Foundations of Excellence: Academics and Certifications
Academics and certifications
ACADEMICS & CERTIFICATIONS
Foundations that shaped my learning design practice.
My academic journey began in engineering and evolved into curriculum strategy, learning experience design, technology enablement, AI adoption, and public education.
Master of Technology – Structural Engineering
- Elected Captain of the Structural Engineering division
- Received Best Student Award (2013)
- Published two research papers
- Presented a research paper in an international conference
- Participated in "Eureka 2011" national entrepreneurship event conducted by IIT Bombay - Selected as Top 10 best Social Entrepreneurship project
Bachelor of Engineering – Civil Engineering
- Received Best Academic Project Award
- Served as Secretary of Civil Engineering Students Club
- Participated in national/international engineering project competitions and won prizes
- Received best academic project award
Higher Secondary – Science / Biology
- Recognized as Best All-Rounder Student
- Gold medalist in 400m running for three consecutive years
- Active participant in NSS, Scouting, and school leadership activities
- Won multiple prizes in Tamil and English oratorical competitions at zonal and state levels
- Received Rajya Puraskar and Rashtrapati Scout recognition in Scouting
- Served as Secretary of the English Literary Association
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Continuous learning across automation, AI, project management, data, and learning design.
ACADEMICS
SRM University, India
Master of Technology – Structural Engineering (May 2013)
Elected Captain of Structural Engineering division, RecepientBest Student Award
Anna University, India
Bachelor of Engineering – Civil Engineering (May 2010)
Received Best Academic Project Award, Secretary of Civil Engineering Students Club
K.C. Sankaralinga Nadar Higher Secondary School, India
Higher Secondary (March 2006)
Science / Biology Group - Best All rounder student (2004) - Secretary of English literature association
Languages: Tamil, English, Hindi
Certifications
Blue Prism Certified Professional Developer
Blue Prism ROM2 Professional
Lang Chain Mastery
Google Project Management Certificate Course
Agile with Atlassian Jira
Data Analysis foundation by Google
AI Foundations from PMI
Elements of AI: Building AI Advance (4 ECTS Credits) from University of Helsinki
Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning - Specialized course from University of Buffalo
Certified in Design Thinking strategies and execution
Bentley certified STAAD designer
Autocad certified CADD engineer
Accredited Professional - Indian Green Building Council
Examination Reforms and Bloom’s Taxonomy’ by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
Certified proposal writing consultant from Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Government of India.
Approved Space Tutor - Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Monitoring weather certification by EUMETSAT.