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Name Dr. D.Sivakumar
Designation Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest Energy and Environment Industrial Health and Safety
Room No. 6003
Intercom No. 551
Mobile 9841929719, 9962433076
Email Id (Official) skumar@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal) skumard2k@gmail.com
Qualification
  • Ph.D – Chemical Engineering (2021), Anna University, Chennai.
  • M.E – Environmental Management (2009 – 2012), College of Engineering,Guindy, Anna University, Chennai
  • B.Tech – Chemical Engineering (2002 – 2006), A.C. Tech, Anna University,Chennai.
  • Diploma Petrochemical Technology, 1996, Erode Institute of Chemical Technology, Perundurai.
Academic Experience
  • Assistant Professor, SVCE – (27 Dec 2011 till date)
  • Lab Superintendent, Chemical Engineering Department, SVCE – (01 Feb 2009 to 26 Dec 2011).
  • Instructor, Chemical Engineering Department, SVCE – (31 July 1997 to 31 Jan 2009).
  • Plant Operator, Adheswara Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Chennai. (21.08.96 – 05.05.97)
Courses Handled
    Theory Courses:

  • Chemical Process Calculations
  • Chemical Process Plant Safety
  • Chemical Process Industries I
  • Chemical Process Industries II
  • Electrochemical Process for Clean Technology
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Environmental Policy and Legislation.
  • Energy Engineering
  • Energy Management
  • Green Energy
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mass Transfer
  • Mechanical Operations
  • Solar Energy Utilization
  • Safety in Process Industries
  • Accident Investigation and Reporting

    • Laboratory Courses:

  • Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory
  • Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
  • Heat Transfer Laboratory
  • Mass Transfer Laboratory
  • Mechanical Operations Laboratory
  • Process Control Laboratory
  • Technical Analysis Laboratory

    • Administrative workload Assigned

  • ISO-IO Dept. Coordinator,
  • Department PALS – Industry coordination,
  • Department Industrial visit coordinator,
  • Department III Cell & MOU Coordinator,
  • Department Internship coordinator,
  • IIChE – SVCE Student Chapter: Treasurer.
  • Heat Transfer Lab In charge
  • Bus In charge – Route No 29
  • ISO – RO Coordinator
  • IIChE/AIChE /ACT Coordinator
  • Pansophy Coordinator
  • IIChE SC- Treasurer
  • Industries Relations Coordinator
  • HEET Coordinator
  • MoU Coordinator
  • Material Scrap Coordinator
Research & Consultancy
    Research Publication – Journal

  • D.Sivakumar, R.Parthibanet.al.”Synthesis and characterization of ultrasonic-assisted Delonixregia Seeds: modelling and application in dye adsorption” Journal of Desalination and Water Treatment,vol:173 (January,2020) pp:427-441,doi: 10.5004/dwt.2020.24820
  • D.Sivakumar, S Kathik S, Palani R, Meyyappan N. “Biosorption of Cr (VI) ions by Ficus religiosa barks: Batch and continuous study”, Membrane and Water Treatment, Vol. 13, No. 5 (2022) 209-217 https://doi.org/10.12989/mwt.2022.13.5.209
    • Citations: 27
    h-index: 2
    i10-index: 1

    Research Publication – Conference

  • Sivakumar Duraisamy, M.Nambi Raj (3) Harish Kumar N N (4) Krishna S Atherya ” Robustness of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) under various Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) in industrial pharmaceutical wastewater treatment” in a international Conference on Smart Materials & Emerging Technologies for Industry 4.0 held at SVCE during 16-17 October, 2020.
  • Karthik S, Palani R, Sivakumar D, Meyyappan N et.al”Biosorption of Cr (VI) ions from wastewater by Ficusreligiosabarks”First International Conference on Recent Trends in “Clean Technologies for Sustainable Environment (CTSE-2019)” at September 26 – 27, 2019 : SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam.
  • Presented a paper on” Treatment of Pharmaceutical Industrial Effluent using Aerobic membrane Bioreactor”, in 28th Indian Engineering Congress 2013, organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), on December 20 – 22, 2013.
  • Presented a paper on”Different Activating Agents on The Production of Activated Carbon From Delonix Regia( Gulmohar Tree) Fruit Pod” in “TIELINES 2016 – A NATIONAL LEVEL TECHNICAL MEET” on ” Advances in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering” at Pondicherry Engineering College on 19th March 2016.
Conference / Workshop / FDP
    Workshop/FDP Organized

  • Organize two days National level Hackathon – CHEMMINOTHON ’25 during
    18 th – 19 th September, 2025.
  • Organize two days National level Hackathon – CHEMMINOTHON ’24 during
    18 th – 19 th October, 2024.
  • STTP on “Process Modeling, Simulation and Control”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur., from 23rd to 29th May, 2024.
  • Two days national level conference on “Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering towards Sustainability (TIChSCON ’22)” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 27th & 28th May, 2022.
  • Two day online workshop on the topic “MATLAB APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS SIMULATION AND CONTROL” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur., on 23rd & 24th May, 2020
  • AICTE Sponsored Six days STTP on ” Instrumental methods of analysis”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur., from 4th to 9th November, 2019

    • Workshop and Conference Attended

  • Underwent Two days Technical Workshop on” Advanced Heat Exchanger Design, Operation & Maintenance at Precision Equipments (chennai) Pvt. Ltd, Irungattukottai Industrial Estate. On 9 th & 10 th February 2026.
  • Attended Six-Days (Online mode) Short Term Training Program(STTP) on Software Applications in Chemical Engineering(SACE) from 29th December, 2025 – 05th January, 2026 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur
  • Underwent 5 days Industrial Training at Cetex Petrochemicals Limited from 10th – 14th November, 2025.
  • Underwent 7 days Industrial Training at Pure Organic Industries from 17th – 23rd June,2025.
  • Attended Six Days Faculty Development Program on Emerging Trends and Advancements in Chemical and Food Processing Technology (ECFT- 2025) (Hybrid Mode) May 30 – June 05, 2025 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.
  • Attended a Two days International Conference On “Technological Innovations In Chemical Engineering Towards Sustainability” – Tichscon’25 on April 21tst & 22, 2025 Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur in association with Taylor’s University
  • Attended Bureau of Indian Standard organized Annual Convention in Environmental Sciences Discipline on 27th & 28th of March 2025 at GOA.
  • Underwent 6 days Industrial Training at Hubert Enviro Care Systems (P) Ltd. 6 days Industrial Training from 03rd – 8th January,2025
  • Participated & completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on AI-driven Innovations: Transforming Core Engineering Disciplines at SRI SIVASUBRMANIYA NADAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING from 20/01/2025 to 25/01/2025.
  • Participated and successfully completed the 6-day Online UHV-II FDP organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from 19th August to 24th August 2024.
  • Two days national level conference on “Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering towards Sustainability- Clean Environment”, held on 29th& 30th April, 2024 at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur,
  • Six days certification training on ” CERTIFIED ESG ASSESSOR”, Tamilnadu Safety Professional Welfare Association Jointly Organized with Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 22nd to 27th April,2024.
  • Three days Faculty Development Program on ” Occupational Safety and Disaster Risk Management”, organized by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in Collaboration with the Centre for Occupational Safety and health, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and technology, from 03rd to 5th April, 2024.
  • One day workshop on “Process and Drafting of Intellectual Property Rights” sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. Of India at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 20th March, 2024.
  • One day training program on “Focus on Safety Leadership for ESG Excellence, at SEED FOR Safety on 15th march, 2024.
  • One week integrated FDP and Fractal Course on “Looping Technologies for Sustainable Power and Hydrogen Production” Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, NIT Warangal from 12th to 16th February, 2024.
  • Two weeks Virtual FDP on ” Advancements in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering (ABC – 2024) organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, from 2nd to 12th January, 2024.
  • Five days FDP on ” Sustainability in Process Engineering”, conducted by department of Chemical Engineering, Dr.Viswanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, from 18th to 22nd December, 2023.
  • Five Days Online FDP on “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education”, Organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), from 3rd to 7th July, 2023.
  • One day Training Program for Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Study, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 17th June, 2023.
  • Six days FDP on “Chemical Process Safety and Professional Ethics”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 12th to 17th June, 2023.
  • Two days National Level Conference on “Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering Towards Sustainability- Tichs’23”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 5th & 6th April, 2023.
  • Five days online FDP on ” Recent Trends in Chemical and Petrochemical Industries”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, JCT College of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore, from 21st to 25th November, 2022.
  • International FDP on ” Novel and Sustainable Membrane Technology”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, from 17th to 21st October, 2022.
  • Two days National Level Conference on _ Technological Innovations in Chemical Engineering Towards Sustainability – TIChSCON’22, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 27th & 28th May, 2022.
  • AICTE Sponsored Two weeks online FDP on ” Environmental and Sustainable Chemical Engineering” organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, from 10th to 23rd December, 2020.
  • Online Faculty Development Programme on “Role of Chemical Engineering in Sustainable Process Development”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 08th to 12th June, 2020.
  • Online International Workshop on “Art of writing scientific research paper ” conducted by SSN, college during 1 – 2 June 2020.
  • One day online workshop on the topic “Introduction to VBA in MS Excel”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 28th May, 2020
  • Two day online workshop on the topic “MATLAB APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS SIMULATION AND CONTROL”, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 23rd & 24th May, 2020.
  • AICTE Sponsored Six days STTP on “Instrumental methods of analysis” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 4th to 9th November, 2019.
  • One day national conference on “Technological innovation on clean energy generation and environmental remediation” Techinnoceger 2K19″, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 4th October, 2019.
  • Faculty Induction Program on “Instrumental Methods of Environmental Analysis” at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam from 14th to 28th May, 2019.
  • Two day National Level Workshop on “Thin Film Deposition, Characterization and Their Advanced Applications” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 9th & 10th May, 2019.
  • One day Workshop on “Writing Scientific Research Paper- Phase VII” at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam on 25th January, 2019.
  • FDP on “Recent Advances in Pollution Abatement” at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam from 26th to 30th November, 2018.
  • Two days National Level Seminar on ” Software Packages for Dynamic Modeling and Distributed Control System”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 26th & 17th March, 2018.
  • FDP on “Green Chemical Technology and Application for Sustainable Development in Chemical Industry” at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam from 4th to 9th December, 2017.
  • FTDP on “CH6702- Transport Phenomena” at A.C.Tech, Anna University, Chennai from 12th to 19th June, 2017.
  • FDP on “Modern Separation Process in Environmental Applications” at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam from 12th to 19th December, 2016.
  • Two day National Level Seminar on ” Technological Advancements in Fuel Cell Research”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 9th & 10th September, 2016.
  • “TIELINES 2016- A NATIONAL LEVEL TECHNICAL MEET” on ” Advances in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering” at Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, on 19th March, 2016.
  • FTDP on “CH6403-Chemical Process Calculation” at A.C.Tech, Anna University, Chennai, from 18th to 25th January, 2016.
  • AICTE – sponsored seminar on “Advances in Computational Methods for Simulation of Transport Processes in Engineering” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur from 24th to 26th June, 2015.
  • FDP On “CH6503- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics-II” at the Department of Chemical Engineering, A.C.Tech, Anna University., from 14th to 21st May, 2015.
  • Two day National Level Seminar on “Computational Techniques and Practices for Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur on 26th & 27th September, 2014.
  • Two week FDP on “Fluid Mechanics” at Anna University, conducted online by IIT Kharagpur., from 20th to 31st May, 2014.
  • 28th Indian Engineering Congress 2013, organized by The Institution of Engineers (India), at Chennai, from 20th to 22nd December, 2013.
  • Faculty Development Program on “Process Instrumentation, Dynamics and Control” , at Anna University from 29th to 6th December, 2013.
  • One Day Seminar on Institute Industry Interaction, organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chennai Regional Centre, at A.C.Tech, Anna University, Chennai. On 27th November 2013.
  • A two day Seminar on “The Miracle of Material choice towards Safety and Environment in Process Industries”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, during 6th & 7th September 2013.
  • A workshop on NPTEL is organised jointly by SVCE & IITM, Chennai on 10th August 2013.
  • All India Seminar on ” Occupational Hazards in Process Industries: Safety in design and operation” conducted by Institution of Engineers india, tamilnadu State centre, Chennai, on 13th &14th June 2013.
  • 8th Summer School on “Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals”, Conducted by Perotech at Indian Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgoan, from 3rd to 7th June 2013.
  • Faulty development program on “Contemporary Researc and Practices in Pollution Eliminating Systems towards Cleaner environment”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 20th to 26th May 2013.
  • National Workshop on “Trends in Reaction & Environmental Engineering”, at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai on 16th March 2013.
  • A two day seminar on “Innovations in Process Engineering for sustainable development”, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, on 13th & 14th September 2012.
  • Two day National Level Technical Seminar on ” Recent Trends in Process Control Modeling & Simulation” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur on 28th & 29th July 2011.
  • Worksop on “Ajax and Web Services” at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, from 3rd to 19th December, 2007.

    • Webinar Attended

  • International Webinar on “Research Sharing: Liquid Biphasic System as Recent Separation and Purification Pipeline” organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India on 7th August 2020 (Friday) at 11.00 AM
  • Webinar on FCC – PMS held on 12th June 2020,organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.
  • Webinar series on “Opportunities and Challenges for Chemical Engineers” held from 6th June to 10th June 2020 Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.
  • Leadership Talk with Shri R Subrahmanyam, IAS (Secretary Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) held on 13th Jun by MHRD’s Innovation Cell
  • Leadership talk with Ms.Ashwini Deshpande (Co-Founder & Director Elephant Design) held on 6th Jun by MHRD’s Innovation Cell
  • India First Leadership Talk webinar with Prof D. P. Singh, Chairman UGC Broadcasted on 9th May, 2020 by MHRD’s Innovation Cell
  • Two days webinar on “MULTIPHASE PROCESS ENGINEERING – MIXING AND AGITATION” held on 29th & 30th May, 2020, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.
  • Leadership Talk WithDr.Nilesh N Oak, Expert (Indian Civilization & History) held on 30th May Dr.AbhayJere (Chief Innovation Officer- MHRD Innovation Cell, Govt. of India) Hosting Live session of Leadership Talk with Dr.Nilesh N Oak, Expert (Indian Civilization & History) by MHRD’s Innovation Cell.
  • Webinar on the topic “INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT” held on 26th May, 2020 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur.

    • Online Courses Completed

  • A course on “Municipal Solid waste management in Developing Countries”, in Coursera.
  • A course on “Oil and Gas Industry Operations & Markets”, in Coursera.
  • A course on “Introduction to Solar Cell”, in Coursera.
  • A course on “Wind Energy”, in Coursera.
Laboratory Handled
Training Attended
Additional Responsibilities
  • Faculty Advisor, 2019 – 2023 (A1) Batch
  • Heat Transfer Lab In charge
  • Alumni and Admission Coordinator
  • Department Industrial Objective Coordinator
  • Industrial Visit Coordinator/III Cell Coordinator
  • PALS – Industry Coordination
  • ISO – Internal Auditor (Certified)
Achievements
  • Have been awarded 1st Prize for research presentation on “Photocatalytic and Sonochemical Treatment of Organic Pollutants in Wastewater” in SVCE faculty research day, 2015
  • Received intramural project grand of Rs.10000 for the PG project titled “Study on Robustness of Continuous Adsorption Column with Membrane Filtration on Bio sorption of Heavy Metals” under my mentorship as a co-supervisor in the year 2016.
  • Received best paper award for the paper titled “Robustness of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) under various Hydraulic Retention Time (HRT) in industrial pharmaceutical wastewater treatment” in international conference SMETI 2020 conducted in SVCE.
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