Faculty Achievements

• Obtained a grant of Rs.96000 for organising a 5-day Faculty Development Programme on "Virtual and Augmented Reality" sponsored by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy, between 18 and 22 Jan. 2021. • YAGEN ROBOTICS LLP, a startup company was inaugurated on 15 Feb. 2021.

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

● Produced 1 Ph.D. holder during the academic year. ● Published a Patent.

● 38 Research articles were published in indexed journals. ● 6 Students (B.Tech - Biotechnology) were placed in core companies and 3 got

Admission for Masters education abroad.

● 2 Students participated in International summer exchange program by UBAYA

University, Indonesia

FDA

• Received AICTE approval for conducting M. Design Fashion Technology programme from 2021 onwards.

• Initiated “FashionGram”, a weekly live Interactive Session with celebrities, fashion influencers, trend setters and alumni on Instagram.

CHEMISTRY

• Number of Research Papers published in the Scopus Indexed Journals - 35. • Produced 1 Ph.D. in Dec. 2020.

PHYSICS

• Published 12 Research Papers in the reputed international journals in the academic year 2020-2021

• Dr. J. Selvi has completed Ph.D. degree and won the Appreciation Award in Jan. 2021

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MATHS

• Got more than 60 International Journal Publications by faculty. • One full time Research Scholar completed Ph.D. • Faculty have completed more than 250 MOOC courses.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

• Dr. Purushothaman, Asst. Prof, published Book chapter in “Sysnthesis and

Characterization of Water in Diesel Emulsions”.

• Dr. M. S. Nisha, Asst. Prof, gave lecture on “Business Opportunities in Unmanned

Aerial Vehicles” in a FDP at Vel Tech.

• Dr. P.S. Venkatanarayanan, Prof., delivered a lecture on "Damage Prediction on

Nanocomposite After High Velocity Impact" at ACS College of Engineering,

Bangalore on 22May 2021. • C. S. Karunakaran, Asst. Prof., represented India in United Nation Organization SGAC (Space Generation Advisory Council) Africa's 4th International Space Generation

African Workshop held at Ghana on 13 Feb. 2021. • C. S. Karunakaran, gave Key Lecture on "UAV Design Principle" as part of SAEINDIA

Aerospace Lecture Series on 19 Apr. 2021. • G. Dinesh Kumar, Asst. Prof. gave Key Lecture on "UAV Design Principles" as part of

SAEINDIA Aerospace Lecture Series on 19 Apr. 2021. • Dr. R. Asokan, Prof. and Head represented Aeronautical society and gave lecture

Aeronautical society meeting at Bangalore.

SPADE

• Funded Projects undertaken by Dr. Sheeba Chander, Dean (SPADE) on “Connecting the Urban and Peri-urban & PIVOT – Re-visioning Peripheral Geographies: Strategies for Resilient Urban Development in the Global South.” • Ar. Preetha Jacob completed Ph.D.

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CIVIL ENGINEERING

• Mr. J. Samuel, Assistant Professor and Dr P. S. Joanna, Professor obtained Indian Patent entitled "Cold-Formed Steel Beam with Encased Braced Web for Earthquake Resistant

Constructions". • Ms. Shalini RNair, Assistant Professor, received “Best Paper Award” on theme of “Tall

Buildings” titled “A Comparative Study of Aerodynamic Coefficients on Tall

Structures using Experimental Studies with International Codes and Standards” in

International conference on 'Materials, Mechanics and Structures', held on Google Meet during 14 & 15 July 2020.

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Dr. Selvi Rajendran, Prof. have received funding of Rs. 17,06300 from ICMR for the project titled “Development of Anti-Cancer Drug Response Prediction”. • Mr. S. K. Shankar, Asst. Prof. has been selected by NEN as “Global Start-Up Advisor” for supporting budding entrepreneurs across the world on 2 July 2021. • Dr. T. SudalaiMuthu, Assoc. Prof. achieved an Innovation Patent on “A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Sustainable Method for Classification of Endometriosis

Laparoscopic Images” on 16 June 2021 from Australian government. • Dr. T. Sudalaimuthu, Assoc. Prof. achieved an Australian Innovation patent-"An IOT

Based Intelligent Driver Assisting System" on 24 Mar. 2021. • Dr. Johnaravindhar, Prof. received funding of Rs. 5,21,500 for organizing FDP on

“Artificial Intelligence and Ambient Intelligence” from AICTE. • Mr. S. K. Shankar, Asst. Prof. represented HITS MHRD IIC as Vice President from

June 2020.

• Mr. S. Balasubramani, Asst. Prof. represented HITS MHRD IIC as Convener and

Innovation Coordinator from June 2020.

• Mr. S. K. Shankar, Asst. Prof. obtained International Certification in Teaching

Entrepreneurship offered by University of Massachusetts and IUCEE Foundation on 11

Jan. 2021.

• Dr. R. Mohandas obtained his Doctoral Degree from HITS entitled “Enhanced

Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Improving Qos in Internet of Things” on 15 Dec. 2020.

• Dr. Gino Sophia obtained her Doctoral Degree from HITS entitled “Max-min

Dominated Fuzzy Rule Localization, Feature Extraction and Classification of Iris

Images” on 17 Nov. 2020.

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• Dr. Linda Joseph obtained Doctoral Degree from HITS entitled “Design of a Novel

Security Mechanism for Virtual machines using an Autonomic Approach with VM snapshots” on 09 Nov. 2020. • Dr. M. Sambath obtained Doctoral Degree from HITS entitled “Block Based Stenosis

Detection in Coronary Vessels of X-Ray Angiograms” on 27 Oct.2020

MCA

• Ms. Sherin Eliyas received Appreciation Letter from Indian Railways Salem Division for the completion of Mobile Application on 26 Dec.2020

• Ms. Sherin Eliyas received Appreciation Letter during the Republic Day Celebration for obtaining Consultancy project from Indian Railways on 26 Jan. 2021

• Dr. P.S. Sreeja has received Honorary Rosalind Membership from London Journal

Press for her significant Research work.

• Dr. P.S. Sreeja has received Digital Teacher Badge from IET.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Dr. B.V. Baiju and Mrs. I. Juvanna obtained an Indian Patent. • Dr. A. Kumaresan and Dr. N. Meenakshi obtained 2 International Patents.

• Dr. N. Meenakshi received the Appreciation Awardfor patent publishing in Jan. 2021. • Dr. B.V. Baiju has completed the Ph.D. and won the Appreciation Awardin Jan. 2021. • Dr. Meenakshi and Dr. Kavitha Esther Rajakumari has published the Book titled “Data

Science and Machine Learning-A Python Approach”, in Notion Press Publication by

Feb. 2021.

• Ms. I. Juvanna has published the Book entitled “Macine Learning for Web” in Notion

Press Publication by Feb. 2021.

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

• Dr. Vasudevan, Prof.; & Dr. Vallikannu. AL, Assoc. Prof & HOD obtained funding of 3,50,000/- & 2,42,666/- from AICTE towards conduct of STTP. • Dr. Vasudevan, Prof., & Dr. Sakthidasan, Assoc.Prof. obtained 2 International Patents. • 6 Patents were filed out of which 4 Patents were published. • 2 Book Chapters were published by the faculty.

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• Dr. Vallikannu .AL, Assoc. Prof., & HOD ECE received the Academic Excellence

Award (Industry granted) during Jan. 2021. • Dr. S. Sasikumar, Prof. received the Research Excellence Award during Feb. 2021. • Dr. HimanshuSekhar, Prof.; Dr. S. Sasikumar, Prof.; Dr. Sakthidasan, Assoc. Prof.; &

Dr. Prabha, Assoc. Prof. received the Appreciation Award for publishing Patent in

Jan. 2021.

• Dr. Kumaraguru Diderot, Asst. Prof.; Dr. Kiruthika V., Asst.Prof.,

Dr.Kavitha.B.C/Asst.Prof. & Dr. Sunilkumar.K, Asst. Prof. completed the Ph.D. and won the Appreciation Award. • Dr. Uppu Ramachandriah, Prof. was invited as the Speaker for the Shri U.V. Warlu 19th

Memorial IET Lecture on the topic “Adaptive Control Systems for Wall Climbing Robots”.

• As part of the Break the Chain Campaign, Mr. John Jacob, Lab Superintendent installed the Automatic Hand Sanitizer in various blocks in the institution.

• Faculty published around 33 publications in well reputed SCI/Scopus journals including IEEE. • 18 Scopus conference publications were also published. • Faculty completed around 400 MOOC courses. • Holds an average of 27.73 citations and 2.115 H index.

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

• Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor and HoD is nominated as a member of Association of

Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP) Research & Innovation Committee (RIC),

Communication Committee and Digital Transformation Committee. • Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor & HoD, delivered invited talk on “Hybrid Energy

Management Using Cyber Physical Systems” in online KTU sponsored FDP titled

“Advancements in Systems for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles” from 19 Apr. 2021 to 23

Apr. 2021 • Dr. R. Devanathan, Professor Emeritus has been nominated as a Reviewer for

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, Springer. • Dr. R. Devanathan, Professor Emeritus has been nominated as a Reviewer for Annual

IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, USA.2021.

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• Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor & HoD, delivered invited Online Webinar titled “Optimal

Dispatch of Virtual Power Plants” on 18 Sept. 2020 for School of Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technology, Naresuan University, Thailand. • Dr. Geetha Devi C. E., Assistant Professor has received Doctorate in Electrical

Engineering for Thesis Linearization Application in Flexible Ac Transmission Systems. • Dr. V. Mahesh Kumar Reddy has received Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from

Naresuan University, Thailand. • Dr. N. Mahiban Lindsay has received Doctorate in Electrical Engineering for thesis

Enhancing power system Reliability using FACTS devices in a deregulated environment.

• Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor & HOD, Department of EEE delivered invited Online

Webinar titled “Peak Load Shaving Strategies: An Indian Scenario” on 25 June 2020 for Multimedia University, Malaysia. • Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor & HoD, delivered invited Online Webinar titled “Optimal

Dispatch of Virtual Power Plants” on 18 June 2020 for University of Bradford, UK. • Dr. A. K. Parvathy, Professor & HOD, delivered invited talk on “Automotive

Electronics as Emerging Market” in CII Conference on Automotive R&D Trends – 13th

Edition held on 26 Mar. 2021.

• Dr. G. Muthukumaran, Professor received HITS Teacher’s Day Award for getting

Patent on “A Novel Counting Device for Domestic Pressure Cookers, Suitable for

Hearing Impaired (CoDePeC) on 03 June 2020. • Flt. Lt. Giri Rangarajan, Asst. Professor, received HITS Teachers Day Award for successfully representing TN, Puduchery and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NCC

Directorate as Contingent commander for 5 years and also receiving DG

Commendation Award and DDG’s (TN, P & AN) special award for the year 2019. • Flt. Lt. Giri Rangarajan, Asst. Professor, EEE received HITS Teachers Day Award for successfully completing 175 MOOC Courses online.

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AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING

• Dr. Prabakaran B., delivered an invited lecture on the topic “Biofuel for the

Future” in 2nd International Conference in Innovations in Engineering Science, held on 27 Mar.2021 and 28 Mar. 2021.

• Dr. Prabakaran B. published a Book Chapter in Intech Open which is indexed in Web of Science, by December 2020, on the topic “An Attempt in Blending

Higher Volume of Ethanol with Diesel for Replacing the Neat Diesel to Fuel

Compression Ignition Engines” the link of the book is stated : https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/an-attempt-in-blending-highervolume-of-ethanol-with-diesel-for-replacing-the-neat-diesel-to-fuel-co.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

• Dr. D. Balaj, received a Grant of Rs. 94,000/- from AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) for conduct of FDP. • Dr. V. Hariram, Professor, has published 3 Indian Patents this year. • Mr. A. Abraham Eben Andrews, Asst. Professor, has published 2 Indian Patents this

year.

MECHATRONICS

• Dr. D. Dinakaran, Prof. was a resource person for the "Webinar on Design for

Emergency: How Did Technology Universities Perceived Research During Covid 19 in WTUN" organised by Bradford university, UK on 13 Oct. 2020. • Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. was a resource person in Virtual World Technology University

Congress on “Joint Programmes & Ph.D.: Why We Need Them and How They Work?” on 14 Oct. 2020.

• Dr. D. Dinakaran, Prof. was a resource person in Virtual World Technology University

Congress on “The Technology Universities research during COVID’19” on 4 Aug. 2020

• Dr. D. Dinakaran, Prof. was a resource person in Virtual conference and exhibition on

“Innovative Middle East and Africa: Higher Education-led Economic Diversity and

Globalization” for QS Maple 2020 on 25-27 Nov. 2020

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• Dr. R. M. Kuppan Chetty, Assoc. Prof., Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. and Ms. N. Seenu,

Asst. Prof. for obtaining grants worth Rs 53.67 lakhs for a Collaborative Research

Project entitled "Development of Autonomous Heterogeneous Robotic Swarm

Simulator for Faster Disaster Reconnaissance and Mitigation" under TSP India Scheme by Royal Academy of Engineering. The collaborators of the project are Hindustan

Institute of Technology & Science, University of Leicester, UK., M/s. Menzel Vision and Robotics Pvt. Ltd., and M/s. Yagen Robotics, India. • Dr. D. Dinakaran, Prof., Dr. R. M. Kuppan Chetty, Assoc. Prof., Ms. Manju Mohan,

Asst. Prof., for obtaining a Consultancy Project worth 2.5 Lakhs for the project "Modelling and Simulation of Electromagnetic Retarder for Automotive Applications".

This consultancy project is in collaboration with M/s. RAMBAL Limited, Chennai,

India.

• Dr. R. M. Kuppan Chetty, Assoc. Prof., was elevated to Senior Member, in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), July 2020. • Dr. R. M. Kuppan Chetty, Assoc. Prof., obtained Chartered Engineer (C.Eng. -

Mechanical) from The Institution of Engineers India (IEI), July 2020. • Dr. R. M. Kuppan Chetty, Assoc. Prof., Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. and Ms. N. Seenu,

Asst. Prof., and Mr. Karthik Kumar, Research Scholar resourced for the STTP

Programme titled “Skill Development course on AI”, to KCG - Mech. Dept between 22 and 25 June 2020.

• Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. was a resource person in a “FDP on Augmented and Virtual

Reality for Civil Engineering Applications” organised by Sona College of Technology,

Trichy held on 4 June 2021. • Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. was a resource person in a 5-Days Online Programme on

Nurturing Research & Innovation in Higher Education Institutions and delivered a talk on the topic “Writing Competitive Research Grant Proposals” organised by Dr. MGR

Educational and Research Institute held on 2 July 2020. • Dr. M. M. Ramya, Prof. was a resource person in an “Online training on Developing

Robotic Application Using MATLAB” organised by St. Joseph College of Engineering,

Chennai held between 1 and 3 July 2020.

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

• Mr. Vijay Samuel G., Asst. Prof., received the Rashtriya Gaurav Award awarded by

India International Friendship Society (IIFS), New Delhi on 9 Apr. 2021.

FDA

• Dr. Afrose Farid, Prof & Head, was invited as an Expert panalist on “Career in Fashion

Designing” organised by The Times of India Mission Admission - Career Counselling

Webinar on 24 Aug.2020, and “How a Liberal Arts Education Helps Promote

Interdiscipilinary Learning” organised by The Hindu Education Plus - Career

Counselling Webinar on 11 June 2021. She also delivered a live talk on Puthiya

Talaimurai TV Channel in Karka Kasadara Programme on “Fashion Designing and its

Career Oppurtunities” it was aired live on 12 July 2021. • Dr. Afrose Farid Prof & Head, attended IUCEE NEP 2020 on Design Thinking - FDP from 1 June - 22 June 2021.

• Dr. Neeti Kishore, Asst. Prof. attended a two-day Faculty Development Programme on

“Online Teaching, Learning and Evaluation with MOODLE and MOOC Platform” held on 13-14 July 2020. • Ms. Saranya S. attended Faculty Development Programmes – “Apparel Design” organised by NIIFT, Ludhiana during 07 to 11 June 2021, “Sustainable Textiles”, on 14 and 15 June, 2021. ADTC Bangalore and also attended AICTE-ISTE Sponsored 6 days Induction / Refreshers programme on “Advance Ecological Techniques in Textile

Chemical Processing for Sustainable Development” organised by Department of

Textile Technology K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology on 12 Mar. 2021. • Ms. Saranya S. Asst. Prof, has completed 40 online Coursera Courses and 1 EdX course. • Ms. Rakhi Radhakrishnan, Asst. Prof, attended a Two-day FDP on “Digitisation in

Fashion Industry” organized by Department of Fashion & Apparel Engineering,

TIT&S, Bhiwani, on 4 & 5 June 2021 and “Sustainable Fashion Design”, organized by

ATDC Bengalure under the guidance of TOT Academy on 17 June 2021.

LAW

• Prof. Dr. V.L. Mony, Dean published a book on “Law of Taxation” by Asia Law House,

Hydrabad, 2021 Edn. as a subject book. He also,

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• Published a Book on “Notes on Evidence” by Asia Law House, Hydrabad, 2021

Edn.

• Chaired Programme for National Webinar on “National Education Policy” held on 24 Mar. 2021 at Government Law College, Ernakulam. • Invited speaker for Seminar on “Development and Careers in Intellectual and

Property Rights” held on 16 Mar. 2021 at Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed

College for Women. • Chief Guest for Article 21 of Constitution and Fundamental Rights held by

Crescent University and Law and Justice Forum, Kerala.

• Prof. Dr. J. Vincent Comraj, was the Convener and Chairperson for a Three-Day

International Webinar on “Human Rights Hermeneutics” held a School of Law,

Hindustan University, Chennai from 17 to 19 Feb. 2021. He also was, o Keynote Speaker in Webinar on “Judiciary and Rule Scepticism” held at Andaman Law College, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 02 Jan. 2021.

o Speaker in Webinar on “Egalitarianism of Indian Constitution” held by

Company Law Society, Thiruvananthapuram on 12 Dec.2020. o Speaker in Webinar on “Human Rights” held by Company Law Society,

Thiruvananthapuram on 10 Dec.2020. o Chief Guest & Speaker in National Webinar on “Revisiting Constitution of

India” , “Access to Justice” , “Legal Developments for Better India by Castro

Lexedu Foundation” on 29 Nov.2020.

o Jury in International E-Conference “On New Normal in Education 2020 New

Frontiers in Education Mindware PLT, MALAYSIA from 28 Nov.2020 to 29

Nov.2020.

o Organized Constitution Day Programme by School of Law, Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science on 26 Nov. 2020. o Judge in National Virtual Moot Court Competition conducted by Law

Internships in association with Atharva Legal LLP from 30 Oct.2020 to 1

Nov.2020.

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