Apparsamy Perumal

❝ Bridging Industry Expertise, Research Innovation, and Academic Excellence❞

About Me

Professor of Practice at the Department of CSE with 30+ years of industry experience across IBM, Oracle, Cloud Computing, DevOps, AI/ML, and Enterprise Engineering.
Inventor and researcher with 7 patents and 27 Intellectual Property (IP) publications in areas including Generative AI, Cloud Computing, Enterprise AI, Digital Twins, and Intelligent Enterprise Systems.
Passionate about empowering students with industry-ready skills through mentoring, workshops, certification bootcamps, innovation-driven learning, and industry–academia collaboration

Research & Professional Presence

Education

Education & Professional Development

Graduate of Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Madras
Postgraduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Certified Mental Health Counselor and Well-Being Volunteer

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru

Focus Areas

9 LPA Placement Acceleration Program

Preparing targeted students for high-paying technology roles through domain-focused learning and industry mentoring.

Student Project Mentoring

Mentoring students in cloud, DevOps, AI/ML, and industry-oriented projects.

Workshops & Technical Sessions

Conducting hands-on workshops on Cloud, Kubernetes, DevOps, AI/ML, and emerging technologies.

Certification Bootcamps

Helping students prepare for AWS, Azure, CKAD, FinOps, GitHub, Linux, and NPTEL certifications.

Industry–Academia Collaboration

Bridging academic learning with real-world industry practices through innovation and mentoring.

Research & Publications

Contributing to research in Generative AI, DevOps, Digital Twins, and Enterprise AI systems.

Domains of Expertise

Cloud Computing
DevOps & SRE
Kubernetes & Containers
AI/ML & Generative AI
FinOps
Digital Twins
Enterprise Architecture

Certifications

CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
AWS Solutions Architect
IBM Architect
IBM Data Engineer
FinOps Certified Practitioner
Azure Data Engineer
Agile Coach & Scrum Master
DevOps Engineer

Patents

• Technology for Using a Simulated State of a Digital Twin as a Password

• Configurator to Generate Optimized Task-to-Resource Assignment Solution

• Microservice Deployment in Multi-Tenant Environments

• Detecting Duplicate Tables in an Enterprise Data Lake

• Word and Image Relationships in Combined Vector Space

• Determining Unknown Concepts from Surrounding Context

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Publications & Research

• Intellectual Property (IP) Research contributions in Generative AI, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Digital Twins, Enterprise AI, and Engineering Simulations.

• Published technical articles and research papers focused on AI-driven enterprise systems, data governance, and intelligent automation.

• Active contributor on ResearchGate, LinkedIn, and Medium platforms.

🔗 ResearchGate 🔗 LinkedIn 🔗 Medium Articles

Awards & Recognition

• IBM Star Performer Award [ 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024]

• Council for Innovation Leadership Award [2023, 2024]

• Invention Plateau Awards [Level 1 (2020) and Level 2 (2022)]

• Eminence & Excellence Award [ 1H2021, 2H2024, and 1H2025]

• Champion Learner Gold Award [ 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024]

• IBM Chief Data Office Gratty Award(Outstanding Contribution) [Nov 2024, Feb 2025]

• Recognized for innovation, technical leadership, mentoring, and enterprise AI contributions across IBM and Oracle.

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IBM Retirement Celebration

A New Chapter Begins

Research • Teaching • Mentoring @ CMRIT

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