“Sudhakaran Ranganathan is an academician having 23 years experience in teaching and 15 years in Research. He has completed his PhD in the area of welding. He has successfully completed a research project as principal investigator in welding sponsored by AICTE. He received grant to tune of 19 lakhs under MODROB Scheme from AICTE for the academic year 2018-19. He has organized number of conferences and workshops and has delivered guest lectures in various colleges and industries. His objectives are
• To excel in the fields of Teaching and Research
• To publish research articles in refereed journals.
• To continuously upgrade the knowledge in the latest developments and disseminate them to the students.
He has published various research articles in reputed journals. He has a citation index of 630, h index of 16 and I10 index of 17. He is an editorial board member for the International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering. He is also reviewer for the following journals
• Journal of Engineering Science and Technology,
• African Journal of Engineering Research
• Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences.
• Journal of Cleaner Energy Production
• Journal of Engineering Technology and Research
• Journal of Theoretical and Artificial Intelligence
• Journal of Brazilian Society of Mechanical Engineering
He is a recognized supervisor of Anna University, Chennai. He is presently guiding 8 research scholars. He has filed 5 patents and published 35 research articles in reputed National and International journals. He has presented 15 papers in International Conferences. He has received best faculty award for his contribution to teaching at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai and award of excellence for his contributions to research and administration works in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at SNS College of Engineering, Coimbatore and Best Researcher Award from IASTE, Chennai and HOD of the year award.”