faculty Profile

• Ph.D. (Chemistry) – University of Madras, Chennai – 2014
• M.Sc. (Chemistry) – Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 2008
• B.Sc. (Chemistry) – Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 2006

• Assistant Professor (01.08.2016 – Till date) Department of Applied Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudhur – 602117.
• Post Doctoral Fellow (June 2014 – May 2016) Prof. Nishimura, Group Leader, Materials Recycling Design Group, Research Centre for Strategic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0047 Japan.
• R & D Engineer (January 2011 – August 2012) Amara Raja Batteris, Renigunta, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

• Environmental Sciences & Sustainability
• Applied Chemistry
• Engineering Chemistry
• Technical Chemistry
• Chemistry Laboratory
• Engineering Chemistry (CY18151)
• Physics & Chemistry Lab (PC18161)
• Engineering Chemistry I (CY16151)
• Chemistry Lab (GE 16163)
• Engineering Chemistry II (CY16251)
• Chemistry Lab (GE16262)
• Instrumental Methods and Analysis (CH18405)
• Environmental Science and Engineering

• T Balusamy, P Mohan Sathyaraj, B Sivakumar, K Ravichandran, TSN Sankara Narayanan, Impact of plastic deformation on the passivation and transpassivation behaviour of AISI 304 stainless steel in acidic media, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, Page No 1-12, January 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-026-06522-2 (Impact Factor-2.6 )
• P Giftynol Elizabeth, E Jayapriya, T Balusamy, TSN Sankara Narayanan, K Ravichandran, Role of incorporation of nanofillers on the anti-corrosion properties of epoxy-g-C3N4 composite coating, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 727, 138321, December 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.138321 (Impact Factor-5.4)
• P Mohan Sathyaraj, T Balusamy, TSN Sankara Narayanan, K Ravichandran, Imparting a better corrosion resistance and bioactivity for magnesium through the formation of zinc – zinc oxide – zinc phosphate (hopeite) – magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite) composite coatings, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 1002,October 2024, 175342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.175342 (Impact Factor-6.3)
• T Balusamy, P Mohan Sathyaraj, K Ravichandran, TSN Sankara Narayanan, Influence of surface mechanical attrition treatment parameters on the residual stress of EN8 steel, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 33, , May 2024, pages 7679–7688. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-024-09521-4 (Impact Factor-2.3)
• Book Chapter : T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Emerging Characterization and Analytical Techniques for Corrosion Research in : Anti-Corrosive Nanomaterials – Design, Characterization, Mechanisms and Applications Edited By Renhui Zhang, Lei Guo, Ime Bassey Obot, 1st Edition, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, Boca Raton, August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003331124
• Book Chapter : T Balusamy, Sivakumar Bose, TSN Sankara Narayanan, K Ravichandran, Surface Nanostructuring of Ti Based Alloys for Biomedical Applications- Role of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment in : Materials Development and Processing for Biomedical Applications, Edited BySavaş Kaya, Sasikumar Yesudass, Srinivasan Arthanari, Sivakumar Bose, Goncagül Serdaroğlu, Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, Boca Raton, April 2022. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003173533
• T. Balusamy*, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan and Hyung Wook Park, (2021) Nanomaterials and their Biomedical Applications: Surface Nanostructuring of Metallic Materials for Implant Application, Tuhin Subhra Santra and Loganathan Mohan (Editors), Springer series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering: volume 16, Page No: 465-511, Springer. (Published in 16th March, 2021)
• In-situ corrosion monitoring of scratched epoxy coated carbon steel in saturated Ca(OH)2 with or without 3% NaCl by scanning electrochemical microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy T. Balusamy and T. Nishimura American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 7 (2016) 533-547.
• Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Observation on Scratched Epoxy Coated Carbon Steel in Saturated Ca(OH)2 with Various Chloride Concentration T. Balusamy and T. Nishimura Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques (2016) 7:4.
• In-Situ Monitoring of Local Corrosion Process of Scratched Epoxy Coated Carbon Steel in Simulated Pore Solution Containing Varying percentage of Chloride ions by Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy T. Balusamy and T. Nishimura Electrochimica Acta, 199 (2016) 305 ? 313
• A Facile Method to Modify the Characteristics and Corrosion Behavior of 304 Stainless Steel by Surface Nanostructuring toward Biomedical Applications T. Balusamy, T.S.Sankara Narayanan,K. Ravichandran Kulandaivelu, Min Ho Lee, and Toshiyasu Nishimura ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7 (2015) 17731 – 17747.
• Surface Nanocrystallization of EN8 Steel: Correlation of Change in Material Characteristics with Corrosion Behavior T. Balusamy, T. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Min Ho Lee and T. Nishimura Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162 (6) (2015) C285 – C293.
• Effect of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment (SMAT) on the Surface and Electrochemical Characteristics of Pb-Sn Alloy T. Balusamy, M. Venkatewarlu, K.S.N. Murthy, S. Viajayanand and T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9 (2014) 96 ? 108.
• Plasma nitriding of AISI 304 stainless steel: Role of surface mechanical attrition treatment, T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Il Song Park and Min Ho Lee Materials Characterization, 85 (2013) 38 ? 47.
• Influence of surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) on the corrosion behaviour of AISI 304 stainless steel T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Il Song Park and Min Ho Lee Corrosion science, 74 (2013) 332 ? 344.
• Effect of surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) on pack boronizing of AISI 304 stainless steel T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Il Song Park and Min Ho Lee Surface & Coatings Technology, 232 (2013) 60 – 67.
• Pack boronizing of AISI H 11 tool steel: Role of surface mechanical attrition treatment T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Il Song Park and Min Ho Lee Vacuum 97 (2013) 36 – 43.
• Effect of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment on Boronizing of EN8 Steel T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan and K. Ravichandran Surface & Coatings Technology 213 (2012) 221 ? 228.
• Corrosion resistant Ti alloy for sulphuric acid medium: Suitability of Ti?Mo alloys T. Balusamy, M. Jamesh, S. Kumar and T. S. N. Sankara Narayanan Materials and Corrosion, 63 (2012) 803 ? 806.
• Electrochemical Behaviour of Surface Modified AISI 304 Grade Stainless Steel in Ringer?s Solution T. Balusamy, Satendra Kumar, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan Trans Indian Inst Met, 64 (2011) 507 0 – 511.
• Effect of surface nanocrystallization on the corrosion behaviour of AISI 409 stainless steel T. Balusamy, Satendra Kumar, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan Corrosion Science, 52 (2010) 3826 – 3834.
• M Venkateswarlu, T Balusamy, KSN Murthy, M Jagadish, S Vijayanand ,Effect of magnesium sulfate on the electrochemical behavior of lead electrodes for lead acid batteries, Electrochemical Energy Technology, Vol. 52, issue:1, page No: 55-59.

Book Chapter Published

• T. Balusamy, Sivakumar Bose, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran, Materials Development and processing for Biomedical Applications: Chapter 17-Surface Nanostructuring of Ti Based Alloys for Biomedical Applications: Role of surface mechanical attrition treatment, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group, Page No: 241-254.

• Dr. T. Balusamy, participated in a Short-Term Training Programme (STTP) on Software Applications in Chemical Engineering (SACE) organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, held from 29 December 2025 to 05 January 2026.
• Dr. T. Balusamy, has successfully completed a Six Day Industrial Training Program focused on Surface Engineering and Coatings at Wear and Friction Tech Pvt Ltd from 30.07.2025 to 04.08.2025.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has successfully completed his industrial training on Hydrogen electrolyzers and Fuel cell technology for clean energy at H2Next Pvt. Ltd, Karaikdi, from 07-11th July 2025.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has actively participated in the one day workshop on “Data Visualization and Business Intelligence Using Tableau”, organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell in association with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SVCE, held on 26th June 2025.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has attended Six Days FDP on Emerging Trends and Advancements in Chemical and Food Processing Technology (EACFT- 2025)-Hybrid mode organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering in Association with AIChE, SVCE during 30th May -05th June, 2025.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has attended Six Days FDP on Sustainable Mobility Solutions and Emission Control in Automobiles organized by the Department of Automobile Engineering in Association with SAE Collegiate Club of SVCE, during 26-31, May 2025.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has attended Short Term Training Program(STTP) on “Process Modeling, Simulation and Control” organized by Department off Chemical Engineering, SVCE, during 23rd to 29th May, 2024
• Mahadevan.M, Mohanramm.SH, Jai Hariharan Ganesh.M (Students from Chemical Engineering), Balusamy.T, Mohan Sathyaraj.P, Ravichandran.K, Vijayalakshmi.A.C, Nachiappan.N, Stanly.S. presented a paper titled ‘Development of polyvinyl alcohol/zinc oxide composite coating on mild steel by dip coating method and evaluation of their corrosion behaviour in 3.5% NaCl, in the First International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology (ICRAMST’ 24) organized by Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Eachanari, Coimbatore, 29-30th Jan 2024.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has attended a live webinar ‘Electrifying tribometry and designing tribotests’ organized by Surface Ventures, world-class Surface Engineering education for academia and industry on 14th December 2023
• Dr. T. Balusamy has attended a live webinar ‘A brand new test to assess erosive wear resistance’ organized by Surface Ventures, world-class Surface Engineering education for academia and industry on 12th December 2023
• Dr. T. Balusamy has actively participated in the one day Faculty Development Programme on “Applications of Graph Theory in Engineering Mathematics” organized by Department of Applied Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara College Of Engineering, held on 01/09/2023.
• T. Balusamy and G. Devasagayam have presented a paper on EFFECT OF GRAIN SIZE AND MARTENSITIC TO AUSTENTIE RATIO ON THE CORROSION BEHAVIOUR OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AFTER SURFACE SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION in the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry (ICORTAC 2023), Organised by Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai during June 26-28, 2023.
• M. Mahadevan, B. Gowtham, S. H. Mohanramm, V. K. Dwarakesh, T. Balusamy*, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan and K. Ravichandran, Predicting Corrosion Rate Of Surface Modified Stainless Steel Using Artificial Intelligence was presented in Surface Engineering of Bio Materials-Bio-materials Online Conclave 2022 organized by National Centre for Nano Science and Nano Technology, Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs (India), Society for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine (India) and NACE International Gateway India Section (NIGIS) during 7-15th March, 2022.
• S. H. Mohanramm, V. K. Dwarakesh, B. Gowtham, M. Mahadevan, T. Balusamy*and G. Devasagayam, Corrosion Resistance Of Boronized Carbon Steel: Influence Of Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment was presented in National level Conference on Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering towards Sustainability (TIChSCON’22) organized by Department of Chemical Engineering in association with IIChE & AIChE – SVCE Student Chapter, during May 27-28th 2022.
• Attended Six Day Faculty Development Program On “Green Chemistry For Sustainable Development organized by SRMIST, Chennai during May, 16-21st 2022
• Attended One week FDP on ICT tools for effective teaching and learning organized by Amar Sewa Mandals Kamala Nehru Magavidyalaya, Nagpur, Maharashtra during May, 23-28th 2022
• T. Balusamy, T S N. Sankara Narayanan and K Ravichandran, Influence of Post Polishing on Passivation Behaviour of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Subjected to Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment was presented in 6th International Conference on Recents trends in Materials Chemistry (ICRAMC 2022) organized by Department of Chemistry SRM Institute of science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai in association with Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and Université Gustave Eiffel, France during 17-19 February 2022.
• T. Balusamy, T S N. Sankara Narayanan and K Ravichandran, Influence of Post Polishing on Passivation Behaviour of AISI 304 Stainless Steel Subjected to Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment was presented in 6th International Conference on Recents trends in Materials Chemistry (ICRAMC 2022) organized by Department of Chemistry SRM Institute of science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai in association with Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and Université Gustave Eiffel, France during 17-19 February 2022.
• T. Balusamy, K. Ravichandran, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan and T. Nishimura, Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: In-Situ Corrosion Characteristics of AISI 304 SS Subjected to Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment was presented in International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) organized by Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology during, February 1- 3, 2021, India.
• Participated in short term course on Materials Characterization Techniques conducted as a part of quality Improvement program, organized by the Department of MEMS IIT Indore from March 22 nd to 27 th 2021
• M Mahadevan, D Jhuan Harry, T. Balusamy*, T S N. Sankara Narayanan and K Ravichandran, Microstructural and Electrochemical Characteristics of Surface Nanostructured H11 Tools Steel was presented in International Conference on Green Materials and Renewable Energy (ICGMRE-2021) organized by Department of Applied Chemistry in association with Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India during June 10-11, 2021, India.
• Participated in two days National Level FDP on “Advancements in Materials Science” organized by Department of Science and Humanities, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology, Chennai, on 5th and 6th June 2020.
• Participated in the Workshop on “How to Conduct Classes using Google Meet”, organized by Department of Computer Applications, Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai, on 7th June 2020.
• Participated in five days International Webinar on “NEC S&H Webtalks – 2K20” organized by Department of Science and Humanities, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, during 8th to 12th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Metal Complexes as Anticancer Agents” organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai, on 11th June 2020.
• Attended “Leadership Talk with Shri. R. Subrahmanyam” organized by MHRD’s Innovation Cell, on 13th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Living with Covid-19 – Keeping a healthy mind and body during the Pandemic”, organized by Department of Biochemistry, Annai Veilankanni’s College for Women, Chennai, on 13th June 2020.
• Attended the International Webinar on “Advanced Materials for Biomedical Energy & Environmental Applications”, organized by Department of Chemistry, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, on 16th June 2020.
• Participated in the online Super Session “Future of Education” conducted by ICT Academy, on 18th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Separation of Ultra-small Noble Nano-clusters using PAGE technique” organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai, on 19th June 2020.
• Participated in the International Webinar on “Advanced Materials for Biomedical Devices: Challenges and Progress” organized by Department of Applied Physics, SVCE, on 24th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Making Purification Easier, Intuitive and Productive with Flash Chromatography”, organized by Spinco Biotech Pvt. Ltd., on 25th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Covid Era-19: Stress Management & Academic Challenges”, organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, SVCE, on 25th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Fundamentals of Mass Spectrometry” organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, SVCE, on 29th June 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Preparation and Characterization of Antibacterial, Nano composite films & fabrics by in-situ Bioreduction” organized by Department of Applied Physics, SVCE, on 30th June 2020.
• Attended one week Workshop on “Materials Technology Advancement in Current Scenario – MTACS2020”, organized by Department of Physics, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during 4th to 10th July 2020.
• Participated in a Virtual Scientific event on Webinar on “Frontiers in Chemical Sciences”, organized by Department of Chemistry, NIT, Rourkela, during 6th July to 10th July 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Pharmaceutical Chemistry – Advancements in Drug Manufacturing”, organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, SVCE, on 10th July 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Chiral Chromatography”, conducted by IIISM, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, on 15th July 2020.
• Participated in the Online FDP on “Emerging Trends in Energy, Environment and Nanomaterials (EEN 2020)”, organized by Department of Applied Chemistry, SVCE, during 24th to 30th July 2020.
• Participated in the Webinar on “Nanotechnology and Climate Change” organized by Department of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Trivandrum, during 28th August 2020.
• Presented a paper on ”Influence of boron potential on the formation of FeB/Fe2B phases in surface nanocrystallized medium carbon steel” in Virtual International Conference on Smart Materials & Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0 (SMETI2020), organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVCE, during 16-17th October 2020.
• Attended webinar on ‘CO-PO Attainment Computation and Outcomes Analysis’ Organized by Inpods Ed-tech on May 30 th 2020.
• Prof. T. Raju Felicitation Seminar on Chromatographic Techniques Conducted by Department Of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras (UOM), Chennai in association with RSC south India section Analytical Chemistry Alumni Association, UOM, 29th June 2017.
• Faculty Development Program on GE6351 : Environmental science and Engineering Conducted by Department of Chemistry, College of Engineering, Anna University – Chennai, 16th to 23rd June 2017.
• One day national Seminar on Recent Analytical Techniques in Research Area of Chemistry Conducted by Saveetha Engineering College, 3rd March 2017.
• International Conference on advances in Chemistry with specific refference to catalysis, sensors, drug delivery and energy materials. Conducted by Dept of Physical Chemistry University of Madras, Chennai, entitled “Improving the kinetics ……attrition treatment” held on 9th and 10th January 2020.

• Criteria II -Department Coordinator
• Criteria II -Sub-Head -2.5
• BoS member- Science & Humanities
• Engineering Chemistry (CY18151) Course Coordinator
• Department AO Coordinator
• Technical Chemistry (CY22153) Course Coordinator
• Department Web Coordinator
• Assistant Coordinator – YRC SVCE Unit
• Sports Committee Member

• Received Certificate of appreciation for TOP h-index in SVCE from Dean Research (AY 2024-25).
• Best paper award : T. Balusamy, G. Devasagayam, and A.C. Vijayalakshmi, along with B.Tech. Chemical Engineering students of M. Mahadevan, SH. Mohanramm, and M. Jai Harihara Ganesh delivered a paper titled DEVELOPMENT OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL/ZINC OXIDE COMPOSITE COATING ON MILD STEEL BY DIP COATING METHOD AND EVALUATION OF THEIR CORROSION BEHAVIOUR IN 3.5% NaCl, in the Second Annual Corrosion Awareness Day Symposium (CORPOSIUM 2023) organised by Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology in association with Indian Institute of Metals, Kalpakkam chapter during 5 & 6 th July, 2023.
• Dr. T. Balusamy has chaired the session titled Biomaterials: Synthesis and Fabrication, characteristics and applications during the 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry (ICORTAC-2023) Organised by the Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Madras, June 26-28, 2023.
• Received Certificate of appreciation for TOP h-index in SVCE from The Director of Research, Anna Univerisity, Chennai-25.

Best presentation award:

• T. Balusamy, K. Ravichandran, and T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, Influence of boron potential on the formation of FeB/Fe2B phases in surface nanocrystallized medium carbon steel is presented in International conference on Smart Materials & Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SVCE, Sriperumbudur during October 16-17, 2020, India.
• First prize-Best poster award (Rs-5000): S. Sakthivel, Y. Udayarajan, T. Balusamy*, G. Devasagayam, and J. Hariharan, Corrosion Awareness Day 2022, Corrosion Behavior of Ti based alloys for Bio-implant Applications: Role of surface mechanical attrition treatment – An Overview, organized by National Corrosion Council of India and CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 21st April 2022, India.
• Best Paper Award: T. Balusamy, T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran and G. Devasagayam Presented a paper in International Workshop on Emerging Materials and Modelling for Future Technology on ‘Surface Nanostructuring of Metallic Materials Through Surface Severe Plastic Deformation’ organized by Centre for Nano Science and Technology, Anna University, Chennai during 3rd September 2022, India.