Dr. M. Thirumaleshwar Profile

<p>Dr. M. Thirumaleshwar graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal, Karnataka, India, in the year 1965. He obtained M.Sc (cryogenis) from University of Southampton, U.K. and Ph.D.(cryogenics) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.</p>
<p>He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education, and a Foundation Fellow of Indian Cryogenics Council.</p>
<p>He has worked in India and abroad on large projects in the areas involving heat transfer, fluid flow, vacuum system design, cryogenic engineering, cryo-pumping etc.</p>
<p>He worked as Head of Cryogenics Dept. in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay and Centre for Advanced Technology (CAT), Indore, from 1966 to 1992.</p>
<p>He worked as Guest Collaborator with Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory of Universities Research Association, in Dallas, USA from 1990 to 1993.</p>
<p>He also worked at the Institute of Cryogenics, Southampton, U.K. as a Visiting Research Fellow from 1993 to 1994.</p>
<p>He was Head of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India for eight years.</p>
<p>He also worked as Head of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering, and then as Principal, Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology, Puttur (D.K.), India.</p>
<p>Presently, he is Professor and coordinator of Post-graduate program in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangalore, India.</p>
<p>A book entitled “Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer” authored by him and published by M/s Pearson Education, India (2006) has been adopted as a Text book for third year engineering students by the Visweswaraya Technological University (V.T.U.), Belgaum, India.</p>
<p>He has also written and published three booklets entitled as follows:</p>
<p>1. Towards Excellence… How to Study (A Guide book to Students)</p>
<p>2. Towards Excellence… How to teach (A guide book to Teachers)</p>
<p>3. Towards Excellence… Seminars, GD’s and Personal Interviews (A guide book to Professional and Management students)</p>
<p>Dr. Thirumaleshwar has attended several National and International conferences and has more than 50 publications to his credit.</p>