Dr Shrishail Kakkeri obtained his under graduate degree from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology in 1990. Post-graduation from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in 1994 and Doctoral degree in the filed of Plasticity in the year 2011 from Vivesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi. He has a blend of Industrial and teaching experience of 28 years. He has authored two text books and he is the Board of studies member of various autonomous institutions in VTU. He has served as special officer for examinations in the Karnataka’s largest technological university VTU. He has served Board of Examination member in the Mechanical Engineering section for two years at VTU.

He has taken the lead of setting up a Biofuel Research and Development unit at Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering. Worked in the field of Alternate fuels for I C Engines. Worked on various oils like Spent Coffee Powder oil, Simarouba, Honge, Jathropa, Neem and Alcohols. Published more than 50 Technical Papers in various National / International Conferences / Seminars / Journals. 5 IPRs have been filed and they are published in Indian patent journal. Responsible for preparing & getting sanctioned projects from Ministry of Small Micro and Medium enterprises, AICTE, KSCST, KSBDB and other bodies. Delivered lectures on Intellectual Property Rights at various programmes. He has mentored institutions in the process of Accreditation.

Dr Shrishail Kakkeri has bagged the following awards:-

(i) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement National Award – 2018

(ii) Best Researcher Award, IJRULA – RULA International Awards 2018.

iii) Best Research Paper Award, By KSTA In 2018.

(iv) Research Excellence Award, By Science Father Group in 2020.

Design

Production

Management

Drawing

Robotics

3D Printing

Additive Manufacturing

• Composite Materials
• Biodiesel
• Fuel Additives
• Optimization Techniques

[1] Naveena H S, Sunil S, Shrishail Kakkeri & Suresh R, Development and mechanical testing of natural fibre reinforced polypropylene resin hybrid composite, Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (Taylor and Francis) ,2021, DOI: 10.1080/2374068X.2021.1948704.

[2] Sunil S, B.S. Chandra Prasad, Shrishail Kakkeri, Suresha, Studies on titanium oxide nanoparticles as fuel additive for improving performance and combustion parameters of CI engine fueled with biodiesel blends, Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), 2021,  Volume 44, Part 1, Pages 489-499, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.200.

[3] M. Devendra Reddy, Sunil S, B.S. Chandra Prasad, Shrishail Kakkeri, Studies on alternative hybrid materials for replacement of R134a in space heating process, Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), 2021, Volume 44, Part 1, Pages 716-721, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.617.

[4] Sunil S, Kakkeri S., Chandra Prasad B.S., Kapilan N., Shivarudraiah, Feasibility Studies on Spent Coffee Powder Oil as Alternative to Diesel in CI Engines. Advances in Industrial Automation and Smart Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4739-3_78.

[5] Sunil S, B.S. Chandra Prasad, M. Kotresh, Shrishail Kakkeri, Studies on suitability of multiwalled CNT as catalyst in combustion on a CI engine fueled with dairy waste biodiesel blends, Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), 2020, Volume 26, Part 2, Pages 613-619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.12.179.