Awards

Chancellor's Collaborative Research Fellowship

"Chancellor's Collaborative Research Fellowship" of USD 3000 by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, for facilitating the collaborative research on "Development and indigenization of sustainable Bio-Lubricants for Automotives" with King Mongkut's University of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand on 18th Nov 2023.

Outstanding Researcher Award

"Outstanding Researcher Award" in Innovation Awards 2023 by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, for excellence in achievements as per the vision and mission set by the Chancellor of the University, Amma on the 10th of May 2023.

Young Budding Alumni Award

"Young Budding Alumni Award" in Alumni Awards 2022 by KCE Alumni Association, Karpagam College of Engineering for felicitating and acknowledging the contribution in the research and education field on the 23rd of July 2022.

Best Paper Award and Cash Prize

"Best Paper Award" and Cash Prize of KWR 5,00,000 by the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, South Korea, for our article "Research and development in magnesium alloys for industrial and biomedical applications – A Review" in the Journal Metals and Materials International, Springer (Q1 - Percentile: 82) on 28th of April 2022.

Amrita Innovation and Research Awards

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor's Publication Award for excellence in research publication (international collaboration) "Modified friction stir clinching of 2024-T3 to 6061-T6 aluminium alloy: Effect of dwell time and precipitation-hardening heat treatment" on 8th of April 2021

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chancellor's Publication Award for excellence in research publication (international collaboration) "Effect of shoulder features during friction spot extrusion welding of 2024-T3 to 6061-T6 aluminium alloys" on 8th of April 2021

• Publication Merit Award for publishing the research article "Research and Development in Magnesium Alloys for Industrial and Biomedical Applications: A Review" in an international journal on 8th of April 2021

• Publication Merit Award for publishing research article "Development and characterization of dissimilar joint between AA2024-T3 and AA6061-T6 by modified friction stir clinching process" in an international journal on 8th of April 2021

Best Technical Paper Award

• International Conference on Emerging trends in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, 2017 (National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli) for the research work titled “Modelling corrosion behavior of the friction stir processed aluminium alloy 5083 using linear – radial basis function model”.

Henry Ford Award

• Karpagam College of Engineering for the meritorious in the Mechanical Engineering discipline during the period of 2011 – 2015.

ISTE Chapter Best Student Award

• Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi for excellence in academic, extra-curricular activities in 14th ISTE Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Section Annual Convention of for Engineering Students on 12th of September 2014.

Editorships  

Guest Associate Editor

• Topic: Solid-State Welding and Processing of Metallic Materials

• Section: Structural Materials

• Journal: Frontiers in Materials

• https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/33529/solid-state-welding-and-processing-of-metallic-materials#impact

Appreciations

Amrita Innovation and Research Awards

• Certificate of Appreciation for publishing a research article "Development of fly ash based friction material for wind turbines by liquid phase sintering technology" on 8th of April 2021

• Certificate of Appreciation for publishing a research article "Investigations on the tribological behavior of functionally gradient iron-based brake pad material" on 8th of April 2021

• Certificate of Appreciation for publishing a research article "Investigations on the Creep Behavior of Friction-Stir-Processed Magnesium Alloy AE42" in an International journal on 8th of April 2021

• Certificate of Appreciation for publishing a research article "Dissimilar modified friction stir clinching of AA2024-AA6061 aluminum alloys: Effects of materials positioning" in an International journal on 8th of April 2021

Invited Talks

International Conference 

Key Note Speaker

• "Sustainable Engineering Solutions for Waste Management", Persian Gulf University, Iran, 2022. 4th International Biennial Oil, Gas, and Petroleum Conference (OGPC). (21-12-2022 to 22-12-2022)

Faculty Development Program

• "Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium Based Surface Composites for Biomedical Implants", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering,  Shimoga, 2021. AICTE's ATAL sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Novel Nano-Structured Mg-based alloy for Industrial and Biomedical applications (30-08-2021 to 03-09-2021)

• "Sustainable Engineering Solutions for Waste Management",  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2021. AICTE's ATAL sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Green Technology and Sustainability Engineering (05-07-2021 to 09-07-2021)

• "Engineering the Corrosion Kinetics of Magnesium Alloy for Biodegradable Implant Applications", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahalia School of Engineering & Technology, 2021. KTU Sponsored 3 Day Online Faculty Development Programme on Advanced Engineering Materials and Characterization Technique.

• "Improvising Creep Resistance of Rare-Earth based Magnesium Alloys through Friction Stir Processing", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 2021. TEQIP Sponsored Two Days Workshop on Recent Trends In Composite Materials - RTCM 2021

• "Influence of nano-phase Al2O3 on the corrosion behaviour of AZ91D", MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, 2020. AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Nano Composites and Smart Materials

• "Solid-state Processing and Characterization of AZ91 with Nano Phase SiO2",  MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, 2020. AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Nano Composites and Smart Materials

• "Case Study on Optimization of Hybrid Polynomial - Radial Basis Function", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 2020. AICTE Sponsored Short Term Training Program (STTP) on Application of Intelligent Optimization Techniques for Engineering Research (Phase 2)

Student Development Program

• "Pioneering Sustainability Through Innovative Materials, Manufacturing, & Resource Reclamation", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2023. Inferno V3 (23-09-2023)

• "High Temperature Materials", Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 2022. (05-11-2022) 

• "A Glimpse on Engineering Metallurgy", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Institution's Innovation Council, 2022. An insight into Career Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering to KCEians by KCEians (17-02-2022)

• "A Glimpse on Engineering Metallurgy", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Institution's Innovation Council, 2021. An insight into Career Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering to KCEians by KCEians (14-08-2021)

• "Friction Stir Welding and Processing - An Overview", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, 2021. Indian Welding Society Chapter

• "A Glimpse on Engineering Metallurgy", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Institution's Innovation Council, 2020. An insight into Career Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering to KCEians by KCEians  

• "Corrosion Testing and Analysis", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Institution's Innovation Council, 2020. KCE-Webinar Series.

• "Lecture and Demonstration of Friction Stir Welding", Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2020. Anokha'20

Presider - Technical Events

International Conference

• International Advisory Committee Member - International Conference on Applied Research and Engineering (ICARAE2022), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022

• Review Committee Member - International Conference on Advanced Materials for Innovation and Sustainability (ICAMIS 2022), MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, 2022.

• Advisory Committee Member - International Conference on Applied Research and Engineering (ICARAE2021), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2021

• Technical Program Committee Member - International Conference on Computational Modeling in Materials & Structures, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India, 2021. 

• Program Committee Member - International Conference on Computer Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (ICCEAI 2021), Shanghai University Of Engineering Science, China (co-sponsored by Shanghai Pudong New Area Association for Computer, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Jiangxi Institute of Electronics, Jiangxi Key Lab of Digital Media, China Computer Federation Nanchang Chapter, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology), 2021

• Jury Member - International Conference on Materials, Manufacturing and Machining for Industry 4.0 (ICMMM 2.0), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, India, 2020.

Symposium

• Judge - Poster Presentation, Symposium INFERNO 2.0, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India, 2022

• Judge - Article Presentation, Symposium INFERNO 2k19, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India, 2019

Member - Board of Studies

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering (Autonomous), Affiliated to Anna University, India

• Department of Automobile Engineering, Karpagam College of Engineering (Autonomous), Affiliated to Anna University, India

Member - Professional Society

• Life Member, The Indian Institute of Metals, India

• Life Member, Indian Welding Society, India

Distinguished Reviewer

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 

• Public University in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Founded in 1963)

• Role: Evaluation of research proposals submitted for funding  

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

• Public University in Melbourne, Australia (Founded in 1908)

• Role: Evaluation of research thesis 

Active Reviewer - International Journals

SCI, SCIE, ESCI, and Scopus Indexed Journals

• Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier

• Tribology International, Elsevier

• International Journal of Electrochemical Science, Elsevier

• Journal of Advanced Joining Processes, Elsevier

• Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, Elsevier

• Powder Technology, Elsevier

• Vacuum, Elsevier

• Defense Technology, Elsevier

• Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier

• Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Elsevier

• Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Springer

• Journal of Materials Science, Springer

• Metals and Materials International, Springer

• Emergent Materials, Springer

• Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer

• Silicon, Springer

• SN Applied Sciences, Springer

• Materials Research Express, IOP Publishing

• Engineering Research Express, IOP Publishing

• Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, IOP Publishing

• Engineering Reports, Wiley

• Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Taylor and Francis

• Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Taylor and Francis

• Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Emerald

• Journal of Laser Applications, AIP Publishing

• International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems, Inderscience

School-level Achievements

• School Pupil Leader, TMHNU Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 2009 - 2011.

• Secretary, Tamil Literary Association (தமிழ் இலக்கிய மன்றம்), TMHNU Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 2009 - 2011.

• Awarded a memento for "Best thought for the day" in the year 2010.

• Received an Honorable Mention among the entries in All India Essay Writing Event organized by Shri Ramachandra Mission in collaboration with UN Information Centre, New Delhi in commemoration of UN International Year of Youth – 2010.

• Active member, National Service Scheme, TMHNU Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 2009.

• Awarded for Diligence in the year 2005 in School Annual Day celebration.

• Awarded for Deportment in the year 2004 in School Annual Day celebration.

• Awarded for Conduct in the year 2003 in School Annual Day celebration.