Dr. K Thirumaran
Name: Dr. K Thirumaran
Qualification: PhD
Designation : Associate Professor
Department: Architecture
institute name : National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
College address : National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli,
Thanjavur Main Road, Thuvakudi, Tiruchirappalli 620015.
Award for : Research Excellence Award
Publication title: Journal
Paper Title : A passive design solution to enhance thermal comfort in an educational building in the warm humid climatic zone of Madurai
Journal Name : Journal of Building Engineering
Volume : 18
Issue No. : Special Issue
month of publication : July
Year : 2018
page no. : 395-407
ISSN : 23527102
About Dr. K Thirumaran
Dr. K. Thirumaran, working as Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He received his B.Arch degree from NIT (formerly known as REC) Bhopal in 1989 and M.Arch from School of Architecture &Planning, Anna University, Chennai in 1991. He got his Ph.D. degree from NIT, Trichy in the year of 2012 on the “Empirical study on the Relevance of French colonial architectural style among contemporary built environment in Puducherry.” He authored the book “Impediments of French Architecture Facades in ContemporaryBuildings of Puducherry” in the LAP LAMBERT Academic Publisher, UK. His research interest extends in the areas of Built Heritage & Urban Conservation of various historical temple towns &heritage towns, and also the Sustainable Built Environment. Presently, many research scholars are doing their Ph.D. under his guidance. He published more than 30 research papers in the peer-reviewed journals and also the reviewer of the research papers in the internationally reputed journals. He visited various countries such as Egypt, Italy, France, Switzerland and the Czech Republic for presenting the research papers in the International conferences, also performed as a Chairman for the technical session in the International conference held at Prague, Czech Republic. His papers got published in the International conferences like PLEA 2017 in Edinburgh, UK, CITAA 2017 in Cairo, Egypt, UPASAD 2017 in Palermo, Italy. He had served as the Member of BOG in this Institute from 2013 to 2015. He has made many consultancy services for this institute which cost about Rs. 66. 5 crores. He has been the member of BOS (Board of studies) in the School of Architecture &Planning, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, and also, the member of BOS for few more autonomous colleges in Tamilnadu. He has continuously rendered as an expert member of AICTE, Delhi. He also served as expert visit committee member of the Council of Architecture (COA).