics’14 – RTIP’14, organised by the Department of Physics, Sri Akilandeswari Women’s College, Vandawasi, during     20-21 Aug 2014.

• Delivered an invited  talk on “Ultrasonics and Applications ” at the Special Seminar, organised by Department of Physics, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand during 03-05 July 2014.

• Delivered a talk on “Compatibility studies on Polymer blends” at the International conference on Emerging Trends in Physics – ICETP 2013, organised by St. Joseph College of Arts and Science, Cuddalore during 21-22 Feb 2013.

• Delivered a talk on “Viscosity studies of PPG and blends” at CLRI, Chennai at one day seminar organized by Biophysics laboratory during July 2010.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

The Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS Publications)

BioNanoscience (SPRINGER)

Chemistry select (European Chemical Society)

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering (RSC)

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Taylor & Francis online)

Journal of Science of Advanced Materials

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Measurements and Control

Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A: Chemistry

Optics and LASER Technology (Elsevier)

Earth Science Research

Materials Today Proceedings (Elsevier)

Journal of Biomaterials

Advanced Science Letters

SPRINGER Proceedings in Physics

RASAYAN Journal of Chemistry

Polymer Bulletin (SPRINGER)

Indian Journal of Scientific Research

Indian Journal of Science

International Journal of Acoustics and Vibrations

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES ORGANISED

Organized National level seminar on Emerging Research Trends in Basic Sciences during March 2010.

Organised DST sponsored National Workshop on modern trends in Analytical Chemistry during Feb 2011.

Organised National workshop on modern Physical and Chemical Instrumentation techniques [PCINTECH 2012] during March 2012.

Organised International workshop on advanced topics in Chemistry and Physics [IWATCP 2012] during Nov 2012.

Organised One Day National Workshop on Basics of MATLAB during Oct 2014.

Organised Third National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics [PINTECH’ 14] during Oct 2014.

Organised a Special Seminar on Crystallography & its Applications (IYCr 2014) during Nov 2014.

Organised International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics (INACFAP) during Dec 2014.

Organised National Workshop on Basics of MATLAB during Sep 2015.

Organised Fourth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics [PINTECH’ 15] during Nov 2015.

Organised International Seminar on Modern Synthetic Chemistry – Approaches and Achievements during Feb 2016.

Organised IAPT (Indian Association of Physics Teachers) sponsored National Seminar on Recent Advances in Physics during Sep 2016.

Organised International Seminar on Overseas Academic Opportunities during OCT 2016

Organised Fifth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics [PINTECH’ 16] during Oct 2016.

Organised International Workshop on Functional Materials (IWFM 2016) during Nov 2016.

Organised Interaction and research consultancy with Professors from Kasetsart University and King Mongkut University, Thailand during Dec 2016.

Organised International Seminar on Astrophysics During Jan 2017

Organised a Wellness training Programme associated with SJS Medical Centre during Feb 2017.

Organised International Conference on Functional Materials – ICFM 2017 during Mar 2017.

Organised International Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical Science – 09/08/2017

Organised National Seminar on “Glimpses of Indian Space Program” (Past, Present and Future) – 25/01/2018

Organised Sixth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics [PINTECH’ 19] during 12/03/2018.

Organised Workshop on Electronic Circuits and Projects – 02/04/2018

Organised 3rdInternational Conference on Functional Materials – ICFM 2018 during 25/06-26/06/2018

Organized guest lecture on“Quantum Dots for Next-Generation Photovoltaic Solar cells” on 27/12/2018

Organized International Seminar on Artificial brain for Artificial Intelligence and Sensors – 08/02/2019

Organised Seventh National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics [PINTECH’ 19] during 27/02/2019.

Organised National Science Day (NSD-2019) during 04/03/2019

Organised FIVE Days YOGA training program during 11/03 to 15/03/2019

Organized International Seminar on Global Opportunities in Higher Education during 09/08/2019

Organized a workshop on “Student Solar Ambassador workshop” during 02/10/2019

Organized International Seminar on the topic “BORON for BATTERIES to BACTERIA” during 03/12/2019

Organised National Science Day (NSD-2020) during 28/02/2020

Organised National Science Day (NSD-2022) during 28/02/2022

Organised International Seminar on “Research To Realization” during 29/06/2022