• Cornell University, USA September 1972-August 1975 Ph.D. (Structures)
  
  
• State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo, USA January1969-August 1970 M.S. (Structures)
  
  
• I.I.T., Madras August 1963-May 1968 B.Tech. (Civil)

• Steel structures
  
  
• Buckling of steel and layered fiber composite plates and members
  
  
• CAD and knowledge based engineering of steel structures
  
  
• Optimisation
  
  
• Smart control of structural instability

IIT Madras:

• CE 207 - Mechanics of Materials
  
  
• CE 304 - Design of Steel Structures
  
  
• CE 463 - Advanced Design of Steel Structures
  
  
• CE 572 - Stability of Structures
  
  
• CE 663 - Advanced Design of Metal Structures

• Steel structures
  
  
• Buckling of steel and layered fibre composite plates and members
  
  
• CAD and knowledge based engineering of steel structures
  
  
• Optimisation
  
  
• Smart control of structural instability
  

• V. Kalyanaraman and Rony Raj Mathew, "Computer Aided Design of Prestressed Concrete Railway Bridges", Proceeding of National Conference on Trends in Prestressed Concrete, June 1-2, 2001, IIT Madras, pp167-178.
  
  
• Kalyanaraman and R. Satish Kumar, "Structural Steel for Earthquake Resistant Design", International Conference on Civil Engineering, Bangalore, July, 2001, pp279-293.
  
  
• V. Kalyanaraman, M. A. Rajeev and Rony Raj Mathew, (2001), "Object-Oriented Modelling for the Design of Railway Bridge Systems", Recent Developments in Structural Engineering, Proceedings of the Structural Engineering Convention, held from 29-31 October 2001, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, pp.593-604 U.
  
  
• Saravanan, Srinivasan, M. Sivakumar, V. Kalyanaraman, (2001) "A study on the design and behavior of smart antenna" , Jl. Smart Materials and Structures, pp.580-598.
  
  
• N. Prasad Rao. N, Kalyanaraman,V, "Non-linear behaviour of lattice panel of angle towers" Jl. of Constructional Steel Research 57 (2001) 1337-1357 pp.1337-1357.
  
  
• V. Kalyanaraman, R. Pandia Raj and Pramod Kumar Parate (2002) "Experimental study of the behaviour of GFRP stiffened and unstiffened cylindrical shells" proceedings the theme experimental techniques & testing methods held from 8-9 February 2002, National Seminar on Aerospace Structures, Bangalore, pp 379-386.
  
  
• V. Kalyanaraman, (2002) "Research and Development Opportunities in Steel Construction" modern trends in steel structures held from 8-9 February 2002, at The Institution of Engineers (I), Nagpur, pp. K13-K22. 86
  
  
• V. Kalyanaraman, Usha (2002) "Strength of Steel Tension Members" Proceedings of National Conference on modern trends in steel structures held from 8-9th February 2002 at The Institution of Engineers (I), Nagpur, pp.21-29
  

• Member - Editorial Broad, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, UK
  
  
• Member - Project Advisory Council (Civil & Mechanical), Science and Engineering Research Council, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
  
  
• Member - Committee CD-7, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi
  
  
• Member - Indian Road Congress Committee BD-7 on Steel Bridges

Current Projects:

• Project: A KBCS for Integrated Engineering of Steel Railway Bridges
  Sponsor: DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi and RDSO, Lucknow, Indian Railways (Current)
  Summary: The project proposes to develop a CAD software for the design of steel, RC and PSC bridges for Indian Railways using recent technologies in CAD.
  
  
• Project: Smart Control of Instability of Thin Fibre Composite Cylindrical Shells in Aerospace Applications
  Sponsor: RESPOND program, ISRO (Current)
  Summary: The objective is to use the concepts of GA based optimisation, Core Loaded Sleeved Strut System ( a patented concept), and Smart Control to develop optimum design of fibre composite cylindrical shells for use in aerospace applications.