Prof. Sakthidaran, passed BE from ACCET, Karaikudi, MTech from IIT, Madras and Diploma in Management from AIMA, New Delhi. He has served 29 years in a Public Sector Undertaking MECON Ltd. He has experience in design, project engineering & management and R&D. He has completed several R&D projects for Dept of Science & Tech and Steel Plants. He has worked in the field of iron & steel, non-ferrous, petro-chemical, defense and power generation.
He has good knowledge in electronics and trouble-shooting that helped design many import substitutes for industry.
His passion for “automation” resulted in many papers in conferences organized by industry and professional bodies.
He has developed software with CASE tools in Germany as early as in 1984.
He is a life fellow of IE (India) and Senior Member of IEEE (USA). He is a IBM certified Database Associate (IBM DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals) and IRCA (UK) certificated QMS 2000 Lead Auditor.
His communication has appeared in IEEE Computer, IEEE Software and Today’s Manager of Singapore Institute of Management.He has a patent to his credit. He has published several papers in national and international seminars, magazines and journals. His major contribution is in the field of automation.
He has traveled widely in Russia, Germany, France and Netherlands.
He is the Vice Chairman of IEEE’s Engineering Management Society, Madras chapter.
His biography has been published in Marquis (USA) “Who is who in the world – 2007, 2008, 2009, “Who is who in Engineering & Technology - 2008” and “Who is who in America – 2009".
He was a member of ICT (Information, Communication & Technology) Panel, CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Madurai for the year 2007-2008.
He is a Member of Editorial Board of “Open Software Engineering” Journal of Bentham Science Publishers Limited.
He also serves as part time consultant to industries.
He has successfully guided students to win “The Great Mind Challenge – 2007” organized by IBM, India.
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