‘Coordinating Local Model Predictive Controllers for Large Scale Systems’, Lecture delivered in AICTE sponsored Summer School on ‘Smart Operation and Control of Electrical Machines and Power Systems’, PEC Pondicherry, June 10, 2010 ‘Coordination of local model predictive controllers for control of large scale systems’, Lecture delivered in the AICTE-MHRD sponsored workshop on ‘Computer Control of Processes’, NIT Trichy, January 4, 2010 ‘Towards coordinating local model predictive controllers for multi-reservoir systems’, Lecture delivered in the ‘SDWA weekly research talk’, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance, National University of Singapore, December 3,2009 ‘Modeling of Membrane Bioreactors’ – Lecture delivered in TEQUIP Sponsored Workshop on ‘Emerging Trends in Environmental Biotechnology’, NITK, Surathkal, January 12, 2009 ‘Nonlinearity Measures – Is Linear Control adequate for Nonlinear Systems?’, Lecture delivered in the UGC Sponsored Short Term Course on ‘Goal Oriented System Modeling and Identification’, , ‘Energy Efficiency and Economics Seawater Desalination’ – Plenary lecture delivered in the National Conference on ‘Energy Efficiency : The Environmental Solution’, NIT, Tiruchirappalli, ‘Systems Biology : A systems theoretic approach to the understanding of cellular dynamics’ – Expert Lecture delivered in the National Level Technical Symposium – CHEMOSPHERE 2007, S.V.University, Tirupathi, December 15, 2007 ‘Systems Biology : A systems theoretic approach to the understanding of complex biological systems’ – Lecture delivered in the DST sponsored Regional Seminar on ‘Biomolecular Modeling from Drug Discovery to Nanotechnology’, , , June 29, 2007 ‘Modeling Plant Uncertainties and Robust Control’ – Lecture delivered in the AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on ‘Learning Systems in Intelligent Control’, St. Peter’s Engineering College, Chennai, March 20, 2007 ‘Applications of PLC in Chemical Plants ’ – Lecture delivered in the Workshop on ‘PLC, DCS and its applications’, , , ‘Systems Biology : Systems Approach to Molecular Biology’ – Lecture delivered in the National Symposium on ‘Frontiers in Chemical Technology’, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, February 2, 2007 Systems Biology : Systems Approach to Molecular Biology’ – Keynote Lecture delivered in the National Conference on ‘Current Trends in Chemical Engineering’, SRM University, Chennai, November 11, 2006
‘Modeling Plant Uncertainties and Robust Control’ – Lecture delivered in the AICTE sponsored National Seminar on ‘Intelligent Instrumentation and Control’, , Thanjavur, ‘Systems Theory in Cellular Biology : Concepts and Applications’ – Lecture delivered in the DST sponsored workshop on ‘Bioinformatics and Computational Biology’, Thiagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai, September 30, 2006 ‘Membrane Separation Processes’ – Lecture delivered in the TEQIP sponsored workshop on ‘Novel Separation Techniques’, SIT, Tumkur, ‘Systems Biology : Understanding Cellular Dynamics using Systems Theory’ – Lecture delivered in the AICTE sponsored Staff Development Programme on ‘Bioinformatics – Synergy with Biosciences’, NITK, Surathkal, March 24, 2006 ‘Systems Biology : Understanding Cellular Dynamics using Systems Theory’ – Lecture delivered in the National Science Day Celebrations on ‘Nurture Nature for our Future’, , ‘Modeling, design and control of bioreactors’- Lecture delivered in the UGC refresher course on ‘Industrial Biotechnology’, , Chidambaram, ‘Air pollutants and their dispersion’ - Lecture delivered in the refresher course on ‘Environmental Education’, , ‘Separations – An Integrated Approach’- Lecture delivered in the Chemical Engineering Students Association, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, September 21, 2005 ‘Separations – An Integrated Approach’- Lecture delivered in the inaugural function of the Chemical Engineering Students Association, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, July 30, 2005 ‘Fuzzy modeling and fuzzy model based control’ – Lecture delivered in the sponsored short term training programme on ‘Trends in Intelligent Measurement and Control’, MIT, Chennai, logic control and model uncertainties’ - Lecture delivered in the AICTE-ISTE sponsored short term training programme on ‘Process Control in Chemical Industries’, , Chidambaram, ‘Modeling, design and control of bioreactors’- Lecture delivered in the UGC refresher course on ‘Industrial Biotechnology’, , Chidambaram, ISTE
‘Separations – Need for an Integrated Approach’ – Keynote Lecture delivered in the National Seminar on ‘Separation Techniques – The essential tools for chemical engineer’, RVR&JC College of Engineering, Guntur, July 30, 2004 Modeling’ - Lecture delivered in the Inaugural function of Instrumentation Engineering Students Association, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, September 9, 2003 ‘System modeling and control using neural networks and fuzzy logic’ – Keynote lecture delivered in the National Conference on ‘Process Identification Control and Diagnosis’, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, August 8, 2003 ‘Control strategies for chemical process industries’- Lecture delivered in the Chemical Engineering Students Association, , Tiruvannamalai, ‘Model Based Control Strategies’ – Lecture delivered in the National Seminar on ‘Process Modeling and Simulation’, VIT, , ‘Neural network based modeling and control of multivariable systems’ – Lecture delivered in the UGC sponsored short term course on ‘Advanced Process Control’, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, February 28, 2003. ‘Control of chemical processes – an overview of various strategies’ – Lecture delivered in the National level Technical Symposium – SENSORS 2003, REC, Tiruchirappalli, January 31, 2003 ‘Chemical process control – an overview of various strategies’ - Lecture delivered in the AICTE - sponsored short term course on ‘System modeling and control’, Pondicherry Engineering College, November 22, 2002 ‘Intelligent Control Systems’ – Lecture delivered in the National Seminar on ‘Computer Control of Chemical Processes’, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, November 30, 2001 ‘Fuzzy logic and its applications in control’ – Lecture delivered in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Student’s Council, , ‘Control of Chemical Processes’ – Lecture delivered in the AICTE-ISTE sponsored short term course on ‘Industrial Instrumentation Techniques’, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, August 19, 1999 ‘Fuzzy Logic and Expert Systems’ – Lecture delivered in the AICTE-ISTE sponsored short term course on ‘IBM-PC based intelligent instrumentation’, MIT, Manipal, ‘Fuzzy Set Theory and Fuzzy Logic’ – Lecture delivered in the QIP sponsored short term course on ‘Essential mathematics for engineers’, IIT, ,
‘Lectures on Process Control’ – Lectures delivered in the Professional Development Workshop on Process Control, SIT, Tumkur, ‘Heuristic Control’ – Lecture delivered in the Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Process Control’ under Technology Appreciation Programme , IC&SR, IIT, Madras, February 4, 1994 ‘Fuzzy Logic – Basics and Applications’ – Tutorial organized in the XIX Annual Convention of IEEE, IEEE Hyderabad Chapter, Hyderabad, November 24, 1993