• Prof. P. S. V. Nataraj, Professor (Retd), Systems and Control, IIT Bombay visited the ML lab.

  • Prof. Ravindra D Gudi, AI/ML Chair Professor, Dean(ARC) & Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay visited ML for Advanced Process Control Lab, guided with future direction of ML works for batch reactor.

  • Dr. J. Prakash , Registrar -Anna University inaugurated the Machine Learning for Advanced Process Control lab.

  • With Prof. George Stephanopoulos, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.

  • Dr. J. Prakash , Registrar -Anna University inaugurated the Machine Learning for Advanced Process Control lab.

  • Dr. J. Prakash , Registrar -Anna University inaugurated the Machine Learning for Advanced Process Control lab.

  • Machine Learning based modeling and ML Controllers for the biodiesel production using deterministic and stochastic optimal temperature profiles.

  • Fortunate to meet ISRO chairman Dr. Somnath at ISRO Center, Ahmadabad during a meeting.

  • With Prof. Urmila Diwekar, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA at IIT, Bombay.

  • Prof. Arun Tangirala, Chemical Engineering at IIT Madras.

  • Prof. M. Chidambaram Ex-Director, NIT-T & Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT,M visited MIT, Manipal.

  • Prof. J. Prakash, Instrumentation Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai.

  • Awards & Publications

    Krupa Narwekar, Thirunavukkarasu I, Prajwal Shettigar J, "Validation of Nonlinear Controllers on a Lab Scale Batch Reactor: Sliding Mode Controllers", presented in an International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Cyber Security held at Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Lucknow won the best paper award.

  • Awards & Publications

    System Identification of Batch Reactor using Machine Learning Techniques" presented by Prof.(Dr.) I. Thirunavukkarasu, won the best paper award in the session in an International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Computing, IoT and Data Analytics held at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Government Funded Technical Institution) during 18th -20th December, 2023.

  • Awards & Publications

    Neural Network-Based Hammerstein Model Identification of a Lab Scale Batch Reactor" got Published in ACS Omega, Q2 Journal with 4.1 Impact factor in Dec 2023. Vol.9, Issue.1, 2024. The paper was Co-authored by Murugan Balakrishnan, Prof.(Dr.) Vinodha Rajendran, Process Control Group, Dept of EIE, Annamalai University and Shettigar J. Prajwal, Ex-PG Student, Mechatronics, MIT, Manipal.

  • Awards & Publications

    Shettigar J P, Pai A, Joshi Y, Indiran T, Chokkadi S, (2023) Validation of Nonlinear PID Controllers on a Lab-Scale Batch Reactor. In: Woungang I, Dhurandher S.K, Pattanaik K.K, Verma A, Verma P (eds) Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing. ANTIC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1797. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28180-8_4

  • Awards & Publications

    M. Bala Abhirami& I. Thirunavukkarasu Maximum Sensitivity-Based PID Controller for a Lab-Scale Batch Reactor, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering book series (LNEE,volume 957), 2023

  • Awards & Publications

    Tinu Valsa Paul George  Vadakkekara Itty  and Thirunavukkarasu  Indiran "Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling of a Quadrotor and Its Control Using Sliding Mode Controller",  Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol.36, Issue.6, August 2023,   https://doi.org/10.1061/ JAEEEZ.ASENG-3722 Q2 , Impact Factor: 2.242.

  • Awards & Publications

    Tinu Valsa Paul, Thirunavukkarasu Indiran, George Vadakkekara Itty, Suraj Suresh Kumar and Chirag Gupta, “State of The Art Sliding Mode Controller For Quadrotor Trajectory Tracking”, International Conference on Robotics, Control, Automation and Artificial Intelligence, 24th-25th Nov. 2022, MIT, Manipal. (Will get published in SCOPUS indexed Springer Proceedings)

  • Awards & Publications

    Prajwal Shettigar J, Eadala Sarath Yadav, Jatin K, Thirunavukkarasu Indiran et al “Weiner Neural Network based modeling and Validation of GPC on Laboratory Scale Batch Reactor”, ACS Omega (Q2, 3.91 Impact Factor) 2022, 7, 19, 16341-16351. https://doi.org/10.1021/ acsomega1c07149

  • Awards & Publications

    Arockiaraj Simiyon, Chaitanya Sachidanand, Manthana Halmakki Krishnamurthy, Ananya V. Bhatt and Thirunavukkarasu Indiran, "Machine Learning Based Fault Classification in Pilot Plant Batch Reactor: Using Support Vector Machine", ACS Omega 2024, 9, 26, 29041–29052 (Q2 Journal).

Dr.I.Thirunavukkarasu born on 18th August 1981 at Kanchipuram. Presently working as Professor in the Dept. of Instrumentation and Control, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Institution of Eminence, status given by MHRD, G.O.I), Karnataka.

He has 18+ years of teaching experience and 12+ years of research experience. He completed his diploma with honors in Electronics and Communication Engg. in 1999 and joined as a lateral entry candidate for B.E (Instrumentation and Control Engg) and completed the degree in 2002 from Madras University, Chennai. Obtained his M.E (Process Control and Instrumentation) from Annamalai University, Chidambaram in 2005 followed by the Ph.D degree in Robust Process Control from MIT, MAHE in the year April 2012.

He is the recipient of DST Fast Track grant for young scientist from the Government of India for the period 2013-2016. Presently working on a sponsored research from ISRO, Govt. of India towards the Nonlinear Control design for Quadrotor during 2019-2021.

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