Research & Development
Vel Tech is known as the top-notch Institution for its Internationally renowned quality in Multidisciplinary Research. The intersection of disciplines is emphasized, as new ideas emerge and impulse innovative research. There are ample opportunities for students/ scholars/ faculty to hone their research skills during their research work at the Institution. More than 23+ independent labs are facilitated to engage faculty and students’ in research work
Our Focus
• To promote the visibility of the Institute by means of establishing Center of Excellence, state-of-art facilities, interdepartmental and translational R & D activities
• To protect innovations through IPR Cell and encourage researchers to participate in outreach activities
• To serve as a facilitator for Interdisciplinary-Integrative research approaches with Industry/Academic and National/International research network set-up
• To create awareness regarding Research Funding, Grant Writing, Ethics, Data Analysis, and Management among researchers through training, lectures, E-learning resources
• To inspire faculty and staff with incentives towards research activities and providing seed grants
• To warrant the quality and integrity of innovations in research accomplishments as per the Code of Practice for Research
Research Highlights
- More than 23 Cutting Edge Research Centers worth 20 crore.
- 29 Ongoing Research Projects worth 8.6 Crore.
- Granted patents – 26
- Completed more than 41 funded projects.
- Established High-Speed Bearing Test facility-funded by GTRE worth 188 lakhs
- Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC) houses more than 200+ Innovation-Driven Proof of Concepts, that serves as pipeline – Vel Tech Technology Business Incubation.
Message from Dean’s Desk
Dr. E. Balasubramanian
(Dean R & D)
For more than two decades, Vel Tech has been carrying out academic and multidisciplinary research activities in diversified technology domains such as Additive Manufacturing, Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Bio Nano Technology and Bio-Sensors, Composite Materials and Metallurgy, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Image Processing and Deep Learning, Nano-materials and Coatings and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for diverse applications. Vel Tech promotes state-of-the-art multidisciplinary research among students and faculty members. Vel Tech has received grants worth of more than 5000 lakhs from diverse funding agencies such as DST, DBT, DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, CPRI, BRNS, IEI, MSME, TNSCST and other International Collaborations (Indo – Taiwan, Indo – France, Indo – Canada and Indo – Korea).
The National Education Policy (NEP) focuses on developing a robust ecosystem of multidisciplinary research in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). The thrust areas such as biotechnology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, energy, and 3D printing need to be focused on enhancing the R&D of our country. The societal challenges such as providing clean drinking water, sanitation, improving air quality, and infrastructure monitoring are to be addressed effectively with high-quality interdisciplinary research. The overarching aim of NEP is to enable a culture of research to pervade through HEIs across our nation. As per UN agenda, contribution towards SDGs through research, teaching, and practical activities is the need of the hour. Thus, the institute addresses the need for NEP and SDGs by investing in the development of quality resources, manpower, technologies, and anchoring multi-stakeholder practices.
Team – Office of Research & Development
Mr. S. Vishnu Kumar
Coordinator – Sponsored Project
Asst. Prof. Dept of ECE
E: drdoffice1@veltech.edu.in
M: 8754484206
Project Management | E-Submissions
Mr. T. Ravichandran
Coordinator – Sponsored Project
Asst. Prof. Dept of Auto.
E: drdoffice2@veltech.edu.in
M: 8754416297
Funding Opportunities | Bill Processing
Mr. T. Udhaya Kumar
Coordinator – Research Publications
Asst. Prof. Dept of Civil
E: ipr@veltech.edu.in
M: 9384827331
IPR & TT | Publication Metrics
Mr. N. Murugunachippan
Coordinator – Vel Tech SEED Fund
Asst. Prof. Dept of Auto.
E: drdoffice@veltech.edu.in
M: 9384827331
Vel Tech SEED Fund | Publication Metrics
Publication Cell
The Publication Cell coordinates researchers from various Departments/Centre/Institutes to publish scholarly papers, articles, and books as per the institute’s guideline. The cell facilitates identifying faculties and students and encourage them for their outstanding contribution in publications, by providing financial assistance for analytical and characterization process. Technical guideship in using modern tools for manuscript preparation are also rendered time to time.
Publication Support-Tools
Vel Tech has the state of the art- plagiarism checker that can detect plagiarism from billions of web pages as well as from different academic databases. This lets you know whether or not your text contains duplicate content. Our Premium plagiarism checker highlights passages that require citations and gives you the resources you need to properly credit your sources.
- Vel Tech has active subscriptions of world’s leading citation database- Scopus & Web of Science.
- Scopus Database is an Elsevier’s abstract and citation database launched in 2004, which covers nearly 36,377 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health sciences.
- Web of Science, previously known as Web of Knowledge is a database of bibliographic citations from Taylor & Francis. of multidisciplinary areas that covers the various journals of medical, scientific, and social sciences including humanities
Publication Incentive
- As per the institute norms a faculty based on their category are expected to publish minimum number of publications per year as below.
| Category | Minimum Compliance Per Calendar Year |
| Category – A (Research Faculties) | 4-Scopus indexed or 2-SCI indexed |
| Category – B (Faculties with Doctorate) | 3-Scopus indexed or 1-SCI indexed & 1-Scopus indexed |
| Category – C (Faculties with Masters) | 2-Scopus indexed or 1-SCI indexed |
- Publications made by faculty members above minimum compliance are identified and encouraged for their outstanding contribution as per research policy guidelines
Faculties with Highest Impact Factor
| S.No. | Faculty Name | Department | Designation | Title | Journal | Impact Factor | Year of publication |
| 1 | Dr. Pradeep Reddy | Physics | Assistant Professor | Sr-and Fe-substituted LaMnO3 Perovskite: Fundamental insight and possible use in asymmetric hybrid supercapacitor | Energy Storage Materials | 20.83 | 2022 |
| 2 | Dr. A. Bakiya | ECE | Associate Professor | Mathematical Modelling to Assess the Impact of Lockdown on COVID-19 Transmission in India: Model Development and Validation | JMIR public health and surveillance | 14.56 | 2020 |
| 3 | Dr. A. Kathiravan | Chemistry | Associate Professor | Interaction of anthraquinone dyes with lysozyme: Evidences from spectroscopic and docking studies | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 14.22 | 2010 |
| 4 | Dr. K Jagajjanani Rao | Biotechnology | Associate Professor | A force to be reckoned with: a review of synthetic microswimmers powered by ultrasound | Small | 13.28 | 2015 |
| 5 | Dr. R. Ravi kumar | Biotechnology | Professor | Development of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotusflorida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw under solid state condition | Bioresource Technology | 11.89 | 2017 |
Students with Highest Impact Factor
| S.No. | Student Name | Department | Title | Journal | Impact Factor | Year of publication |
| 1 | Mr. MeghaGuptha | Biotechnology | Potential of phytocompounds from Brassica oleracea targeting S2-domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteins: Structural and molecular insights | Journal of Molecular Structure | 3.84 | 2022 |
| 2 | Mr. Kamlendra Vikram | Mechanical Engineering | Hybrid Meta model-NSGA-III-EDAS Based Optimal Design of Thin Film Coatings | Computers, Materials & Continua | 3.77 | 2021 |
| 3 | J Shanuja | Biotechnology | Optimization of the One-Step Green Synthesis of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Athyrium filix femina Extract Using the Taguchi Method | BioNanoScience | 3.63 | 2021 |
| 4 | Mr. S. Ramamoorthy | Physics | Evaluation of photocatalytic and corrosion properties of green synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles | Journal of Materials Science | 2.7 | 2022 |
| 5 | Nishant Kumar Nath | Mechanical | Design modification of three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbine for noise reduction | International Journal of Ambient Energy | 2.23 | 2022 |
Most Cited Publications
| S.NO | NAME | DEPARTMENT | TITLE | JOURNAL | CITATIONS |
| 1 | Dr. Sundarapandian. V | Maths | Chaos Modeling and Control Systems Design | Studies in Computational Intelligence | 338 |
| 2 | Dr.Kumar.V | Civil Engineering | Hydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater contamination in the rapid urban development areas of Coimbatore, India | Water Resources and Industry | 143 |
| 3 | Dr.Arul prakasajothi.M | Mechanical Engineering | Emissions analysis on mahua oil biodiesel and higher alcohol blends in diesel engine | Alexandria Engineering Journal | 133 |
| 4 | Dr. Bharani chandar. J | Mechanical Engineering | Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites for automobile accessories | American Journal of Environmental Sciences | 112 |
| 5 | Dr. Balasubramanian. E | Mechanical Engineering | Health Monitoring of Civil Structures with Integrated UAV and Image Processing System | Procedia Computer Science | 109 |
Top Five Publications
| S.NO | NAME | DEPARTMENT | PUBLICATION COUNT |
| 1 | DR. SUNDARAPANDIAN. V | MATHS | 603 |
| 2 | DR.K.LOGESH | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 120 |
| 3 | DR. BALASUBRAMANIAN. E | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 108 |
| 4 | Dr.KANAK KALITA | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 101 |
| 5 | Dr. KATHIRAVAN. A | CHEMISTRY | 100 |
TOP h – INDEX – Faculty
| S.NO | NAME | DEPARTMENT | h- INDEX |
| 1 | Dr. SUNDARAPANDIAN. V | MATHS | 106 |
| 2 | Dr. KATHIRAVAN. A | CHEMISTRY | 28 |
| 3 | Dr.HARISH. V | AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING | 25 |
| 4 | Dr.ARUL PRAKASAJOTHI.M | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 20 |
| 5 | Dr.KANAK KALITA | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | 18 |
Sponsored Research Cell
The Sponsored Research Cell coordinates, Research Projects at Vel Tech that are sponsored by National & International Institutions and Industries. Various Research Centre are established in Research Park to host these projects. So far more than 5000 lakh worth grants have been sanctioned to Vel Tech. Currently the institute has 25+ ongoing projects from various GoI agencies such as DST, DBT, DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, CPRI, BRNS, IEI, MSME, TNSCST. Also, the institute had attracted international sponsored projects like Indo – Taiwan, Indo – France, Indo – Canada and Indo – Korea.
Our Thrust Areas
- Additive Manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Bio Nano Technology and Bio-Sensors
- Composite Materials and Metallurgy
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Image Processing and Deep Learning
- Nano-materials and Coatings
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
- Water Quality Analysis
List of Sponsored Projects & Events
Funded Research projects at Vel Tech are sponsored by National/International Institutions and Industries, Research labs are occupied with these projects
Call for Proposals
| Sl.No | Link | Start Date | End Date | |
| 1 | DBT | Call for Proposals in Vaccine R&D_0.pdf (dbtindia.gov.in) | 22/12/2022 | 20/01/2023 |
| 2 | Advt_Human Genetics Diseases_0.pdf (dbtindia.gov.in) | 19/12/2022 | 31/01/2023 | |
| 3 | Advertisement for Call for Proposal under AI -Agriculture & Plant Science.pdf (dbtindia.gov.in) | 08/12/2022 | 21/01/2023 | |
| 4 | DST | Call for proposals on Hydrogen Valley Platform in India | Department Of Science & Technology (dst.gov.in) | 03/10/2022 | 31/03/2023 |
| 5 | India-EU Joint Call for Proposal | Department Of Science & Technology (dst.gov.in) | 30/12/2022 | 29/03/2023 | |
| 6 | BIRAC | BIRAC-Call For Proposal | 01/01/2023 | 15/02/2023 |
| 7 | BIRAC-Call For Proposal | 01/01/2020 | 31/12/2023 |
Major Sponsoring Agencies
IPR & TT Cell
The Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer Cell proactively works to foster an atmosphere of knowledge creation through research and innovations along with the Institute’s educational goal. It provides opportunities; by facilitating the protection of intellectual properties created by the faculties/students through their research pursuit. The cell actively works on activities related to evaluation and filling of patents, copyrights and design. The Institute has an array of technologies / IPR developed through Research and Development work and the cell is responsible for assessing commercial potential of the technology, identifying the market avenues and delivering the benefits of research to industry and society. We provide information about the different opportunities for Industries to collaborate and associate with us either through a technology transfer, sponsored research project or through a consulting project. We invite you to explore the technologies and benefit by collaborating with us.
Focus
• Foster an IPR culture consistent with the educational mandate of the university.
• Guidance to institute personnel on filling of patents, copyrights and design.
• Encourage Commercialization and Licensing activities for intellectual assets created.
Procedure to Apply a PATENT under Institutes’s 100% Financial Aid Scheme
• Inventors (Faculty/Staff/Student/Alumni) can download the Invention Disclosure Form (IDF) from website and need to submit duly completed forms (both hardcopy & softcopy) to IPR cell.
• IPR Cell Co-ordinator will do initial Patent Search and the details will be shared to Dean-R&D.
• On approval from Dean-R&D, the Patent will be filed and the entire cost will be borne by Institute.
• There are two types of filling: Provisional & Complete.
• Provisional Specification (PS) is filed to make sure that the innovations claimed is submitted to patent office and protected. Hence, they will not be claimed by others. It is valid for 12 months. If the provisional specification is not carry-forwarded and applied as complete, then it will be cancelled.
• Complete Specification (CS) is to claim all the innovations in a single step directly without applying for provisional specification. In case earlier only provisional specification was applied, then to confirm all the claims submitted CS is again filled.
• The Patent filing Procedure Flowchart is shown below for better understanding.
Technology Transfer
Vel Tech has an array of technologies / IPR developed and are available for commercial exploitation through Technology Transfer, Licensing of IP, Start-up/Incubation, taking the idea forward through a commercial stage. Visit the technology transfer page for more details.
KAPILA Scheme
The IPR-Cell has registered under the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell-KAPILA Scheme (Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness). The scheme provides financial assistance to the faculty members of this institute for filing patent. So far twelve patents have been applied under this scheme.
IPR Events
The institute’s IPR Cell hosted a webinar on IPR-Awareness under the sponsorship of AICTE on 22nd June 2022. The webinar was conducted by Mr. Devendra Kumar Deshmukh, Examiner of Patents & Designs Intellectual Property Office – Chennai. The aim of the webinar was to sensitize and strengthen the IP ecosystem in educational institutes, thus creating a culture of systematically protecting new ideas, research, and innovation having national and global relevance.
 | Dr. Balasubramanian Esakki (Detailed Profile) Robotics | UAV| 3D Printing | Control Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for Autonomous System Research (CASR)
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 | Dr. M. Arulprakasajothi (Detailed Profile) Thermal management | Energy storage Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for Thermal Management
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 | Dr. S. Christopher (Detailed Profile) Design of Pumps | Cavitation Studies | Solar Pumping Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for Solar Water Pumping
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 | Dr. K. Jagajjanani Rao (Detailed Profile) Green Nanotechnologies | Applied Biotechnology | Water Treatment| Multifunctional Materials Associate Professor | Department of Biotechnology Lead | Bio-Incubator Facility | C/o Center for Interfaces & Nanomaterials
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 | Dr. G. R. Kanagachidambaresan (Detailed Profile) IoT | Expert systems Professor | Department of CSE Head | Centre for IoT and Expert Systems
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 | Dr. Kanak Kalita (Detailed Profile) FEM | ML Metamodels | Optimization | MCDM Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for FEM and CFD Simulations
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 | Dr. Kathiravan Arunkumar (Detailed Profile) Photochemistry | Nanomaterials | Solar cells | Sensors Associate Professor | Department of Chemistry Head | Centre for Molecular Photoscience
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 | Dr. Mugesh Sankaranarayanan (Detailed Profile) Biochemical Engineering | Metabolic Engineering | Synthetic Biology Associate Professor | Department of Biotechnology Head | Centre for Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology
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 | Dr. R. Naren Shankar (Detailed Profile) Supersonic Jet Mixing | Applied Gas Dynamics Associate Professor | Department of Aeronautical Engineering Head | Centre for Computational Aerodynamics and Shock Waves
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 | Dr. D. Neelamegam (Detailed Profile) Signal Processing | Spectroscopy | BIA | Bio-Medical Optics Associate Professor | Department of ECE Head | Centre for Biomedical Spectroscopy
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 | Dr. Pavithra Ekambaram (Detailed Profile) Material Characterization | Bellows | Metal Forming Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Advanced Computing Laboratory
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 | Dr. R. Prasanna (Detailed Profile) Graphene | Antennas | Printed Electronics | Electronic Materials Assistant Professor | Department of Electronics & Communication Engg. Head | Centre for Antenna and Electronic Materials
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 | Dr. A. S. Praveen (Detailed Profile) 3D printing of ceramics | Tribology | Thermal spray coating Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for Composite Research (CCR)
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 | Dr. D. Rajamani (Detailed Profile) Additive manufacturing | Composite materials | Optimization Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Centre for Autonomous System Research
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 | Dr. R. Ravikumar (Detailed Profile) Bioenergy and Bioproducts Professor | Department of Biotechnology Head | Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Developments
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 | Dr. Sachin Salunkhe (Detailed Profile) Additive Manufacturing | Artificial Intelligence | Sheet Metal Dies | High Strain Rate Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering Head | Centre for Metal Forming
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 | Dr. A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson (Detailed Profile) Industrial Automation | Machine Learning | Image Processing & Process Control Professor | Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Head | Centre for Industrial Automation
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 | Dr. Tarangini Korumilli (Detailed Profile) Food Science & Technology | Green Technologies | Applied Microbiology | Microbial Pigments | Biosorption Assistant Professor | Department of Biotechnology Head | Center for Biomaterials & Environmental Biotechnology
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Research Space
Vel Tech promotes state-of-the-art multidisciplinary research among students and faculty members. Vel Tech Research Park houses well-established National facilities, Centres of Excellence, and Cutting – Edge Laboratories to promote research among students and faculty members. Vel Tech has received grants worth Rs 5000+ lakhs from diverse funding agencies such as DST, SERB, DBT, DST-NSTEDB, MeitY, DRDO, ISRO, CSIR, DST-CII-GITA, ICSSR, AICTE, TNSCST, CPRI, MSME, IE, and other International Collaborations (Indo – Taiwan, Indo – France, Indo – Canada, Indo – Korea). Sophisticated laboratories were established at Research Park in association with various organizations and industries. Over 20 research labs are fully functioning at Research Park with active Industry-Academia collaboration. To name a few, the Dassault System Lab, Centre for Autonomous System Research, 3D Printing and Scanning Lab, Cyber Security Lab, Artificial Intelligence Lab, and Green Synthesis and Novel Bio & Nanomaterials Lab.
Institute provides funds for filing provisional, complete specifications until the patent is granted. Seed grant is offered to the faculty members to perform preliminary research, procurement of research equipment, software, and other research activities. The research team of Vel Tech was involved in the development of UAVs in association with the University of Victoria, Canada, and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), South Korea, for bridge inspection and water quality monitoring. Indo – France research collaboration focused on the development of Electric Bike. A high-speed bearing test facility developed with GTRE funding of 188 lakhs is well utilized for testing the bearing of HAL, CVRDE, and GE. 25 Research Projects worth more than Rs. 600 lakhs funded by DBT, DRDO, DST, ISRO, SERB, Central Power Research Institute, and TNSCST are ongoing. IPR cell has filed 141 patents, out of which 14 are granted, and 114 are published. Vel Tech received Rs. 180+ lakh from Non-Govt. agencies and Rs. 700+ lakh from Govt. agencies for the pursuit of Research in the last five years.
