Dr. R. Ravindran is a Principal of Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kinathukadavu, Coimbatore. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Master’s Degree Quality Assurance Technology from Regional Engineering College, Trichy in 1996 and Ph.D in Metal Forming from Anna University, Chennai in 2011.

He has been in the teaching profession since 1995. He has rich experience of 25 years in Teaching, Research and Administration in various reputed Engineering colleges in Tamil Nādu. His areas of interest include Metal forming process, Metallurgy, Operations Research, Engineering Economics, Material characterization, Metrology and non destructive testing. He had guided a number of UG and PG projects.