Faculty

Dr.M.Palaninatharaja

 pnatharaja@tce.edu

35

PUBLICATIONS       

5

SPONSORED PROJECTS

2

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

8

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

64

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.E.(Distn.) Mechanical The Indian Engineering College 1992
M.E. Mechanical BITS,Pilani 1994
Ph.D. Quality IIT Delhi 2008

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
1994-1996 2 Design Engineer Transfreight Containers Ltd
1996-1997 1 Scientist Institute of Armament Technology
1997-2001 4 Lecturer Thiagarajar College of Engineering
2001-2004 3 Assistant Director All India Council for Technical Ecuation
2005-2008 4 Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering
2008-2011 3 Associate Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering
2011-till date 1 Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering

 Publications

 Journals
  1. M Palaninatha Raja and A M Abirami, Strategic approaches for DEI Implementation in Engineering Education,Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol.36, January 2023,special Issue 2, Pp: 560-565
  2. AM Abirami, Dr M Palaninatha Raja, Evaluating the Quality of Final Examination Question Paper in Engineering Education, The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations,Vol. 33 , January 2020, pp.170-174
  3. S.Muralidharan, S.Balaji, M.PalaninathaRaja, Analyze and optimize the Process Parameters of Electrochemical Machining of Ti6Al4V Using Orthogonal Array (OA8),Vol.55, No.1, 2018,pp16-20
  4. M Palaninatha Raja and A M Abirami, Measurement of Ethics among Engineering Students, The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations,Vol. 30 No. 3, 2017, pp.299-303
  5. M.Palaninatharaja, Quality Award Dimensions: A Strategic Instrument for Measuring Health Service Quality, International Journal on Healthcare Quality Assurance, Vol.20, No.5, 2007, pp.363-378
  6. M.Palaninatharaja, Cost Benefit Analysis on ehealthcare services, Ukrainian Journal of Telemedicine and Medical Telematics, Vol.4, No.1, 2006, pp.53-64.
  7. M.Palaninatharaja, Measuring Service Quality in Technical Education and Healthcare Services , International Journal for Service operations and Management , Vol.2, No.3, 2005,pp.222-236
  8. Kaja Bantha Navas Raja Mohamed, Palaninatha Raja M,SharmilaParveen S,John Rajan A and Ranjitham Anderson, 'Six Sigma in Healthcare Service: A Case Study on COVID 19 Patients Satisfaction, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma,Vol.12,No.4, Sep. 2021,pp.744-761
  9. M.PalaninatharajaRanking Of Sustainable Methods For Recycling Rubber WasteJOURNAL The Journal of Value Engineering - INVAVE Vol24, No.2, pp 12-19
  10. M.PalaninatharajaEffective Industry Institute Interaction through Special Interest GroupsAsian Journal of Information Technology Vol.7 No.6,2008,pp.272-276
  11. M Palaninatha Raja and A M Abirami, Performance Excellence Model for Engineering Education - An Enabler for Sustaining Quality, The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol.No.28,No.2,2015,pp.122-130
 Conferences
  1. M Palaninatha Raja and A M Abirmai, Measurement of Ethics among Engineering Students, 4th International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education,6-8, January,2017
  2. M.Palaninatha raja and Pl.K.Palaniappan, Practices on One credit courses- A case study through SAP LAP, 3rd World Summit on Accreditation, Gurgaon, 18-20, March 2016
  3. S. Muralidharan, Dr. M.Palaninatha Raja, Dr.S. Balaji, T. Prakash," Modelling and Simulation of Electrochemical Machining",Micro and Nano Composites - Principles,manufacturing and Appications [NCMNC - 14], 20-03-2014 to 21-03-2014
  4. M.PalaniNathaRaja, Outcome Based Accreditation: Issues and Concerns in Indian Context,2nd World summit on Accreditation, NewDelhi,8-10,March 2014
  5. M.Palaninatharaja, An effort towards Assessment of e-healthcare service quality, Med-e-tel, Luxembourg, 6-8, April,2005
  6. M.Palaninatharaja, III-A Gateway to Co-operative knowledge creation , International Conference on Integrating world Markets, MNIT, Allahabad, 5-6,January 2002,
  7. M.Palaninatharaja, Analytic Hierarchic Process A Decision tools for improving the quality of technical education accreditation criteria, National Conference on Challenges in achieving global quality, 24-25 ,
  8. M.Palaninatharaja, Instructional Strategies in engineering education , ISTE National Convention, December 1998, 1999
  9. M.Palaninatharaja, Defects Minimisation through Data Envelopment Analysis, International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, 25-27, August 2011
  10. M.Palaninatharaja, Six Sigma in Healthcare, ICPQM, 2006
  11. M.Palaninatharaja, Strategies in assessing Telemedicine Quality, National Conference on Medical informatics and Telemedicine,IIT Kharagpur, 28 Feb. - 2 March,2005.
  12. M.Palaninatharaja, Measuring Service Quality A DEA Analysis, National Conference on Product Development , 2-3,May, 2005
  13. M.Palaninatharaja, Measuring Service Quality in Engineering Education, National Symposium in Engineering Education, IISc Bangalore, 4-5, March, 2005.
  14. M.Palaninatharaja, Survey of service quality factors on healthcare services, International Conference on Service Systems and service Management(ICSSSM’04), Beijing, China , 19-21, 2004
  15. M.Palaninatharaja, Estimation of some accreditation parameters using value analysis approach, International Conference on CAD, CAM, Robotics and Autonomous Factories, IIT Delhi, , 11 -13 August, 2003
  16. M.Palaninatharaja, Comparing Service Quality An exploratory study on Technical Education and Healthcare services, International Conference on Service Systems and service Management(ICSSSM’04), Beijing, China, 19-21,
  17. M.Palaninatharaja, Mathematical Modleing for evaluation of errors-Convex hull approach, International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, IIT Roorkee, 29-31, January, 2001
  18. M.Palaninatharaja, Process Capability Plan, International Symposium on Management of Quality, 2-3, January 2000
  19. M.Palaninatharaja, Non-Destructive assessment of Integrity of Composites, 44th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, , 22-25, December, 1999
  20. M.Palaninatha Raja and AM. Abirami,Performance Excellence Model for Engineering Education - An Enabler for Sustaining Quality,
  21. M.Palaninatharaja, N.Jawahar, S.P.Nachiappan, S.P.Nachiappan, Process Capability analysis with reaction plan for continual quality improvement, Int. Symposium on Management of Quality, PRAGATI 2000, 2-3 Jan. 2000, Amrita Institute of Mgt, Coimbatore, India , 2-3, 2000
 Books
  1. Palaninatharaja M, Julius Fusic S, Ramesh H, Karthikeyan S, "Automated Vision System to Measure Weld Length of Hand Brake" published as book chapter in book: "Advances in Lightweight Materials and Structures" Publisher: SPRINGER, Chapter-17,Chapter DOI- 10.1007/978-981-15-7827-4_17
  2. Service Quality – A Measurement Tool for Improving Quality in Engineering Education, 2011 Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8443-8804-6
  3. Measuring Quality in Healthcare services -A Measurment tool for improving Quality, 2012, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN : 978-3-8454-3248-9

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Electro Chemical Machining of Titianium Alloys CVRDE 19.5 Lakhs Co-Investigator
Development of Value Engineering Laboratory AICTE Rs.3 Lakhs Principal Investigator
Measurement of e-healthcare service quality AICTE Rs.10.5 Lakhs Principal Investigator
Computer Controlled Instrumentation AICTE Rs.6.4 Lakhs Co-Investigator
Producibility Studies DRDL 2.45 Lakhs Member

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
Engineering Research Consultancy Determination of Moment of Intertia of New Engine 01-08-2015 to 31-10-2015
SAMEER, Chennai Design and Devopment of Multi-Leaf Collimator Rs.7 Lakhs

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, online couse at IIT Kanpur, 01-12-2020 to 05-12-2020
  2. Professional Development Training Programme, online training at Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Vishakapatnam , 26-11-2020 to 28-12-2020
  3. The symbiotic and Synergistic Relationship between, University and Industry, webinar by Prof. R.Natarajan, Former Chairman AICTE, NewDelhi, 13-10-2020 to 13-10-2020
  4. "Professionalism" webinar by Prof. D.K.Subramanian, Former Professor, IIsc, 12-10-2020 to 12-10-2020
  5. Design Thinking for Educators in the New Normal, TEQIP webinar at Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai, 28-09-2020 to 30-09-2020
  6. Design Thinking virtual workshop at MNIT , Jaipur, AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy, 21-09-2020 to 25-10-2020
  7. Meeting on NBA preparations for the Washington Accord, Willow Hall, India Habitat Center, Delhi , 25-08-2019 to 25-08-2019
  8. TEQIP III review meeting at DOTE, Chennai , 25-04-2019 to 25-04-2019
  9. CDIO Asian Regional Meeting, Dalian, China, 24-03-2019 to 27-03-2019
  10. TEQIP III Sensitisation and Review of the Progress meeting at Lucknow , 27-01-2019 to 29-01-2019
  11. 6th International Conf. on Transformations in Engg Education (ICITEE 2019), Mallareddy Engg. College, Hyderabad, 05-01-2019 to 06-01-2019
  12. IUCEE leadership Summit 2018, Calangute, Goa, 19-07-2018 to 21-07-2018
  13. 14th CDIO International Conference, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan, 28-06-2018 to 02-07-2018
  14. Orientation Workshop on Outcome Based Accreditation, Juniper Hall, India Habitat Center, NewDelhi, 28-05-2018 to 28-05-2018
  15. Seminar in Professionalism, Civil Engg. Seminar hall, TCE, 28-03-2017 to 28-03-2017
  16. Workshop on CDIO Implementation at TCE, Board Room, , 07-12-2016 to 07-12-2016
  17. Workshop on International Accreditation and Program Assessment, CSE Seminar Hall, TCE , 04-11-2016 to 01-01-0001
  18. Workshop on Good Governance by National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU), India Habitat Centre, NewDelhi, 31-08-2016 to 31-08-2016
  19. Research Training and Grant Writing, Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai , 31-03-2016 to 31-03-2016
  20. 3rd World Summit on Accreditation , Hotel Leela Ambience , Gurgaon, 18-03-2016 to 20-03-2016
  21. International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education, College of Engg., Pune, 10-01-2016 to 12-01-2016
  22. Workshop on ABET ACCREDITATION AND ASSESSMENT at Chennai on 28th September 2015, 28-09-2015 to 28-09-2015
  23. Conference on T School Survey 2015 by Data Quest Magazine at NewDelhi on 23rd September 2015, 23-09-2015 to 23-09-2015
  24. Workshop on Transformational Ledership at Trivandrum on 29-30, August 2015, 29-08-2015 to 30-08-2015
  25. Workshop on Organisational Restructuring at Thekkady on 15-16, August 2015, 15-08-2015 to 16-10-2015
  26. Volunteer Training, Philosophy, Processes - ABET Seminar at NewDelhi, 25-02-2015 to 25-03-2015
  27. Brainstorming Session on Effective Evaluation in NBA at Newdelhi, 24-02-2015 to 24-02-2015
  28. Web Satisfaction Survey under TEQIP at MS Ramiah Instituet, Bangalore, 26-09-2014 to 26-09-2014
  29. AICTE-CII Insdustry Institute Workshop NewDelhi, 8-9 November 2012, organised by CII, 08-11-2012 to 09-11-0001
  30. TEQIP Workshop on R&D parameters, NOIDA, 27 July 2010
  31. Emerging Directions in Global Education EDGE, CII, NewDelhi, 9-10, March , 2010
  32. National Summit on Quality in Education , CII, Chennai, 23-24, October 2009
  33. Workshop on Awareness of Intellectual Property Rights, Anna University, Chennai, 30-31 January 2009
  34. Effective Teaching and Learning , Infosys, Mysore, 26-28, May, 2008
  35. Developing Innovation and Entrepreneurship , NIT, Tiruchirappalli, 5, December 2007
  36. 37th ISTE National Annual Convention , MIT,Manipal, 17-19,December 2007
  37. International Symposium on Measurement and Quality Control , IIT Madras, 21-24,November 2007
  38. Achieving academic excellence, CII,Madurai, 19, August,2005
  39. TATA Education Excellence Model TEEM workshop, TCS, Bangalore, 24, February, 2007
  40. Developing Leadership Skills, Infosys, Mysore, 17-18,July, 2008
  41. International Conference on Service Systems and service Management, Beijing, China, 19-21, July 2004
  42. International Conference on CAD,CAM,ROBOTICS, IIT Delhi, 11-13, August , 2003
  43. Testing of MR Shock absorbers , TVS, Hosur, 9-10, April, 2010
  44. International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis, Greece, 25-27, August 2011
  45. ICPQM, Delhi, 2006
  46. National Conference on Product Development , TCE, 2-3,May, 2005
  47. Med-e-tel, Luxembourg, 6-8, April,2005
  48. National Conference on Medical informatics and Telemedicine,, IIT Kharagpur, , 28 Feb. - 2 March,2005
  49. National Symposium in Engineering Education, , IISc Bangalore, 4-5, March, 2005
  50. International Conference on Service Systems and service Management(ICSSSM’04),, Beijing, China , 19-21, 2004
  51. National Conference on Challenges in achieving global quality, tce, 24-25 ,2004
  52. International Conference on Integrating world Markets,, MNIT, Allahabad, 5-6,January 2002,
  53. International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, , IIT Roorkee, 29-31, January, 2001
  54. International Symposium on Management of Quality,, Amrita Institute of Management , 2-3, January 2000
  55. International Conference on CAD, CAM, Robotics and Autonomous Factories, IIT Delhi,11 -13 August, 2003, 01-01-2011 to 01-01-0001
  56. Evaluation of Service Quality by using GAP Analysis, 2-3,May, 2005, National Conference on Product Development
  57. 44th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, , REC, Warangal, 22-25, December, 1999
  58. ISTE National Convention, December 1998, Kongu engineering College , 1999
  59. Interview Techniques, TCE, 21, December 2010
  60. Value Engineering, 31, March 2011, TCE, 01-01-2011 to 01-01-0001
  61. GEDC Conference and IFEES Summit , Singapore , 17-22, October ,2010
  62. International Conference on Accreditation ABET perspectives , Anna University, 13-14 May 2011
  63. TEQIP Workshop on Institutional parameters, NOIDA,
  64. Regional Summit on Quality in Education , 2012, Organised by CII

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. NBA Mock Accreditation at HBTU , Kanpur , 28-02-2019 to 01-03-2019
  2. Coordinator, TEQIP III Mid term review meeting by World Bank at TCE, 15-02-2019 to 15-02-2019
  3. Coordinator, TEQIP III Progress Review Meeting and Workshop, 06-01-2019 to 07-01-2019
  4. Co-Chair, 4th IEEE International Conference on MOOCs, Technology and Innovation in Education,TCE, , 09-12-2016 to 10-12-2016
  5. Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) Workshop alongwith Quality Council of India, NewDelhi on 14,September 2015, 14-09-2015 to 14-09-2015
  6. Indian Value Engineering Society Academic Conference on Value Engineering , 19-02-2015 to 19-02-2015
  7. Make in India Seminar alongwith Madurai Productivity Council on 12th February 2015, 12-02-2015 to 12-02-2015
  8. Workshop on Outcome Based Accreditation for evaluators, TCE, 21-02-2014 to 24-02-2014
  9. Workshop on Outcome Based Accreditation for evaluators, TCE, 18-01-2014 to 20-01-2014
  10. Workshop on Outcome Based Accreditation for evaluators, TCE, 26-09-2013 to 28-09-2013
  11. AICTE NBA Workshop , TCE, 29-04-2013 to 29-04-2013
  12. Workshop Outcome Based Education and Accreditation, TCE, 11-04-2013 to 13-04-2013
  13. Accreditation in Engineering Education , 12-07-2012 to 12-09-2012
  14. Evaluation of proposals on Instrumentation , TCE, 22-23, February 2010
  15. Value Engineering , TCE, 31 January 2011
  16. Higher Education in Germany, TCE, 12, November, 2010
  17. ORSICIM, TCE, 15-17, December 2010
  18. Teaching and learning , TCE , 24-28, November,2008
  19. NBA Accreditation , TCE, 1, May 2004

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Ms.R.Ramya M.E/M.S Defects Minimisation usign DEA Completed
Ms.Manimegalai M.E/M.S Plantlayout optimisation Completed
Kaja Bandha Niwas M.E/M.S Quality in Healthcare Completed
M.Vishnu M.E/M.S Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing using DEA Completed
V.Madhavan Selvan M.E/M.S Cost Benefit Analysis on Boilers Completed
S.Vijayaraj M.E/M.S MEMS based Pressure Sensors Completed
Dheepan Charavarthi M.E/M.S Development of ECM Process Completed
Sivakumar Ph.D Analysis of Fatigue on Bolts Completed

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
Strategic Planning for Educational Institutions P.A.C. Ramasamy Raja Polytechnic College, 16-11-2020 to 16-11-2020
CDIO - Project Based Learning ATAL FDP at KPR Institute of Technology 20-10-2020 to 20-10-2020
Implementation of Autonomy in Engineering colleges KLN College of Engineering 15-03-2019 to 15-03-2019
Pedagogy Group Initiative at TCE IUCEE leadership Summit 2018 19-07-2018 to 21-07-2018
Outcome Based Accreditation Ilahia College of Engineering and Technology 04-05-2018 to 05-05-2018
Keynote Address- National Conference on New Scientific creations in Engineering and Technology Nadar Saraswathi College of Engineering and Technology , Theni 16-03-2018 to 16-03-2018
Integrated Product Development Thiagarajar College of Engineering 28-11-2017 to 28-12-2017
TQM for Engineering Institutions SWAYAM MOOC, NITTR, Chennai 24-10-2017 to 24-10-2017
Electrochemical Machining on Titanium Alloys-An experimental case study IIT MADRAS 16-03-2017 to 16-03-2017
Framework of Autonomy Velammal College of Engineering and Technolog 11-11-2016 to 11-11-2016
Best Prax prize 2016 Presentaiton Nmims, Mumbai 14-10-2016 to 14-10-2016
Graduation Day Address MPNMJ Engineering College, Chennimalai 07-05-2016 to 07-05-2016
Best Practices of TCE College of Engineering, Pune 10-01-2016 to 10-01-2016
Governance NUPEA NEWDELHI 11-12-2013 to 11-12-2013
Best Practices of Autonomous Colleges NUPEA NewDelhi 10-12-2013 to 10-12-2013
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Applications Thiagarajar College of Engineering 10 August 2012
Autonomy Dr.N.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology December 2010/
Accreditation KSR Engg. College 28, Dec.2007
Accreditation Velammal Engineering College and Technology October 2010/
Accreditation PSNA College of Engineering and Technology February 2010
Engineering Council of India Engineering Council of India March 2009
Autonomy Rajalakshmi College of Engineering June 2010
Service Quality Thiagarajar College of Engineering July, 2004
Teaching and LearningIUCEE BVB Engineeirng College June 2010
Accreditation SACS MAVMM Engineering College Accreditation
Autonomy Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology October 2008
Accreditation NITTR, Chandigarh November 2006
Effective Teaching and Learning Thiagarajar College of Engineering February 2009
Accreditation VelTech Engineering College 2004
Teaching and Learning-IUCEE Thiagarajar College of Engineering June 2010
Accreditation ONGC, Gurgaon 2003
Accreditation Annamalai University 2003
Competency Based Curriculum Design Engineering Council of India November 2009
Accreditation Nirma University 2001
Accreditation Institution of Engineers (IE), Hyderabad 2002
Enterprenuership-ISTE Thiagarajar College of Engineering 11, November 2008

  Awards and Honours

  1. CMI Level 5 Award in Management and Leadership, Chartered Management Institute, UK
  2. Best TEQIP Coordinator , World Bank and NPIU,Delhi
  3. Eminent Engineer Award , Institution of Engineers(I)
  4. Career Award for Young Teachers , AICTE
  5. Best paper Award , TCE
  6. Young Scientist Fellowship, TamilNadu Council for Science & Technology
  7. President of India Scout Awardee, Government of India

 Visits Abroad

PLACE PURPOSE DURATION
Dalian, China Asian regional meeting of CDIO 3 days
Japan 14th CDIO International Conference 08 days
Beijing,China Global Performance Excellnce Award APQO, USA 5 Days
SanJose, USA Alumni Meeting of TCE June 2015
Newark, USA Alumni meeting of TCE June 2015
Dubai Alumni Meeting of TCE May 2013`
Beijing, China GEDC Meeting October 2011
Beijing China To present a Research Paper 17-22, 2004
USA Alumni Meeting of TCE August 2006
Germany EU Project Meeting May 2006
Donetsk, Ukraine To present paper on CBA March 2006
Luxemburg To present paper on eService Quality April 2005
Singapore GLobal Engineering Deans Council 3 days

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
Operation Research Society of India Life Member 2007
Indian Value Engineering Society (INVEST) Life Member 2011
National Center for Quality Management Senior Member 2009

  Other Achievements

  1. KLE Tech. Univ., NBA Evaluator
  2. Rajkumar Goel Institute of Technology, NBA Evaluator
  3. PEC Universityof Technology , NBA Evaluator
  4. GuruJambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, NBA Evaluator
  5. VJTI,Mumbai, NBA Evaluator
  6. NIT Kurukshetra, NBA Evaluator
  7. Sri RamDeobaba Collge of Engineering, NBA Evlauator
  8. NBA Evaluator, KE Society's Rajarambapu Institue of Technology,NBA Evaluator
  9. SNIS&T, Hyderbad, NBA Evaluator
  10. NIT, Durgapur,NBA Evaluator
  11. Sanjay Ghodwat, Kolhapur,NBA Evluator
  12. JSS Noida, NBA Evaluator
  13. Mar Athanasius, Kochi, NBA Evaluator
  14. GIET, Odisha,NBA Evaluator
  15. NIT Suratkal, NBA Evaluator
  16. GB Pant EC, Garhwal, NBA Evaluator
  17. NIT Rourkela, NBA Evlauator
  18. NIT Silchar, NBA Evaluator