Marine Biodiversity: Present Status and Prospects

Dr. P. Perumal, the first and proud doctoral candidate of Dr. R. Vaidyanathan, originally started his career with a Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1974. He graduated from A. C. College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi in 1981 and took his M.E. (1987) and Ph. D. (1995) from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. After a short period of field work, he entered Polytechnic Teaching and served for seven years. For the past twenty three years he has been teaching Civil Engineering in Government Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu. He has authored twenty three technical papers of which six are along with Dr. R. Vaidyanathan. He has attended conferences and short term courses, convened several Ph. D. Committee meetings and acted as a member of Boards of Studies. He has acted as Assistant Controller of Examinations in GCT, Coimbatore and as the first Zonal Officer of Anna University for Tirunelveli zone covering twenty nine Engineering colleges. He was the first Estate Officer Government College of Engineering Tirunelveli. This is the first of his three books, with Dr. R. Vaidyanathan, on Structural Analysis. Presently, he is guiding ten Ph. D. Scholars. His areas of interest are Ferrocement, Concrete, Shell structures and Finite Element Analysis.