About

Prof. Sundar, has served as a faculty in the Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras since 1981, and currently Professor emeritus after superannuation in 2018. He has about 575 publications across various Conferences and Journals and published 6 books. He has participated in about 100 conferences worldwide and has chaired a number of technical sessions and has served as a member of the International Scientific committee for a number of International conferences. He himself has organized 4 such major conferences. His two favourite courses, Ocean wave Mechanics and Coastal Engineering are available in you tube, which has become handy for students and for distance learning. He was conferred honorary doctoral degree by Univ. of Wuppertal, Germany in 2005 for his long-term academic association with them. and the Indian Society of Hydraulics honored him with Lifetime achievement award. He was one of the four-member panel of experts worldwide (others are from USA, Australia and The Netherlands) to review the coastal protection for Singapore carried out by Building & Construction authority, Singapore. He has served as member of the Expert member of the Coastal Protection & Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC), Govt. of India for three terms each of 3 years since 2010. IAHR elected him Chairman of its Asia Pacific division for two consecutive terms (2006-2011). His masterplan report on mitigation measures against tsunami2004 for the maritime states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu serves as a handbook for engineers and planners. He served as a member of several important committees of Governmental agencies. His solutions to a number of coastal erosion problems have led to fruitful results. He has supervised 30 Ph.D. Complete details available : https://sites.google.com/alumni.iitm.ac.in/vallam-sundar/home

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

coastal, Ocean, harbour engineering/ tsunami related fields

Major Achievements:

“Maritime Award” for 2004-05 by Ministry of Shipping Road transport, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India for the research paper “Protection Measures against Erosion due to the Ocean Waves for the Highway Connecting Chennai and Ennore Ports”. Received the award on 6th April ’05 from Honourable Minister for Shipping, Road and Transport, Government of India. “Maritime Award” by Ministry of Shipping Road transport, Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India for the research paper titled “Tsunami wave interaction with NDBP data buoy”, Co-authored by Balaji, R. & Sannasiraj, S.A. for 2005-06. “Honorary Doctoral Engineer” award from University of Wuppertal, GERMANY National Design award in Environmental Engineering-2008 from Institution of Engineers (INDIA), National Design and Research forum presented in 23rd Indian Engg Congress, Warangal, 12 Dec 2008 Distinguished membership award awarded by Asia Pacific division of International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering Research (IAHR) in Aug 2012 in recognistion for my outstanding contribution to the Scientific activities of the IAHR APD. JSPS fellow Japan Society for promotion of Science) March to Nov 2013. Prof. R J Garde Lifetime Achievement Award' for the year 2018 my significant contribution in the field of Hydraulics and Ocean Engineering awarded by Indian Society of Hydraulics. Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, (INAE) from 1 Nov 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award 2022 in the category of " Renowned Professor" from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna university IEEE Senior member awarded by IEEE