Dr. Arungalai Vendan S
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
1. Research findings listed in the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and
Technology (Govt of India) Portal and Published in the Press Information Bureau (PIB), India
2. Fast Track Young Scientist Award by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB),
Department of Science and Technology (DST) in December 2011.
3. PhD research fellowship by Welding Research Institute (WRI), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL), Trichy, India
4. CSIR Summer Research Training Program Fellowship, NEIST, Jorhat, Assam (July -Aug 2020)
5. Visiting fellowship at JNCASR, Bangalore 2016-17
6. Visiting fellowship from Shantou University, China (2017-18)
7. BEST PAPER AWARD at International Conference on Advances in Mechanical
Engineering and Civil Engineering (ICAMECE 2013), organized by ISRO, Pattaya, Thailand, 19-20th Jan 2013
8. BEST PAPER AND BEST PRESENTATION AWARD at the International Conference on
Emerging Challenges in Design and Manufacturing Technologies 2007, organized jointly by DRDO and Satyabhama University [28-30, Nov 2007].
9. ALL INDIA FIRST PRIZE for a Technical Write Up at the International Conference on Advances
in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT-2008) for young Engineers, “Strategies for the Indian
Manufacturing Industry to Face the Global Challenge” organized by DAE and INAE at IIT Chennai [6-8, Feb 2008].
10. BEST PAPER AWARD at the International Conference on Digital Factory, organized by
Business Innovation Research Center (BIRC), University of Massachusetts, USA and Coimbatore
Institute of Technology, Coimbatore [11-13, August 2008].
11. BEST PAPER AWARD at the International Symposium for Research Scholars on
Metallurgy, Material Science and Engineering, Organized by IIT-M, Chennai, [10-12, December 2008].
12. AWS INDIA INTERNATIONAL SECTION ENDOWMENT PRIZE at the International Symposium for Research Scholars on Metallurgy, Material Science and Engineering, organized by IIT-M, Chennai, [10-12, December 2008].
13. Research contribution award 2015 by VIT University, Vellore
14. Research contribution award 2016 by VIT University, Vellore
15. Research contribution award 2017 by VIT University, Vellore
16. Research Contribution Award 2018 by VIT University, Vellore
17. An article authored by me on research needs and potentials was published in a popular corporate
social focus magazine, in August 2015