Prof. R. Nakkeeran holds B. Sc., B. E., M.E., Ph.D. degrees and has 31+ years of teaching experience born in the year 1967 as elder son of Thiru N. Rangaswamy and Thirumathi R. Ranganayagi in a small village called East Thavittupalayam at Karur District in Tamil Nadu. He received B.Sc., in Botany and B.E., in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madras University in 1987 and 1991, respectively, and M.E., in Electronics and Communication Engineering (diversification in Optical Communication) from Anna University in 1995. Ph.D., from Pondicherry University in the year 2004. Since 1991, he has been with teaching profession. Presently, he is holding the position of Professor in Pondicherry Central University. Before he joined in Pondicherry University in the year 2012 (10th February), he worked with Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College (run by Pondicherry Government) from 5th July 1996.
He has a very good associations with various professional bodies namely, IEEE as Senior Member, IE(I) as Fellow, OSI as Fellow Member, IETE as Fellow and SPIE, ISTE, SS(I), OSA, IEICE as Member.
Since 2005, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been inviting him as an Academic Expert for its various activities pertinent to approval process.
Google Scholar Citation shows that there are 2089+ citations with h Index 24 and i10 index 49 as on May 2025. There are 16 Research Scholars successfully received their Doctoral Degree under his supervision and other five scholars are pursuing their research with him. Guided more than 100 M.Tech. Project works. He also responsible for the graduation of around 750 M.Tech. and 1500 B.Tech. students in the stream of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He is also a doctoral committee member for around 200 Research Scholars of this region.

Significantly revamped the teaching learning methods at the Department level during his three consecutive tenure as Head of the Department from April 2013 to May 2022 by introducing Contextual Curriculum. Introduced various changes at different aspects of the activities of the Department.
Instrumental for getting AICTE DBT GATE scholarship to the tune of Rs. 38 lakhs to 15 students of 2014-2015 passed out batch after successfully completing the AICTE EVC inspection. UGC GATE scholarship to the tune of Rs. 34 lakhs to 13 students of 2015-2016 passed out batch also for the five students of 2016-2017 passed out batch, and received Visvesvaraya Research Fellowship from DST in the year 2015 (for 2 full time and 2 part time).

Received Young Scientist Fellowship from The Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR), Kolkata, 1999. Received the Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) from Dr. Keith Hudson, Director, Graduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas 2008. Received Five Year Anniversary Certificates for the continuous inclusion of Biography in Marquis Who’s Who in the World (since 22nd Edition 2005). Received Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing in recognition of the contribution made to the quality of the Journal from Elsevier During 2015, 2016 and 2017. Also from IE(I). Received Best Teacher Award from Pondicherry University, 2021-2022.

Besides, he has been doing responsibilities given by the University authorities now and then like Inspecting the affiliated colleges, VC Nominee for the Purchase committee, VC Nominee for the PhD Admission, etc., with fullest involvement and utmost care and commitment to uphold the name and quality of this University.

Electronics and Communication Engineering