Workshop on "Modern Trends in Process Control Instrumentation and Industrial Electronics" (19th December, 1978) at Madras.

Course on "Analog and Digital Instrumentation with Application to Industry" (1-12th September, 1980) at Madras.

Course on "Modern Trends in Signal Processing with Applications in (16-23rd December, 1982) at Madras.

National Seminar on "Electronics in the Pulp and Paper Industry [ELPPI-84]" (21-22nd December, 1984) at Madras.

Topical review on "Transducers-Technology anand Applications" (11-12th April, 1985) at Madras.

Workshop on "Digital Techniques and Microprocessors" (15-16th March, 1986) at Madras.

Awareness Seminar on "Current Applications of Electronic Systems in the Pulp and Paper Industry" ( 23rd March, 1987) at Madras.

Awareness Workshop on "Electronic System Usage on the Paper Making Machine" (12-13th October, 1988) at Madurai, Tamilnadu.

76th Indian Science Congress Exhibition (7-12th January, 1989) at Madurai, Tamilnadu.

National Seminar on "Applications of Electronics Systems in Industrial Process Control" [NSIPC-89] (16-17th February, 1989) at Madras.

Course on "Process Identification, Modelling and Advanced Control of Industrial Plants" (20-24th February, 1989) at Madras.

Awareness Workshop on "Programmable Controllers" (24th September, 1989) at Madras.

Awareness Workshop on "Indigenous Electronic Systems for the Pulp and Paper Industry" (26th August, 1990) at Coimbatore.

Awareness Workshop on "Indigenous Electronic Systems for the Indian Pulp and Paper Industry" (12th December, 1991) at New Delhi.

Workshop on "Applications of Programmable Controllers in Process Industries" (16-17 October, 1992) at Madras.

Awareness Workshop on "Indigenous Electronic Systems for the Indian Pulp, Paper and Allied Process Industries" (6th January, 1993) at Madurai.

"CMC Technologies Exposition-1993" (28-29th January, 1993) at Madras.

"Get -together on Spin-off Technologies" (19th February, 1994) at Madras.

"Course on Fibre Optic Sensors in Industrial Instrumentation"(23-24th March,1994) at Madras.

Patents

An electronic device for measuring internal pressure in sealed containers- Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, P.Sudhakara Rao and R.Sridhar. (153766)

A microprocessor based viscosity monitor-Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan and M.Natesan. (64/Del/87)

Awards

The Centre won an Invention Promotion Award instituted by the National Research and Development Corporation of India, New Delhi during August, 1983 for the invention "A New Electronic Non-Destructive Vacuum Measuring Instrument for Canned Food Products". The instrument facilitates measurement of vacuum/pressure in sealed cans containing food products

Papers published in Journals, Proceedings of Seminars, etc.

1978:

Application of computer in process instrumentation (Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the Workshop on "Modern Trends in Process Control Instrumentation and Industrial Electronics", CEERI Extension Centre, Madras, 19th December, 1978.

1979:

An Electronic Adhi Thalam (Beat) Generator (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan & K. Meenakshi), 52nd Annual Conference of the Music Academy, Madras, 23rd December 1978 and published in their Proceedings "The Journal of the Music Academy", Vol.L, 1979, p.114. Also published in 'Shanmukha' Vol.V, No.1, p.29, January, 1979.

1980:

Telemetering of data with a current mode operated multi vibrator (Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the Symposium on Professional and Consumer Electronics, Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Madras, 17th March, 1980.

An Electronic Thalam Generator - Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, & K. Meenakshi), Sangeet Natak, January/March 1980, p.59-65

1982:

AUTOBAS - A New Instrument for Measuring Electrical Resistance of Separators (P.K. Anil, K.Dakshinamoorthy, S.Palanichamy, C.Rameshu, Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan & G.S.Subramaniam), Journal of Electro-Chemical Society of India, Vol.31, 2: 1982, p.92-97

Measurement of electrical resistance of separators used in batteries (Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.11, 4: p.75-81

An instrumentation facility for automatic calibration of microphone (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan & M.Kumaravel), Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.12, No.4, 1982, p.28-38.

A new technique for Non-Destructive Vacuum Instrument (Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan & R. Sridhar), Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.12, No.3, 1982, p.54-63

1983:

An operational inductive sensor for displacement measurements (Dr. P. E. Sankaranarayanan & V. Venkataraman), Journal of the Instrument Society of India, Vol.13, No.3, 1983, p.254-261.

1984:

VIBROTONE - Electronic Vacuum Measuring Instrument for canned food products (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, P.Sudhakara Rao & R.Sridhar), Invention Intelligence, Vol.19, No.1, January 1984, p.31-33.

A novel non-contact technique for sensing rotary direction (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Electronic Engineering, Vol.56, No.694, October 1984, p.41-42.

An integrated O-frame instrumentation for monitoring quality and production parameters (B.Sundaresan, P.Sudhakara Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp and Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.91-106.

. An Ash Content Indicator (P.K.Anil, P.Sudhakara Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp and Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.107-112.

Real-time monitoring of chlorine in the Pulp and Paper Industry (S.S.Paik Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.136-145.

Low level consistency monitoring near head box (R.Sridhar & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.156-164.

Recent trend in pulp flow measurement (Revathy Sethuraman, P.Sudhakara Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.165-170

SCANPAC - A data system for the Indian Paper Industry (P.Sudhakara Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.212-219

A paper production controller (Devi Ramaseshan, P.Sudhakara Rao & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.226-234.

Role of local area networks (LAN) in paper mill control (G.Prasad, K.Subrahmanyam & Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) proceedings of the National Seminar on Electronics in the Pulp & Paper Industry, ELPPI-84, Madras, December 21-22, 1984, p.262-276.

1985:

A microprocessor phase sensitive detector (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan & V.Lakshmi), Journal of the Instrument Society of India, Vol.15, No.4, 1985, p.269-276.

1986:

. Saving titanium electrodes in Chlor-Alkali cells - Some Theoretical consideration (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - Bulletin of Electrochemistry 2(3); May-June 1986, p.289-292.

A microprocessor based tracking analog to digital converter (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, Nirmala N.Shenoy & K.Meenakshi), Journal of Instrument Society of India 16, 4, 1986, p.269-279.

1987:

Some contributions to the development of sensor based electronic instrumentation systems - 10th Ramlal Wadhwa Award Lecture (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), IETE Technical Review, June 1987, p.235-245

Microprocessor Based Basis Weight Scanning Instrumentation - (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) Journal of the Instrument Society of India, 17, 4, 1987, p.319-331

A new three electrode direct reading digital corrosion meter - (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, et al), proc. Intl congress (10th) on Metallic Corrosion, IV, 7-11, November 1987, Madras, p.4085-4089.

1988:

Indigenous Development of Electronic Systems for improving paper productivity (Dr.P.E..Sankaranarayanan), Journal of IPPTA, Vol.24, No.4, December 1987, p.1-10.

Microprocessor based instrumentation for the pulp and paper industry (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Seminar on Microprocessor Applications for productivity improvement [INMAP'88], New Delhi, Dec 6-8, 1988. No.19, p.201-206.

1989:

Applications of Microprocessors in Modernising the Indian Pulp and Paper Industry - (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - (Invited Paper)., Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.19, No.3, p.159-195. (1989).

A Non-Destructive technique to measure tensile strength of paper - (A.Gopal and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.19, No.4, p.327-334 (1989).

A phase lock loop based `Vibrotone' for Vacuum Testing in sealed cans - (R.Sridhar and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - Proceedings of the National Seminar on Applications of Electronic Systems in Industrial Process Control - p.1.20-1.24 (16-17, February 1989).

An Electronic System for Real Time Monitoring of Alkali Concentration - G.Prasad, B.Sundaresan, S.Uma and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan. - Proceedings of The National Seminar on "Applications of Electronic Systems in Industrial Process Control" p.2.6 - 2.10. (February 16-17, 1989).

Performance of LOCOMON - A Real Time Low Consistency Monitor - R.Sridhar and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan. - Proceedings of The National Seminar on "Applications of Electronic Systems in Industrial Process Control", p.2.11 - 2.16. (February 16-17,1989)

SMARTPAC - A PC Based Data Monitor for the Pulp and Paper Industry -P.Sudhakara Rao, K.Meenakshi,R.Revathy and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan. Proceedings of The National Seminar on "Applications of Electronic Systems in Industrial Process Control" p.2.17 -2.25.(February 16-17, 1989).

An Infra-Red Moisture Gauge and Its Performance - K.Subrahmanyam, V.Venkataraman, N.Malathi and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan - Proceedings of The National Seminar on "Applications of Electronic Systems in Industrial Process Control", p.2.26-2.31 (February 16-17, 1989

Appropriate Electronic Systems for the Indian Pulp & Paper Industry - (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - Proceedings of the National Symposium on "Current Practices and Future Trends in Industrial Electronic Systems", CEERI, Pilani, 13-15, p.11.1 - 11.32 (September, 1989).

1991:

Computer Control for Tannery Wet Operations - Part-I & II (Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan, G. Prasad, C. Muralidharan, H. Purushothaman, K.S. Jayaraman and Dr. K.V. Raghavan) - 26th Leather Research-Industry Get-together (LERIG), p. SIII-8 - SIII-48, (March, 1991).

"A PC based electronic system for Batch Digester Optimisation" (Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan, G.Prasad, B.Sundaresan and S.Uma) - Proceedings of the 45th Appita Annual General Conference, Vol.2, p.207-212, 1991. (May, 1991).

Computer Control of Batch Digester in Pulp Mill - G.Prasad, Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, B.Sundaresan, S.Uma - IMEKO XII- 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.I., p.I-146 - I-147. (September, 1991).

.Low Consistency Monitoring in Pulp and Paper Mills - Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, R.Sridhar, R.Usha - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.I., p.I-150 - I-151. (September, 1991).

Brightness Monitor for the Pulp and Paper Industry - Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, R.Govindaraj, R.Sridhar, P.K.Anil - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.I., p.I-153 - I-154. (September, 1991).

Basis Weight Measurement of Paper - P.S.Rao, Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, P.K.Anil - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.I., p.I-157 - I-158. (September, 1991).

A Non-destructive Method of Measuring the Strength of Paper Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, A.Gopal - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.II., p.II-283 - II-284. (September, 1991).

A Microprocessor based Rotary Viscometer - Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, M.Natesan, P.Sankaran - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.III., p.III-19 - III-20. (September, 1991).

Microprocessor based Moisture Monitor - Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, K.Subrahmanyam, V.Venkataraman - IMEKO XII - 12th IMEKO World Congress - Measurement and Progress - DIGEST Vol.III., p.III-25 - III-26. (September, 1991).

"Estimating Poission Ratio in Paper Using Non-destructive Technique" (A.Gopal and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan) - Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.21, No.1, p.36-48, (1991).

Process Controller - Applications and Indigenous Development - (Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.21, No.2, p.55-64, (1991).

1993:

A Non-destructive Technique for Measuring the Tensile Strength and Breaking Length of paper(Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan and A.Gopal), Proc. of the 26th Pulp and Paper Annual Meeting (ABTCP), Sao Paulo,Brazil, November,p.262,(1993)

Electronics usage in the Indian Pulp and Paper Industry with special reference to quality control,(Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan),Proc.of International conference on Pulp and Paper Industry(Paperex 93), New Delhi,p.287,(Dec.1993)

1994:

Technology evaluation with special reference to pulp & paper, leather, food processing, etc. industries, Proc. of CSIR-APCTT Training programme on Technology Evaluation and Pricing, 14-19 March, 1994, Madras, p.23-24, (Apr.,1994).

Trends in instrumentation usage in the pulp and paper industry (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Proc. of the Seminar on The Latest Trends in Industrial Measurement and Control, Madras, 8 April, 1994.

Measurement of colour and turbidity in agro industries (R.Govindaraj and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Proc. of the Seminar on The Latest Trends in Industrial Measurement and Control, Madras, 8 April, 1994.

Microprocessor based real time high consistency transmitter (M.Natesan and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Journal of Instrument Society of India, Vol.24, No.1,2, p.57-65, (1994

1995:

Development of sensor instrumentation for agro-based process industries (Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Proc. of 2nd National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors, 2-4 February, 1995, Dept. of Electronic-Science, University of Poona, Pune, p.12-1 to 12-16, (1995).

PC based brightness, colour and strength monitor - (Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan, R. Govindaraj and Dr. A. Gopal) - IPPTA Vol.7, No.2 (1995) p.21-32

1996:

"O and C frame Instrumentation" - (P. Sudhakara Rao, R. Revathy, K. Meenakshi and Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.50-55

"Development of a new torque transducer with application in viscosity measurement" - (S.Md. Iqbal, Prof. R. Raman and Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.59-67

"A new refractometer for on-line brix measurement in the food processing industry" - (P.K. Anil, R. Sridhar, Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan and Dr. Richard Rakowski), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.85-91

"Estimation of colour, turbidity and pH values of sugar juice during sugar refining process" - (R. Govindaraj and Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.94-97

"Instrumentation for colour matching in paper and allied process industries" - (R. Govindaraj and Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.138-143

"On-line paper basis weight measurement" - (P. Sudhakara Rao, Dr. P.E. Sankaranarayanan and R. Revathy), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.147-152

"On-line non-contact thickness measurement system for plastic film industry" - (K. Subrahmanyam, V. Venkataraman, N. Malathi, RM Mallika and Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.323-327

"Process control system for a resin plant" - (B. Sundaresan, G. Prasad, S. Uma and Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan, Dr. K. Raghava Rao, Y. Sambasiva Rao and Raghavaiah), Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements & Automation, Madras, January 3-7, 1996, p.352-355

"Technology upgradation through retrofitting - process control instrumentation in agro based industries" - (Dr.P.E. Sankaranarayanan), Journal of TECHMONITOR, Jan-Feb, 1996, p34-39

"On-line estimation of colour, turbidity and pH values in sugar refining process" - (R.Govindaraj and Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan), Indian Journal of Engineering and Material Sciences.

"A microprocessor based ultrasonic velocity monitor for liquids" - (Dr.A.Gopal, Dr.P.E.Sankaranarayanan, et. al.), Journal of Instrument Society of India.