Speakers

Dr. L. Mahesh Kumar is a seasoned professional in the field of Mechanical Engineering, contributing significantly for over 25 years to both teaching and research. His expertise lies in Manufacturing Technology, with a specialized focus on Metal forming, Metal Casting, and Machining. Having begun his career in various institutions in Bangalore, he later joined Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, and eventually rose to the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at St.Peter’s Engineering College, Chennai. Dr. Kumar further served as the Principal of SMK Fomra Institute of Technology, Chennai, and as the Director Academic at St.Peter’s University. His versatile engagement extends to being a visiting faculty at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. Notably, he is an active member of various professional bodies, Secretary of the Indian Institute of Production Engineers (Tamil Nadu Centre), and the Chief Executive Officer of St.Peter’s Engineering College-Technology Business Incubator. Beyond his engineering pursuits, Dr. Kumar is deeply connected to Bharata Natyam, having dedicated 45 years to the art, including 20 years of performing Nrithya Nivedana in two temples.

Dr.K.Porkumaran is an M.E., Ph.D, CEng, PEng, Fellow(IE), SMIEEE; Chairman, IEEE Madras Section and  Professor and Principal of Sri Sairam Engineering College, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, India. He has 27 years of experience in Teaching, 20 years of experience in Research and Development and 17 years of experience in Academic Administration. He is actively engaged with Professional Societies as Fellow, Institution of Engineers (IE), Senior Member IEEE, Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Biomedical Engineering Society of India (BMESI) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Professional Engineer (Peng), Chartered Engineer (CEng). He is Presently Chairman of IEEE Madras Section. He has been awarded as a foremost Engineer of the World and Outstanding Scientist of the 21st century by “International Biographical Centre of Cambridge”, England 2007 and 2008 respectively. Dr. Porkumaran is the mentor and branch counsellor for professional chapters like IEEE, ISOI, ISTE, BMESI. He has published more than 175 research papers and 12 book chapters, extensively in international Journals and forums with good number of citations, filed and published six patents and has handled a number of industry/government funded projects and schemes.

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.

Dr. Partha Sharathi Mallick, a PhD from Jadavpur University (INDIA), currently working as the Pro Vice Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India. He is a Sr. Professor in School of Electrical Engineering and a former Dean of Electrical Engineering. He served the same institution as the Head of Ranking, Accreditation and as the Nodal Officer of Institution of Eminence (IoE). He worked as the Technical Head in IAAB Electronics, a Swedish Agri-Electronics Industry in Bangladesh from 1992 to 1996. Dr. Mallick received the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for doctoral studies in 1998. Dr Mallick led various research teams and developed “Online Lab in Microelectronics”, “Monte Carlo Simulator of II-VI Compound Semiconductors”, “Nanostructured MIM Capacitor”, “Low cost Electric Fencers”. He is a technical innovator of DSIR, Govt. of India, 2007. Dr Mallick published 4 books/book chapters, 132 research papers and guided 13 PhD thesis. He received VIT Chancellor’s Research Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Dr Mallick jointly worked and published research papers with researchers of top institutions such as Max-Born Institute Germany, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, University of Cynvestav, Mexico. His research interest includes CNT Applications, compound semiconductors, reliability of electronic devices and circuits.