Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre
Center of Excellence on Machine Tools and Production Technology
Supported by
Department of Heavy Industry
Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Government of India
Core Group
AMTDC Staff
Mr. Radhakrishnan K
Accounts Officer

Mr. K. Radhakrishnan is a retired Gazetted Central Government official from Office of the CAG of India. He joined AMTDC in May 2016 as an Accounts Officer taking care of accounts, administration and finance matters of AMTDC.

Mr. Dhamodaran B
Admin Consultant

Mr. B Dhamodaran B. Com, B.L, worked in various capacities in the central administration department at IIT Madras and retired as an Assistant. Registrar (AR) in 2016. He was then appointed as a project advisor in ICSR, IIT Madras. Presently he is working as a consultant in AMTDC, IITMRP, Chennai from September 2018 onwards.

Mr. R. Srikanth
Principal Research Engineer

Mr. Srikanth obtained his M. Tech (Manufacturing) from MIT Chennai. His PhD research includes 'Development of strategies for Abrasive Waterjet Machining process' at IIT Madras. He has a wide experience ranging from machine tool design to machining processes, soft computing and Industry 4.0. He has been a part of several central government funded projects on machine tools and machining technologies.

Dr. V Sivaraman
Program Lead

Dr. Sivaraman completed his PhD from Department of Mecahnical Engineering from IIT Madras. He served as a Professor and Director (Industry Institute Relations) in EGSP Group of Institutions.
He is interested to explore new R&D activities in Additive & Smart Manufacturing.

Dr. Sujith M. Mulay
Senior Research Engineer

Dr Sujith completed his M.Tech in CAD/CAM from NIT Surat and his Ph.D. from the Mechanical Engineering department at IIT Madras, specializing in Manufacturing Engineering. His expertise are thermo-mechanical analysis, laser machining, and advanced metal forming techniques. His research interest includes 3D printing & Industry 4.0.

Mr. R. Vairamuthu
Principal Research Engineer

Mr R Vairamuthu joined AMTDC as Senior Research Engineer in 2019. He works in the area of machine tools and automation.

Mr. Omkar Banne
Research Engineer

Mr. Omkar completed his M.Tech from College of Engineering Pune (COEP) in July 2018 and joined AMTDC thereafter. HIs expertise includes machining process expert system development and automation of data analysis. His research interests includes machine tools, data analytics and additive manufacturing.

Mr. Harish S
Assistant Engineer

Mr. Harish S completed his B Tech in 2014. He has wide experience ranging from machine tool operation to design and prototype development. He has worked in companies across different industries prior to his joining at AMTDC in 2018. He currently focuses on design and development of mechanical systems.

Mr. Karthikeyan S
Senior Accountant

Mr. S Karthikeyan received his M.B.A from university of Madras in 2014. He worked as a project assistant in ICSR, IITM, Chennai till 2015 and as a Senior executive in T&M Consulting Services Pvt Ltd., Mumbai till Jan, 2017. He joined AMTDC in Feb 2017 as a Senior Accountant taking care of accounts and finance.

Mr. Pranav Admuthe
Research Engineer

Pranav completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT). Before joining AMTDC he worked as an Intern in gear manufacturing company.

Mr Ashok Kumar
Research Engineer

Ashok Kumar completed his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from GCT, Coimbatore. Before joining AMTDC he worked as a Project Engineer in IITM. Currently he is working on the development of thermally efficient 5-axis machine tool.

Mr Mulla Imam Hussain
Research Engineer

Mr Hussain completed his B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from SVR Engineering College, Nandyal. At AMTDC, he works with the team that develops bearing superfinishing technology and machine tools.

Mr Shubhan Karmakar
Research Engineer

Mr Shubhan completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from HETC, Hooghly. At AMTDC he works with the team that focusses on the development of hydrostatic bearing system for machine tools. His research interests includes structural and computational fluid analysis.

Mohammed Hussain
Research Engineer


Mr. Suthakar M
Senior Technician

Mr. Suthakar M has a vast experience in operation and maintenance of various types of machine tools. He has worked in various Industries from 2011 and in IIT-Madras prior to joining AMTDC in 2017.

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Mr Manikandan
Technician