People

Name - Dr Tata Narasinga Rao

Designation - Scientist E & Team Leader

Qualification - MSc - Physical Chemistry
PhD - Electrochemistry (BHU, Varanasi)

Areas of Expertise - Photocatalysis, diamond electrochemistry, photochemical solar cells, electrochemical sensors, nanomaterials synthesis and applications.

eMail - tata@arci.res.in

Name - Dr K. Radha

Designation - Scientist E

Qualification - MSc - Chemistry
PhD - Chemistry

Areas of Expertise - Chemical analysis, XRF, Sol-gel Synthesis. Surface area and porosity measurement by BET

Current Research Activities - TiO2 coated porous SS industrial and drinking water filter

eMail - radha@arci.res.in

Name - Dr Pramod H. Borse

Name - Dr R. Vijay

Designation - Scientist D

Qualification - BE - Chemical Engineering (REC (NIT) - Warrangal)
MTech - Chemical Engineering (REC (NIT) - Warrangal)
PhD – Mechanical Engineering (IIT-Madras)

Areas of Expertise - Heat pipes, hydrogen storage, mechanical alloying, nanostructured materials

Current Research Activities - Hydrogen storage materials, nanostructured and high performance materials and ODS alloys

eMail - vijay@arci.res.in

Name - Dr Malobika Karanjai

Designation - Scientist D

Qualification - BTech, Mechanical Engineering (GEC (NIT), Raipur)
PhD – Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (IIT-Bombay)

Areas of Expertise - Powder Metallurgy, Bio-Composites, Nanomaterials Synthesis

Current Research Activities - Chemical vapor synthesis of nanopowders, Friction materials for automobile clutch/brake pads

eMail - molobika@arci.res.in

Name - Dr Joydip Joardar

Designation - Scientist D

Qualification - BE - Metallurgical Engineering (REC (NIT) - Durgapur)
MTech-Metallurgical Engineering (IIT-Kharagpur)
PhD – Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (IIT-Kharagpur)

Areas of Expertise - Nanomaterials, mechanochemical synthesis, tribomaterials, x-ray diffraction

Current Research Activities - Nanomaterials, inorganic fullerene, cermets, cutting tools, tungsten carbide

eMail - joydip@arci.res.in

Name - S. B. Chandra Sekhar

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - BE-Metallurgical Engineering (REC (NIT) - Trichy)

Areas of Expertise - Nanomaterials by electric wire explosion and mechanical milling, consolidation and extrusion of nanomaterials

Current Research Activities - Nano aluminium by electrical wire explosion; Ultra-fine grained ODS-copper

eMail - chandru@arci.res.in

Name - D Sivaprahasam

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - BE - Metallurgical Engineering (REC (NIT) - Trichy)
MTech – Metallurgical & Materials Engg

Areas of Expertise - Synthesis of nanopowder by vapor condensation and mechanical milling, powder metallurgy, spark plasma Sintering, XPS

Current Research Activities - Ultrafine/nanocrystalline WC-co cutting tools, bulk nanostructured Fe-based materials

eMail - sivaprahasam@arci.res.in

Name - Kaliyan Hembram

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - BE-Metallurgical Engineering (MNIT-Jaipur)

Areas of Expertise - Nanomaterial synthesis by chemical and electrical explosion of wire (EEW) methods

Current Research Activities - Doped ZnO nanopowder for varistor application

eMail - kaliya@arci.res.in

Name - K. Murugan

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - BE-Mechanical Engineering
ME-Industrial Metallurgy

Areas of Expertise - Nano silver and its Application, Photo Catalysis, Microwave plasma synthesis of nanoparticles, boronising, process planning and its control

Current Research Activities - Nano silver coated ceramic filter candles for disinfectant water filter applications. Self cleaning ceramic tiles and glass windows

eMail - murugan@arci.res.in

Name - Dibyendu Chakravarty

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - MTech - Ceramics Engineering (IT-BHU, Varanasi)

Areas of Expertise - Processing of nanomaterials by spark plasma sintering

Current Research Activities - Densification mechanism in spark plasma sintering, alumina based ceramic composites, cutting tools

eMail - dibyendu@arci.res.in

Name - Dr Neha Y. Hebalkar

Designation - Scientist C

Qualification - MSc - Chemistry (Shivaji Univ, Kolhapur)
PhD – Chemistry (Univ, Pune)

Areas of Expertise - Nanoparticles, Core-shell/hollow nanostructures, Nanoporous aerogels, XPS, TEM

Current Research Activities - Aerogels, Photo catalysis, Nanosilver Application

eMail - neha@arci.res.in

Name - S. Sudhakara Sarma

Designation - Scientist B

Qualification - BTech
MTech – Mechanical Engineering

Areas of Expertise - Heat pipes, extrusion, powder metallurgy

Current Research Activities - Extrusion of ODS alloys, cutting tools

eMail - sudhakar@arci.res.in

Name - J. Revathi

Designation - Scientist B

Qualification - MSc - Materials Science (PSG College-Coimbatore)

Areas of Expertise - Nanomaterials Synthesis, Photocatalysis

Current Research Activities - Nanosilver Synthesis and Applications, TiO2 Photocatalysis

eMail - revathi@arci.res.in

Name - V. Mahender

Designation - Technical Officer B

Qualification - ME - Production Engineering

Areas of Expertise - Design and Fabrication, Nanopowder Synthesis and Processing

Current Research Activities - Design and fabrication of honeycomb extrusion dies, nanopowder synthesis

eMail - mahendra@arci.res.in