Dr. Vinayagamurthy Ganesan is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Aerodynamics Laboratory at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai. He played a pivotal role in establishing this laboratory and took the lead in developing a wind tunnel facility within it. He secured funding from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) to conduct research on the impact of wind on expansive roofs, with a specific focus on airport settings. His proactive involvement extends to consultancy projects for various industries, totalling around 40 Lakhs. Dr. Vinayagamurthy's research interests encompass bluff body aerodynamics, fluid-structure interaction, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), wind effects on cable-stayed bridges, wind turbines, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. His impactful research has led to the publication of over 50 papers in prestigious international journals and conferences. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Dr. Vinayagamurthy was honoured with the Best Master’s Thesis award in wind engineering by the Indian Society of Wind Engineering in 2009. Currently, he leads a team with three ongoing PhD students and one PhD student who has successfully completed their program.
Dr. Shuyang CAO is a professor of the College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China. He received his Bachelor Degree at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China in 1988, Master and Doctoral Degrees at Miyazaki University, Japan in 1998 and 2001. Before he joined Tongji University, he was an GCOE associate professor and professor of Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan during 2004-2009, assistant professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan during 2001-2004, and a researcher of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation during 1988-1993.Dr. Shuyang Cao works in both structural and environmental wind engineering fields with particular research interests encompassing wind climate, structural aerodynamics, structural wind effects, environmental implications, socioeconomic impacts of wind hazards, and wind energy among others. He developed the world’s first actively controlled multiple-fan wind tunnel and China’s first tornado-like vortex generator. He developed a series house-made CFD models and solvers for computational wind engineering applications. He has contributed to 4 books, more than 120 journal papers and more than 100 conference papers. He was the keynote/invited speaker at more than 30 international conferences in his field of expertise including the 14th International Conference of Wind Engineering (ICWE) and the 8th Asia Pacific Conference of Wind Engineering (APCWE). He was the co-chair of the Scientific Committee of the 15th ICWE in 2019 that was the first ICWE in China. He is an Editorial Board member of Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics (JWEIA), Wind and Structures, An International Journal (W&S) among others. He was the guest editor of JWEIA special issues for BBAA in 2013 and ICWE15 in 2019.Dr. Shuyang Cao is the Vice-President of the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE) in 2023-2027. He had served as the Secretary General of IAWE in 2007-2023 and has been serving as the secretary and the vice-chair of Internal Group for Wind-related Disaster Risk Reduction since 2009. He is now a vice director of the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Risk Reduction in Civil Engineering, China and a member of the Board of Directors of the China Aerodynamics Research Society. He has been the members of a lot of international and domestic professional research committees, including ISO working group on wind load and wind engineering working group of Chinese Civil Engineering Society. He received the award of Japanese Association for Wind Engineering in 2010 and the Second Prize of National Award of Science and Technology of China in 2024.
Prof. K.M. Parammasivam is currently the Head Of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology Campus, Anna University, Chennai. He has completed his B.E from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. He has completed his M.E and PhD from MIT, Anna University. He has done his Post Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan. He has more than 32 years of academic and research experience. In his vast academic career, he has published more than 60 papers in national and international indexed journals. He has presented at more than 130 reputed national and international conferences. He has received 2 patents and filed 4 more in his research career. He has guided 9 PhD scholars in the past. Currently, he is guiding 10 research scholars and has established research labs in combustion and aerodynamics streams. He is an expert member in various government bodies and he is actively involved in the board of studies of 11 universities and institutions. He has ample international and national research experience and has successfully completed sponsored projects of various government funding agencies such as University Grants Commission (UGC), Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL). He is a fellow of the Institute of Engineers (India) and a member of many notable professional bodies such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He is an excellent orator and has done many outreach programs and Faculty development programs.
Dr. S. Selvi Rajan, formerly the Chief Scientist and Head of the Wind Engineering Laboratory at CSIR-SERC, is a seasoned professional with a rich background in wind engineering, particularly excelling in disaster mitigation and wind code development. Over her career spanning more than 35 years, she has actively collaborated with diverse institutes, including Western University (UWO) and California State University (CSU), as a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) fellow. Notably, she has organized national and international conferences, including the APCWE 2013. Her extensive contributions to the field include involvement in over 98 projects, the authorship of more than 130 research articles published in highly esteemed journals and conferences, research advisor for many scholars and a pivotal role in shaping the development of the Indian Wind Engineering code (IS 875). Dr. Selvirajan has garnered recognition for her exceptional work, receiving prestigious awards such as the CSIR–Technology Shield in the year 2000 and the A.S. Arya – University of Roorkee Disaster Prevention Award in 2000, specifically for her contributions to cyclone shelter and disaster mitigation. Additionally, she was honored with a UNDP fellowship during the period 1992 – 1993, among other accolades.
Er Dr Abhay Gupta is currently Director Skeleton consultants pvt ltd based at Noida, providing structural engineering consultancy to buildings, industries and special structure.Dr. Abhay Gupta was the Vice President of ISWE and the national executive committee member of Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) and currently a GC Member in IAStructE & a referee for IRC journals for bridge engineering division. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Association of Structural Engineers and a Life Member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society of Wind Engineering, Indian Roads Congress, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology and associated with several other professional bodies. Dr. Gupta was a member of BIS subcommittee CED43 (for Foundations of Buildings) and currently representing in CED57 (Cyclone Resistant Housing)& CED46 (Steel Structures). Dr. Abhay Gupta has obtained his BE (Civil) in 1981 and subsequently ME (Structures) from SGSITS Indore; and Ph.D. from the University of Roorkee, Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee) in the area of “Aerodynamic Interference in Tall Rectangular Buildings: Wind Tunnel Studies” in 1996. His areas of research interests include the design of structures in Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) and steel, design for dynamic effects, codes of practices in wind and earthquake engineering, bridge engineering; and soil-structure interaction. He has also worked with the IIT Roorkee team under Prof. Prem Krishna for the preparation of the revised draft of IS 875: part3. He was one of the invited experts for Wind Tunnel Testing and investigation for 130m, 160m & 205m tall buildings proposed/constructed at Kolkata, Noida and Mumbai respectively, done at IIT Roorkee.
