a. Projects Undertaken

Sl No. Project Title Duration Organisation
1 Design of a Ventilation System One month (1992) Chevro Leathers, Madras
2 Curriculum development project: Computer Aided Module in Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer 1 year (1998-1999) Center for Continuing Education, IIT Madras
3 Development of a General Purpose Computer Program for estimation of Radiant Heat Flux in Solid Rocket Motor 2 years (1999-2001) VSSC, ISRO
4 Thermal Hydraulic Investigations of Thermal Stripping in the Hot and Cold Pools of LMFBR 2 years (2000-2002) IGCAR, Kalpakkam
5 Development of a Generalized Radiative Transfer Model including Scattering for Retrieval of Geophysical Parameters from Microwave Remote Sensing Observation from Satellites 2 years (2002-2004) SAC, ISRO
6 Development of Computer Aided Instructional Material for Design and Optimization of Energy Systems 1 year (2003-2004) Center for Continuing Education, IIT Madras
7 Development of a Heat Transfer Model for the Active Cooling of a Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) Engine 1 year (2003-2004) DRDL, Hyderabad
8 Thermal design of air-preheater system for Hypersonic wind tunnel 1 year (2003-2004) DRDL, Hyderabad
9 Design of cooling system for air of the proposed hypersonic wind tunnel facility 1 year (2004-2005) DRDL, Hyderabad
10 Development of a Generalized Radiative Transfer Model Including Polarization and Robust Retrieval Algorithms to Obtain Geophysical Parameters Over Sea and Land Surfaces Using Microwave Remote Sensing Data 2 years (2004-2006) SAC, ISRO
11 Distributed High Temperature Sensor for Flue Gas Monitoring – Technology Recommendation (RBIC) 6 months (2006-2007) BHEL, Trichy
12 Study on Departure from Nucleate Boiling and Tube Dry out, Metal Temperature Calculation, Heat Transfer Correlation and Flow Instability for Super Critical Once Through Boilers 3 years (2004-2007) BHEL, Trichy
13 Development of geophysical retrieval schemes and validation of data for the Megha Tropiques mission 5 years (2007-2013) SAC, ISRO
14 Retrieval of atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles from satellite infrared sounder observations 3 years (2007-2010) SAC, ISRO
15 New Method of Multi-Satellite radiance assimilation in regional models 4 years (2010-2014) DST
16 Estimation of Anisotropic Conductivity of plates using the inverse heat transfer method 2 years (2010-2012) ISAC, ISRO
17 Estimation of Anisotropic Conductivity of plates using the inverse heat transfer method (2nd Phase) 3 years (2012-2015) ISAC, ISRO
18 Estimation of Spectral Radiation from Exhaust Plumes of Solid Rocket Motors 2 years (2014-2016) VSSC, ISRO
19 Dynamic downscaling to study climate change impacts on water resources in India 2 years (2017-2019) Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India
20 Multi-Satellite Radiance Assimilation to Improve Short to Medium Range Forecasts of the Indian Monsoon 3 years (2018-2021) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
21 Experimental and Numerical studies on improvised Combustor liner cooling methodology 4 years (2017-2021) COPT, DRDO
22 Mass-based hygroscopicity of ambient aerosols under contrasting environment over the eastern coast of India 5 years (2018-2023) DST, Govt. of India
23 Wind and Sea-swell Spectral Data Assimilation to improve Wind and Wave prediction using Satellite Data 2 years (2021-2023) ISRO
24 Climate change impacts on coastal infrastructure and the adaptation strategies 5 years (2021-2026) DST, Govt. of India
25 Laboratory for Atmospheric and Climatic Sciences 5 years (2021-2026) Ministry of Education, Government of India
26 S. Ramakrishnan Centre of Excellence Initiated in 2024 ISRO
27 High-Resolution Wind Forecasting Using Integrated Forecast System Data and Advanced Downscaling Techniques Initiated in 2024 Adani Wind

Leadership Roles

  • Chairman, Computer Center, IIT Madras (2014 – 2017)
  • National Coordinator, PMRF selections (2018 – 2021)
  • Sectional Committee, Energy – INAE (2014 – 2021)
  • Editor-in-Chief, IJTS (Elsevier Ltd, Oxford) since 2016
  • Organizing Secretary, Engineers Conclave, INAE 2016
  • Chairman, Library Advisory Committee (since July 2023)
  • Chairman – Task force for accelerating Ph.D outcomes
  • Member, Institute Faculty Screening Committee (5+ years)
  • Organizing Secretary, ASCHT – 2017
  • Core Committee Member, NFSG Committee (2022 – present)
  • Member, Academic Council, Sastra University (2014 – 2021)
  • Member, Research Advisory Committee, NCMRWF (2018 – 2021)
  • Member, Project Review and Monitoring Committee, AI-ML (2021 – 2024)