SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED

1. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during Feb. 12-17, 2001.

2. AICTE Sponsored QIP short term course on, "Advances in Composite Materials" was conducted during Dec. 3-7, 2001

3. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during Sep 2-7, 2002

4. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during July 21-26, 2003.

5. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during Sep. 27- Oct. 2, 2004.

6. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during July 11-16, 2005.

7. Workshop on “FRP Composites in Infrastructure Systems” was conducted on Feb. 22, 2006

8. Intensive workshop on "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during October 9-14, 2006.

9. Intensive workshop on, "Fibre Reinforced Thermoset Plastics" was conducted during June 2-6, 2008.

10. Two-Day course on, “Processing and Applications of Composite Materials” was conducted during August 26-27, 2011 with Dr. R. Vemurugan and Dr. M. Kamaraj.

11. Two-day course on, “Powder Metallurgy: Technology & Applications” was conducted during August 7-8. 2015 with Dr. M. Kamaraj.

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS ORGANISED

1. International Conference and Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics (ICERP-2002), February 7-9, 2002 (One of the Coordinators).

2. National Conference on Ceramics for Medical Applications, September 16-17, 2005 (One of the Coordinators).

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1. Life member & Elected council member of the Indian Ceramic Society

2. Life member of the Indian Institute of Metals

3. Life member of the FRP Institute

INVITED LECTURES DELIVERED

No.	Place	Title	Date
1.	Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai	Composite Materials	5.10.2001
2.	Owens Corning India Limited, Mumbai	Material Characterisation Techniques	21.8.2002
3.	Annamalai University, Chidambaram	Metal Matrix Composites	27.5.2003
4.	Annamalai University, Chidambaram	Casting methods for Metal Matrix Composites	3.1.2004
5.	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi	Resin Transfer Moulding	26.11.2004
6.	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi	Recycling of Composites	26.11.2004
7.	Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur	Composite Materials-Application in Automotive Industry	18.3.2005
8.	Goa Glass Fibre Limited, Goa	Epoxy Resins	3.6.2005
9.	Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore	Epoxy & Phenolic Resins	5.10.2005
10	National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Manufacturing methods of fibre reinforced plastics	29.9.2006
11	National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Carbon-carbon composites	29.9.2006
12	National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Polymer-clay nanocomposites	2.12.2006
13	Vignan’s Engineering College, Guntur	Advanced methods of manufacturing composites	28.6.2007
14	Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti	Applications of Composite Materials	11.8.2007
15	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi	Polymer-clay nanocomposites	29.8.2007
16	Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai	Smart Composites	14.9.2007
17	National Institute of Technology, Trichy	Composite Materials of Today & Tomorrow	15.2.2008

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Member of the R&D Evaluation Council of Tamilnadu Pollution Control board

Council member of the Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata for the years 2005 & 2006

Council member of the Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata for the years 2007 & 2008

Joint Secretary of the Indian Ceramic Society, Chennai Chapter for the years 2005 &2006
Secretary of the Indian Ceramic Society, Chennai Chapter for the years 2007 & 2008.
Council member of the Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata for the years 2013 & 2014
Vice Chairman of the Indian Ceramic Society, Tamilnadu Chapter for the years 2015 &2016