Leadership / Administrators

• Leadership for Academicians Program (LEAP) sponsored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, both in University of Pennsylvania, (UPenn) USA (2021) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India

• Fulbright Nehru International Education Administrators by United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), USA , 2015

• CHAIRMAN for NAAC Peer Team Visit to HEI by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India

WORLD RECOGNITION

• Recognized as top 2% of the World Scientist in the field of Material Science by Elsevier BV and Stanford University, USA for the past five years from 2019 to 2023. It is selected based on 44 unique parameters in research and development such as publications, h-index, citations and inventions

ASSOCIATION WITH NOBLE LAUREATES

• Invited Five Nobel Laureates to interact and motivate young minds (School Children) and students and staff over a period of five years

COUNTRY VISITED

• Visited more than 28 countries across the globe only under academic visit as Visiting Professor, Keynote / Plenary Speaker and to explore/sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for staff and students exchange programs.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

 Ph.D.   30+   |   Post-Doc:   4   |   National Post-Doc:   1   |   Currently under supervision:   4

COLLABORATIONS

• More than 25 functional MoUs with universites & research centers across countries like Europe (Germany, Italy, France, UK, etc.), USA, Canada, Australia, South Korea, etc.

Grant-in-aid

• Received grant-in-aid to the tune of more than ₹ 24.28 Crore from different Govt. India agencies like DST, DRDO, etc. and German (DAAD), as Principal Investigator (Funded Projects) /Coordinator

AWARDS

• Recipient of 25+ Awards , 18+ Fellowships and 100+ Honours both International and National Levels

• Recipient of PSN National Award for Excellence in Science and Technology (₹ 1/- lakh cash award ) for his innovative research and scientific contribution in Science and Technology in the year 2013

• Recipient of National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) Award (₹ 1/- lakh cash award) for his Outstanding efforts in S &T popularization among Children from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India in the year 2016

• Recipient of Prof.K. Arumugam National Award for innovative work in Engineering and Technology (₹ 8000/- cash award) for his outstanding contribution in the field of Nanotechnology from The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) in the year 2011

• Recipient of Tamil Nadu Scientists Award (TANSA) (₹ 10000/- cash award) for his outstanding contribution in Ultrasonics and its measurements from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Tamil Nadu during the year 1996-97

• Recipient of NDT Man of the year Award from The Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ISNDT) in the year 2004

• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award (₹ 25,000/- cash award) for his outstanding in academic and Research from Nehru Group of Educational and Charitable Trust, India in the year 2016

• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contribution in academic and Research from Dr. Kalam Educational Trust for Tribal, Chennai in the year 2016

• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary contribution in Science and Technology from Indian Spectro Physics Association (ISPA), Chennai in the year 2023

• DAAD – Fellowship, Germany, 2002