Ashok Kumar Loganathan

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT ASHOK KUMAR LOGANATHAN

Dr. L. Ashok Kumar was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from San Diego State University, California. He was selected among seven scientists in India for the BHAVAN Fellowship from and also received SYST Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India. He has 3 years of industrial experience and 26 years of academic and research experience. He has published 193 technical papers in International and National journals and presented 167 papers in National and International Conferences. He has completed 26 Government of India funded projects worth about 15 Crores and currently 9 projects are in progress worth about 12 Crores. He has developed 27 products and out of that 23 products have been technology transferred to industries and for Government funding agencies. He has created Eight Centres of Excellence at PSG Tech in collaboration with Government agencies and Industries. His PhD work on wearable electronics earned him a National Award from ISTE, and he has received 26 awards in the National and in International level. He has guided 92 graduate and postgraduate projects. He has produced 15 PhD Scholars and 9 candidates are doing PhD under his supervision. He has visited many countries for institute industry collaboration and as a keynote speaker. He has been an invited speaker in 357 programs. Also, he has organized 127 events, including conferences, workshops, and seminars. He completed his graduate program in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Madras and his post-graduate from PSG College of Technology, India, and Masters in Business Administration from IGNOU, New Delhi. After completion of his graduate degree, he joined as project engineer for Serval Paper Boards Ltd, Coimbatore. He is also a Certified Charted Engineer and BSI Certified ISO EMS Lead Auditor. He has authored 32 books in his areas of interest published by Springer, CRC Press, Elsevier, Nova Publishers, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, Lambert Publishing and IGI Global. He has 11 patents, one Design patent and five Copyrights to his credit and also contribute 28 chapters in various books. He is also the Chairman of IAEMP and Executive Member in IE, EC Member in Bangalore, Associate Member in CODISSIA. He is also holding prestigious positions in various national and international forums and he is a Fellow Member in IET (UK), IETE, IE and Senior Member in He has been appointed as Nodal Officer for Technology Enabling Centre, Anna University to strengthen industry - Academic interaction and to promote Technology Development Ecosystem.