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Academic and Research Achievements

Dr.S.Balakrishnan is a Professor and Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Paiyanoor, Chennai. He has 24 years of experience in teaching, research and administration. He has published over 39 books, 10 Book Chapters, 30 Technical articles in CSI Communications Magazine, 27 technical Blogs, 1 article in Electronics for You (EFY) magazine, 20 articles in Open Source for You Magazine and over 150+ publications in highly cited Journals and Conferences. He has completed 2 funded projects under DST TIDE and CSRI scheme in AI applications.

Some of his professional awards include: Iconic Teacher in Research Award at Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore, Best Patent Award from IEEE Madras Section for the year 2024, Certificate of Award with cash prize $250 for 1st place in the International Poster Challenger by Peeref, Kalpa Acharya Award (Best researcher Award) Bharath Education Excellence Awards (BEEA) 2021-22 organized by BrainOVision, IEEE MAS Best Researcher Award - 2022 (Age 40 and Below 50) by IEEE Madras Section, AICTE Lilavati Award 2021-22 winner with 1 Lakh Cash Prize, Best Performer in the Poster Display at IIC Regional Meet held at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology Chennai on 21st July 2022, Best Model/Technology Presentation Award by IEEE-Nanotechnology Council Student Chapter IIT Indore, Yuva Mentor as a Changemaker Award, Faculty with Maximum Publishing in CSI Communications 2017-2019, International Data Science Writer of the Year 2019 by Data Science Foundation UK with cash prize €900, MTC Global Outstanding Researcher Award, Inspiring Authors of India, Deloitte Innovation Award Deloitte for Smart India Hackathon 2018, Patent Published Award, and Impactful Author of the Year 2017-18. He acted as a Mentor, Evaluator cum Jury Panel Member, Grand finale of SIH 2022 and MANTHAN, Mentor and Jury
member in ASEAN-India Hackathon 2021, Primary SPOC and Evaluator for Toycathon 2021. He has received an appreciation certificate for Developing SIH Alumni Portal and SIH 2022 Portal for Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and MHRD’s Innovation Cell 25th May 2022.

He has delivered 110+ guest lectures/seminars in National & International levels, delivered 30+ keynote speech/invited speech and chaired 350+ sessions for various National and International Conferences. He is serving as a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of many reputed Journals and acted as Technical Program Committee member of National conferences and International Conferences at Vietnam, China, America and Bangkok. His research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing and IoT. He has delivered various guest lecture under AI applications in power grid applications.

Dr.Balakrishnan has acted as mentor in prestigious IndiaAI Fellowship under the IndiaAI Mission with a fellowship grant of ₹1,00,000. And he has acted as Mentor in Kavach 2023 Hackathon Title Winner with 1 Lakh Cash Prize, Mentor in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020 Title Winner with 1 Lakh Cash Prize. He has 14 Granted International Patents, 45 Indian Patents on IoT Applications, 22 Design Patent Grants and 3 granted Copyrights. Dr. Balakrishnan has been appreciated under India Book of Records 2021 for filing 18 patents over a period of 15 months. He is acting as an Author at IEEE Teaching Excellence Hub, IEEE EduMentor Connect Program mentor, IEEE YESISI’12 2023 Publicity Ambassador, IEEE.TV Region 10 Global Ambassador, IEEE Brand Ambassador, IEEE Publicity Ambassador, IEEE Senior Member, T4 Ambassador and Bentham Science Publisher Brand Ambassador.