Dr V. Rajendran

Dr. V. Rajendran is the Vice Chancellor of Academy of Maritime Education and Training. He obtained his D.Sc. Biomaterials from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Ph.D. Physics from Annamalai University, Chidambaram and M.Tech. Nanotechnology from Anna university, Chennai. Dr. Rajendran has more than 30 plus years of academic experience of which 20 plus years as an administrator. His academic leadership talent is nurtured through outstanding programs like Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) both in India (2020) and USA (UPenn University, USA, 2021) sponsored by MoE, Govt. of India and Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Programme, United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), USA (2015). He has been consistently recognized for the past four years as top 2% of the World Scientist in the field of Material Science by Elsevier BV and Stanford University, USA since 2019. He is an Assessor for National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India since 2020. Dr. Rajendran has received more than 25 plus International and National Awards to name a few: Recipient of the prestigious National Council for Science & Technology Communication Award for his Outstanding efforts in Science and Technology popularization among Children (Rs. 1/- lakh cash award) from the Former Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, Shri Dr. Harsh Vardhan in 2016.