• Secondary School: Dr. Alagappa Chettiar Training College Model High School, Karaikudi, India-1975
• Pre-University: American College, Madurai, India-1976
• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India-1981
• Master of Engineering (Structure), Thiagarajar College of Engineering , Madurai, India- 1985
• Member, The Institution of Engineers (India), 1991
• Member, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2000
• Registered Professional Engineer (Civil), Hong Kong, 2002
• Member, Institution of Civil Engineers, 2003
• Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council UK, 2004
• Member, The Institution of Structural Engineers, 2004 

Here are some recent technical papers and reports published:

• "Hong Kong-bastion of bamboo scaffolding", by M Ramanathan, Proceedings of ICE- Civil Engineering, Volume: 161, Issue: 4, November 2008, Page: 177-183.
• “Integrated Design Team Process in MTR LOHAS Park Station”, by Ir M Ramanathan and Ir Chin Sai-ping, November 2008 (bagged the first runner-up award in the HKIE’s Civil Engineering Papers of the Year-2008 Awards)
• "Design audits in construction projects- A Hong Kong perspective" , by E Palaneeswaran, M Ramanathan, Peter E D Love and CM Tam, presented in 4th International Conference on Forensic Engineering: From failure to understanding organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 2 to 4 December 2008. 
• "Integrated Design Office Arrangements for Effective Management in Complex Infrastructure Projects" , by E Palaneeswaran, and M Ramanathan, presented in Project Management Asia Conference, PM Asia, Singapore, 14 – 17 October 2008.
• "Reducing Design Rework in Construction Projects" , by E Palaneeswaran, M Ramanathan, and CM Tam, presented in 4th World Project Management Conference, "Project Management: Driving Growth, Creating Equality", PM Global, Project Management Institute of America, and Chartered Institute of Building, Singapore, 12-16 November 2007, (11 pages (Electronic proceedings))
  
• "Rework in Projects: Learning from Errors", by E Palaneeswaran, M Ramanathan, and CM Tam, Surveying and Built Environment, The Journal of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, Volume 18-Issue 2,December 2007.

• Technical meetings on: 1.instant structural analysis; and 2.design and construction of York House, by Ir M Ramanathan,  Hong Kong Engineer, The Journal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, November 2007 (Chosen for Best Reporter Award)
• Technical meting on technical guidelines of bamboo scaffolds, by Ir M Ramanathan,  Hong Kong Engineer, The Journal of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, December 2006 (Chosen for Best Reporter Award)
• SP Chin, Clement Ngai and M Ramanathan, “Integrated Team Design Process-Successful Stories of Hong Kong MTR Corporation Projects”, Proceedings of the Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-12), Hong Kong, January 2011, Elsevier Ltd(bagged the AECOM’s Technical Paper Award-FY2011)