Background
Sivadas, Vayalakkara was born on July 28, 1963 in Thalassery, Kerala, India. Son of Gangadharan Nambiar and Vayalakkara Jayalakshmi.
Sivadas, Vayalakkara was born on July 28, 1963 in Thalassery, Kerala, India. Son of Gangadharan Nambiar and Vayalakkara Jayalakshmi.
Bachelor of Science, University Calicut, India, 1983. Master of Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1995.
Research scholar Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1988-1991. Visiting scientist German Aerospace Research Establishment, Göttingen, Germany, 1991-1993. Senior research fellow Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1993-1995.
Visiting scientist National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India, 1995-1997. Research scientist Thermodynamics division Institute Superior Technology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Married Thazheveetil Girijadevi, November 12, 1989. Children: Lakshmidas, Anjalidas.