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:
- Thermo-chemical conversion of solid fuels
- Bio-Char applications
- Energy efficient technologies
- Renewable Hydrogen Production
- 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:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=igB-nfUAAAAJ
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