Engineering University

Dr. V. R AJENDRAN

M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D., FASI, FUSI, FInstP (London)

Director, Research & Development and

Centre for Nano Science & Technology

K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India

Phone : +91- 4288- 274 741-4, Mobile +91-999**-*****

Fax : +91-428*-******

Email: v ***********@*****.***

Educational Qualifications (Date of birth 02.11.1962)

Bachelor Masters Doctorate

First Second Third

B.Sc. M.Sc. M.Phil. M.Tech. Ph.D.

Thesis adjudged

University 72.6% 65.2% 70% 9.07 CGPA

Excellent

Distinction Distinction Distinction

Annamalai

Madras Annamalai Annamalai Anna University

University

University University University CBE

Year of

198*-****-**** 2009 1993

completion

Specialisation

Nanotechnology

Physics Physics Ultrasonics Ultrasonics

Key Responsibilities

Rajendran is currently The D irector, Research & Development, and Centre for Nano Science and

Technology ( CNST) at K.S Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.

He has initiated new research projects and directions on R & D activities at KSRCT, Tiruchengode for

the past three years.

Centre for Nano Science and Technology (www.nanotech.ksrct.ac.in) w as established at K.S.

Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode under his co-ordination, considering the potential

benefits of nanotechnology, a need for the industrial and academic community to support

nanotechnology applications. Presently, the centre concentrates on different broad areas of research in

nanotechnology namely, the production of nanometal oxides from natural minerals/resources for

refractory applications, nanobiomaterials for drug delivery and implant applications, nanotextiles,

nanoagriculture and nanoherbal products for biomedical applications. State of the art facilities in nano

technology have b een established with an investment of more than Rs.10 crores to cater to the needs of

the researchers. The total cost of the ongoing sponsored research projects is more than Rs.2 crores from

different funding agencies like DST (Nano Mission), DRDO, IGCAR, UGC-DAE CSR etc. The centre

is also looking for industrial partnership on frontier areas of nanotechnology.

KSRCT has been recognized as a scientific and industrial research organisation (SIROs) by DSIR,

Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi which facilitates to import equipment from abroad

without customs duty.

Presently, he is the President, A coustical Society of India (ASI) since December 2009.

As a Co-Ordinator, he has established an exclusive research lab i.e., N ano Science and Technology

Research Centre (NSTRC) at his former institute (Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi), a

first of its kind under private sector in India, where he has carried out his research and academic

activities for more than 14 years.

He was responsible for the D esign, launching and maintenance of the Acoustical Society of India

official website during his tenure as General Secretary.

He was instrumental in establishing an indigenous high temperature ultrasonic on-line materials

characterisation experimental set-up to explore the microstructural changes in various materials over

wide r ange of temperatures w ith the support of Board of Research in Nuclear Science and Indira

Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, f irst of its kind in India and the same was acclaimed in the

IGC Newsletter on Page 4, volume 65, July 2005 issue.

Very recently one of his books on Science and Technology of Ultrasonics has been Published in

Russian Language (ISBN 5-948**-***-**, ISBN 1-84265-066-1), (Authors Dr. Baldev Raj, Dr. V.

Rajendran and Dr. P.Palanichamy).

Two of his book namely Engineering Physics and Materials Science have been prescribed as a text

book by many universities in India like Anna University (Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy & Tirunelveli),

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) - Anantapur, Pondicherry Engineering College,

Vinayaka Missions university, Vellore Institute of Technology, Karunya University, Annamalai

University, Noorul Islam University, SRM University, CIT Coimbatore, GCT, Coimbatore,

Pondicherry Engineering College, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, University of Pune,

IGNOU, Buji Patnaik University for Technology, Orissa, etc.

President of Madras India Regional Chapter Acoustical Society of America (MIRC-ASA) during

2008-10.

He is a Fellow of No. of reputed scientific societies both in India and abroad such as, Institute of

Physics, UK, Acoustical Society of India and Ultrasonic Society of India and holds life membership in

more than 14 scientific societies both in India and abroad.

Research Expertise and Achievements

He has more than 16 years of experience both in teaching and research in the field of materials science

and nanotechnology.

Under his guidance, five Ph.D . have been awarded. Presently, 2 scholars are writing their Ph.D. thesis

while 9 doctoral scholars are pursuing their r esearch for Ph.D.

Presently, he is the Principal Investigator of a sponsored research project (Rs.1.25/- crores) by i)

Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, under Nano Science and Technology

Initiative (NSTI) programme i.e., N ano Mission Project, ii) Defence Research Development

Organisation (DRDO), New Delhi, iii) Department of Atomic Energy, IGCAR, Kalpakkam and iii)

UGC-DAE CSR, Indoor.

As a Principal Investigator, he is waiting for two new projects with a total cost of Rs.1.10/- crores from

sponsoring organisations like DST and DRDO .

He was the Principal Investigator for five completed sponsored (CSIR, DST, BRNS, IGCAR &

INMAS) research projects with a funding of Rs.1.75/- crores.

Under his Chairmanship/Convenership, a total of Rs.20/- lakhs have been received for oranising

conference/workshop and various meetings from funding agencies like DST, DRDO, MIT, ICMR,

BRNS, TNSCST, CSIR, INSA, ISTE, AICTE, NAL, etc.

He has received a sum of Rs.1,39,625/- towards international air support for attending conference in

abroad from organ isations like DST, AICTE, TNSCST, INSA, CSIR, etc.

Organised the 32nd National Symposium on Instrumentation (32nd NSI) during October 24-26, 2007 in

association with Instrument Society of India. More than 175 delegates from different parts of India

made the conference a grand success.

Organised the National Symposium on Acoustics (NSA- 2007) in the year 2007 and edited the

proceedings after peer review. The same was released on the inaugural day of the symposium itself as

proceedings of NSA 2007. It was published by M/s. Macmillan India Ltd., N ew Delhi. Dr. Stanley I

Ehrlich, Dr. Allan D Pierce from Acoustical Society of America, USA and Dr. H.S. Paul from MIRC-

ASA participated in NSA 2007.

Organised the National Symposium on Acoustics (NSA-99) in the year 1999 and edited the

proceedings after peer review. The same was released on the inaugural day of the symposium itself as a

special issue of the Journal of Acoustical Society of India. It was published by M/s. Vikas Publishers

Ltd., New Delhi.

Organised the National Symposium on Ultrasonics (NSU-96) in the year 1996 and edited the

proceedings after p eer review. The same was released on the inaugural day of the symposium itself. It

was published by M/s. Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi.

Policy Initiatives

The syllabi and curriculum for B.Tech. course in Nanotechnology was framed and submitted to the

Anna University Coimbatore and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, an

apex body which regulate the Engineering and Technical education in India for approval from the

academic year 2010-2011.

The syllabi and curriculum for M.Tech course in Nanotechnology was framed and submitted to the

Anna University for approval through the former institute where he worked as Co-ordinator of the

Nano Science and Technology Research Centre. Also submitted the necessary proposal for approval

the above course from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, an apex body

which regulate the engineering and technological education in India. The AICTE has sanctioned the

proposal to offer the M.Tech course, a first of its kind in India under the organised sector. The post

graduate course on M.Tech in Nano Science and Technology is offered at K S Rangasamy College of

Technology from the academic year 2008-09.

Organised the International Conference on Nanomaterials (NANO-2005) at Mepco Schlenk

Engineering College, which was a first of its kind in India under the academic research institutions and

2nd International Conference in India exclusively on Nanotechnology. More than 350 delegates

including 59 from abroad made the conference a grand success. Entire proceeding of the contributed

papers (extended abstract) was published on the inaugural day of the conference through a leading

publisher M/s. Allied Publishers Ltd., New Delhi. All the contributed papers was published after peer

review in the journal of Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano- Metal

Chemistry (SRINMC) published by M/s.Taylor & Francis, USA in the months of January / March 2006

as special issu es.

The separate unit on different non-destructive testing was introduced in the undergraduate B.E.

curriculum at Annan University, Tamil Nadu in the year 1996 curriculum revision.

Patents and Publications

Peer reviewed Journals Conference Books Patent Keynote Invited Reports

/Symposia address talk(s)

Proceedings

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Inter Nat Inter Nat. R& D Text

Progress

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Countries v isited

As visiting scientist/invited speaker /paper presenter v isited various research countries which include

USA, Germany, Italy, France, Sweden, Finland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.

Awards/Honours

Awards

MIRC-ASA best paper award in the year 2009 for the paper entitled Physico-Chemical and

Mechanical Properties of MgO added Bioactivity Glass System using Ultrasonics authored by G.

Rajkumar and V. Rajendran.

MIRC-ASA best paper award in the year 2007 for the paper entitled Study of Influence of

Phosphorous on the Acoustics and Structural Properties of Borates Bioactive Glasses authored by S.

Aravindan and V. Rajendran.

Awarded the NDT Man of year 2004 by Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing, India, based on

the overall contributions in R & D in the field of Ultrasonics NDT. The above award is a prestigious

award for scientists working in the area of Non-Destructive Testing of materials/plant components.

Awarded the Tamil Nadu Scientist Award (TANSA) by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science &

Technology, Chennai, for his outstanding contribution on Ultrasonics and its measurements in the

field of Physical Sciences for the year 1996 -'97. The award consists of a citation, a Cash prize of

Rs.10,000/- and a certificate in copper signed by Honourable Minister for Education, Tamil Nadu.

He was awarded Outstanding Organiser Award for the better conduct of the Seventh National

Symposium on Ultrasonics, 1996 in our college by Ultrasonics Society of India, New Delhi in its Silver

Jubilee Celebration function held during December 2-4, 1999 at New Delhi.

Fellowships

DAAD Fellowship

Visit ing Scientist by (IzfP), Saarbrucken, Germany

Guest Scientist by ICTP, Italy

BRNS Visiting Scientist (three times) by BRNS, Mumbai.

INSA Visiting Scientist by INSA, New Delhi.

Young Scientists Fellowship by TNSCST, Tamil N adu.

Visiting Scientists Fellow ship by IGCAR, Kalpakkam

Referees in International Journals

Biomaterials

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry (Egypt)

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, India

International Journal of Thermo Physics

Journal of Acoustical Society of India

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of American Ceramic Society

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Journal of Materials Research

Journal of Materials Research Bulletin

Journal of Molecular Liquids

Materials characterization

Materials Chemistry and Physics

National Institute of Science Publication Journals, India

Physica B

Polymer International

Members in Editorial Team in Journals

Nano Digest, India

Journal of Acoustical Society of India

Memorandum of U nderstanding (MoU) Initiated

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam

Life Science Group, Defence Research Laboratories, DRDO, New Delhi

Dalmia Institute for Scientific Research ( DISR), Rajgangpur

The Metal Powder Company, Thirumangalam

Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern, Germany

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya

Collaborative R esearch

International Laboratories

German Centre of Competence in Nano-scale Analysis, University of Hamburg, Germany

Magnetism Group (Nanotechnology) Fachbereich Physik Technische Universit t, Kaiserslautern,

Germany

Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Centre (AMPAC), USA

National University Singapore (NUS), Nanao Science and Technology Initiative, Singapore

Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing, Saarbrucken, Germany

Process Chemistry Group, Process Chemistry Group, Combustion and Materials Chemistry,

A N ational Centre of Excellence, bo Akademi University, Finland

Glass Research Department, National Glass Research Centre, Cairo, Dokki, Egypt.

Kazan State Power Engineering University ul. Krasnosel skaya, Russia

National Laboratories

Dalmia Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (DISIR), Rajgangpur, Orissa

Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO, New Delhi.

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), DRDO, Hyderabad.

Non-Destructive Testing & Evaluation (NDT & E) Section, DPEND, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic

Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India.

Safety Engineering Division (SED), SHINEG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India.

Solid State Physics Department, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkatta, India.

Govt.- Society- Institution Relationship

Community FM Radio - A s Project Head, responsible for the approval, establishment and operation of

Community FM Radio station at K S R Educational Institutions from 2009.

Nominated for following awards/honours/Fellow in December 2009

National award for outstanding efforts in science and technology communication through books and

magazine D epartment of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Institute of Engineers, Kolkatta

Indian National Academy of Sciences, New Delhi

National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad

Indian National Academy of Engineers, New Delhi

FORTH COMING EVENT

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANOMATERIALS AND

NANOTECHNOLOGY

(NANO 2010)

December 13-16, 2010 @ KSRCT, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India

(www.nano.ksrct.ac.in)

Chair: Prof. Dr. V. Rajendran

Co-Chairs : 1) Prof. Dr. Kurt E. Geckeler

D irector, World- Class University Program (WCU), Gwangju Inst. of Science & Tech.(GIST),

South Korea

2) Prof. Dr. Burkard Hillebrands

V ice-President, Technische Universitat Kaiseslautern, GERMANY

(Dr. V. Rajendran)

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