• R. Vijayakumar is a graduate of Naval Architect from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin. He completed PG Diploma in Naval Construction from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an M Tech. in Ocean Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
• He joined IITM as faculty in 2016, He is presently Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has published 110 research papers. He has so far guided 11 Ph.D,7 MS projects and 32 M.Tech. projects. He is a consultant to a number of industrial organizations, and has so far completed more than 25 consultancies and sponsored projects
• He is also veteran and served in Indian Navy for 21 years and retired as Commander. On completion of his graduate training, he joined the Corps of Naval Constructors of the Indian Navy. He had worked in various capacities in Indian Navy as Naval Architect Designer in Directorate of Naval Design and in Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and Mumbai.
• His fields of interest include Ship Hydrodynamics, Ship Dynamics and Com-putational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and green ship initiatives.

• Computational fluid dynamics applications related to ships and floating bodies Experimental hydrodynamics for floating bodies
• Development of autonomous underwater vehicle and glider
• Energy saving devices to improve propulsive efficiencies of ships
• Ship – helicopter interface
• Development of silent propellers

• 10 Jan 2014 - Till Now Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.
• 30 SEP 2019 - 10 Jan 2014 , Associate Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.
• FEB 2016- 30 Sep 2019 Assistant Professor - Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036 INDIA.
• JAN 2012-Jan 2016, Commander(Indian navy) - Adjunct Faculty Naval Construction Wing IIT Delhi.
• OCT 2009, Commander(Indian navy) Senior manager - Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) FEB 2006, Commander(Indian navy) - Adjunct faculty Naval construction Wing IIT Delhi.
• JUN 2004, Lt Commander (Deputy Director) - Directorate of Naval Design(SSG) New Delhi OCT 1998, Lieutenant (Deputy Manager) - Naval Dockyard (Visakapatnam).

Ph.D.

• 1. Sudhir C Sindagi (2020) "Investigation of Bubble Drag Reduction BDR Methodology in Reducing Drag of Ship"
• 2. Shashank Shankar RV (2023) "Hydrodynamic Study of Turning motion of Underwater Glider using experiments and CFD "
• 3. Ashok Kumar S (2024) " Hydro elastic based Performance Analysis on Composite Marine Propellers"
• 4. Hemanth Kumar Yeddula (2025) "Investigation of Resistance Reduction by a stern flap on a high speed Displacement Ship with Transom stern.
• 5. Soma Gouthama Chary(2025) "Hydrodynamic studies. on the hull vane for a high-speed Displacement Ships”
• 6. Saurabh Tripathi(2025) "Hydrodynamic studies, Design and Optimisation of Stren Flap on High Speed Displacement Ships”
• 7. Mukesh Guggilla (2025) "Design and Hydrodynamic Performance Analysis of Blended Wing Underwater Glider Hull Form”