B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
M.S. and Ph.D. from Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras.

• Coastal erosion and protection
• Sediment transport
• Coastal processes
• Wave structure interaction
• Extreme wave events (Cyclones)
• Wave (renewable) energy
• GIS applications to Coastal engineering

International Journal

• Swapnadip, D. C., Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A. and Sundar, V. 2017. Nonlinear wave interaction with curved front seawalls, Ocean engineering journal, Volume 140, Pages 84-96.
• Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A. and Sundar, V. 2015. Investigation on the cyclonic seastate along south east coast of India, Journal of Marine Geodesy, Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 58-78.
• Kannan, R., Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A., Sundar, V and Rangarao, V. 2014. Shoreline changes along the northern coast of Chennai port, from field measurements, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering(Taylor & Francis), Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 24-31.
• Anand, K.V., Sundar, V., and Sannasiraj, S. A. 2011, Hydrodynamic Characteristics Of Curved Front Seawall Models Compared With Vertical Seawall Under Regular Waves, Journal of Coastal Research,  Volume 27, Issue 6: Pages 1103 – 1112.
• Anand, K.V., and Sundar, V., 2011. Variations of run-up on Vertical and Curved Seawall Models under Regular, Random and Cnoidal Waves, International Journal on Transportation and Urban development, Volume 1, Issue 1 Pages 1-4.
• Anand, K.V., Sundar, V., and Sannasiraj, S. A. 2010, Dynamic pressures on curved front seawall models under random waves, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, Volume 22, Issue 5, Supplement 1, Pages 538-544.

International Journal (under review )

• Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A. and Sundar, V. 2017, Sediment transport in the littorally active coast under seasonal and extreme waves,  Coastal engineering journal (under review).
• Jhoga Parth, Nasar. T. and Anand .K.V. 2017, Geospatial approach to study shoreline configuration change of coast along with construction of breakwaters – Ponnani harbour, Kerala, Journal of Marine Geodesy(under review).

National Journals

• Sundar, V. and Anand, K.V. 2010, Dynamic pressure and run-up on curved seawalls compared with vertical wall under cnoidal waves, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences (IJMS), Volume 39, Issue 4,  Pages 579-588.
• Anand, K.V. and Sundar, V. 2010, Comparison of pressures due to random waves on vertical and curved seawalls, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 16, Supplement 1, Pages 26-34.

International Conferences

• Jhoga Parth, Nasar. T. and Anand .K.V, (2017)Shoreline Variation with Construction of a Pair of Training Walls, Ponnani Inlet, Kerala, 37 INCA International Congress on Geoinformatics for Carto-Diversity and its Management, Dehradun, India. (This paper got BEST PAPER AWARD).
• Anand, K.V. and Sundar, V. 2016, Dynamic pressures and run-up on vertical and curved seawalls under random waves, Proc.12^th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD), Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. CD-ROM.

• Jorge, G., Carlos, G. S., Anand, K. V. and Sundar, V. 2016, Numerical modelling of curved-front seawalls under regular waves: Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. 
• Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A. and Sundar, V. 2013, Comparison of the seastate during Thane and Nilam cyclone’s along South East coast of India – using WAM, Proc. 7^th International Conference on Asia Pacific Coast(APAC), Bali, Indonesia, CD-ROM.
• Anand, K.V. and  Sundar,V. 2012, Dynamic Pressures on curved front seawall models under random waves, Proc. 8^th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries(COPEDEC), CD-ROM.
• Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj,S.A., Sundar,V., Rangarao, V. and Subramanian, B.R., 2011, Littoral transport estimate from the field measurement along north Chennai coast of Tamil Nadu, India, Proc. 6^th International Conference on Asia Pacific Coast(APAC), Hong Kong, CD-ROM.
• Anand, K.V., and Sundar, V. 2010, Dynamic Pressures on Curved Front Seawall Models under Regular and Cnoidal Waves, First International Conference on Coastal Zone Management of River Deltas and Low Land Coastlines, Alexandria, Egypt, CD-ROM.
• Anand, K.V., Sundar, V., and Sannasiraj, S. A. 2010, Dynamic Pressures on Curved Front Seawall Models under Regular Waves, Second International Conference on Coastal Zone Engineering and Management, Muscat, Oman, CD-ROM.

• Anand, K.V., and Sundar, V. 2009, Run-Up and Dynamic Pressure on Vertical and Curved Seawall Models Due to Cnoidal Waves, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Asia Pacific Coast(APAC), Singapore, Volume 3.

National Conferences

• Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj,S.A., Sundar,V and Rangarao, V., 2012. Real-time study on seastate during “THANE” cyclone at North Chennai, India, Proceedings of National conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (HYDRO), Mumbai. pp:1445-1452.
• Sundar,V., Sannasiraj,S.A, Arunjith, A and Anand, K.V., 2010. Numerical and physical model studies on breakwater layout for fish landing centre, Betapur, A&N island, India, Proceedings of National conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering (HYDRO), Ambala, CD-ROM. 
• Anand, K.V., and Sundar, V., 2009. Dynamic Pressures on Vertical and Curved Seawall Models Due to Random Waves, Proceedings of National Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources & Coastal and Environmental Engineering(HYDRO), Pune, India.
• Sundar, V., Anand, K.V., Sannasiraj, S.A., Chandramohan, P.V, and Ansari, M.A.R., 2007. Tranquility condition inside the port at Krishnapatnam, Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering(INCHOE), Surathkal, Karnataka, India.

• Wave Hydrodynamics
• Coastal Engineering
• Fluid Mechanics
• Engineering Mechanics
• Wave Simulation and Measurements

• Lisbon, Portugal, Visiting Researcher, Plenose project  under Marie Curie Program(16th Jul 2015 - 15 Nov 2015)
• Reggio Calabria, Italy, Visiting Researcher, Plenose project  under Marie Curie Program(16th Mar 2015 - 15 Jul 2015)
• Hannover, Germany, Visiting Researcher Under DAAD program ( 27th Oct. 2013 - 23rd Dec. 2013 )
• Bali, Indonesia, Conference APAC 2013 ( 22nd-26th Sep. 2013 )
• Hong Kong, Conference APAC 2011 (13th-17th Dec. 2011 )
• Singapore, Conference APAC 2009 ( 13th -16th Oct. 2009 )

• Visiting researcher, PLENOSE project funded by IRSES Marie Curie Scheme, European Union at the Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy and Institute of  Superior Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, , duration of 8 months (16th Mar 2015 - 15 Nov 2015).
• Visiting Researcher, Sponsored by DAAD under the scheme 'A new passage to India' to visit the Franzius Institute, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, (Nov-Dec2013).
• Ph.D research at IIT Madras, sponsored through a research project in collaboration with ICMAM, under Ministry of Earth Sciences,(MoES), India.
• Travel award by IIT Madras Alumni Association of North America (IITMAANA), for technical paper presentation in the fifth International Conference on Asia and Pacific Coasts held at Singapore, 2009.
• Qualified in GATE 2006, Specialisation - Civil Engineering, with an all India rank - 811.