Dr. Kavithaa S

Designation : Scientist E

Materials and Metallurgy (M&M)
Phone (office): +91-80-22188201
Mobile: +91-9449842697
Fax: +91-80-23370428
E-mail: kavithaa[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in

Principal Investigator of Grant-in-aid R & D projects on materials processing, characterization & fabrication sponsored by GoI funding agencies
Team member in sponsored R & D projects
Augmenting materials characterization & processing facilities
Quality System Maintenance of Material Testing Laboratory as per ISO/ IEC 17025:2017
Evaluation & procurement of sub-systems concerning materials processing
Mentor for thesis dissertation of post graduate and graduate students
Faculty for scheduled training programs in the area of Materials Science & Engineering

B.Sc. (Applied Sciences)	1994-97	PSG College of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
M. Sc. (Applied Sciences)- Materials Science	1998-2000
Ph.D. Materials Science	2004-09	Anna University, Chennai

Fellowships/ Employment	Name of Institution	Period	R & D activity
Junior Project Fellow & Trainee	Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum	31.07.2000-18.02.2002	Surface treatment and surface coatings on reinforcements for use in Al metal matrix composites
Research Scholar & DST (WOS-A)Principal Investigator	Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore	05.01.2005-25.05.2009	Synthesis, Characterization and Property Evaluation of 9Cr – 1Mo ODS martensitic steel for high temperature applications
CSIR- Research Associate & DST (WOS-A) Principal Investigator	CSIR – Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai	01.04.2010 – 24.02.2012	Synthesis, Characterization of mixed metal oxides/coatings &evaluation of their catalytic properties for industrial effluent treatment applications
Scientist – C	Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore	27.02.2012- 31.10.2018	Fabrication, Processing & Characterization Of Advanced Materials
Scientist – D	Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore	01-11.2018-till date

Grant-in-aid projects

Role	Funding Agency	Reference	Status
Principal Investigator	AR&DB, New Delhi	ARDB/01/2031901/M/I dt.15.02.2019	Completed
	DST, New Delhi	SR/WOS-A/ET-15/2005 dt. 25.08.2011	Completed
	DST, New Delhi	SR/WOS-A/ET-41/2009 dt. 25.05.2006	Completed

Sponsored projects

Role	Funding Agency	Reference	Status
Team member	DRDO, New Delhi	Development of Special Purpose Machines	Completed
	DAE, Mumbai	Diffusion Aluminization of M 105 Fasteners
Project Co-ordinator	Fasteners & Allied Products Pvt. Ltd. Hubli	Diffusion Aluminization of Fasteners
Team member	Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi	Sensor Technology Development Facility
		Nano Manufacturing Technology Centre
Project Lead Scientist	Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, New Delhi	Advanced Engineering Materials Testing Facility	On-going
		Compendium of Facilities for Certified Reference Materials Production

SCI Publications

Sol-gel Ceramic Coatings on SiC_p for interfacial design of PM Cu composites, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2021, Vol. 46, Issue 17, pp. 8772-8777
Synthesis of nanocrystalline yttria for high performance applications, Materials Letters, 48(2001), pp. 342-346
Yttria dispersed 9Cr martensitic steel synthesized by Mechanical Alloying – Hot Isostatic Pressing, Trans. IIM, Vol. 63, Issue 3, June 2010, pp. 67-74
Cold compaction of ODS 9 Cr martensitic steel alloy powder synthesized by Mechanical Alloying, Vol.18, Indian J. Of Engg. and Materials Sciences, April 2011, pp. 119-124
Photo catalytic degradation of Orange G dye under solar light using Nano crystalline semiconductor metal oxide, Environ. Sci. Poll. Res. 2012 19(7), pp. 2755-65
A monograph on “Yttria dispersed 9Cr martensitic steel by mechanical alloying”, ISBN: 978-3-659-12724-3, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Germany
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of nano size semiconductor metal oxide in a visible light batch slurry photoreactor, J. Of Molecular Liquids, 179 (2013), pp. 18-26
Nanometric finishing on biomedical implants by Abrasive flow finishing, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C, Vol. 97, Issue 1, 2016, pp. 55-61
Preparation, Characterization & Enhanced Photocatalytic activities of Zinc oxide nano rods/Silicon carbide composite under UV and visible light irradiations, J. of Mol. Catalysis A: Chem. 411, Jan. 2016, pp. 167-178
Nanometric surface finishing of typical industrial components by Abrasive Flow Finishing, Intl. J. of Advanced Manuf. Tech., 2016, Vol. 85, Issue 9-12, pp. 2189-2196
Significance of interface tailoring in PM Cu/SiC composites for electronics packaging applications, Metallurgical & Materials Trans. A, April 2019, 50, Issue 4, pp. 1902-1913
Electron beam welding of oxide dispersion strengthened 9 Cr ferritic-martensitic steel – an experimental and theoretical perspective, Materials Today: Proceedings 22 (2020) 2509–2519

Conferred with The Institution Prize for the year 2017 of The Institution of Engineers (India) for being the corresponding author in the Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, Volume 97, 2016
Recipient of G. S. Tendolkar award of Powder Metallurgy Association of India for the best research work on sintering studies for the year 2010
Awarded CSIR -Research Associateship vide ref. no. CSIR EMR Division: Award letter no. 31/6(327)/2010-EMR-I dated 08.03.2010
Authored a monograph on “Yttria dispersed 9Cr martensitic steel by mechanical alloying”, ISBN: 978-3-659-12724-3, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. Germany
Received the Certificate of outstanding contribution in Reviewing in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (January, 2017) presented by The Editors of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

An improved sol gel process for coating ceramic reinforcements with rare earth oxides, S. Kavithaa, B.C. Pai, R.M. Pillai, K.G. Satyanarayana (RRL-T) and S. Banerjee (BARC), (vide communication no.): 03.02.2003 NF 58/03; IPAN0370/DEL/2008; dt. 12.02.08