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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

DRDr. 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.
CategoryMinimum 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
CategoryC
(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 NameDepartmentDesignationTitleJournalImpact FactorYear of publication
1Dr. Pradeep ReddyPhysicsAssistant ProfessorSr-and Fe-substituted LaMnO3 Perovskite: Fundamental insight and possible use in asymmetric hybrid supercapacitorEnergy Storage Materials20.832022
2Dr. A. BakiyaECEAssociate ProfessorMathematical Modelling to Assess the Impact of Lockdown on COVID-19 Transmission in India: Model Development and ValidationJMIR public health and surveillance14.562020
3Dr. A. KathiravanChemistryAssociate ProfessorInteraction of anthraquinone dyes with lysozyme: Evidences from spectroscopic and docking studiesJournal of Hazardous Materials14.222010
4Dr. K Jagajjanani RaoBiotechnologyAssociate ProfessorA force to be reckoned with: a review of synthetic microswimmers powered by ultrasoundSmall13.282015
5Dr. R. Ravi kumarBiotechnologyProfessorDevelopment of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotusflorida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw under solid state conditionBioresource Technology11.892017

Students with Highest Impact Factor

S.No.Student NameDepartmentTitleJournalImpact FactorYear of publication
1Mr. MeghaGupthaBiotechnologyPotential of phytocompounds from Brassica oleracea targeting S2-domain of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoproteins: Structural and molecular insightsJournal of Molecular Structure3.842022
2Mr. Kamlendra VikramMechanical EngineeringHybrid Meta model-NSGA-III-EDAS Based Optimal Design of Thin Film CoatingsComputers, Materials & Continua3.772021
3J ShanujaBiotechnologyOptimization of the One-Step Green Synthesis of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Athyrium filix femina Extract Using the Taguchi MethodBioNanoScience3.632021
4Mr. S. RamamoorthyPhysicsEvaluation of photocatalytic and corrosion properties of green synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticlesJournal of Materials Science2.72022
5Nishant Kumar NathMechanicalDesign modification of three-blade horizontal-axis wind turbine for noise reductionInternational Journal of Ambient Energy2.232022

Most Cited Publications

S.NONAMEDEPARTMENTTITLEJOURNALCITATIONS
1Dr. Sundarapandian. VMathsChaos Modeling and Control Systems DesignStudies in Computational Intelligence338
2Dr.Kumar.VCivil EngineeringHydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater contamination in the rapid urban development areas of Coimbatore, IndiaWater Resources and Industry143
3Dr.Arul prakasajothi.MMechanical EngineeringEmissions analysis on mahua oil biodiesel and higher alcohol blends in diesel engineAlexandria Engineering Journal133
4Dr. Bharani chandar. JMechanical EngineeringNatural fiber reinforced polymer composites for automobile accessoriesAmerican Journal of Environmental Sciences112
5Dr. Balasubramanian. EMechanical EngineeringHealth Monitoring of Civil Structures with Integrated UAV and Image Processing SystemProcedia Computer Science109

Top Five Publications

S.NONAMEDEPARTMENTPUBLICATION COUNT
1DR. SUNDARAPANDIAN. VMATHS603
2DR.K.LOGESHMECHANICAL ENGINEERING120
3DR. BALASUBRAMANIAN. EMECHANICAL ENGINEERING108
4Dr.KANAK KALITAMECHANICAL ENGINEERING101
5Dr. KATHIRAVAN. ACHEMISTRY100

TOP h – INDEX – Faculty

S.NONAMEDEPARTMENTh- INDEX
1Dr. SUNDARAPANDIAN. VMATHS106
2Dr. KATHIRAVAN. ACHEMISTRY28
3Dr.HARISH. VAUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING25
4Dr.ARUL PRAKASAJOTHI.MMECHANICAL ENGINEERING20
5Dr.KANAK KALITAMECHANICAL ENGINEERING18

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

Visit funded projects webpage

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.

Visit the Technology Transfer Webpage

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)

Email ID.:balasubramaniane@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Balasubramanian Esakki – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Balasubramanian, Esakki – Author details – Scopus
Dr. M. Arulprakasajothi (Detailed Profile)

Thermal management | Energy storage

Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Head | Centre for Thermal Management

Email ID.:arulprakasajothi@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪‪M. Arulprakasajothi – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Mahalingam, Arulprakasajothi – Author details – Scopus
Dr. S. Christopher (Detailed Profile)

Design of Pumps | Cavitation Studies | Solar Pumping

Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Head | Centre for Solar Water Pumping

Email ID.:drschristopher@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Dr. Christopher Stephen – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Christopher, Stephen – Author details – Scopus
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

Email ID.:drjagajjananirao@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Dr. K Jagajjanani Rao – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Jagajjanani Rao, K. – Author details – Scopus
Dr. G. R. Kanagachidambaresan (Detailed Profile)

IoT | Expert systems

Professor | Department of CSE

Head | Centre for IoT and Expert Systems

Email ID.:drgrkanagachidambaresan@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Kanagachidambaresan, G. R. – Author details – Scopus
Scopus ID:‪Kanagachidambaresan G.R – ‪Google Scholar
Dr. Kanak Kalita (Detailed Profile)

FEM | ML Metamodels | Optimization | MCDM

Assistant Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Head | Centre for FEM and CFD Simulations

Email ID.:drkanakkalita@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:Kalita, Kanak – Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Kalita, Kanak – Author details – Scopus
Dr. Kathiravan Arunkumar (Detailed Profile)

Photochemistry | Nanomaterials | Solar cells | Sensors

Associate Professor | Department of Chemistry

Head | Centre for Molecular Photoscience

Email ID.:drakathiravan@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:​Arunkumar Kathiravan – Google Scholar
Scopus ID:​Kathiravan, Arunkumar – Author details – Scopus
Dr. Mugesh Sankaranarayanan (Detailed Profile)

Biochemical Engineering | Metabolic Engineering | Synthetic Biology

Associate Professor | Department of Biotechnology

Head | Centre for Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology

Email ID.:drmugeshs@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪‪Mugesh Sankaranarayanan – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Sankaranarayanan, Mugesh – Author details – Scopus
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

Email ID.:narensankar@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Naren Shankar – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Naren Shankar, R. – Author details – Scopus
Dr. D. Neelamegam (Detailed Profile)

Signal Processing | Spectroscopy | BIA | Bio-Medical Optics

Associate Professor | Department of ECE

Head | Centre for Biomedical Spectroscopy

Email ID.:drdneemegam@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Dr. Neelamegam Devarasu – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Neelamegam, D. – Author details – Scopus Preview
Dr. Pavithra Ekambaram (Detailed Profile)

Material Characterization | Bellows | Metal Forming

Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Head | Advanced Computing Laboratory

Email ID.:drepavithra@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Dr.E.Pavithra M.E., MBA, Ph.D., – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Pavithra, E. – Author details – Scopus
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

Email ID.:rprasanna@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Dr.Prasanna Ram – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Ram, Prasanna – Author details – Scopus
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)

Email ID.:draspraveen@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:Praveen A. S. – Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Praveen Ayyappan Susila – Author details – Scopus
Dr. D. Rajamani (Detailed Profile)

Additive manufacturing | Composite materials | Optimization

Associate Professor | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Centre for Autonomous System Research

Email ID.:drajamani@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:>‪D Rajamani – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:>Rajamani, D. – Author details – Scopus
Dr. R. Ravikumar (Detailed Profile)

Bioenergy and Bioproducts

Professor | Department of Biotechnology

Head | Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Developments

Email ID.:drravikumarr@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪‪Ravikumar Rajarathinam – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Ravikumar, R. – Author details – Scopus
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

Email ID.:drsalunkhesachin@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:Sachin Salunkhe – Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Sachin Salunkhe – Author details – Scopus
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

Email ID.:aselwinmich@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Selwin Mich Priyadharson, A. – Author details – Scopus
Scopus ID:‪Dr. A. Selwin Mich Priyadharson – ‪Google Scholar
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

Email ID.:drktarangini@veltech.edu.in
‪Google Scholar:‪Tarangini Korumilli – ‪Google Scholar
Scopus ID:Korumilli, Tarangini – Author details – Scopus

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.

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