Annual Report 2019-20 Contents
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ARCI ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20 CONTENTS Director’s Report ..... iv Centre for Automotive Energy Materials (CAEM) ..... 2 Centre for Solar Energy Materials (CSEM) ..... 11 Centre for Nanomaterials (CNM) ..... 18 Centre for Engineered Coatings (CEC) ..... 33 Centre for Ceramic Processing (CCP) ..... 45 Centre for Laser Processing of Materials (CLPM) ..... 52 Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (CFCT) ..... 58 Centre for Non-Oxide Ceramics (CNOC) ..... 65 ARCI is an autonomous R&D Centre Centre for Carbon Materials (CCM) ..... 69 of Department of Science and Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings (CSOL) ..... 72 Technology (DST), Government of India, set-up with a mission to Centre for Material Characterization and Testing (CMCT) ..... 77 develop unique, novel and techno- Centre for Technology Acquisition and Transfer (CTAT) ..... 84 commercially viable technologies Support Groups ..... 94 in the area of advanced materials Events, Data and Statistics ..... 99 and subsequently transfer them to Patents’ Portfolio ..... 136 industries. Publications ..... 141 Personnel ..... 155 Financial Report ..... 158 THRUST AREAS Nanomaterials Engineered Coatings Ceramic Processing Laser Materials Processing Fuel Cells Sol-Gel Coatings Solar Energy Materials Automotive Energy Materials ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE GOVERNING COUNCIL DIRECTOR TECHNICAL Dr. G. Padmanabham ADVISORY GROUPS REGIONAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Dr. R. Gopalan Dr. Tata Narasinga Rao Dr. Roy Johnson Administration & Finance R & D Centres Technical Support Centres Administration & Personnel Centre for Automotive Energy Centre for Technology Shri. G. Ravi Shankar Materials Acquisition and Transfer Dr. R. Prakash Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj Finance & Accounts Centre for Solar Energy Technical Information Centre Shri. G. Ravi Shankar Materials Dr. G. Ravi Chandra Dr. S. S. Sakthivel Purchase & Inventory Electrical and Civil Shri. G. Ravi Shankar Centre for Nanomaterials Maintenance Dr. R. Vijay Purchase & Taxation Shri V. Balaji Rao Shri. G. Ravi Shankar Centre for Engineered Electronics and Coatings Instrumentation Security, Fire & Safety Shri. D. Srinivasa Rao Shri D. Srinivasa Rao Dr. Roy Johnson Centre for Ceramic Processing Centre for Information Liaison Office-Gurugram Dr. Y. Srinivasa Rao Technology Services Shri. G. Ravi Shankar Dr. Ravi N Bathe Centre for Laser Processing of Materials Dr. Ravi N Bathe Centre for Fuel Cell Technology Dr. N. Rajalakshmi Centre for Non-Oxide Ceramics Dr. B. P. Saha Centre for Carbon Materials Dr. P. K. Jain Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings Dr. R. Subasri Centre for Materials Characterization and Testing Dr. G. Ravi Chandra Annual Report 2019-20 i International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) Governing Council Technical Advisory Groups (as on March 31, 2020) (as on March 31, 2020) Dr. Anil Kakodkar (Chairman) Chairman and Members of Technical Advisory Former Secretary Group (TAG) of each Centre of Excellence Department of Atomic Energy Dr. Jaiteerth R Joshi Centre for Automotive Energy Materials and Project Director, LRSAM Centre for Fuel Cell Technology Defence Research & Development Laboratory Shri. K. R. A. Nair (Chairman) Former Executive Director-Development Professor Shatendra K Sharma Lucas-TVS Limited, Chennai Director, University Science Instrumentation Centre Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Dr. K. Muraleedharan Director Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata Professor Indranil Manna Department of Metallurgical & Materials Dr. Ajay Dhar Engineering, Chief Scientist Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Prof. U. V. Varadaraju Professor Satish V Kailas Department of Chemistry Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Chennai Prof. Suddhasatwa Basu Professor Ashutosh Sharma Director, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Secretary Bhubaneswar Department of Science and Technology Dr. Amitava Mitra Chief Scientist & Head - Research Planning & Business Shri B Anand, IAS Development, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser Centre for Solar Energy Materials Department of Science and Technology Prof. A. Subrahmanyam (Chairman) Department of Physics Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai Director Prof. Pradip Dutta Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Shri Sanjeev K Varshney Prof. Amlan J Pal Head, International Division Head - Department of Solid State Physics Department of Science & Technology Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata Dr. K. Srinivas Reddy Dr. Neeraj Sharma Department of Mechanical Engineering Head, National Entrepreneurship Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai Development Board Dr. O. S. Sastry Department of Science & Technology Former Director General National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurgaon Member Secretary Centre for Nanomaterials & Centre for Carbon Materials Dr. Ashok K Ganguli (Chairman) Dr. G. Padmanabham Department of Chemistry Director, ARCI Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi ii Annual Report 2019-20 Prof. G. U. Kulkarni Dr. G. Madhusudan Reddy Director Director Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad Dr. Sagar Mitra Prof. Ashish Kumar Nath Department of Energy Science and Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Dr. B. L. V. Prasad Dr. Suhas. S. Joshi Group Leader-Synthesis, Assembly and Application of Materials, 'Rahul Bajaj' Chair Professor & Head National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. John Philip Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai SO-H, Head, Corrosion Science and Technology Division Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam Prof. T. Jayakumar Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Centre for Engineered Coatings National Institute of Technology, Warangal Dr. Indranil Chattoraj (Chairman) Centre for Materials Characterization and Testing Director, National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur Dr. Indradev Samajdar (Chairman) Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Shri. S. Gowrisankar Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai Additional General Manager, Planning & Development Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Trichy Dr. G. K. Dey Prof. V. S. Raja Director-Materials Group Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Mumbai Prof. Satyam Suwas Department of Materials Engineering Dr. B. Venkataraman Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Head, Tribology Group Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad Dr. A. K. Srivastava Director Dr. M. Kamaraj CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai Prof. B. R. Mehta Dean, R&D, Department of Physics Centre for Ceramic Processing, Centre for Non-Oxide Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi Ceramics & Centre for Sol-Gel Coatings Dr. R. Balamuralikrishnan Prof. Vikram Jayaram (Chairman) Scientist G & Head, Special Steels Group Chair-Division of Mechanical Sciences, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad Department of Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Centre for Technology Acquisition and Transfer Prof. H. S. Maiti Govt. College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology Dr. D. Yogeswara Rao (Chairman) Kolkata Former Adviser, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and Dr. K.G.K. Warrier former Head, Technology Networking and Business Emeritus Scientist, National Institute for Interdisplinary Development Division CSIR, Secunderabad Science and Technology - Retd. Thiruvananthapuram Shri. H. K. Mittal Member Secretary-National Science & Technology Dr. V. V. Bhanuprasad Entrepreneurship Development Board Scientist-G & Head, Ceramics Division former Secretary, Technology Development Board Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi Dr. Vivekanand Kain OS & Head, Materials Processing and Corrosion Engineering Shri. K. V. S. P. Rao Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Former Scientist G, DSIR and Former CMD, National Research Development Corporation Prof. Rahul Mitra New Delhi Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur Dr. Aravind Chinchure Chair Professor, Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship Centre for Laser Processing of Materials and Innovation, Pune Prof. Indranil Manna (Chairman) Dr. Premnath Venugopalan Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Head, NCL Innovations & Intellectual Property Group Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Annual Report 2019-20 iii Director's Report It gives me great pleasure to present this report on the activities and achievement of ARCI during 2019-20. It has been a great year in terms of technology development and transfer activities addressing the needs of alternative energy, aerospace, conventional power, manufacturing, biomedical and automotive sectors through the various expertise verticals of ARCI viz., Powder metallurgy, Ceramics, Coatings, Energy Materials, Laser processing and Additive Manufacturing.