Faculty Details

Dr. S. Balaguru obtained his BE in Mechanical Engineering from Manonmanium Sundaranar University, M.Tech from IIT Madras and PhD from College of Engineering Guindy under Anna University. He carried out his postdoctoral research work at National University of Singapore. He works as Dean in-charge of School of Mechanical Engineering at VIT Bhopal. He has 27 years of experience in leading Engineering Institutions out of which he worked as Professor & HoD for 11 years. In 2019, he was invited to Kocaeli University, Turkey, under the Mevlana Mobility Programme with a grant as an International faculty to handle a technical course. He solely authored a best- selling textbook on Dynamics of Machines under the Cengage Learning. He brought out an edited book on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering under Springer publications. In 2008, his proposal fetched a grant of Rs. 8 lakhs under the MODROBS Scheme. He established an International chapter known as Material Advantage Student Chapter at VIT Bhopal as Faculty Advisor. He has guided 3 PhD scholars and 30 M.Tech projects. He published more than 50 papers in reputed journals. He presented 30 papers in the International conferences held in India and abroad. He has 5 patents and several book chapters to his credit. He has been a reviewer for many reputable journals. He visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Turkey for academic works. His research fields are cladding, composites and nuclear materials. He is a Fellow as well as CEng. of the Institution of Engineers. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).