Kumaran Kadirgama is currently a Professor and a Research Fellow of the Advanced Nano Coolant Lubricant Laboratory (ANCoL), Automotive Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang (UMP). In research, he is involved in the supervision of postgraduate students at the master’s and Ph.D. levels and has mentored numerous students to graduation. He has also published and presented various technical papers and journals at an international and national level. He has an H-index of 31 with 4199 citations. He has received grants totaling RM 6.02 million from various agencies and institutions. He has won gold medals in the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX), Seoul International Invention Fair (SIFF), South Korea, and British Invention Show (BIS). He is a Professional Engineer registered under the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM); and a Charted Engineer (U.K.) under the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).