Currently, Dr. Radhakrishnan has been working as Director at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies since October 2007. With his vision, he started this new institution under PSG Son's and Charity.
Prior to this, he worked as Vice Chancellor at Vellore Institute of Technology, Deemed University from June 2002 to August 2007.
He was also Principal of PSG College of Technology for more than 10 years and he was a faculty from August 1970 to June 2002.
He holds honorary positions such as Member of Executive Committee, IMTMA, Member of Executive Committee, COINDIA, Chairman and Research Advisory Board at CMTI, Bangalore.
He serves as a Chairman in the following committees: STED & later iSTED, NSTEDB, DST, Institution of Engineers (Coimbatore local centre), Computer Society of India (Coimbatore Chapter).
He holds member of the following committees:
Coordinator, Materials and Manufacturing Panel (Aeronautical Research and Development Board)
Member, Technical Committee (AR&DB)
Member, Program Advisory Committee, Civil, Mechanical &Robotics, Dept. of Science &Technology, DST
Member, Dr. Ananthakrishnan Committee on revamping undergraduate engineering education, AICTE
Member, Executive Committee, Institution Of Engineers, Tamil Nadu State Centre
He received the Distinguished Service award for organizing the 14th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future ISPE, USA.
He also received the Outstanding Engineers Award by Institution of Engineers COIMBATORE LOCAL CENTRE during 1998.
Lifetime Achievement Award-23rd All India Manufacturing Technology, Design & Research Conference by IIT, MADRAS.
He has published several books in the area of machine tools.
He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals.
