EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Structural Engg.) , IIT Madras, India
M.S. (Structural Engg.) , IIT Madras, India
B.E., Civil Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Deputy Director,Steel Lab,CSIR-Structural Engg. Research Centre, Chennai-113 (2008-2010)
Scientist, Steel Lab, CSIR-Structural Engg. Research Centre, Chennai 113 (1989-2008)
Visiting Associate Professor, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2005
Lecturer, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India, 1984 -1986
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Advanced design methods for cold formed steel structures
Computational methods for postbuckling using secant matrix technique
Experimental evaluation of steel structure behavior
Postbuckling behavior of thin walled open sections