Programmes

• Chairman - International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN); December 7-9, 2017.
• Organising Secretary, 7th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM2009), IIT Madras, Dec.2-4, 2009.
• Organising Secretary, 2nd Intl. & 23rd AIMTDR Conference, IIT Madras, Dec.16-18, 2008.
• Joint Secretary, 24th Intl. Symp. on Automation & Robotics in Construction (ISARC2007), Sept.19-21,2007, Kochi.
• Organising Secretary, Symposium on Manufacturing Excellence, IIT Madras, Jan.2-3, 2002.
• Organising Secretary, 19th AIMTDR Conference, IIT Madras, Dec. 13-15, 2000.
• Co-Chairman, Organising Committee, 5th Pacific Rim Intl. Conf. n Water Jet Technology, New Delhi, Feb. 3-5, 1998.

S No.	Title of Program	Sponsored by	Total Value (Rs. In lacs)	Period & Venue
1.	i) Evening course: CNC Technology and Applications for industrial engineers during the evening for 6 weeks (3 days per week), ii) Short course: CNC Technology for Automotive industries (2 days course during two weekends); (iii) SERC School on Advanced Manufacturing for academic and industrial participants (one week course); Short Course on PLC programming for engineers from a specific Industry	Sundaram Clayton Ltd. TAFE Co. Ltd. Sakthi Sugars P Ltd. DST, Govt. of India.	13.02	1994 - 2000
2.	Training program on Sheet Metal Product Manufacture (8 engineers of Amada India)	Amadasoft India Pvt Ltd, Chennai.	0.50	July 6 -10 , 2010. IIT Madras
3.	Sheet Metal Product Design & Manufacture	Amada India Ltd.	1.50	August 8 - 12, 2011. IIT Madras
4.	Transformation Skills for Advanced Manufacturing (Technology Appreciation Program for Industrial Associates)	IC & SR, IIT Madras Guest Speaker: Dr. K. Subramanian, President, STIMS* Institute, USA.		February 24th, 2012. IIT Madras
5.	Sheet Metal Product Design & Manufacture	Amada India Ltd.	3.00	September 14 - 15, 2012. IIT Madras
6.	Transformation Skills & System Thinking - Resource Person: Dr. K. Subramanian, President, STIMS Institute, USA	Caterpillar Engg. Design Centre, Chennai.	4.50	January 29 - 30, 2014. Caterpillar EDC, Chennai.
7.	Training Program on Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CII – IITM Joint Program) for the members of CII	CII - Institute of Logistics, IITM Research Park.	4.90	November 17 - 18, 2014. Hotel Westin, Chennai.
8.	Application of System Approach for Precision Grinding Process under the Global Initiative for Academic Network (Expert: Dr. K. (Subbu) Subramaniam, STIMS Institute, USA (GIAN Course)	MHRD, GoI	USD8000 plus Rs.434865 (Rs.9.63 lacs)	June 6 - 11, 2016, at IIT Madras.
9.	Data Science for Smart Manufacturing under the Global Initiative for Academic Network (Expert: Prof. Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA) (GIAN Course)	MHRD, GoI	USD12000 plus Rs.60000 (Rs.8.52 lacs)	May 15 - 27, 2017, at IIT Madras.
10.	Ultra-high Precision Machine Tools – Design and Characterization	AICTE Sponsored STC	4.50	March 5 - 10, 2018, at IIT Madras.
11.	Design of Mechatronic Systems	External CEP for Industries	6.00	July 3 - 5, 2019, at IIT Madras.
12.	Orientation Programme on Smart Manufacturing	OFIL, Avadi	2.36	Dec. 4 - 5, 2019, at Avadi, Chennai.

• Invited talk on ‘Verification of PLC logic code with Petri nets’ at General Motors R & D Centre, Warren, USA, August 2005
• Guest lecture on “Unconventional Machining – Water Jet Technology” at Yeungnam University, South Korea on November 24, 2009
• Invited talk on “German Cooperation in Technical Education and Research and Efforts on Sustainable Manufacturing” at Indo – German Innovation Platform organized by Fraunhofer Association and German Embassy, India at Pune on March 12 & 13, 2010
• Invited talk on “Design Intent Retrieval in Reverse Engineering of PLC control programs for Manufacturing System Control” at Indo-USA workshop on “Product Design – Impact from Research to Education to Practice, Coimbatore, March 15-17, 2010
• Invited talk on “Ice bonded Abrasive Polishing Process” at CIRP General Assembly in Pisa, Italy during August 22-28, 2010 (Invitation from Secretary General, CIRP)
• Invited talk on “Activities on Precision Engineering at IIT Madras” at CIRP January meetings held in Paris during January 20-23, 2010 (Invitation from Secretary General, CIRP)
• Keynote talk on “Indian Economy and the role of IITs in Socio-economic development of India” at AMADA INNOVATION FAIR 2012, GLOBAL EVENT, June 1, 2012, AMADA Co. Isehara City, Japan.
• Contributed a write up on “ICT in Industry” for “Technology Vision 2035 – Information and Communication Technologies” document brought out by TIFAC, Govt. of India
• Invited talk on “Impact of the IITM/MGTL/IMTMA/PSA, Govt. of India Collaborative project “Next Generation Precision Grinder” and an Introduction to the “Centre of Excellence on Machine Tools and Production Technology, IIT Madras” at CEOs meet on “Higher Productivity and lower Total Cost of Manufacturing Operations” on Nov. 21, 2014 at Pune
• More than 50 guest lectures are delivered on CNC, FMS, Water Jet Technology Applications in Manufacturing, Micromachining with Abrasive Water Jets, Sheet Metal Product Design and Manufacture, Sensors for Intelligent Manufacturing at various short term training programs organized by IITK, IITB, NITT, Anna Univ. and engineering colleges and deemed university colleges.