Speaker

Biography

Dr. S. Ananda Kumar, completed his PhD from Anna University and postdoctoral studies from Demont Fort University, UK and Institute of Polymer Composites of University of Minho Portugal. He served as the Assistant Director of Centre for Entrepreneur Development, Anna University. He has more than 65 publications in reputed journals and has contributed eight book chapters for international publishers like CRC (USA), Apple Academic Press (USA), Wiley (Germany) and also served as an editor for the book "Eco-friendly Nano-Hybrid Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications. He has completed several national and international projects funded by DST, DRDO and Anna University. He received "Active Researcher Award for the year 2014 from His Excellency (Late) Dr. A P J Kalam for his outstanding contribution in nano-hybrid coatings and composites. His team won the Runners-up Award for technology Innovation in Nanomaterials from Honorable Central Minister Anandh Kumar in the year 2015 during APM 2015 held in Bangalore. Recently he received Technology Innovation award 2021 from Honorable Education Minister of Tamil Nadu. He recently awarded Scientist Medal by IAAM, which he received in Sweden, Stockholm on 28th August2023