Lt. Dr. Vishnu Sankar
M.Tech.(Thermal Engineering), B. Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), Ph.D..
Asst Professor
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Lt. Dr. Vishnu Sankar completed his Ph.D. in Thermal Engineering (2023) from CUSAT,  M.Tech in Thermal Engineering (2015) with 3rd Rank in aggregate from CUSAT University and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (2013) with 7th Rank in aggregate from CUSAT University. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kakkanad from June 2016. Lt. Dr. Vishnu Sankar successfully completed three months Pre-Commissioned Course (PRCN) training conducted from 29th July 2024 to 9th October 2024 @ Officers Training Academy, Kamptee, Nagpur, India and commissioned as Associate NCC Officer with a rank of Lieutenant in the Army wing. He Judged CBSE Regional level Science Exhibition 2016,  SAE Mahindra AWIM 2019 JET TOY Competition, Crossroads-15, Crossroads-17 and Crossroads-19. He have published and presented a number of research papers in the various national and international journals, conferences and seminars, besides having been part of the various funded research projects. He also have 4 granted Patents to his credit. He has more than 164 Google Scholar citations with h-index 6 and ResearchGate Score of 12.03. He won the "Best Student Award" of Chinmaya Vidyalaya for academic year 2008-2009. He is a Life Member of  The Institution Of Engineers India (IEI), The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) & Indian Society For Technical Education (ISTE). He is one among the ASNT International LEVEL 2 Certified Mechanical Engineer in Ultrasonic Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Liquid Penetrant Testing, Radiographic Testing and Radiographic Film Interpretation. He is also one among the National Council for Technology and Training (NACTET) Certified Professional in QA/QC Engineering, Piping Inspection, Project Management, Welding and Oil & Gas. His Area of Research interest includes Coatings in I.C Engines, Biodiesel production & testing in I.C Engines, Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering. He is also one among the few candidates who qualified NPTEL Online Certification course on THERMODYNAMICS by IIT Kharagpur with Elite category certificate, Latex Online Certification course offered by the Spoken Tutorial Project by IIT Bombay, ASME Online course on Standards & Certification and online certification courses offered by Coursera. He was the QUIZ MASTER of AavISHKAR 2KI6 all kerala school quiz competition and other 54 Techno quiz competitions.

RSET Unique Id:	31794
Area of Interest:	COATINGS IN I.C ENGINES, BIODIESEL PRODUCTION AND TESTING IN I.C ENGINES, THERMODYNAMICS AND THERMAL ENGINEERING.
Memberships(If Any)	THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS INDIA (IEI) & INDIAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION (ISTE)Life Member.
	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-5504
	https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=NxDyIGsAAAAJ&hl=en
Website	people.rajagiritech.ac.in/vishnus