Vortex shedding and convective heat transfer characteristics due to control plates near the cylinder have been investigated numerically at Reynolds number 100. The control plates locations and orientation has been taken as a study parameter, the radial distance between the centroids of cylinder and control plate (rd) and the angular location (θ) measured from rear stagnation point decides the location of control plates. The finite volume code Ansys Fluent is used for computing the field variables. The vortex shedding forces (drag and lift), shedding frequency and Nusselt number are compared with respect to the various locations of control plates. Vortex shedding suppression is observed for the case at θ=90°, where the control plates are positioned along the main flow direction. Suppression of heat transfer is observed for the closer location of control plates. © 2018 by the authors of the abstracts.