1. First person to join the Department of Chemical Engineering, and was instrumental in Designing and commissioning of equipments in most of the Laboratories.
   
2. As Group Director of the Foundation for clean Energy and Environment responsible for the operation and maintenance of the 100KWe Biomass gasifier plant of R V College of Engineering.
   
3. Guided more than 50 Undergraduate Projects leading to B.E Chemical Engineering and 2 Post graduate students and 1 PhD Student.
   
4. As a Principal Coordinator RVCE-TIFAC-Hydrogen Economy Technology Program, worked on various project related to Hydrogen production and gas separation in collaboration with BHEL
   
5. Undertaken various funded projects.   
   

List of Publications:

Papers Published in National and International Journals:

1. “Various factors related to the development of bio-energy in the power sector”, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Applications in Engineering,Technologies and Sciences (IJ-ETA-ETS).
   
2. Heat transfer studies on Glass Epoxy Composite Laminates-Effects of Heating rate and fiber fraction, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites,Vol.25, No.13/2006.
   
3. Cyclone reactor-A Novel Method for hydrazine Synthesis, Institute of Engineers ( I ) journal-CH, Vol 56,September 2005.
   
4. A Sedimentation Study to Optimize the Dispersion of Nano-Alumina Particles in water CERAMICA, Vol 51 (2005) 121-127, Brazilian Journal of Ceramics.
   
5. Permeability and filtration studies of ceramic filters and membrane,Porocer-2008, International workshop on Porous Ceramics,Central Power Research Institute,8-11 January 2008.
   
6. A Novel Method for Hydrazine Synthesis, National conference on Novel products and processes in chemical engineering and biotechnology, St.Joseph’s college of Engineering Chennai, Jan 2005.
   

International and National Conference:

1. Studies on Extraction of Honge Oil from Pomgammia Pinnota to produce Bio-diesel, National Conference on Development cum Environment Friendly Future Industrial Fuels, Centre for Energy Studies, Kumara guru College of Technology, Coimbatore, May 2005.
   
2. Preparation and Characterization of Polymer Composites Developed using Plant Fibers, National Conference on Recent Trends in Polymer Science and Technology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, May 2005.
   
3. Membrane Candidate for Fuel Cell, National Conference on Recent Trends in Polymer Science and Technology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, May 2005.
   
4. Hetero structured ZN/Cubic (ZN/MG)O nanorod based biosensor for E.coli detection, National conference on Emerging Trends in Bio-medical Signal Processing,ETBMSP-08,26th April 2008.

Projects:

1. Synthesis of Hydrazine using cyclone reactor ( Completed),AICTE, New Delhi,Rs. 9,00,000/-.
   
2. Development of Bio-fibre reinforced Sandwich structures (On-going),Ministry of Environment and Forests, Rs. 9,85,000/-.
   
3. Permeability and filtration studies on ceramic filters (ongoing),BHEL, CTI, Bangalore, Rs.8,50,000/-.
   
4. Fabrication and characterization of fiber metal laminates for gun barrel application using filament winding method Armament Research Board, DRDO,New Delhi,Rs 10,00,000/-.
   
5. Design and synthesis of metal based sensitizers for nanocrystaline TiO2 Solar Cells Naval Research Board,DRDO, New Delhi,Rs. 10,00,000/-.