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Prof. P Vivekananda Shanmuganathan

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Interests

Mechatronics and Automation
Robotics and Multibody Dynamics

Mechatronics and Automation, Robotics and Multibody Dynamics

Education

1992

Government College of Engineering, Turunelveli,

India

1996

PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore,

India

2003

PhD

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,

India

Experience

July 2020–June 2021 - Dean – School of Technology, Woxsen University, Hyderabad.
July 2017–June 2020 - Professor, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore.
Jan 2009-June 2017 - Professor, VIT University, Vellore.
2013-2017 - Local Coordinator, Erasmus Mundus Partnerships (India-Europe and Asia-Europe) and Erasmus+ (Riga Technical University, Latvia)
2010-2007 - Coordinator – International Relations (School of Mechanical Engineering), VIT University, Vellore.
2009-2011 - Chair – Mechatronics Division, VIT University, Vellore.
2005-2007 - Coordinator-Post-Graduate Programmes (Mechanical and Building Sciences), VIT University, Vellore.
Feb 2004–Dec 2008 - Associate Professor, VIT University, Vellore.
Dec 2004 - Technical Chair, 21st AIMTDR Conference, Vellore.
June 2003–Feb 2004 - Senior Assistant Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology.
1996–2002 - Institute Research Scholar, IIT Bombay.
1994-1996 - Teaching Assistant, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Sept 1993–July 1994 - Research Associate - PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Research Interests

Modelling and simulation of various Legged robots and exoskeletal devices
Robot Vision and Visual Servoing
Rehabilitation robotics

Awards & Fellowships

2013-2016 - Erasmus Mundus Academic Staff Fellow, Politechnico di Milano, Italy
1996-2000 - Institute Research Scholarship, IIT Bombay
1994-1996 - GATE Scholarship, PSG College of Technology
Nov 2022 - Best paper presentation award Ayan, N, Pranav, P., & Shanmuganathan, P.V. Development of digital twin interface for a collborative robot. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS, CONTROL, AUTOMATION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (RCAAI-2022), MIT Manipal.

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Association of Machines and Mechanisms
IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
Institution of Engineers (India)
Indian Society of Technical Education

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vivekananda.s@srmap.edu.in

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