Dr. P.

Radhakrishnan
Director,
PSG Institute of Advanced Studies,
Tel: +91 422 434 4000, Ext :
Fax: +91 422 257 3833
E-Mail:director@ias.psgtech.ac.in / rkp_n@yahoo.com

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. Selvaraj P. Thirumal E and Radhakrishnan P, 'Multitasking machines : A new approach to
increase the productivity of aircraft component manufacture' - Published in IJCAT, Volume 27,
Issue 1, 2006 (pp 24-30)
2. Selvaraj P, Radhakrishnan P and M. Adithan "An Integrated Approach to Design for
Manufacturing and assembly Based on Reduction of Time and Cost" International Journal of
Advanced Manufacturing Technology, London ,2007
3. Janardanan. VK, Adithan. M, Radhakrishnan. P (2008), "Collaborative Product Structure
Management for Assembly Modeling". Computers in Industry, Elsevier publishers, Netherlands,
Vol 59, pp 820-832
4. Naiju, C.D., Radhakrishnan, P. Tolerance Control on Cylindrical Components Produced by
Director Metal Laser Sintering Process. Communicated to International Journal of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, UK. (under Revision)
NATIONAL JOURNALS
1. V. Prabhu Raja, P. R. Pillai, P. Radhakrishnan, "Thermal analysis of spindle units under high
- speed machining" Institution of Engineers, Vol 81, Jan 2001, pp 1550159.
2. P. Radhakrishnan, P. Arivalagan, C. Gajendran, "Effect of Pre-contouring and Postcontouring on the accuracy of Parts Produced by Driect Metal Laser Sintering" - Published in
IE(1) Journal, Vol 88, September 2007, pp 3 -6.
3. V. K. Janardhanan, M. Adithan, P. Radhakrishnan, "STEP PDM Based Product Structure
Manager For Collaborative Assembly Modeling" Published in Journal of Aerospace Sciences
and Technologies, Vol 60, Number 2, May2008, pp. 146 -158.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Selvaraj P and Radhakrishnan P Parallel Kinematic Machines (PKM) and Multitasking in
Aircraft Components Manufacture CARS & FOF 2005, Krakow, Poland.
2. Selvaraj P and Radhakrishnan P, Analysis on Setup and Operations Planning in CNC and
Multitasking Machines, International Conference on CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories on the
Future, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, India July 10 22nd, 2006 (pp 1 14).
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. V.. Prabhu Raja, P. Radhakrishnan, "Finite element thermal analysis of high speed CNC lathe
spindle assembly" All India Seminar on Future trends in Mechanical Engineering, Sep 29-30,
2000, University of Roorkee, pp 474-479.
2. V. Prabhu Raja, P. Radhakrishnan, Investigations on the geometrical accuracy variation due
to thermal distortions of high speed spindles 19th AIMTDR Conference, Dec 14-16, 2000,
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.
3. V. Prabhu Raja, J. Kanchana, P. Radhakrishnan, "Prediction of thermal distortions of high
speed spindly incorporated with cooling system", Proceedings of the National Conference or
Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing (CIDM 2001), May 14-15, 2001, Amrita
Institute of Technology and Science, Coimbatore, pp.
4. J. Kanchana, V. Prabhu Raja, P. Radhakrishnan, "Modifications of machine tool spindle nose
for high speed operations", Proceedings of the National Conference on Computer Integrated
Design and Manufacturing (CIDM-2001), May 14-15 2001, Amrita Institute of Technology and
Science, Coimbatore, pp. 241-245.
5. J. Kanchana, V. Prabhu Raja, J. Selvaraj, P. Radhakrishnan, "Finite element thermal analysis
of motorized high speed spindle" Symposium on Manufacturing Excellence (SYMAX), Jan
2002, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, pp. 127-128.
6. V. Prabhu Raja, J. Kanchana, P. Radhakrishnan "Thermal behavior of ball bearings I n
motorized high speed spindles" 17th National convention of Production Engineers on Recent
trends in Design and Manufacture of Gears and bearings, Aug 2002, Indian Institute of
Technology, Chennai, pp. 181 -188.
7. V. Prabhu Raja, J. Kanchana, B. M. Velliappan and P. Radhakrishnan, "Performance of ball
bearings

in

motorized

high

speed

spindles",

20th

AIMTDR

conference

IT

based

manufacturing), Dec 2002, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, pp. 831.

8. V. Prabhu Raja, J. Kanchana, N. M. Prashant, R. Ganeshkumar and P. Radhakrishnan,

"Simulation of temperature distribution in high speed milling using finite element method", 21 st
AIMTDR conference, VIT, Vellore, Dec 21-24, 2004, pp. 626-630.
9. K. Janardhan Reddy, P. Radhakrishnan. "Collaborative Approach for Concurrent Product
Design and Manufacture" World Class Manufacturing 2003, p.96-99, 7th 9th May 2003.
10. K. Janardhan Reddy, P. Radhakrishnan, "Collaborative Design as an enabling tool for
Concurrent Engineering", NAMS 2003, 20th and 21st June 2003.
11. K. Janardhan Reddy, P. Radhakrishnan, M. Vittal Rangaiah, Santhosh Kumar. N.S.V,
Implementation of a PDM Enabler for Concurrent Engineering RSC 2004, January 5-7, 2004.
12. K. Janardhan Reddy, P. Radhakrishnan, M. Vittal Rangaiah, Santhos Kumar. N.S.V "An
Architecture for Collaborative Product Development" National Conference on Advanced
Manufacturing and Robotics, January 10-11, 2004.
13. Janardanan. V. K, Janardhan Reddy.K, Thomas Joseph, Radhakrishnan. P "M-Collab: A
Multi User Collaborative Environment for Product Design and Development" National
Conference on IT Enabled Product Development Strategies 2005, PSG College of Technology,
Coimbatore.
14. Vimal Kumar. A, Janardhanan. V. K, Janardhan Reddy.K, Radhakrishnan. P "Product
Structure Management in Collaborative Environment" CARs & FOF 2006, July 19-22, Vellore
Institute of Technology, Vellore.

Some Earlier Publications (as co-author)

1. Interfacing Geometric Model Data with Rapid Prototyping Systems, Journal of Intelligent
manufacturing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1999) 10, 323-329.
2. Rapid tooling for casting A study on the application of rapid prototyping process, Indian
Foundry Journal, Nov, 1999.
3. Thermal analysis of spindle units under high speed machining Journal of Institution of
Engineers (India) Vol. 81, Jan 2001.
4. Critical parameters influencing the quality of prototypes in fused deposition modelling.
Journal of Material Processing Technology, Elsevier Science B.V. 118 (2001) pp 385-388, 2001.
5. A generative Computer Aided Process Planning system for Prismatic Components, Int.
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, (2002) 20:709-719.
6. Revamping Manufacturing Education in the Context of Globalization, University News, 40
(46), Nov.18-24, 2002.

7. Scheduling Rules for Dynamic Shops that Manufacture Multilevel Jobs. Int. Journal of
Computers and Industrial Engineering, 44 (2002) pp 119-131.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

Awarded certificates for best project work for undergraduate students at state level
during 1981 1982 1983 and 1987 1988

State Award for best project Slotting Machine

State Award for best project Trainer Type CNC Milling Machine
State Award for best project Microprocessor controlled milling machine
Distinguished Service award for organizing the 14 th International Conference on
CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future warded by ISPE, USA.

Outstanding Engineers Award by Institution of Engineers, Coimbatore Local Centre,

1998.

Lifetime Achievement Award-23rd All India Manufacturing Technology, Design &

Research Conference, IIT, Madras,2008

PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 24.05.1944
Nationality : Indian
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Institution
Degree
Specialization
B.Sc

Mechanical Engineering

[Engg]

Year

Government Engineering College,

1966

Trichur, Kerala

M.Tech

Machine Tools [Mech.

Engineering]

IIT, Madras

1970

Ph.D

Mechanical Engineering

PSG College of Technology,University of

1976

Madras

Work Experience - Total Experience : 39 yrs, Teaching, Industry & Research

Organisation

Designation

PSG Institute of Advanced Studies

Director

Vellore Institute of Technology, Deemed

University, Vellore 14
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Vice Chancellor
Principal /
Faculty

Period
October 2007 to till
date
June 2002 to August
2007
August 1970 to May
2002