Name                   : Dr.R.Kesavan

Designation           : Professor 

 Qualification         : Ph.D.

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 Area of Interest     :  Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Purchasing and Materials Management,Probability  and Statistics, Management sciences,Process Planning and Cost Estimation

• Education Qualification

    

  Degree	Branch/Specialization	Class	Year of Passing	College	University
  Ph.D	Mechanical Engineering		2004	CEG,              Guindy	Anna University, Chennai
  MBA		First       Class	1990	Department of Management Studies, Madras University	Madras University
  M.E	Production Engineering	First & Distinction	1986	Madras Institute of Technology, Chrompet	Anna University
  B.E	Mechanical Engineering	First Class	1979	College of Engineering, Guindy	Madras University

   

• Experience

   

   

  Post Held	Period		Total service		College
  	From	To	Year	Month
  Professor	01.01.2009	Till Date	7	6	Madras Institute of Technology
  Associate Professor	01.01.2006	03.12.2008	3		Madras Institute of Technology
  Assistant Professor	07.08.2004	31.12.2005	1		Madras Institute of Technology
  Lecturer/Selection Grade	24.05.2002	06.08.2004	2		Madras Institute of Technology
  Lecturer/Senior	24.05.1996	23.05.2000	4		Madras Institute of Technology
  Lecturer	24.05.1990	23.05.1996	6		Madras               Institute of   Technology
  Production Engineer	14.11.1979	22.05.1990	12		Ashok Leyland

• Publications

   

   INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

   

  Sl. No	Author name	Title	Journal name	Volume	Page	Year
  36	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Computation of Availability and Performance of Wind Turbine with Markov Analysis in India	Advanced Materials research Journal	488-489	1702-1707	2012
  35	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Reliability  Analysis of sub-assemblies for wind turbine at High Uncertain Wind	Advanced Materials research Journal	433-440	1121-1125	2012
  34	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Computation of Reliability and Birnbaum Importance of components of a Wind turbine at High Uncertain Wind	International Journal of Computer Applications	Vol.32, No.4	42-49	2011
  33	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Analysis of Failure and Reliability for constant speed and constant pitch Wind Turbine	ASME Digital Library DOI:10.1115/1.859797	Paper 91	617-621	2011
  32	C. Elanchezhian, B. Vijaya Ramnath, Dr. R. Kesavan	Vendor Evaluation Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Technique	International Journal of Computer Applications	Volume 5– No.9		2010
  31	B. Vijaya Ramnath, C. Elanchezhian, Dr. R. Kesavan	Suitability Assessment of Lean Kitting Assembly through Fuzzy Based Simulation Model	International Journal of Computer Applications	Volume 4 – No.1		2010
  30	P Suresh, R Kesavan	Analysis of Supply Chain Network Using RFID Technique with Hybrid Algorithm	Journal of Computing	Volume 2, Issue 3		2010
  29	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Reliability Evaluation and Importance of components of Pitch Controlled Rotor system of Variable Pitch and Constant speed wind Turbine	International journal of manufacturing Science and Engineering(IJMSE), International Science Press ISSN:0976-6812	Vol.1,No.2	43-47	2010
  28	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Value Stream Mapping-A Tool for Implementing Lean Manufacturing for an Engine Assembly Line	Impact journal of Science and Technology	Vol.4, No.1	1-10	2010
  27	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process to select Lean-Kitting assembly for an Engine Assembly	AIMS International journal of Management	Vol.4, No.2	301-315	2010
  26	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Suitability assessment of Lean Kitting Assembly through Fuzzy Based Simulation Model	International Journal of Computer Applications	Vol.5, No.1	25-31
  25	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Application of Integer Programming Model for Optimizing Design Facility using Lean Manufacturing (A Case Study)	International Journal of Reliability Quality and Operations Management	Vol.1	95-107	2010
  24	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Optimal Batch Size Model for a constrained Changeover Time	International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering	Vol.3, No.5	33-36	2010
  23	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Selection of Optimal Assembly method using Multi-Dimensions Decision-Making Model	Journal of Computing	Vol.2, No.9	68-73	2010
  22	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	A group decision making AHP model for optimizing assembly system through Lean Manufacturing	International Journal of management Research and Technology	Vol.3, No.1	239-250	2009
  21	R Kesavan, P Suresh	Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lumbar Spine Using Pro/E software	International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Health care Informatics (IJCIHCI)	Vol.1, No.1	50-56	2008
  20	R.Kesavan, Dr.K.Krishniah, and K.Ravikumar	Optimizing of Lifting Posture	International Journal of Management and Systems	Vol.19, No.1		2003
  19	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Reliability Measures of constant pitch constant speed Wind Turbine with Markov Analysis at High Uncertain Wind	International Conference On Modelling Optimization And Computing	Vol.38	932-938	2012
  18	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	FMEA system deployment in a Wind Turbine at High Uncertain Wind Environment	Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nano science 19(8):2166-2169 ·	Vol.19, No.8	2166-2169	2013
  17	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Availability Analysis of Wind Turbines and its Sub-Assemblies with Markov Analysis at Uncertain Wind	Advanced Science Letters	Vol. 19, No.8	2210-2214	2013
  16	B. Vijaya Ramnath, C. Elanchezhian, Dr. R. Kesavan	A Multi Attribute Decision Making Model for Selecting Suitable Assembly Method among Line side, Lean-kitting and Kanban assembly	Management Science Letters	Vol.1	65-72	2011
  15	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Vibrational Analysis of a Constant Speed and Constant Pitch Wind Turbine	Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering and Technology		429-443	2012
  14	B. Vijaya Ramnath, C. Elanchezhian, Dr. R. Kesavan	Reverse engineering system for generator engine parts	International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, (Inderscience publication)	Vol.2, No.2/3	113-128	2011
  13	P Sathish, R Kesavan	Banana Fibre Reinforced Composite: A Review	International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Engineering and Technology	Vol. 2, Issue 10		2015
  12	PS Reddy, R Kesavan	Investigate of Mechanical properties of Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite	International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Engineering and Technology	Vol. 2, Issue 10		2015
  11	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	Sensitivity Analysis of Wind Turbine availability and its sub-assemblies at High Uncertain Wind	International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562	Volume 10, Number 11		2015
  10	S.R.Vijayakumar, Dr.R.Kesavan, P.Senthil Kumar	Pull Flow Manufacturing: A case study of Automotive Industry	International Journal on Concurrent Applied Research in Engineering and Management
  9	Sunder Selwyn, T. and Kesavan, R	FMECA Analysis of Wind Turbine using severity and occurrence at High Uncertain Wind in India	International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562	Volume 10, Number 11		2015
  8	P.Suresh, R.Kesavan	Design of Open Loop Supply Chain Model for Optimum Question paper Delivery system Using Hybrid K-Means GA with SA	International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
  7	C. Elanchezhian, B. Vijaya Ramnath, Dr. R. Kesavan	Vendor Evaluation Using Multi Criteria Decision Making Technique	International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887)	Volume 5– No.9		2010
  6	C. Elanchezhian, B. Vijaya Ramnath, Dr. R. Kesavan	Vendor Selection Using Analytical Hierarchy Process In Supply Chain Management	Journal of Engineering Research and Studies			2010
  5	P Suresh, R Kesavan	Analysis of Supply Chain Network Using RFID Technique with Hybrid Algorithm	Journal of Computing	Volume 2, Issue 3		2010
  4	B. Vijaya Ramnath, C. Elanchezhian, R. Kesavan	A multi attribute decision making method for selection of optimal assembly line	Management Science Letters	Volume 1 Issue	65-72	2011
  3	Selwyn, T. Sunder; Kesavan, R.	Failure Modes and Effects Analysis System Deployment in a Wind Turbine at High Uncertain Wind Environment	Advanced Science Letters	Vol. 19, No.8	2166-2169	2013
  2	P. Sathish, R. Kesavan , B. Vijaya Ramnath, C. Vishal	Effect of Fiber Orientation and Stacking Sequence on Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics of Banana-Kenaf Hybrid Epoxy Composite	Silicon		1-9	2015
  1	P.V. Krishnan, B. Vijaya Ramnath, K. Maran, R. Kesavan	Wastage Reduction through Lean Manufacturing in Head Lamp Casing Manufacturing Process	Applied Mechanics and Materials	Vol. 766-767	1196-1200	2015

   

   

  NATIONAL JOURNALS

  Sl. No	Author name	Title	Journal name	Volume	Page	Year
  16	V.Manojkumar, Dr.R.Kesavan, S.Kalyanakumar,	Analysis and Improvement of overall equipment Effectiveness in Automatic Fettling Machine	National Journal on Advances in Building Sciences & Mechanics	Vol. 5 No. 2		2014
  15	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Application of Kanban system for implementing Lean manufacturing (a case study)	Journal of Engineering Research and Studies	Vol.1, No.1	138-151	2010*
  14	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Lean Manufacturing for cycle time reduction in an assembly shop	Journal of Manufacturing Technology Today, CMTI	Vol.9, No.6	11-17	2010
  13	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Impact of Lean manufacturing on improving productivity of auto components manufacturing industry	Journal of Manufacturing Technology Today, CMTI	Vol.89, No.5	20-26	2009
  12	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Inventory Optimization using kanban system- A case study	ICFAI Journal of Business Strategy	Vol.6, No.2	56-68	2009
  11	R Kesavan, P Suresh	Integration of GA with SA techniques to design an optimal supply chain distribution network	The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management(IJSCM)	Vol.V, No.2	50-57	2008
  10	R Kesavan, P Suresh	Modelling and Optimization of Asymmetric Travelling Salesman Problem by SA	Industrial Engineering Journal	Vol-I, No.3	41-44	2008
  9	C. Elanchezhian, R.Kesavan, S.Gajendran and S.Sampath Kumar	Applicationof JIT Concept for Cellular Manufacturing	Journal of Industrial Engineering	Vol-XXXVI, No.1	6-13	2007
  8	C. Elanchezhian, R.Kesavan, S.Gajendran and S.Sampath Kumar	Scrap Reduction in Coiler Machine	Journal of Industrial Engineering	Vol-XXXVI, No.7	36-39	2007
  7	P.Suresh, R.Kesavan	Ergonomic Experimental Analysis of Eye Strain on VDT Users: A Strategic Prevention Perspective	ICFAI Journal of Business Strategy	Vol.IV, No.3	63-72	2007
  6	R.Kesavan, Dr.K.Krishniah, S.Saravana Perumal	Ergonomic Design of Computer Operator Chair	Industrial Engineering Journal	Vol-XXXIV, No.9	12-18	2005
  5	R.Kesavan, Dr.K.Krishniah, K.Ravikumar	Ergonomic Studies on Effect of loss of sleep on Human Performance	Industrial Engineering Journal	Vol-XXXXI, No.10	15-22	2002
  4	R.Kesavan, Dr.K.Krishniah, N.Manikandan	Ergonomic studies on Eye Strain on Visual Display Terminal Users	Industrial Engineering Journal	Vol-XXXXI, No.11	12-15	2002
  3	R.Kesavan, Dr.K.Krishniah, and T.C.Prabhu	Ergonomic Studies on Industrial Noise	Industrial Engineering Journal	Vol-XXX, No.5	2-7	2001
  2	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	Setup Time and changeover  Time Reduction through Lean Manufacturing Concept-Single Minute Exchange Die: SMED	Industrial Engineering Journal
  1	R. Kesavan, B. Vijaya Ramnath and C. Elanchezhian	A framework for assessing cost effectiveness using Lean and AHP-a case study	Industrial Engineering Journal

   

• Conferences attended

   

  Year	Title	Conducted/Attended	Duration(Days)
  2010	International Conferences on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME 2010)	Attended	3
  2010	International Conferences on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications	Attended	3
  2010	International Conferences on Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM 2010)	Attended	2
  2010	International Conferences on Advances in Mechanical Engineering(ICAME)	Attended	3
  2010	International Conferences on Advances in Industrial Engineering Applications	Attended	1
  2010	Proceedings of World academic press  for International Conferences on Innovation, Management and Service (ICIMS)	Attended	3
  2009	International conference on Innovation Enhancing Quality of Line	Attended	2
  2008	International conference on issues and Challenges in Supply Chain Management	Attended	3
  2008	International Conferences on Logistics  and Supply Chain Management (ILSCM)	Attended	3
  2008	International Conferences on Logistics  and Supply Chain Management	Attended	3
  2008	International Symposium On Global Trends In Biomedical Informatics Research, Education And Commercialization	Attended	2
  2008	Proceedings of International Conference on Global business strategy in competitive Environment	Attended	2
  2008	Proceedings of International conference FAME-2008	Attended	1
  2007	International conference on Modelling and Simulation	Attended	3
  2004	Proceedings of International Conferences on Logistics  and Supply Chain Management	Attended	1
  2002	International conference on Manufacturing	Attended	3
  2002	International seminar on Innovation-The corporate mantra in the Era of Globalization	Attended	1
  2002	International Seminar on Galloping of Indian Services towards Global standards	Attended	1
  2012	National conference on Contemporary approaches in Mechanical Engineering	Attended	1
  2012	National conference on Contemporary approaches in Mechanical Engineering	Attended	1
  2012	National Conference on Advancements in Mechanical, Mechatronics and Management Systems, AIMMMS	Attended	1
  2011	National conference on Recent Advances in Communication, Electrical and Electronics and Information Technology	Attended	2
  2011	National conference on Advances in Design & Manufacturing Science	Attended	2
  2010	National conference on Recent Innovations in Production Engg	Attended	2
  2010	National conference on Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engg	Attended	1
  2010	National conference on Innovative Technologies in Mechanical Engg	Attended	1
  2009	National conference on Recent Trends in Manufacturing Technology	Attended	1
  2009	Proceeding of National conference on Recent trends in manufacturing Technology	Attended	1
  2008	Advances in Robotics, Precision Engineering & Manufacturing Techniques	Attended	1
  2008	Advances in Robotics, Precision Engineering & Manufacturing Techniques	Attended	1
  2008	National conference on AIMMS’08	Attended	1
  2008	National conference on AIMMS’08	Attended	1
  2008	Advances in Robotics, Precision Engineering & Manufacturing Techniques	Attended	1
  2008	Current Trends in Computer Applications	Attended	1
  2007	Theory and Practice of Operational research in Information Technology and Supply Chain Management	Attended	3
  2007	National conference on R-TEMMP	Attended	1
  2007	National conference on R-TEMMP	Attended	1
  2007	National conference on AIMMS’08	Attended	1
  2007	National conference on Recent Advances in Design Engineering	Attended	1
  2006	National conference on recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering	Attended	1
  2006	National conference on the Impact of Information Technology on Manufacturing	Attended	1
  2004	National conference on “Modeling and Analysis of Production systems”	Attended	1
  2004	National conference on “Advancement of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering”	Attended	1
  2004	National conference on “NCDCM-2004”	Attended	1
  2001	National conference on “Advances in Integrated Manufacturing Systems”	Attended	1
  2000	National Seminar on “Advances in Integrated Manufacturing Systems”	Attended	1
  1998	National conference on Advances in Automobile Engineering	Attended	1
  1998	National conference on Manufacturing System Design and Business Process Reengineering	Attended	1

   

• Seminars / workshop attended

  Sl. No.	Title	Conducted/Attended	Seminars/ symposium/workshop	Date
  1	Advanced in Robotics, Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Techniques	Attended	Seminar	14th & 15th March, 2008
  2	Recent trends in Non- Destructive Evaluation of Materials	Attended	Seminar	24th & 25th March, 2008
  3	Recent Advances in unmanned Air Vehicles 2008	Attended	Seminar	22nd to 25th September,2008
  4	SERC School on Precision Engineering	Attended	Seminar	2001
  5	Summer School Operation and Maintenance of Industrial Instrumentation Systems	Attended	Seminar	1998
  6	Summer School  on CAD	Attended	Seminar	1998
  7	Programme on Advances in Plastics and Rubber Processing	Attended	Seminar	1998
  8	QIP Programme on Aspects of Non-Linear Functional and Applicable Analysis	Attended	Seminar	1998
  9	Short Term Training Programme on Computer Graphics , Vasavi College of Engineering	Attended	Seminar	1998
  10	Short Term Programme on Quality awareness	Attended	Seminar	1991
  11	Short Term Programme on Supervisory Development	Attended	Seminar	1983
  12	Workshop on Value Engineering	Attended	Workshop	1991
  13	Indo-German Workshop on Advanced Technologies	Attended	Workshop	3-4 Dec, 2009
  14	Non-Destructive Evaluation of Materials	Conducted	Workshop	24-03-2008 to 25-03-2008

   

   

  FDP Program

   

  Sl. No.	Title	VENUE	Date
  1	Applied Hydraulics and Pneumatics	MIT Campus Chennai	13-06-2011 to 19-06-2011
  2	Engineering Metrology and Measurements	MIT Campus Chennai	07-06-2010 to 14-06-2010
  3	Operation research (Conducted)	MIT Campus Chennai	14-12-2009 to 22-12-2009
  4	Indo –German on Advanced Technology ( Workshop)	MIT Campus Chennai	03-12-2009 to 04-12-2009
  5	Recent Advances in Unmanned Air Vehicles	MIT Campus Chennai	22-09-2008 to 25-09-2008
  6	Advances in Robotics, Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Techniques	MIT Campus Chennai	14-03-2008 to 15-03-2008
  7	Summer School on CIM	MIT Campus Chennai	1992

   

• Books Publication

  Year	Title of the book	Publisher Name
  2004	Principles of Management	Eswar Press, Chennai
  2005	Process Planning and Cost Estimation	New Age Publishers, New Delhi
  2005	Engineering Economics and Financial Accounting	Lakshmi Publishers Ltd, New Delhi
  2005	Engineering Management	Eswar Press, Chennai
  2008	Total Quality Management	International Publishing House Pvt Ltd., New Delhi
  2008	Engineering Economics and Cost Analysis	Anuradha Publishers, Chennai
  2008	Production Planning and Control	Anuradha Publishers, Chennai
  2010	Machine Tools	Laxmi Publications Ltd., Chennai

• Guided

   

  Degree		TOTAL NUMBER
  Ph. D	Completed	6
  	Thesis submitted	0
  	On roll	8
  M. E		40
  B. Tech		60