Dr- S- Narayanan received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Masters and Doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management from Pondicherry University- With nearly 33 years of teaching experience, 14 years of research experience and 2 years of industrial experience, he has contributed more than 130 research papers in various Scopus Indexed Journals- His areas of interest include Industrial Engineering and Management, Manufacturing etc-, 15 Scholars have been awarded Ph-D under his guidance and he has provided guidance for more than 20 M-Tech student projects- He is currently guiding 2 Ph-D scholars- He has delivered many Invited Talks and Guest Lectures at National and International levels and has authored three books- With the keen interest to promote and develop research, he has organized many International and National Conferences like 22nd CARS & FOF, 21st AIMTDR, GCMM, and ICAMB 2009 and various Workshops, Seminars etc-, He has received many awards and honors for his visionary service which include "Cognizant - VIT Best faculty award", "VIT's Best HOD award" etc-, With his rich academic and industrial experience, he has been instrumental in executing more than 10 Sponsored Research and consultancy projects funded by various funding agencies like DST, DRDL and EU - Asian Link Programme- He is also the Co-ordinator for FIST- DST project and Co - coordinator for TIFAC Core established in VIT University, funded by Department of Science and Technology- He played a key role in the following accreditation processes: National Board of Accreditation (NBA), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Energy Institute ( EI), UK and ABET, USA- He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and member in various professional societies like ASME, ISTE and IIPE-