DR.R.MURUGESAN
PRESIDENT, ISTE NEW DELHI
Dr.R.Murugesan is presently the President for Indian Society of Technical Education. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Anna University of Technology Madurai as Vice-Chancellor. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of this state owned University which was established by the Act No.27 of 2010 of Government of Tamilnadu in June 2010. His vision is to make this University a premier institution that offers world class technical education thereby generating quality technocrats and scientists that will drive our country towards global recognition and appreciation and a glorious future.
He strongly believes that economic development of a nation is dependent on the quality of human resource and Higher Education which becomes the basis for the overall human development of the country. The experience and exposure he earned in visiting the World’s renowned Universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Royal Melborne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia and Villonova University, Philadelphia, USA is giving a helping hand in building the Anna University of Technology Madurai with international standards.
Dr. R.Murugesan has an illustrious career of over 33 years in academic arena and has about 28 international journal/conference publications and 27 national journal/conference publications to his credit. He has authored 18 books in various disciplines. For seven terms he was the National Executive Council Member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) and also served as National Students Advisor for Institution of Engineers. He was the Member of the Syndicate of Anna University of Technology Coimbatore. He also played a vital role as the Member of Committee for making Tamil as medium of instruction for Engineering institutions. He is actively involved in the Canada India Institution Cooperation project and made remarkable achievements in conducting various technical knowledge and skill development programmes for women, Personality Development Programs for students and staff and summer schools. He has visited USA, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Mauritius, France, Dubai, Tunisia, Egypt, China, South Korea and Australia. He has an inborn acumen towards research and has guided several research scholars. He is also a life member in various professional bodies like Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi , Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkatta, Quality Circle Forum of India, Hyderabad and Institution of Valuers, Kolkatta.
Being a humane and philanthropist by nature he emphasizes that service to the society has to be given the utmost importance and is actively involved in conducting various community development activities that includes, Tree plantation programmes, Blood donation and Eye camps, Dental and Medical camps, Leadership programmes for school and College students and Self help group development programs.
Dr. R. Murugesan was born in Porto-Novo, Chidambaram Taluk . After his schooling and Diploma in Civil Engineering at Muthiah Polytechnic, Chidambaram he joined the College of Engineering, Guindy for his Undergraduate Engineering Course in Civil Engineering. He did his M.E. (Structural Engineering) and subsequently Ph.D in Civil Engineering at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore in the area of Structural Performance of Rehabilitated R.C. Frames.