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Dr. M. Jayakumar
Dr. M. Jayakumar
- Scientist (Jan 2017 - Jan 2020)
- Senior Scientist (Jan 2020 - Jan 2023)
- Principal Scientist (Jan 2023- till date)
Electroplating and Electrometallurgy Division
Electroplating and Electrometallurgy Division
CSIR Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India 600006
CSIR Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India 600006
- Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
- Faculty (2017 - till date) & Placement Officer (2019 - till date) B.Tech. Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering Anna University Centre For Education, CSIR CECRI
Current Members
Current Members
Dr. G. Murali Krishna - Senior Project Associate
(Oct 2023 - till present)
Completed Ph.D from Homi Bhabha National Institute Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research – Kalpakkam
Ph.D thesis title :Some Studies on the Electrochemical behavior of Actinides and fission products in Rom temperature ionic liquids for Nuclear fuel cycle applications
Currently working on CSIR project "Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product"
Dr. N. Palaniappan - Senior Project Associate
(Jul 2024 - till present)
Completed Ph.D from Central University of Gujarat under the guidance of Prof.Ivan Cole.
Ph.D thesis title : Studies of carbon materials for corrosion and dye sensitized photovoltaic cathodic application
Currently working on CSIR project "Upscaling of Neodymium Metal/Nd-Pr production along with other Rare Earth elements (La,Ce) and their alloy by Molten Salt Electrolysis routes"
Dr. Gauthaman ChandraBose - Senior Project Associate
(Sep 2024 - till present)
Completed Ph.D. from The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK), in the field of photocatalysts for wastewater treatment applications under the guidance of Prof. Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Prof. Nicholas Braithwaite, and Prof. Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu.
Expert in vacuum technology and XPS-based surface analysis.
Currently working on CSIR project "Mapping and Tapping of Critical Metals & Minerals"
Mr.M.Karthikeyan
AcSIR Research Scholar
(Jan 2025 - till present)
Completed M.Sc Chemistry from The Gandhigram Rural Institute (DTBU), Gandhigram, Dindigul.
Currently working on CSIR project Upscaling of Neodymium Metal/Nd-Pr production along with other Rare Earth elements (La,Ce) and their alloy by Molten Salt Electrolysis routes and electrodeposition of rare earths in ionic electrolytes from Oct. 2023 to present
Ms. K.Bhavani
AcSIR Research Scholar
(Jan 2025 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Mr.R.S.Prasannakumar AcSIR Research Scholar (Feb. 2020 - till date)
Mr.R.S.Prasannakumar AcSIR Research Scholar (Feb. 2020 - till date)
Worked as Project Associate in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
Ms.X.Idha Illavarasi Project Associate (Sep 2023 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from St.Xavier’s college,Tirunelveli
Currently working on CSIR project "Development of Electrically rechargeable Zn air battery"
Ms.M.Gurulakshmi Project Associate (Oct 2023 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi. Currently working on CSIR Project "Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product"
Mr.R.Gugan Mari Project Associate (Nov 2023 - till present) Completed M.Sc chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi Currently working on CSIR Project "Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product"
Ms.N.Kaviya Project Associate (Nov 2023 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi Currently working on CSIR Project "Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product"
Mr.R.Mahesh Project Associate (Sep 2023 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from Alagappa University, Karaikudi. Currently working on CSIR Project "Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product"
Mr. R. Harish Kannan Project Associate (Aug 2024 - till present) Completed M.Sc Chemistry from Gandhigram Rural Institute (DTBU), Dindigul. Currently working on CSIR Project Mapping and Tapping of Critical Metals & Minerals (MapTapCrM)
Ms.G.Aarthi Project Associate (Aug 2024 - till present)
Completed M.Sc chemistry from Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader college for women, Ramanathapuram.
Working as a project Associate in the project entitled as Evaluation and upgradation of exciting Nickel plating
Mr. B. Natraj Project Associate (Jan 2025 - till present)
Completed B.E.Mechanical Engineering from Mount Zion college of Engineering and Technology
Currently working on Upscaling of Neodymium Metal/Nd-Pr production along with other Rare Earth elements (La,Ce) and their alloy by Molten Salt Electrolysis routes from JAN 2025 to present
Mr. K. Prakash Raj - Technical assitant
Mr. K. Prakash Raj - Technical assitant
Completed Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Alagappa polytechnic college , karaikudi
Currently Working Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product from NOV 2023 to present
Mr. A. Sankareswaran - Technical assitant
Completed, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
Currently working on Upscaling of Neodymium Metal/Nd-Pr production along with other Rare Earth elements (La,Ce) and their alloy by Molten Salt Electrolysis routes from OCT 2023 to present
Mr. B.Pandian - Technical assitant
Mr. B.Pandian - Technical assitant
Completed B.E.Mechanical Engineering from Kalasalingam University
Currently working on Upscaling of Neodymium Metal/Nd-Pr production along with other Rare Earth elements (La,Ce) and their alloy by Molten Salt Electrolysis routes from DEC 2023 to present
Mr. S.Hariharan - Technical assitant
Mr. S.Hariharan - Technical assitant
Completed Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Alagappa polytechnic college , karaikudi
Currently Working Rare Earth Recovery from Waste Magnet(NdFeB)-Waste scrap to Metal/Oxide/Salt product from JUL 2024 to present
Mr. S.Kalaimani - Technical assitant
Mr. S.Kalaimani - Technical assitant
Completed B.E.Mechanical Engineering from V.S.B College of Engineering and Technical Campus,Coimbatore
Currently Working on Mapping and Tapping of Critical Metals & Minerals (MapTapCrM) from AUG 2024 to present
B.Tech. / M.Sc. Project Dissertation
Past Members
Doctoral Scholars
Chrysanthus Andrew CSIR TWAS Graduate Fellow & AcSIR PhD scholar (Aug 2018-Oct 2022)
Chrysanthus Andrew CSIR TWAS Graduate Fellow & AcSIR PhD scholar (Aug 2018-Oct 2022)
From Department of Chemical Sciences, Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria
Thesis Title: "Electrodeposition of Samarium Using Ionic Liquids and Deep eutectic Solvents"
Project Assistants / Associates
Chithambara Thanu V (Dec 2018 - Dec 2019)
Chithambara Thanu V (Dec 2018 - Dec 2019)
Worked as Project Associate in Hindustan Zinc Sponsored project on "a) Effect of impurities in Lead electrolysis, having lead-fluorosilicic acid as electrolyte, in terms of (i) cathode quality, (ii) current efficiency, (iii) power consumption. b) A Mathematical Model For Lead Electrolysis Current Efficiency Improvement (Feasibility Study) (SSP 42/2017)"
Currently pursuing M.S. PhD at RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Chandran Murugesan (Dec 2020 - Sept 2022)
Chandran Murugesan (Dec 2020 - Sept 2022)
Worked as Project Associate in Tata Steel Sponsored project on "Electrodeposition of Zn-Cr/Zn-Mo/Zn-Al/Zn-Al-Si /Zn-Ni based Metal Matrix Composites for Corrosion Protection (SSP 07/20)"
Currently pursuing Ph.D. Gachon University, S. Korea
Sangeetha R (Feb. 2020 - Aug 2021)
Sangeetha R (Feb. 2020 - Aug 2021)
Worked as Project Associate in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
Sudharshan (Feb. 2020 - Nov 2020)
Sudharshan (Feb. 2020 - Nov 2020)
Worked as Project Associate in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
Vignesh R (May 2019 - March 2020)
Vignesh R (May 2019 - March 2020)
Worked as Project Associate in DST-SERB Sponsored project on "Induced co-electrodeposition of Refractory (Mo, Re, W) - Transition metal (Co, Fe, Ni) Alloys from Ionic Liquids for high performance engineering applications (GAP 39/18)"
Currently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Roorkee
Indrajith P (Feb-April 2018)
Indrajith P (Feb-April 2018)
Worked as Project Associate in Applied Materials sponsored project on "Electrodeposition of metal and metal oxide (SSP 37/18)"
Completed Ph.D. at Hanyang University, S. Korea
Keerthi Natarajan (Nov. 2021 - Sept. 2022)
Keerthi Natarajan (Nov. 2021 - Sept. 2022)
Worked on DST-SERB Sponsored project on "Induced co-electrodeposition of Refractory (Mo, Re, W) - Transition metal (Co, Fe, Ni) Alloys from Ionic Liquids for high performance engineering applications (GAP 39/18)"
Lakshmanan R. (June 2021 - Jan 2023)
Lakshmanan R. (June 2021 - Jan 2023)
Worked as Project Associate in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
Sreekumar S. (Feb. 2020 - till date)
Sreekumar S. (Feb. 2020 - till date)
Worked as Technical Assistant in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
Arunkumar R. (Feb 2020 - till date)
Arunkumar R. (Feb 2020 - till date)
Working as Technical Assistant in IREL Sponsored project on "Extraction of Neodymium Metal by Molten Salt Electrolytic Process (GAP 40/19)"
B.Tech. / M.Sc. Project Dissertation
Mr. K. Pradeep Sundar
Mr. K. Pradeep Sundar
M.Sc.Chemistry in Alagappa University, Karaikudi (2023 - 2025)
M.Sc. Project in High Entropy Alloy (Dec 2024 - Feb 2025)
Miss. Kiruthika S
Miss. Kiruthika S
M.Sc., Chemistry in PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore (2023 - 2025)
M.Sc.Project in Zn-Mo/CeO2 Composite (Jan 2025- Mar 2025)
Mr. Gokulvasanth
(2022 - 23)
Received B.Tech in Chemical and Electro-Chemical Engineering at CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi.
Carried out project on Electrodeposition of Metal Matrix Composite coatings.
Currently working as a Process Engineer in Ohmium
Dilipkumar LC. (2021-22)
Dilipkumar LC. (2021-22)
Title:Electroplating of zinc nanocomposites
Hariharasudhan (2021-22)
Hariharasudhan (2021-22)
Title: Electroplating of zinc based metal matrix composites
Parameshwaran M. (2020-21)
Parameshwaran M. (2020-21)
Title:Electroplating of zinc based metal matrix composites
Yogesh E. (2020-21)
Yogesh E. (2020-21)
Now working as Junior Executive in Plating in Galvatech Pvt Ltd
Title: Electroplating of zinc based metal matrix composites
Ashwin K. (2020-21)
Ashwin K. (2020-21)
Now working as Development Engineer at Atotech India
Title: Electroplating and kinetics of zinc composites from sulfate baths
Arunesh R. (2020-21)
Arunesh R. (2020-21)
Graduate Engineer Trainee at enArka India Pvt Ltd.
Title: Electroplating and kinetics of zinc composites from sulfate baths
Hariharan V. (2020-21)
Hariharan V. (2020-21)
Associate Technical Consultant at Perficient India Pvt Ltd
Title: Electroplating and kinetics of zinc composites from sulfate baths
Dinesh B. (2018-19)
Dinesh B. (2018-19)
Now working as Project Associate at IITM
Title: Electrodeposition of nickel-tungsten alloy using deep eutectic solvent
Jagan Sethuraman (2018-19)
Jagan Sethuraman (2018-19)
Title: Electrodeposition of nickel-tungsten alloy using deep eutectic solvent
Satish Kumar K. (2017-18)
Satish Kumar K. (2017-18)
Now working as Field Application Engineer at Macderlun Speciality Chemicals
Title: Electroplating nanocrystalline nickel - tungsten alloy coatings and effect of ionic liquid additives on microstructure, alloy composition and phase purity.
Sivaprasath R. (2017-18)
Sivaprasath R. (2017-18)
Now Working as Paint shop Engineer, TAFE Madurai
Title: Electroplating nanocrystalline nickel - tungsten alloy coatings and effect of ionic liquid additives on microstructure, alloy composition and phase purity.
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