EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Mr Suyambazhahan was born in Nagercoil (Nangooranpilavilai Village), Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India, had his schooling and Diploma in the same town, and graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1996 from the Institution of Engineers (India), Calcutta, India.

Mr Suyambazhahan obtained his ME (Thermal Engineering) Degree in 1998 with first class and distinction and University first rank in the ME Degree at Annamalai University. He pursued his doctoral programme in India's premier institution, "Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)," and obtained his PhD Degree (Heat Transfer) within 3 years in 2004. Starting as a Lecturer in 1988, he became a Senior Lecturer in 1996 at Polytechnic Colleges and Indian Engineering College, a Senior Project Officer in 2000 at IIT Madras, and a Professor in 2003 at Anna University Affiliated Engineering College (AUAEC).

Dr Suyambazhahan has a total of 36+ years of experience, 22+ years as a Professor, and 16+ years of leadership experience as a Principal & Group Director at reputed Institutions in India and abroad. Also, He worked as a Research Professor in ABET-accredited international universities for 4 years. Currently, working as the Group Director of a group of 14 Colleges in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, including Engineering, Arts and Science, Medical, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Dental, Agricultural, Polytechnic, Nursing, and B.Ed. Colleges etc.

Dr Suyambazhahan has rendered excellent academic service in higher education institutions and has deep involvement in research in the "thermo-fluids" field and has carried out research projects with titles of "Thermal hydrodynamic analysis of thermal striping in the hot and cold pools of liquid metal fast breeder reactor and " Thermal-hydraulic analysis of intermediate heat exchanger" along with his PhD research in jet instability at IIT Madras. His work on the numerical modelling for fluid flow and heat transfer using the CFD tool in ANSYS-FLUENT software relating to jet flows for cooling applications received considerable acclaim.

Dr Suyambazhahan was recruited as Team Leader by Tata InfoTech at the IIT Madras campus interview after PhD-2004. Considering his aged parents and family responsibilities, he was not able to relocate and join; meanwhile, he was recruited by Prof. A. Kanagaraj, Chairman, Jaya Group of Institutions, as Professor and Principal in 2004 for establishing his Engineering College located in the rural place Kanchipadi village, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India. He took charge as Principal for the first time at LCR College of Engineering (Now JAYA Institute of Technology), located in Kanchipadi village, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, on 10.09.2004. When he joined, only 27 students were studying in 4 branches in the college. He took it as a challenge to bring more admissions through the students and parents by providing good service. His vision is to develop the institution into the best and most competitive among those in the Thiruvallur district. He prepared various guidelines and systems for all kinds of academic and non-academic activities of the college, trained the faculty accordingly, and implemented them, which harvested a 100% result in Anna University Examinations. This is the first and best achievement in his first service as Principal, and the admission started to increase and reached around 800+ students within 3 years. Also, he systematically transformed the "Rural Students" into highly motivated Graduates with Professional Competence. He served continuously for about 14+ years as Principal in Anna University-affiliated engineering colleges in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Then he started forming various committees and concentrated on all developmental activities of the college for overall growth. He created a good system to produce outcomes in all activities, such as academics, research, administration, etc., of the college. Then, he formed IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) for quality education for the students as well as to convert the college into a quality education center.

Dr Suyambazhahan organized the Faculty Development Program (FDP) periodically to improve teaching quality for the faculty. Faculty orientation was organized for the new faculty who joined the college with senior faculty in the department for easy adoption into the college system, as well as to improve their teaching performance to a level nearly equal to that of the senior faculty. He gave an Academic orientation training program for all faculty members at the beginning of each semester, which brings a uniform procedure in TLP in all departments/colleges for the equal benefit of all the students studying in the college. He has formed 33 committees headed by coordinators to take care of all activities for the overall growth of the College. Discipline is the most important thing in life, so a separate discipline and welfare committee and an Anti-Ragging Committee were formed to monitor the students as well as the faculty for discipline. Punctuality for the students attending college, classes, exams, and events, etc., as well as teachers going to classes on time, engaging in classes for the full duration, attending and organizing all events, meetings, etc., is well maintained and monitored successfully by him in the college. The effective functioning of these committees was monitored by him, and corrective measures were taken immediately so that discipline was maintained on the campus. A women's empowerment cell was formed by him to care for women and enrich the skills of female students and faculty, and organized various programs for them to improve their talents. By seeing the importance of women, more females prefer to study and work in the institution, so the women's strength was more in number than men in the college.

The committee meetings were conducted periodically to evaluate the progress of all committees for the improvement of the overall activities of the college. He has conducted HOI-HOD meetings weekly once to analyze TLP progress and other department activities. The weekly progress was analyzed, and he provided full support to improve the departmental activities. Also, new ideas were given to HODs for the development of the departments as and when required, and minutes of the meeting were circulated to all faculty for information and implementation. In turn, HODs have conducted HOD-Staff meetings in the department for implementing the points discussed in the meeting and outcome-based new ideas given by HOI to reach the stakeholders (students) through teachers for achieving their goals. The Best Department Award was sponsored and given by him in the college's annual day function to motivate all departments for good performance in all departmental activities. Also, he appoints class advisors to take care of students' absences, TLP, performance, and other class activities and follow-up procedures with HOD/HOI/Parents. The class advisor monitors students absent from class without proper and prior permission from the department from the first period to the last period, so that the parents are aware of their ward's absenteeism from the college and they trace it out immediately and inform the college. Due to this action, so many students' lives were saved from indisciplinary activities that happened outside the college. Thus, no students came under a shortage of attendance for writing the Anna University examination, and due to daily monitoring, good attendance (90-100%) was maintained; due to this, the TLP performance also improved. He used to send circulars for the class, produced 100% attendance in a day to all classes of the departments to appreciate the students, the class advisor, and the HOD of the class, and also to motivate the other classes/departments indirectly. The faculty advisor was assigned to a batch of students (5-10) depending on the students' strengths in a class to counsel and motivate them to concentrate on learning and other nonacademic activities.

Also, a separate counselling and motivation unit was formed and appointed a Counsellor and Doctor from outside to motivate the weak students for good learning, irrespective of their issues, by the students as medicated as and when required for their good health for learning and writing examinations without any difficulty. He has created a system and guidelines for daily work plans and completion for all employees working on the campus. The work completion must be reported to the concerned authority daily for checking the outcome as per the plan, and provide support wherever it is required to complete the task on time without any reason. For example, HODs must report to the Principal at least once a day at their convenience to explain the daily action plan and work completion. If any difficulties or support were required, he provided it immediately and was motivated to complete the assigned task. So, no difficulty and no reason for not completing the work on time as planned. Thus, no work was left behind (NWLB) for the next day. He goes for rounds at different times on the campus for monitoring all activities, and if he finds any deviations, the person/faulty who made the mistake is called along with the respective department HOD separately to know the reason for the mistake, to guide and help avoid such mistakes again, because his motto is to correct, not punish anyone. He did more field investigations, so there is no possibility of escaping anyone doing mistakes/deviating from the system/college activities.

A principal's daily work schedule was prepared by him for his daily duty, which includes administration, teaching the subjects, research activities, meeting the staff, students, parents, etc., so that anyone can easily approach him for their needs and support. He formed a Principal Grievance Cell (PGC) for students and staff to solve their grievances. If any grievances are posted through the grievance cell email, he immediately attends to them and solves them amicably, which creates a happy environment to study and work for them in the college. This helped improve all academic and non-academic activities of the college. So, within a short period, the college's overall growth/vision was achieved through teamwork. Thus, the college became a competitive institution among other institutions nationally. The development of the college in all aspects was communicated to each parent and the public through the students studying in the college. This helped to get 100% admission every year without any form of canvassing and minimized the cost of advertisement to the management.

The Class Committee Meeting (CCM) was conducted after every quiz/exam to evaluate the performance of the students and faculty for the effective teaching-learning process in terms of students' performance in each course as well as class and department performance for creating competitiveness among the departments for producing college overall good results. There are a few more analyses, such as microanalysis and bandwidth analysis were carried out to know the weak points in the studies of each student and supported them until they passed in all internal assessment examinations by all students and achieved "No students left behind" (NSLB). The students' performance report, including attendance, was sent to their parents after each exam so they could know their ward's performance in college. The parent-teacher meeting was conducted for slow learners and problematic students as and when required for their welfare. The students were categorized into 3 groups according to their performance in the first exam, to concentrate more on weak students, and to improve the results. Category A: students with the performance from 60-100%. Category B: 40-60%, and the remaining students in Category C (below 40%). The Category A students were concentrated on producing more University ranks; Category B was on the wall, i.e., they may fail or pass. So, more care was given to this category of students, and remedial classes were conducted for them to make all students pass the exam by providing necessary support according to their needs in learning. For category C students, a question bank with answers was given to learn, and more examinations were conducted until they passed the examination. Accordingly, 90-95% of the students cleared in the internal assessment examinations. The hostel students, both boys and girls, were monitored and helped with their studies by a hostel committee in charge of each department. The best performer in the hostels was appreciated at the hostel day function. Due to the above follow-ups and effective concentration and monitoring on TLP, the college's overall result improved from 57% to 82% in Anna University examinations. Thus, the college's rank enhanced from 157^th rank to 20^th rank out of 584 colleges under Anna University by implementing best practices, digital teaching using LMSs (MOODLE, MOOC, NPTEL Video, Smart Board, etc.) in the Teaching-Learning Process (TLP). He has managed 12 Department HODs, 6 UG (ECE, CSE, IT, MECH, EEE, CIVIL) and 6 PG (ME-CSE, ME-EST, ME-CS, ME-CAD/CAM, MBA and MCA), 264 faculty members, 300 staff, and 2945+ students who studied in the college during his Principal service from 2010 to 2015 successfully.

Dr Suyambazhahan arranged Guest lectures, Industrial visits, implant training, internship, and placement training for students related to current semester courses each semester by inviting industry and Institution experts to transfer academic and institutional knowledge from reputed Industry/Institutions such as TCS, Infosys, IITM, NIT, MIT, Anna University, etc. Also, the value-added courses of each department were conducted separately and taught content beyond the syllabus in each subject to make the students industry-ready. The students and faculty were motivated by prizes. Certificates, cash award/memento, etc., as and when required for their achievements and faculty performance appraisal, which motivate them and encourage them to perform well in their activities. The university rank holders and the teachers who produced 100% results in the Anna University examination in each semester were appreciated with a cash prize, certificates, and the best teachers award at the college graduation day function.

A separate exam cell was formed by him to conduct the examination and evaluations of internal and external (Anna University) examinations systematically. The examinations squad committee was also formed to monitor the conduct of internal assessment exams. By assessing his potential, skill, and ability, Anna University, he was appointed him as a Chief Superintendent for the conduct of university theory and practical examinations and camp officer for the central evaluation of Anna University examination papers. Further, he was appointed as a zonal coordinator for 25 Engineering colleges under the Anna University of Technology, Chennai. He was appointed to inspect the Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT), Chennai, in 2010 for the Anna University exam center approval.

A separate research and development committee was formed by him to enforce research activities on the campus through the students and faculty. He was given research orientation training to all faculty and HODs about how to start and do research, research methodology, writing the proposal to get the grant, articles for publication, patents for the grant, etc. He scheduled monthly research review meetings department-wise to present the research progress of the students, faculty, departments, and Institutional research, and provided support wherever required to achieve the outcome as per plan. Thus, the total research grant obtained from funding agencies was INR 3.94 Crores (558450 USD) during the period of his service from 2012-2015.

Dr Suyambazhahan trained all teachers to prepare a Self-Assessment Report (SAR) as per the guidelines, criteria, and documents for getting NBA accreditation for all departments of the college. The SAR was submitted and received NBA accreditation in November 2013 for all departments for 2 years and 5 years, respectively. Then he started preparing the Self-Study Report (SSR) with HODs for NAAC accreditation for the Institution and submitted the report to NAAC in September 2014. He obtained NAAC (A-Grade) for the College in January 2015 with a CGPA of 3.1/4 successfully. Further, it was aimed by him for the systematic planning, working, and documentation of all activities as per the criteria requirements for both NBA and NAAC accreditation. So, the faculty members who worked under him have more demand to work in other colleges. The accreditation promoted the institution in terms of admission, academic results, research grants, and placement for the benefit of the students, faculty, and Institution/Management. Also, AICTE approval and Anna University Affiliation application were prepared and submitted by him yearly, and he obtained Affiliation and Approval from Anna University and AICTE for the college successfully without any compliance for inspection.

A separate career guidance, training, and placement cell was established by him to create employment for all the students studying in the college. The placement training and communication skill development programme was included in the timetable to make all students attend the training compulsorily because the outcome of their education is to become an employee/employer (entrepreneur) after graduation/post-graduation. The skilled trainers were invited from outside to train the students for better placement. Also, the National Skill Development Corporation Programme (NSDC Star Scheme) was conducted on the campus for the students. Many companies, such as TCS, Infosys, CSC, Honeywell, etc., were invited to the campus for recruitment, including the Anna University placement drive. The students were categorized according to their performance for recruitment in Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III companies, category-wise. The students were permitted to apply to a particular category of company only according to their performance to get employment. The ideology was successfully worked out, and around 80% of the students were placed in various MNC companies, and a few of them started their own business/industry. Advisory Bureau was formed for conducting GRE classes, and an MOU was signed with Milestone Edcom, Chennai, for supporting the students willing to pursue their higher studies instead of a job after graduation from the college.

A semester academic calendar was prepared by him to conduct classes, exams, library hours, sports hours, placement training, and technical events such as seminars, symposiums, conferences (National and International), workshops, Guest lectures, etc. It was planned in such a way that daily one event was conducted by any department by inviting eminent persons from Industry and Government Institutions. The State level Science Exhibition and Project Exhibition in association with schools, colleges and research organizations (CVRDE) to educate the applications of the engineering education to the students which promoted the institution to the students' community of various schools and Arts and science colleges. The post events of all organized events were published regularly in newspapers, magazine, Anna University bulletin and social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn etc. which bring out the happenings in the college to the public platform and branded the institution nationally and internationally very easily.

The students are allowed to actively participate in Club activities/Cultural activities/Radio Mirchi, etc., to show and improve their talents in non-academic activities. A separate social service committee was formed by him to attend to and organize the community services inside and outside the college. There were 24 community services such as Blood Donation Camp in association with Lions Club, Diabetic Health Checkup, Eye Checkup, HIV Awareness, Computer Education to School and Village Students, Plastic Awareness Camp, Clean India Camp, Tobacco Awareness and Tree plantation etc. conducted inside and outside the campus (villages) through NCC and NSS/YRC/RRC units of the college to serve for the society in addition to their education during and after their studies. A separate NSO and Sports committee was formed by him under the coordinator (Physical Director/Directress) to motivate the students interested in sports and games. Daily practice was given to the students in various sports and games, and they participated in intramural and extramural sports activities and won many prizes at the national and international levels. Also, students from schools and other colleges were invited to the college campus and organized many events, including trophies and prizes, which were given to the winners. Since many sports activities were conducted in the college, the sports interested students choose this college for their studies. Special sports activities were conducted for students and staff at the end of the academic year, and various prizes were given to them at the sports day function. Thus, the students were given plenty of chances not only to learn to get the Degree but also to learn for a successful and happy life. That is, if the students join college, they get good Attitude, Skill, and Knowledge (ASK) for a successful life without depending on anyone. A separate Alumni cell was formed, and almost 90% of the alumni were registered in the forum. They were invited and organized for all technical events to transfer technology development from the industry to the institution for the benefit of their junior students. An alumni meet was conducted annually by inviting all alumni, and various events were conducted, and finally, the Best Alumnus Award was given to them according to their achievements in their careers after graduation from the college.

There were 30 MOUs signed with various industries and international universities, which include 3 International Universities [Carnegie-Mellon University, USA, University of Leicester, UK, Zurich City Business School, Switzerland, etc.] and 27 Companies, 2009-2015, to share the technology from the international universities and industries with the teachers and students for their best performance. The eminent speakers from the industry and institutions (National and International) were invited to the campus using MOUs to deliver a seminar, guest lecture, chairing for conferences, workshops, symposium etc. which gave good learning and working ambience to the students and faculties as like learning and working in reputed organizations such as IITs, NITs, IIITDMs, etc., even though they didn't get the admission or chance to study and work in such reputed Institutions. Professional Body, Academia, and Industry Interaction Committee was formed by him and organized various activities through professional bodies such as CSI, IEEE, IETE, SAE, ASME, etc., and faculty training by industry people as well as industry people were trained by faculty so that the industry and Institutions are well-bridged for the implementation of technology transfer on both sides up to date. Thus, the students who studied as well as the faculty members who worked under him acquired good talents/skills and technical knowledge, which helped them secure better employment and a good future for the students and faculty of the Institutions.

Dr Suyambazhahan is a recognized Supervisor in 5 Universities: Anna University, Sathyabama University, St Peter's University, Vinayaga Missions University, and AMET University for guiding PhD and MS Research Scholars. He is doing collaborative research with national and international universities and research organizations (DAE). He established the Anna University Recognized Research Centre for 5 (Mech., ECE, EEE, and CSE) Departments in SA Engineering College. He was a reviewer of 10 International Journals, including the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, International Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Journal of Waste and Biomass Valorization, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Journal of Computational Science, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Thermal Science and Engineering Process, and Journal of Thermal Engineering. He has published 6 research Patents (3 Australian and 3 Indian Patents). He has published 5 textbooks in Mechanical Engineering so far for the benefit of students and faculty. He has received 5 awards for "best Academic and Administrative Service" from National bodies (AIAF, NIC, GAF, Who's Who and ESN Publications) and "Best Researcher Award" for "best research publications" from International Research Awards on Science, Health and Engineering (SHEN).

Due to his successful service in the higher education sector, he becomes a member of the board of Studies in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Chennai, Bombay Science & Research Education Institute, Bombay, Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology, Result Passing Board- Anna University, Paper scrutinizing board Annamalai University, Panel member of selection of faculty members in various Engineering Colleges, Expert Committee for Inspection for affiliation and Accreditation and PhD Curriculum Setting Committee, Adama Science and Technology University. He was invited as a chief guest to many Colleges/Universities for various events, such as conferences and symposia, in Higher Education Institutions. He delivered 27 lectures in different Colleges/Universities and Media (Pothigai TV, Sun TV, etc.). He has also organized 156 seminars, National and International Conferences, workshops, symposiums, etc. in various departments/colleges for the development and promotion of the college as well as for the benefit of the students and faculty. He wrote 19 Articles for the benefit of the students, staff, and society and published them in the College Magazine and newspaper magazine Vigadan-Kalvi Malar and on his website www.suyambazhahan.com. He received Excellent feedback from students for his dedicated service to the student community for their successful careers in life. He has established 3 Engineering Colleges in Chennai, Jaya Group of Institutions, LCR College of Engineering and Technology, and SA Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India, from scratch to shine. Also, he has created a good/strong network with other arts, science, and engineering colleges, schools, government departments, public sectors, including RTO, Telecom, Postal, Taluk, Police Officers, etc., in and around the college through all kinds of academic and non-academic activities, which has branded the college in the public wonderfully. By knowing the good system created and college development by him, the college was selected as a center for conducting examinations such as GATE, Railway, TNPSC, VAO, TCS, NAVY, Postal, etc., under his leadership as a Chief-Superintendent, and all put together, the institution became a popular and premier one among all other institutions under Anna University.

Dr Suyambazhahan has received appraisals from the Vice-Chancellor, Chairman/Employer, Registrar, and Professors of IIT Madras for his attainments in Principal service and an award from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, for devoted service and academic excellence in engineering education to society on 21.08.2014. The Chairman of Jaya Educational Trust and SA Engineering College recognized and certified him as the best Principal among the Principals who worked in their institution from its inception. Also, he was elected as the President of Religious Trust and served for 20 years [1990-2010] for the benefit of the community and society.

He is a follower of Dr A P J Kalam, former President of India, and his principles/Quotes are

• "Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough"
• "Don't take a rest after your first victory because if you fail in the second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck."
• "All Birds find shelter during the rain, but the eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds".
• "Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy success."
• "If you want to shine like a sun. First, burn like a sun."
• "All of us do not have equal talent. But all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents".
• "Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than to running after swift but synthetic happiness".
• "Thinking should come to your capital asset, no matter what ups and downs you come across in your life".
• "Without your involvement, you can't succeed. With your involvement, you can't fail".

Last but not least, he followed and implemented the Principles of his role model, former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, in his career, especially in the higher education sector, and produced remarkable outcomes. He was appreciated and awarded by his excellency Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 2014 for his dedicated service for the improvement of technical education and development of the Higher Education institutions/Universities for the benefit of students, staff, faculty, and society across the world.