CONFERENCES, FDP, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, GUEST LECTURES & industries visited

A) CONFERENCES:

1. Organizing Secretary Member of the "International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy (iCoFT MADE) 20224" conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITPy from 11.12.2024 to 13.12.2024

2. Participated as a Delegate in the "14th International High Energy Materials Conference and Exhibits (HEMCE 2024)" organized by the High Energy Materials Society of India (HEMSI), Thiruvananthapuram Chapter in collaboration with ISRO and DRDO conducted from at the Travancore International Convention Centre (TICC), Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala between 01.02.2024 to 03.02.2024.

3. Oral presentation titled "Vibration Damping and sound analysis of needled punched Musa sapientum cellulosic fiber reinforced polymer composite for eco-friendly acoustic application" in the 5th International Conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing Engineering (MSME 2024) conducted by the Hong Kong Society of Mechanical Engineers (HKSME) in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) between 18th Jan and 20th Jan 2024.

4. Organizing Secretary Member of the "International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy (iCoFT MADE) 2022" conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITPy from 14.12.2022 to 16.12.2022

5. Participated in the "ANSYS Academic Innovation Conference 2022" conducted by Entuple Technologies  in association with ANSYS in Chennai

6. Attended the National Conference on "Development of Space Start-up Ecosystem in India DeSSEI 2022)" conducted by ISRO, Astronautical Society of India (ASI), DRDO and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) in Bengaluru on 24.06.2022

7. Organizing Secretary Member of the "International Conference on Future Technologies in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy (iCoFT MADE) 2021" conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITPy from 16.12.2021 to 18.12.2021

B) FDPs/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS:

1. Presented an Invited Talk, titled "Advanced Functional Materials for Mobile Textiles - Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)" during the 4th International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (ICAFM 2025) conducted from 21.03.2025 to 22.03.2025 organized by the Department of Materials Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur 

2. Presented a session titled "Research Methodology" on 24.01.2025 during the ATAL Faculty Development Program on "Recent Trend in Advanced Composite Materials - Challenges and Future Perspectives" conducted from 20.01.2025 to 25.01.2025 organized by the School of Aeronautical Engineeing, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai 

3. Presented a session titled "Experimental and Numerical characterization of Composite Materials" on 23.01.2025 during the ATAL Faculty Development Program on "Recent Trend in Advanced Composite Materials - Challenges and Future Perspectives" conducted from 20.01.2025 to 25.01.2025 organized by the School of Aeronautical Engineeing, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), Chennai

4. Presented a session on "Electrospun Nanofibers - Processing, Characterization and Related Challenges" in the ATAL FDP titled "Theoretical, Computational and Applied Mechanics of Materials" organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Talakal, Koppal (District), Karnataka to be conducted from 20th to 25th Nov 2023.

5. Attended the 15th Summer School in Tribology (SST) conducted by the Tribology Society of India (TSI) at IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru from 13.06.2023 to 17.06.2023

6. Organizing Chair Person of a five-day virtual workshop on "ANSYS Multiphysics Event" conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Puducherry in association with ARK Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd., from 12.06.2023 to 16.06.2023

7. Presented a session titled "Electrospun Nanofibers – Processing Characterization and related Challenges" on 30.03.2023 during the five-day Faculty Development Program on "Recent Advances in Composite Materials (RACM-2023)" conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITPy

8. Presented a session titled "Needle Punched Banana Fiber Composite Helmet – A Novel Processing Technique for fabricating Industrial Safety Helmets" on 30.12.2022 during the five-day Faculty Development Program on "Advancements in Material Processing and Characterization Methods" conducted jointly by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Physics, NITPy

9. Organizing Member of the five-day Hybrid mode Faculty Development Program on "Advancements in Material Processing and Characterization Methods" conducted jointly by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Physics, NITPy from 26.12.2022 to 30.12.2022

C) GUEST LECTURES:

1. Presented a guest lecture titled "Electrospun Nanofibers – Processing Characterization and related Challenges" on 20.10.2023  for the Students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Loyola Institute of Technology & Science

2. Presented a Guest Lecture on "Patent Rights, Licensing and Transfer of Technology, Geographical Indices and New Development in IPR" in a one-day Workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights" conducted jointly by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Kanchipuram on 09.01.2023

D) INDUSTRIES VISITED:

1. ISRO, Trivandrum

2. DRDO - GTRE, Bengaluru

3. Dynaspede Integrated Systems Ltd., Hosur

4. Concord Helmets and Safety Products Ltd., Trichy

5. Mark Techpro and Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (Dicronite), Chennai

6. DRDO - TBRL, Chandigarh

7. Welding Research Institute (WRI), BHEL, Trichy

8. ISRO, SDSC, Shriharikota

9. R&DE(E) - DRDO, Pune

Photographs of the Events