Dr. Jaganathan VM

Dr. Jaganathan VM

Qualification

Examination Board / University Year Division/ Grade Subjects
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2019 First class Mechanical Engineering
M.E College of Engineering, Guindy campus 2009 First class Energy Engineering
B. E Anna University 2006 First class Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience

Job Title Employer From To
Assistant Professor Department of Energy and Environment, NIT Tiruchirappalli-15 March 2020   Till date
Post-Doctoral Fellow Indian Institute of Technology Madras November 2019 March 2020
Assistant Professor R.M.K College of Engineering and Technology June 2012 December 2013  
Design Engineer Fichtner Consulting Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd Jan 2011 May 2012
Senior Engineer Wipro EcoEnergy Pvt. Ltd June 2009 Jan 2011
Graduate Engineer Trainee Super Auto Forge Pvt. Ltd December 2006 August 2007

Awards and Honors

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization
2022 Best Faculty Award for the year  2021 - 2022 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India
2019 TCS best project award Shastra-TCS Innovation event held at IIT Madras on 2019
2019 Won Best paper award(titled "Extinction of non-premixed 'volatiles' flame: Experiments on single biomass particles and connection to counter - current flame propagation in packed beds") International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER)-IIT Bombay on 2019


Areas of Interest:

  1. Thermo-chemical conversion of solid fuels
  2. Bio-Char applications
  3. Energy efficient technologies
  4. Renewable Hydrogen Production
  5. Energy storage methods

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution From To
Member in Institute Security and Safety Advisory Committee National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 09.03.2023 Till Date
Member In LAC Committee National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 08.12.2020 23.03.2023
Faculty Advisor Of Environmental Club National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 28.07.2021 Till date
Institute Level SOP Coordinator National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 22.09.2020 Till date
Warden For Jasper And Coral Hostel Hostel/ National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 23.11.2021 Till date
Department Timetable Coordinator Department of Energy and Environment/NIT/ Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
Department MIS Coordinator Department of Energy and Environment/ NIT/ Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
Panel Member Of PhD Selection Committee Department of Energy and Environment/ NIT/ Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
PG Project Evaluation Committee Member Department of Energy and Environment/ NIT/ Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
Department Guest Lecture Coordinator Department of Energy and Environment/ NIT/ Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
Purchase Committee Member Of DEE Plan Fund Department of Energy and Environment/NIT/Tiruchirappalli 01.07.2020 Till date
Department Level SOP Coordinator Department of Energy and Environment/NIT/Tiruchirappalli 22.09.2020 Till date
PhD Admissions Committee National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli May 2022 Till date
Data Insights Team National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 04.01.2022 Till date

Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University

Position Institution From To
Member of the Doctoral Committee VIT, Vellore 17.06.2022 Till date
Subject matter expert Mepco Schlenk Engineering college, Sivakasi 02.10.2022 02.10.2022

Details of Academic Work

(i) Curriculum Development :

  • Curriculum Development (done in Board of Studies 2022):
  • New M. Tech courses added : (1) EN 652 – Applied thermodynamics, (2) EN 649 - Carbon Sequestration techniques and (3) EN653 - Hydrogen Energy
  • New M.Tech lab experiments: (1) Biomass thermos-chemical conversion – An experimental study and (2) Heat Pipe Characterization Studies
  • New B.Tech Minor course : ENMI21 – Green cooling technologies

 

(ii) Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels

S. No. Name of the theory Courses Taught Session No. of Credits No. of Students UG/PG
1 Energy Storage systems (ENMI18) Jul 2022 3 33 UG- Minor
2 Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies (EN603) Jul 2022 3 21 PG and PhD
3 Power Plant Engineering(ENMI11) Jul 2020 & Jan 2022 3 59 UG-Minor
4 Advanced Fossil Fuel Technologies (EN649) Jul 2020 3 15 PG
5 Wind and Hydro power systems (EN646) Jan 2021 3 15 PG
6 Hydrogen and Fuel cell technology(ENMI20) Jan 2021 3 55 UG-Minor
7 Air Conditioning& Refrigeration(EN619) July2021 3 12 PG
8 Energy and Environmental Engineering(ENIR11) July2021 2 64 UG
9 Energy and Environmental Engineering(ENIR11) Jan 2022 2 130 UG

 

(iii) Projects guided Postgraduate at level

S.No. Title of the Thesis Guide / Co-Guide Roll Number of Student
1 Computational Analysis Of R134a And R1234yf In Bi-Evaporator Vapour Compression Refrigeration System With Regenerator Guide 202319002
2 Design And Development Of Biomass Combustion System For Calcination Of Limestone And Biomass Availability Survey In India Guide 202319017
3 Prediction Of Burn Rate Of Biomass Using Unified Ignition-Devolatilization Model Guide 202319011
4 Solar E-Vehicle Development Guide 202320013
5 Simulating And Analysis Of A Pulsating Heat Pipe Using CFD Guide 202320010
6 Design, Development And Characterization Of Magneto-Mechano -Electric Generators Using 3D Printing For Energy Harvesting Guide 202320019
7 Techno Economical Analysis Of Municipal Solid Waste Gasification Guide 202320008
8 Investigation On Yield Of Producer Gas From Various Biomasses In Fixed Bed Gasifier Guide 202320008
9 Parametric Study And Characterization Of Heat Pipe Using CFD And Experiments Guide 202320010

Details of Projects

(A) R & D Projects

Title of Project Funding Agency From To Status
Biomass driven trigeneration system for improving the livelihood of Scheduled Tribes at Athanavur village, Yelagiri Hills Department of Science&Technology (DST) 2021 Till date Ongoing
Design and development of a fully automated prototype of the IITM Biomass Gasification system Gas Authority of India Limited(GAIL) 2022 Till date Ongoing
Development of Ammonia based Flexible heat pipe for space application Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) 2022 Till date Ongoing
Bio-char from Gasification of Biomass for Sustainable Agriculture(SEED GRANT ) SEED GRANT /NIT/Tiruchirappalli 2021 Till date Ongoing
B3D Toys India Private Limited (Start-up) CEDI 2022 Till date Ongoing

(B) Consultancy Projects

Title of Project Funding Agency From To Status
Survey of Availability, Quality for biomass of relevance to cement industry (Phase II) FL Smidth Germany November 2020 March 2022 Completed
Physical model study for a 500 MW Anpara Power plant ESP TryCAE Industrial Engineering Pvt.Ltd. August 2021 Till date Completed

Number of PhDs guided/currently guiding

Name of the PhD Scholar Title of PhD Thesis Role (Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor) Year of Award
P Kannan Design, Development, And Characterisation Of Polymer-Based Flexible Heat Pipe For Next Generation Electronic Devices. Supervisor Ongoing
K Manoj Prabhakar Synthesis and Characterization of value added products from biomass Supervisor Ongoing
S Mahalakshmi Biochar applications in Agriculture Supervisor Ongoing

Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc. (mentioning the role)

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Role (Participant/ Speaker/ Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other) Event Organized by Venue
December,2021 Conference International International AOSFST 2021 – 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, University of Queensland, Australia Brisbane, Australia
December,2019 Conference International Paper presenter 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2019) Bombay India
April, 2017 Conference International Paper presenter 11th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers Portugal
November, 2015 Conference National Paper presenter NCICEC Dehradun India

Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/ Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Date (s) Role Venue
A self sponsored Skill Development Workshop on 3D modeling and Printing  National 15.12.2022 to 16.12.2022 Organizer National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Familiarization, Handling and Training on Sophisticated Analytical and Energy Audit Instruments for Engineers (Virtual Mode) - under KARYASHALAScheme - ASERBinitiative and sponsored event National 18.10.2021 to 24.10.2021 Coordinator National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
ATAL FDP on “Biomass to Fuels, chemicals and Value-added products for sustainable energy and environmental future” National 20.12.2021 To 24.12.2021 Coordinator National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization
Delivered a guest lecture titled "Role of MSME's in design and development of Indigenous STEM toys" 23rd Feb 2023 One day Awareness Programme on Indigenous Toy Design and manufacturing" under MSME innovation Design Scheme, Vilachery, Madurai, India. 
Delivered a technical session titled " Hydrogen Utilization and storage methods" 08th Feb 2023 One week self-sponsored workshop on "Current trends in Energy Storage and Electric vehicle Technologies" by Department of Energy and Environment, NIT Trichy, India
Guest speaker on " Biomass gasification - Basics and future reaserch directions" 05th Feb 2023 Value Added Program titled, "Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Systems (RET-S2)" by School of mechanical engineering (SMEC), VIT Vellore, India
Delivered a technical lecture titled " Theoritical and Experimental aspects of Bomb calorimeter" 03rd Feb 2023 DST STUTI sponsored one week workshop on "Advanced material chracterization" organized by NIT Trichy in association with NIT Warangal, India.
Delivered a technical session titled " Familiarization with CHNSO analyzer and Bomb calorimeter" 23rd Jan 2023 One week self-sponsored high end workshop on "Sophisticated Analytical and Testing Instruments" by Department of Energy and Environment, NIT Trichy, India
Keynote speaker on "The Indian Energy Scenario - current trends and future perspectives" 02nd Dec 2022 ICSSR sponsored one day National seminar on " Environment @75: Net Zero Emission by 2050"  by IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram, Tamilnadu, India  
Keynote Session on "Futuristic Energy Strategies and Targets towards Sustainability - A Indian Perspective" 01st Dec 2022 International Conference on Research Advances in Engineering and Technology, Musaliar College of Engineering and Technology, Kerala, India 
Renewable hydrogen from Biomass 27th May 2021 Association of Energy Engineers, VIT Vellore, Vellore, India
Biomass gasification – basics and Future Research Directions 26th April 2021 School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC) , VIT Vellore, Vellore, India
Biomass Gasification - facts and Future Research 9th July 2020 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, India

Publications

(A) Refereed Research Journals

Author(s) Title of Paper Journal Volume (No.) Page numbers Year Impact Factor of the Journal (Optional)
Pandi, K and Jaganathan, V.M Experimental analysis of a heat pipe-assisted flexible heat transfer device Heat Mass Transfer  60 1045-1058 2024  
Kannan Pandi , V.M. Jaganathan , S. Suresh , Akhil Krishnan S.R Experimental analysis and simulation of passive flexible heat transfer device International Journal of Thermal Sciences 199 108902 2024  
V M Jaganathan, D Sakthi Vadivel and Others Energy analysis and carbon dioxide mitigation potentialof biomass‑driven combined power, cooling, and cooking systemsfor rural applications, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03565-z  Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery - 1-18 2022 4.987
V M Jaganathan, Godwin Glivin and others Performance of fuel cells using biogas and its sensitivity analysis

Materials Today: Proceedings

66(3) 1537-1551 2022 1.46
V M Jaganathan, Ambatipudi Mani Kalyani and S.Varunkumar The phenomenon of flame jump in counter-current flame propagation in biomass packed beds - experiments and theory Combustion Science and Technology 194 1199 To 1212 2020 2.174
V M Jaganathan and S.Varunkumar A novel self-sustained single step process for synthesizing activatedcharfromligno-cellulosicbiomass Fuel Processing Technology 208 106516 2020 8.129
Ambatipudi Mani Kalyani, V M Jaganathan &Varunkumar S Mechanisms governing the gasification to char oxidation transition in counter-current flame propagation in packed beds: insights from single-particle experiments Particulate Science and Technology 39 490 To 494 2019 2.356
V M Jaganathan, Omex Mohan, S.Varunkumar Intrinsic hydrogen yield from gasification of biomass with oxy-steam mixtures International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 44 17781 To 17791 2019 7.139
V M Jaganathan and S Varunkumar Net carbon-di-oxide conversion and other novel features of packed bed biomass gasification with O2/CO2 mixtures Fuel 244 545 To 558 2019 8.035
VMJaganathan,KalyaniAM & Varunkumar.S Unifiedignition-devolatalizationmodelfor fixed bedbiomass gasification/combustion Energy Procedia 120 643 To 648 2017 2.63

(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings

Author(s) Title of Abstract/ Paper Title of the Proceedings Page number Conference Theme Venue Year
V.M Jaganathan, S Varunkumar, R. Varun Kumar, Juan Cuevas and Cristian Maluk The phenomenon of Extinction of Timber – Experiments and theory Easy Chair Preprint 7782 AOSFST 2021 – 12th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology Australia 2021
VMJaganathan,KalyaniAM & Varunkumar.S Unifiedignition-devolatalizationmodelfor fixed bedbiomass gasification/combustion Energy Procedia 643 To 648 INFUB - 11th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers, INFUB-11 Portugal 2017

(C) Books & Monographs

Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph Name of Publishers Year of Publication ISSN/ISBN Number
Dr. Jaganathan VM and Dr. Varunkumar S Recent Advances in Packed-bed Gasification of Lignocellulosic Biomass Springer 2022 ISSN 2522-8374 ISBN 978-981-16-8681-8

Any other (Extracurricular Activities/ Social activities)

Date (s) Title of Activity Level of Event (International/ National/ Local) Role Event Organized by Venue
2019 Tamil short story National Won best Tamil short story winner Karka Kasadara Tamil confluence   Indian Institute of Technology  Madras
2020 E Content Development National Participated Government Of India  Ministry Of Human Resource Development (MHRD)  Chennai
2021 Singing Local Second prize winner National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (Women day) NIT  Tiruchirappalli
2022 Palmyra seeds plantation Local Faculty Coordinator LEAP (Environmental) Club, NIT Trichy. Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FiqCnM8VV1JyhS7a9 Behind JASPER boys hostel, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
2022 Environmental Awareness camp at Government School Local Faculty Coordinator LEAP (Environmental) Club, NIT Trichy.  Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Axd94e2bsBBxvk8LA REC, Middle shool, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

 

Web links:

  • Google Scholar

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  • Research Gate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaganathan_Vm2

Contacts Deatils

Dr. Jaganathan VM

Assistant Professor

Department of Energy and Environment

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli – 620 015

Tamilnadu, India

Telephone : +91 - 431 - 2503134                   

Email: vmjagan@nitt.edu