Interviewer 0:00:00
Hello Dr., thank you for taking the time today. I'm Arjun. I've reviewed your background and would like to go deeper—shall we begin?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:00:35
Hello.
Interviewer 0:00:35.1
Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:00:54
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:00:57
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:01:07
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:01:31
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:01:27
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:01:54
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work.
Interviewer 0:00:56
Alright, so you're currently working as an Assistant Professor at SR University in Warangal. Can you share a bit about your main research focus or the kinds of projects you've been involved with recently?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:02:04
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions.
Interviewer 0:00:59
Thanks for clarifying, Dr. Madhivananduri. Since you've completed your PhD and are an Assistant Professor, is there a particular area within mechatronics, smart manufacturing, or related fields that your recent research or teaching has focused on?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:02:20
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:02:54
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials.
Interviewer 0:01:12
So you've got a fresh PhD and you're teaching in manufacturing technology. What's one foundational concept in your subject area that you really enjoy explaining to new students?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:04:19
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials. Material strength and. SUS Analysis. For my cases I was used to descript element based material analysis. So. In that case. We can analyze a very fine particle level, like a granular granular particle, soils, interactions and. Paramedical particles powders. We can analyze how mixing the tube. Materials are two particles each other. And we can analyze the in the time of. Uh, stress as well as the temperature distribution, particle interaction, and. How? Soils are interact with with a. High cohesive energy. I work at a wet soil condition or. Uh, dry soil conditions. These are the. Analysis. We can analyze it by using the descript element methods. So. I decided so I was. Uh, apply for the proposal for the. Combining the two. Research experience. One is the particle interaction, another one is the pipeline defect analysis. Big HD research over. So I tried to combine the the 2 research work. To analyze the. Pipeline, uh. Uh, behavior in the. Unsaturated soil conditions.
Interviewer 0:01:30
Okay, so your research on entity-based pipeline inspection for analyzing petrochemical pipeline defects sounds like it's got real-world impact, and you've published in top-ranked journals. When you introduce this concept to students, what's a common misconception they have, and how do you help them overcome it?
Interviewer 0:01:33
Okay, you've published in top journals and your research deals with entity-based pipeline inspection for petrochemical defects, which is clearly important for global importers. When you're teaching this topic, what's something your students often misunderstand about pipeline defect analysis, and how do you clarify it for them?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:04:40
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials. Material strength and. SUS Analysis. For my cases I was used to descript element based material analysis. So. In that case. We can analyze a very fine particle level, like a granular granular particle, soils, interactions and. Paramedical particles powders. We can analyze how mixing the tube. Materials are two particles each other. And we can analyze the in the time of. Uh, stress as well as the temperature distribution, particle interaction, and. How? Soils are interact with with a. High cohesive energy. I work at a wet soil condition or. Uh, dry soil conditions. These are the. Analysis. We can analyze it by using the descript element methods. So. I decided so I was. Uh, apply for the proposal for the. Combining the two. Research experience. One is the particle interaction, another one is the pipeline defect analysis. Big HD research over. So I tried to combine the the 2 research work. To analyze the. Pipeline, uh. Uh, behavior in the. Unsaturated soil conditions. Because most of the researchers were. Analyzed for this is. Dry sauce. Uh, dry kinda. Based uh, dry soil conditions, uh, pipeline. Behavior and if it is any earthquake occur or pipeline lifting also we can they are analyzed but in my cases. I tried to focus on this.
Interviewer 0:01:57
Alright, so you completed postdoctoral research in South Korea after your PhD, and your work on pipeline defect analysis has implications for both environmental and human safety. Stepping back from your research for a moment — when you're teaching undergraduate students in the classroom or lab, what's one thing you do to make a difficult technical concept more accessible for them?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:05:12
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials. Material strength and. SUS Analysis. For my cases I was used to descript element based material analysis. So. In that case. We can analyze a very fine particle level, like a granular granular particle, soils, interactions and. Paramedical particles powders. We can analyze how mixing the tube. Materials are two particles each other. And we can analyze the in the time of. Uh, stress as well as the temperature distribution, particle interaction, and. How? Soils are interact with with a. High cohesive energy. I work at a wet soil condition or. Uh, dry soil conditions. These are the. Analysis. We can analyze it by using the descript element methods. So. I decided so I was. Uh, apply for the proposal for the. Combining the two. Research experience. One is the particle interaction, another one is the pipeline defect analysis. Big HD research over. So I tried to combine the the 2 research work. To analyze the. Pipeline, uh. Uh, behavior in the. Unsaturated soil conditions. Because most of the researchers were. Analyzed for this is. Dry sauce. Uh, dry kinda. Based uh, dry soil conditions, uh, pipeline. Behavior and if it is any earthquake occur or pipeline lifting also we can they are analyzed but in my cases. I tried to focus on this. Unsaturated. Like a cohesive soil. Uh, condition Sir. If it is, pipe lifting occurs. How defect will be appear? So these are the research work I am focusing. In the meantime. I am doing some material analysis, also advanced materials analysis for the. Energy oriented applications. So I have published a pre review 37 pre reviewed research articles in particularly.
Interviewer 0:02:16
You mentioned research on machine vision, sensors, and advanced materials, along with guiding several PhD scholars and publishing over thirty papers. Can you walk me through one specific research paper you've published—maybe something from the last two years—and explain how you use that work to spark discussion or critical thinking among your students?
Interviewer 0:02:22
Alright, so during your postdoc at Hangang University you focused on machine vision-based particle interaction analysis. When you brought this research into the classroom or lab, what strategies did you use to help students grasp the practical challenges involved, especially if they struggled with the mathematical modeling or sensor data interpretation parts?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:05:30
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials. Material strength and. SUS Analysis. For my cases I was used to descript element based material analysis. So. In that case. We can analyze a very fine particle level, like a granular granular particle, soils, interactions and. Paramedical particles powders. We can analyze how mixing the tube. Materials are two particles each other. And we can analyze the in the time of. Uh, stress as well as the temperature distribution, particle interaction, and. How? Soils are interact with with a. High cohesive energy. I work at a wet soil condition or. Uh, dry soil conditions. These are the. Analysis. We can analyze it by using the descript element methods. So. I decided so I was. Uh, apply for the proposal for the. Combining the two. Research experience. One is the particle interaction, another one is the pipeline defect analysis. Big HD research over. So I tried to combine the the 2 research work. To analyze the. Pipeline, uh. Uh, behavior in the. Unsaturated soil conditions. Because most of the researchers were. Analyzed for this is. Dry sauce. Uh, dry kinda. Based uh, dry soil conditions, uh, pipeline. Behavior and if it is any earthquake occur or pipeline lifting also we can they are analyzed but in my cases. I tried to focus on this. Unsaturated. Like a cohesive soil. Uh, condition Sir. If it is, pipe lifting occurs. How defect will be appear? So these are the research work I am focusing. In the meantime. I am doing some material analysis, also advanced materials analysis for the. Energy oriented applications. So I have published a pre review 37 pre reviewed research articles in particularly. 18 research articles are first and corresponding authors. At ASCCA level with high. Impact factor at a reputed journals I was published. Uh, with the site scoring of more than 300 as well as the Hatch index of 10.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:05:44
Hello. Myself, Doctor Madhivananduri. Current. Play working as a assistant professor. In Sr. University. At Warangal in Telangana state. I have completed my PhD. In the Department of Manufacturing Technology. From the National Taipei University of Technology in. Day one. And the year of 2024. 23. During my rese. I have published number of research article at SCA level. With Q1Q2 rankings. So based on my research work is. Entity based pipeline instruction. Which is used for analyzing the petrochemical pipeline defect. Which is more crucial for the importers in the current world? Industrial applications because a lot of. Pipeline defects were. That occurred, so it causes an endometrial pollution as well as a lot of. Uh, uh, human. Uh. Issues also SO. So later on that I went to the South Korea for completing my 2 year. Post a research work. So during my post-doc research work. I was worked in the field of. Mission vision based particle interactions. So in the year of 2023 to 2025, I was working in Hanging University at South Korea in Sejong City. So machine vision based particle interaction was. Analysed in my. Postdoc research work. So there was. Analyzing the particle interaction. How the particle interact with each other? In the meantime, like. I was used for this descript element methods so. Coming to the descript element method which is. More fine particle level of in a. Interaction analysis when compared to the. Fem as we know, FEM is which is used to. Unless a solid based. Continuum Materials. Material strength and. SUS Analysis. For my cases I was used to descript element based material analysis. So. In that case. We can analyze a very fine particle level, like a granular granular particle, soils, interactions and. Paramedical particles powders. We can analyze how mixing the tube. Materials are two particles each other. And we can analyze the in the time of. Uh, stress as well as the temperature distribution, particle interaction, and. How? Soils are interact with with a. High cohesive energy. I work at a wet soil condition or. Uh, dry soil conditions. These are the. Analysis. We can analyze it by using the descript element methods. So. I decided so I was. Uh, apply for the proposal for the. Combining the two. Research experience. One is the particle interaction, another one is the pipeline defect analysis. Big HD research over. So I tried to combine the the 2 research work. To analyze the. Pipeline, uh. Uh, behavior in the. Unsaturated soil conditions. Because most of the researchers were. Analyzed for this is. Dry sauce. Uh, dry kinda. Based uh, dry soil conditions, uh, pipeline. Behavior and if it is any earthquake occur or pipeline lifting also we can they are analyzed but in my cases. I tried to focus on this. Unsaturated. Like a cohesive soil. Uh, condition Sir. If it is, pipe lifting occurs. How defect will be appear? So these are the research work I am focusing. In the meantime. I am doing some material analysis, also advanced materials analysis for the. Energy oriented applications. So I have published a pre review 37 pre reviewed research articles in particularly. 18 research articles are first and corresponding authors. At ASCCA level with high. Impact factor at a reputed journals I was published. Uh, with the site scoring of more than 300 as well as the Hatch index of 10. So. So these are the my research background. And uh. The next.
Interviewer 0:02:56
Alright, you compared discrete element methods to FEM for analyzing particle interactions at a finer scale. When you're teaching these modeling approaches, how do you help students understand the practical differences, especially if they've only worked with FEM before?
Interviewer 0:04:21
Alright, you combined discrete element methods with your pipeline defect analysis to study pipeline behavior in unsaturated soils, which is pretty interdisciplinary. When you guide students through a project like this—where they're connecting two complex research areas—how do you help them avoid getting overwhelmed and actually make meaningful progress?
Interviewer 0:04:45
Dr. Madhivananduri, given your experience bridging particle interaction modeling and pipeline defect analysis, where do you see the most fundable research directions emerging over the next three years? What kinds of grants or sponsorships would you pursue to build a sustainable research group in this area?
Interviewer 0:05:15
Alright, so you’re combining discrete element modeling with pipeline defect analysis, and you’ve published quite a bit—thirty-seven peer-reviewed articles is impressive. For the research directions you’re focusing on, like unsaturated soils and advanced material analysis, how do you see these aligning with the kind of technology and innovation that VIT University is aiming to lead in, especially in areas like smart manufacturing or semiconductor manufacturing?
Interviewer 0:05:35
Alright, Dr. Madhivananduri, let's shift gears a bit. Suppose you had a large class—say, two hundred students—on advanced manufacturing methods, and you couldn't use slides or traditional lectures. How would you structure a session so students actually engage with the material and wrestle with the key concepts, not just listen passively?
Interviewer 0:05:49
Okay,
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:05:53
So. Yes.
Interviewer 0:05:55
Alright, you spoke about your research in pipeline defects and particle interactions, and your publications are definitely impressive. Let’s talk about your teaching: imagine you’re running a session on smart manufacturing for a large group of students, but you can’t use slides or traditional lectures. How would you make sure the students stay actively engaged and really wrestle with the material?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:06:25
Uh, sorry, come again? Once again.
Interviewer 0:06:27
Of course.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:06:30
Pardon.
Interviewer 0:06:32
Here’s the question again: imagine you’re running a session on smart manufacturing for a large group of students, let’s say two hundred, and you can’t use slides or traditional lectures. How would you keep them actively engaged and make sure they really wrestle with the material?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:07:51
So I need to. Next simulation process to analyze the behavior. So let on that go for this. Final analysis first. So initially I tried to take first. The real time scenario like if we need to mimic the real time conditions of by simulating the. Uh, environment, uh, using a described element method later on that. We will analyse these conditions, how the material will be behaviour, interacting with the particles, with pipelines. And then we go for this practical application to execute the task.
Interviewer 0:07:54
Okay, so you're describing how you'd use simulation and practical application to mimic real-world conditions for students. If you noticed, let's say, half the class seemed disengaged or lost during this session, how would you adjust your approach in that moment to pull them back in?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:09:06
So I can give the some demonstrations with uh. Videos and practicals. Demonstrations. Of how the behavior will be. Uh, acting by Lenny. Uh, unsaturated soil conditions are some. Ethical conditions are some. Like umm. Materials, uh. Uh, loading on the surfaces of. Any high trucks conditions? Then we I. Can give the sum. Practical oriented. Uh demonstration and their explanation, then the students can understand. Uh, the real scenario. OK, we are looking for this. Analysis they can easily understand by. Approaching these methods.
Interviewer 0:09:09
Alright, so you'd use practical demonstrations and real-world scenarios to clarify things. How would you actually assess whether the students understood the material and could apply it themselves—what sort of evaluation or feedback mechanism would you use in that context?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:10:13
So that's why I'm saying like a. Simulations the. We need to set the. Uh, pre simulation first. To analyze the behavior of what will happen by mimicking the real time app. Environment. So by. Simulating this, uh, simulating tools. Uh, using a DM? Disk development methods. So we can observe the. How the? The stresses will be appear on the pipes.
Interviewer 0:10:17
Professor, let’s shift to institutional responsibilities for a moment. Accreditation cycles can be demanding — if you joined our department and found that outcome assessment data was inconsistent across courses, how would you approach fixing that?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:12:05
So that's why I'm saying like a. Simulations the. We need to set the. Uh, pre simulation first. To analyze the behavior of what will happen by mimicking the real time app. Environment. So by. Simulating this, uh, simulating tools. Uh, using a DM? Disk development methods. So we can observe the. How the? The stresses will be appear on the pipes. While interacting the soils and pipe surfaces. And the soils interactions or in case of want to see the. Like fine particle level or granular particle levels? So we can. Apply the sound forces by. Manually, then, we can. Observe the uh. Uh, velocity diagram as well as the. Forces and stresses and thermal behavior everything we can observe then we can shows that this kind of. Analysis by direct demonstration, then students can understand easily. Hello. Hello.
Interviewer 0:12:08
Alright
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:12:58
Hello.
Interviewer 0:13:00
Okay so you’d use simulation tools and direct demonstrations to help students visualize stress and thermal behavior in pipes and soils. Professor, beyond teaching and research, what role do you see yourself playing in department-level governance — things like curriculum committees or program reviews?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:13:24
Hello. Next question. Hello.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:13:27
Hello. Next question. Hello. Are you there?
Interviewer 0:13:25
Okay, so you’d use direct demonstrations to help students visualize those interactions. Professor, let’s shift to institutional responsibilities for a moment. Accreditation cycles can be demanding — if you joined our department and found that outcome assessment data was inconsistent across courses, how would you approach fixing that?
Interviewer 0:13:28
Mm-hmm.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:13:37
OK. Anything else?
Interviewer 0:13:38
Okay, so you’d use direct demonstrations to help students visualize those interactions. Professor, let’s shift to institutional responsibilities for a moment. Accreditation cycles can be demanding — if you joined our department and found that outcome assessment data was inconsistent across courses, how would you approach fixing that?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:14:24
Yes, actually I have an. Experience for the teaching. So currently working as I am Assistant Professor in Sr. University.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:14:39
Yes, actually I have an. Experience for the teaching. So currently working as I am Assistant Professor in Sr. University. And previously also I was working in Thiruvallur Engineering College at. Uh Thiruvanamallai district in Tamil Nadu. So in the time I was taking the class of advanced manufacturing technology.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:15:04
Yes, actually I have an. Experience for the teaching. So currently working as I am Assistant Professor in Sr. University. And previously also I was working in Thiruvallur Engineering College at. Uh Thiruvanamallai district in Tamil Nadu. So in the time I was taking the class of advanced manufacturing technology. And. Industrial engineering and uh. Strength of materials. Uh so currently also I am taking for the assist coding systems which useful for the. Umm coding Python teaching further with Alpha Bay tools. So these are the my research, these are the my. Teaching ability of a. To teach the students.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:15:14
Yes, actually I have an. Experience for the teaching. So currently working as I am Assistant Professor in Sr. University. And previously also I was working in Thiruvallur Engineering College at. Uh Thiruvanamallai district in Tamil Nadu. So in the time I was taking the class of advanced manufacturing technology. And. Industrial engineering and uh. Strength of materials. Uh so currently also I am taking for the assist coding systems which useful for the. Umm coding Python teaching further with Alpha Bay tools. So these are the my research, these are the my. Teaching ability of a. To teach the students. And get. A good, uh, out. Results of the. With the practical knowledge of explanation to the students.
Interviewer 0:14:27
Okay, you mentioned your teaching experience, but I’m curious about how you’d actually tackle inconsistent outcome assessment data across courses. Can you walk me through the concrete steps you’d take to make sure the department meets accreditation standards?
Interviewer 0:14:41
Okay, you talked about your teaching roles and handling advanced manufacturing courses, but I was asking specifically about fixing inconsistent outcome assessment data across courses. Can you walk me through the steps you’d take to address that problem if you joined our department?
Interviewer 0:15:13
Alright, you’ve described your teaching experience and your use of practical demonstrations. Professor, could you explain how your expertise in smart manufacturing or semiconductor manufacturing aligns with VIT University's focus on cutting-edge technology and innovation?
Interviewer 0:15:16
Alright, you mentioned your experience teaching advanced manufacturing and coding, but I was asking specifically about fixing inconsistent outcome assessment data across courses. Can you walk me through the concrete steps you’d take to standardize and improve that data for accreditation purposes?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:16:02
Yes, I can.
Interviewer 0:16:05
Alright, you listed your teaching duties and some courses, but I’m looking for step-by-step actions on fixing that assessment data problem—what would you actually do, day-to-day, to ensure consistency and compliance for accreditation?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:16:53
So. We need to. Another uh. Day by day datas then as per that we can take a decision. And analysis to further.
Interviewer 0:16:59
Let’s talk about an ethical scenario, Professor. Imagine a student files a formal complaint alleging your grading was unfair, and at the same time, your department head is pressuring you to increase pass rates to improve departmental metrics. How would you navigate this situation while maintaining your academic integrity?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:20:20
So coming to the accreditation requirements. Uh, so. Like research and teaching, right? So. I have. N number of. Like in the research and. MMM. And teaching also I can. I hope they ex. Also I can manage the. Hello. Hello.
Interviewer 0:20:22
You started to touch on accreditation, but I’m asking about very practical steps — let’s say you see faculty using different rubrics and grading schemes that don’t meet the standards. What would you actually do to get everyone on the same page and fix the inconsistency?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:21:27
Yes.
Interviewer 0:21:28
Alright, you just said "yes" — but I need more detail. What specific steps would you take to standardize assessment data across courses, especially if faculty are using different rubrics and grading schemes?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:21:42
Yes. Yes, yes, yes. So I can take the guidance from the. Uh, existing for uh. Faculty.
Interviewer 0:21:44
Okay, so you'd seek guidance from existing faculty. But if the department head disagrees with your approach and insists on their own method, how would you handle that situation?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:22:38
So I can go through this every information from. Uh. From. Basics then I can. Handle that one Hi, hello there.
Interviewer 0:23:27
Mm-hmm.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:23:44
OK.
Interviewer 0:23:48
So you’d start from basics
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:24:27
Then 10. Yeah, anything. Hello.
Interviewer 0:24:30
You keep circling back to starting from basics and handling information, but I need a concrete example — if the department head insists on a grading approach you believe isn’t fair to students, what would you actually do next?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:25:37
I will press it. I also will follow. I accept that one.
Interviewer 0:25:41
Now, let’s pivot to industry alignment. Given your background, do you have any connections with industry partners that could help VIT students access internships or placement opportunities?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:26:45
Yes, actually. Uh, I have, uh. Not exactly like industrial collaborations. I have like a. International research collaborations. By the way, I can. Uh, assist the students to make a. Internship or collaboration to the foreign countries to. Um, make a effective way of students. Learning purpose and a research as well as by the way. The students can. He announced their car. Knowledge and uh. Community by. Enhancing this uh. Info information like research under. They can easily to. Uh, get the jobs in. Domestic as well as the international levels.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:26:56
Yes, actually. Uh, I have, uh. Not exactly like industrial collaborations. I have like a. International research collaborations. By the way, I can. Uh, assist the students to make a. Internship or collaboration to the foreign countries to. Um, make a effective way of students. Learning purpose and a research as well as by the way. The students can. He announced their car. Knowledge and uh. Community by. Enhancing this uh. Info information like research under. They can easily to. Uh, get the jobs in. Domestic as well as the international levels. Because I have. Number of research collaborations. Moreover, I was studied my PhD in. Taiwan.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:27:35
Yes, actually. Uh, I have, uh. Not exactly like industrial collaborations. I have like a. International research collaborations. By the way, I can. Uh, assist the students to make a. Internship or collaboration to the foreign countries to. Um, make a effective way of students. Learning purpose and a research as well as by the way. The students can. He announced their car. Knowledge and uh. Community by. Enhancing this uh. Info information like research under. They can easily to. Uh, get the jobs in. Domestic as well as the international levels. Because I have. Number of research collaborations. Moreover, I was studied my PhD in. Taiwan. As well as the. Uh, I did my post doc in South Korea. And currently working in. In India. So I completed my B.Tech M tech in Tamil Nadu. So. So lot of. Message communities and collaborations, uh. So it will support to the students to. Getting the. Knowledge and. Communication communities. Then easy. They can get the. They can build their. Portfolio. With quality of. Outcome.
Interviewer 0:26:49
You’re saying you’ve got international research collaborations, but not direct industry ties. Can you name a specific university or research group you’ve worked with, and explain how you’d translate that into something tangible for VIT students—like an internship or a placement?
Interviewer 0:26:59
Alright, so you mentioned having international research collaborations and your PhD experience in Taiwan — can you name a specific university or research group you’ve worked with, and explain how you’d translate that relationship into concrete opportunities for VIT students, like internships or joint projects?
Interviewer 0:27:39
So you completed your PhD in Taiwan, postdoc in South Korea, and you’re saying you’d leverage those international research connections to help students build their portfolios and access opportunities both abroad and in India. Can you walk me through a specific instance where you guided a student toward a research or internship opportunity through one of those collaborations?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:29:10
Yes, for. Uh, I have contact, uh. In like in the field of. Entity based inspection. Particularly pipeline defect analysis because this is a current. Um, advanced techniques like analyzing the defects in the. Submerged pipelines or. Underground pipelines and moreover, the. Another research is. Dead in South Korea. That's for the fine particle interactions so these. 2 Research. Is more crucial in the real world applications. So for students to get. Aware about these projects or these research work? And they we will. They can get their good. Uh, working environment as well as the I have in the materials, advanced material analysis also in collaborations. So these are the areas that students can I can mentor the students to get their.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:29:05
Yes, for. Uh, I have contact, uh. In like in the field of. Entity based inspection. Particularly pipeline defect analysis because this is a current. Um, advanced techniques like analyzing the defects in the. Submerged pipelines or. Underground pipelines and moreover, the. Another research is. Dead in South Korea. That's for the fine particle interactions so these. 2 Research. Is more crucial in the real world applications. So for students to get. Aware about these projects or these research work? And they we will. They can get their good. Uh, working environment as well as the I have in the materials, advanced material analysis also in collaborations.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:29:17
Yes, for. Uh, I have contact, uh. In like in the field of. Entity based inspection. Particularly pipeline defect analysis because this is a current. Um, advanced techniques like analyzing the defects in the. Submerged pipelines or. Underground pipelines and moreover, the. Another research is. Dead in South Korea. That's for the fine particle interactions so these. 2 Research. Is more crucial in the real world applications. So for students to get. Aware about these projects or these research work? And they we will. They can get their good. Uh, working environment as well as the I have in the materials, advanced material analysis also in collaborations. So these are the areas that students can I can mentor the students to get their. MMM quality of. Their portfolio and research outcomes.
Interviewer 0:29:08
Alright, you’ve got some strong research connections for advanced materials and pipeline defect analysis, but let’s shift gears. When you’re guiding student projects, what’s your approach to balancing their creative ideas with the need to deliver a structured, academically rigorous outcome?
Interviewer 0:29:12
Alright, that's pretty detailed — you mentioned mentoring students in pipeline defect analysis and advanced materials, connecting them with real-world research. Now, when you're evaluating student performance in those projects, what's your process for balancing research output with their practical skills?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:29:22
That's it.
Interviewer 0:29:20
Alright,
Interviewer 0:29:25
You’ve covered your research collaborations and student mentoring pretty thoroughly. Switching topics, can you tell me about a time you oversaw student evaluation or exam duties — what was your process for ensuring fair and consistent grading?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:31:13
So I can. Uh, give the land. Proper evaluation and. Uh, grading system. So based on the for the. Uh, quality of answers and. They will get a good grading system. Hello. Are you there?
Interviewer 0:31:16
Okay, so you’d base your grading on the quality of the answers and try to keep the system fair. Can you give me a concrete example of a time when a student challenged their grade — how did you respond, and what was the outcome?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:31:52
Here we can treat the fair evaluations. Uh, there is no partiality. So as per the their quality of uh. Their performance we can give the fair of our credits.
Interviewer 0:32:00
Alright, but that's still at a high level — I'm looking for a real example where a student came to you because they thought their grade was unfair, and you had to walk them through your reasoning or reconsider the mark. Has that ever happened, and if so, what did you actually do?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:33:14
So I. Actually I can. Re evolve it if it is uh. Uh, fair enough. Uh, if it is, uh, there is a any opportunity. Other answer is more relevant. We can. Re evaluate with uh. Permission from the exam cells. If it is possible. Otherwise. There is no possible to give the any grading systems.
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:33:23
We can follow the uh. Yes.
Interviewer 0:33:22
Alright,
Interviewer 0:33:25
Right, you’re emphasizing adherence to fair evaluation without partiality. Before we wrap up, Professor, is there anything you’d like to ask about the role or the team?
Dr. Mathivanan Durai 0:33:58
Uh. But no. But I would. I don't have questions.