Vallam Sundar

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Vallam Sundar
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Born (1953-03-30) 30 March 1953 (age 72)
Chennai, India
Nationality Indian
Scientific career
FieldsCoastal Engineering
Institutions Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Notable studentsS.A. Sannasiraj, Sriram Venkatachalam

Vallam Sundar (born 30 March 1953) is an Indian professor of Coastal Engineering at the Department of Ocean Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India.

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Biography

Education and career

Vallam Sundar studied Civil engineering at the College of Engineering, Guindy, where he graduated in 1975. He completed his post-graduation in Hydraulics from IIT Madras in 1977 and received his doctorate in 1982 from the same institute.

Sundar started working at Anna University as Associate Lecturer. In 1981 he became a Scientific Officer at the Ocean Engineering Centre at IIT Madras and worked till 1987. In 1987 he became Assistant Professor of Coastal, Port and Harbour Engineering in the Ocean Engineering Centre at IIT Madras. During 2003–06, he served as the Head of Department of Ocean Engineering (IITM). [1]

Current academic positions

Since 1996, Sundar is a professor of Coastal Engineering at Dept. of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras [2]

Awards and honours

Memberships

References

  1. "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF).
  2. "Department of Ocean Engineering". Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.