trichy s m ramanathan has assumed charge as the general managerincharge and head of the bhel trichy complex comprising of highpressure boiler plant and seamless steel tube plant at trichy power plant piping unit at thirumayam pudukottai and industrial valves plant at goindwal punjabramanathan 56 is a graduate of mechanical engineering from iit madras he also has a masters degree in stress and vibration analysis from the national institute of technology bhopal so far ramanathan was functioning as general managerincharge of operations at bhel trichytnn chennai ibm announced on monday that the indian institute of technology madras iit madras became the first indian institution to join its quantum network to advance quantum computing skills development and research in india iitm researchers will lead advancement of research in the application of quantum computing with support from ibm research india to such domains that are relevant to india iitmadras will get cloudbased access to ibms quantum computing systems and quantum expertise to explore practical applications tnn