Two days Regional Seminar on “Chemical and Electrochemical Instrumentation”, 10-11 January 1995 (jointly with CECRI and ISOI Madras Chapter), at CECRI, Karaikudi.

International Conference on "Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA‑96)" and the exhibition of instruments of the products (jointly with MIT, Anna University , ISOI Madras Chapter & ISA-South India Section), 4‑7, January 1996, Madras .

Pre‑conference Tutorial on "Fuzzy and Neural Networks", 3rd January 1996 as a part of TIMA‑96.

Pre‑conference Tutorial on "Sensors and Fibre Optic Instrumentation", 3rd January 1996 as a part of TIMA‑96.

TCDC International Training Workshop on the "Application of on-line instrumentation in pulp & paper, leather and food processing industries (ITW-97)", 3-8 February, 1997, Madras , organised by CSIR and APCTT, New Delhi .

National Symposium on “Advances in Industrial Instrumentation and Measurement Engineering (AIIME-2000)”, 27-30 December 1997, Madras .

Pre-symposium tutorial on “Internet and Intranet” jointly organized by CEERI Centre Chennai and NIIT, Chennai, 27th December 1997 .

One-day “Industry Meet on Infra-gauges”, 13th February 1998 , Chennai.

One-day “Infragauge System Technology Exposition”, 16th November 1999 , CSIR Madras Complex Conference Hall, Chennai.

One-day “Technology Exposition on Paper Formation Analyser”, 23rd January 2001 , CMC Conference Hall, Chennai.

3rd International Conference on “Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA-2001)” (jointly with MIT, Anna University , ISOI & ISA-South India Section), 18- 19th August, 2001 , Vigyan Auditorium, CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai.

Pre-conference Tutorial on “Real-time applications of embedded systems”, 17th August 2001 , as part of TIMA-2001.

Pre-conference Tutorial on “Instrumentation for food processing industries” 17th August 2001 , as part of TIMA-2001.

Two days Workshop on “DSP –FPGA Technologies”, 24-25 June 2002, Chennai.

“R&D Institute – Industry Meet on Appropriate Automation Needs for Real Time Inspection and Quality Control”, 10th February, 2003 , at SERC, Chennai.

National Conference on Advanced Machine Vision Systems for Societal Applications (AMSA 2003), 17-18 December 2003, Vigyan Auditorium, CSIR Madras Complex, Chennai.

Pre-Conference Tutorial on Neural Networks & Fuzzy Systems, 15th December 2003, Conference Hall, CSIR Madras Complex, as part of AMSA 2003.

Pre-Conference Tutorial on DSP/FPGA Based Embedded Systems, 16th December 2003 , Conference Hall, CSIR Madras Complex, as part of AMSA 2003.

Regional Workshop on Machine Vision and Image Processing, 10-11th September, 2004 at St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai jointly with St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai.

Regional Workshop on Embedded Systems and Industrial Applications, 24-25th September 2004 at St. Joseph ’s College of Engineering , Chennai jointly with St. Joseph ’s College of Engineering , Chennai.

4th International Conference on "Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA‑2004)" and the exhibition of instruments of the products (jointly with MIT, Anna University, ISOI, Bangalore, ISA-South India Section, BIHER, Chennai & IEEE Madras Section), 16-18th December 2004, Chennai.

Pre-conference Tutorial on "Intelligent Instrumentation & Smart Sensors", 15th December 2004 as a part of TIMA‑2004 International Conference.

Pre-conference Tutorial on "Instrumentation for the Pharmaceutical Industry", 15th December 2004 as a part of TIMA‑2004 International Conference.

Co-ordinated the Pre-conference tutorial on Chemometrics Applications to Spectroscopy during the Second International Conference on “Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy”  (ICOPVS-2008), 24-28 February, 2008, Trivandrum, Kerala, organized jointly by Department of Physics of Mar Ivanios College along with Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment and The University of Kerala and CEERI Centre, Chennai. 

6th International Conference on "Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA‑2009)" and the exhibition of instruments of the products, 4-6 January 2009 (jointly with MIT, Anna University, ISA-South India Section & IEEE Madras Section) at MIT, Chennai. The conference was preceded by two tutorials on the topics “Advanced Process Control” and “Wireless Sensor Networks”.

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.