Research & Development Cell
Nurturing interdisciplinary research culture and encouraging collaborations at national and international level to achieve the highest ethical standards in research.
Research Officers
Meet the dedicated team driving research excellence at VMRF(DU)
Dr P.Shankar
Dr P.Shankar is presently Director (Research) at Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed to be University). Dr Shankar is a prolific researcher cum teacher with National and International credentials. He obtained his Bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering from PSG College of Technology (1985-89) and PhD (2001) from Indian Institute of Science. He worked on CVD deposition of Diamond films for his post doctoral research at University of Nijmegen, Netherlands (2001-2002).
Dr Shankar has served as a senior scientific officer (Scientific Officer G) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research for nearly 19 years before shifting to a full time position in educational institutions since 2008. He has served as adjunct visiting faculty at University of Arkansas during the period 2012-2016. During his tenure at IGCAR, Kalpakkam ( Department of Atomic Energy), he has made several pioneering contributions in the field of characterization of advanced nuclear materials and in the development of novel surface engineering processes that are in use in our nuclear reactors. He has over 90 publications in refereed journals and atleast another 60 presentations in Conferences. He has 2 patents and is coauthor of 3 books.
His passion for education and to motivate students has been the driving force for him to take up full time responsibility as Academic administrator giving up a coveted post at Atomic Energy. In the last 15 years, he has been instrumental in introducing innovative changes in regulations to make the students industry ready and globally competitive.
He has won several awards including Young Metallurgist award 2002 (by Indian Institute of Metals), Young Engineer Award 2000 (by Indian National Academy of Engineers), Shiksha Bharathi Puraskar Award 2010, Mother Teresa Excellence Award 2012, etc. He has visited several countries on invitation including USA, Netherlands, UK, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, Korea, South Africa, etc. He has served as member of DST Indo-Brazil-SA trilateral nano initiative for a period of 2 years during 2006-08.
His passion is to implement new strategies and directions in higher education to strengthen the intellectual capacity of our Nation.
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Prof.Dr.R.Indra Gandhi
Dr.R.Jaichandran
Dr.R.Jaichandran is currently working as Deputy Director Research-VMRF and Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology (AVIT), Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (VMRF), Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, and India. He obtained his B.Tech degree in Information Technology in from Madras University in the year of 2004, M.E. in Computer Science and Engineering in first class with distinction from Anna University in the year 2006. Obtained Ph.D., in Computer Science and Engineering from Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation (Deemed to be University) in the year 2017. He has 18 years of experience in academics, industry, research, and development activities. He has held various positions as Assistant professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Head of the department, and Deputy Director Research. His area of Interest includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Block Chain Technology, Big Data Analytics, Cyber Security, Internet of Things (IoT), but not limited to.
He has developed many innovative projects in the area of Internet of Things and Machine learning. Some of his projects got selected for AICTE- Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards in 2019 and 2018. Selected as regional winner (South Zone) and exhibited the project at Nation Level Convention held at AICTE headquarters, New Delhi on 20th and 21st January 2019. Received grants for executing innovative projects from reputed organizations like Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, and Computer Society of India. 5 patents are granted, 2 patents are in published state and 2 patents are in filed state. Published 74 research papers in referred Journals and Conferences indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE, UGC Care, Google Scholar, etc. Published 1 book and 5 book chapters. Guiding Ph.D., Scholars in VMRF, Phd., awarded to 1 research scholar, 7 research scholars are doing research in emerging areas like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Block Chain Technology, etc. He has attended 84 Faculty development programs /Workshops/ Seminars. Delivered 35 Special lecturers in various reputed organizations. Peer reviewed manuscripts for many reputed international Journals / Conferences.
He was awarded as discipline star in Computer Science & Engineering by NPTEL in January-April 2021. Awarded A+ Grade two times by Infosys in Campus Connect Train the Trainer Program. Received Best Researcher Award - TESFA 2017 - Received from Honorable Chief Minister of Pondicherry Thiru V. Narayanasamy. Won Best Project Award in VISAI 2013 – International Project Competition and Exhibition. He is member in Computer Society of India (CSI), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE), Member in International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP), The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC).