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Dr. D. THIRUNAKKARASU is a graduate in engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore in 1969. He joined in the Highways Department in 1971 as an Assistant Engineer. He obtained his Post Graduation from College of Engineering, Guindy, in 1984. He is also a Bachelor of Law degree holder from Madras Law College in 1988. He got a Post Graduate Diploma in Road Transport Management from University of Madras in 1985. He obtained his Doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in the subject, "Analysis of Road Surface Texture and Tribological Studies on Road Tyre Interface", during May,2001. Lately he was in Highways Research Station as Deputy Director looking after the Bitumen and Aggregate Division and the overall administration of the Highways Research Station. He was in this Research and Development Institution since, 1978. He has retired from the Government Service by 31st August, 2003. He currently acts as the Principal of Vel Sri Rangarajan Sagunthala College of Multimedia (Engineering), Avadi, Chennai - 600 062. He is the life member of Indian Roads Congress, Indian Society for Technical Education, Safety Association of Southern India, Institution of Traffic and Transportation Engineers, Indian Concrete Institute, International Centre For Fibre Reinforced Concrete Composites, and Indian Geo-technical Society and Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institution of Production Engineers, Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, etc. He has also served as a Council of Member of Indian Roads Congress since 1999, for three terms, elected consecutively. He has also served as an Executive Committee Member for two years in Indian Geo-technical Society. Again he is currently the executive committee member of the society. He has since been elected as a Committee Member of the Tamilnadu State Centre of the Institution of Engineers(India) for the years 2002-03 and 2003-04. He has authored more than 75 technical papers in different journals. He is an active faculty in Training Programs being conducted for in service engineers of Highways Department. He has delivered a series of more than 100 technical lectures in different technical and academic institutions. He has attended more than 125 seminars/ conferences/ workshops/ symposiums. He is representing in different technical committees of Indian Roads Congress, Bureau of Indian Standards, etc. He has guided several students for their Post Graduate and Undergraduate studies in engineering. Currently he is guiding five Ph.D. candidates of Anna University, as Research Supervisor. He is also serving as a member in their respective Doctoral Committees. |