Research Projects

Additive manufacturing research under pCoE Materials and Manufacturing for Futuristic Mobility


Principal investigator

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Sponsoring agency - Ministry of Education, under Institute of Eminence grant

Project Value - Rs. - 3,00,00,000

Duration - 2 years, (from April 2021)


Alloy development for additive manufacturing of prostheses and reconstructive implants


Principal investigator, Co-PIs Dr. Lakshman Neelakantan and Prof. G.D. Janaki Ram

In collaboration with University of Stavanger, Norway, Nordic Institute for Dental Materials, Norway and ARCI-Hyderabad.

Sponsoring agency - DST, India

Project Value - Rs. - 43,47,260

Duration - 3 years, (from April 2021)


Additive Manufacturing of forging tooling, heat treatment fixture and end components


Principal investigator, Co-PIs Dr. Ravi Sankar Kottada and Prof. G. Saravana Kumar

Sponsoring agency - Super Auto Forge, Chennai, India

Project Value - Rs. - 31,56,000

Duration - 1 year, (from October 2021)


Characterization of nano-dispersive austenite containing ferritic steels with resistance to hydrogen embrittlement


Principal investigator

Sponsoring agency - Tata Steel, India

Project Value - Rs. - 17,04,000

Duration - 1 year, (from May 2021)


Electroplastic Deformation for Enhanced Formability


Co investigator, PI - Dr. K. Hariharan and Co-PI Dr. N.Arunachalam

Sponsoring agency - SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Project Value - Rs. - 55,81,400

Duration - 3 years, (from March 2020)


National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development - Work Package 8, Welding of High Temperature Materials


Co investigator, PI - Dr. G. Phanikumar

Sponsoring agency - Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Project Value - Rs. - 1,08,66,318

Duration - 5 years, (from 2018)


Metallurgical analysis of thermit portions used for aluminothermic welding in South Central Railway


Principal investigator

Sponsoring agency - South Central Railway

Project Value - Rs. - 5,60,814

Duration - 01-06-2016 to 31-10-2019


Hot ductility and stress relaxation cracking analysis by thermomechanical simulator


Principal investigator

Sponsoring agency - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

Project Value - Rs. - 36,88,680

Duration - 04-03-2020 to 30-10-2020


Engineering safe weld microstructure aganist hydrogen embrittlement


Principal investigator, Co-PIs - Dr. G.D. Janaki Ram and Dr. N.V. Ravi Kumar

Sponsoring agency - SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Project Value - Rs. - 96,00,000

Duration - 3 years, (from 2017)


Weldability studies of Advanced Ultra Super Critical Power Plant Materials


Principal investigator, Co-PI - Dr. G.D. Janaki Ram

Sponsoring agency - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, DAE, Government of India

Project Value - Rs. - 13,96,000

Duration - 01-02-2018 to 31-12-2018


Metallurgical evaluation of centrifugally cast Inconel tudes


Principal investigator

Sponsoring agency - IGP Industries, Chennai, India

Project Value - Rs. - 3,00,000

Duration - 11-10-2017 to 30-06-2018


Fume reduction in Flux Cored Arc Welding electrodes for hardfacing applications


Principal investigator

Sponsoring agency - EWAC alloys - Larson and Toubro (L&D)

Project Value - Rs. - 1,75,000

Duration - 3 months, (from Feb. 2017)


Design & Development of High Entropy Alloy in the form of MMAW Electrode exhibiting wear & Corrosion Resistance at Elevated Temperatures


Co-principal investigator, PI- Prof. B.S. Murty

Sponsoring agency - EWAC alloys - Larson and Toubro (L&D)

Project Value - Rs. - 10,00,000

Duration - 01-04-2017 to 30-06-2018


Development of hot stamping process with low spring back for advanced high strength steels


Co-principal investigator, PI- Prof. Uday Chakkingal

Sponsoring agency - SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Project Value - Rs. - 96,00,000

Duration - 3 years, (from 2017)


Bainitic transformation kinetics in bearing steels


Co-principal investigator, PI-Dr. G.D Janaki Ram

Sponsoring agency - National Engineering Industries (NBC bearings)

Project Value - Rs. - 5,75,000

Duration - 6 months, (from Sep. 2016)


Weld repair of XH43 and XH67 superalloy castings


Co-principal investigator, PI-Dr. G.D Janaki Ram, Other Co-PIs - Dr. Ravi Sankar Kottada and Dr. V. Subramanya Sarma

Sponsoring agency - Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Project Value - Rs. - 27,68,640

Duration - 2 years, (from Jun. 2016)


Wire arc additive manufacturing of self healing materials


Principal investigator,

Sponsoring agency - IIT Madras (Exploratory Research Project)

Project Value - Rs. - 7,00,000

Duration - 03-03-2017 to 02-03-2018


Implict microstructural modelling of solid state phase transformations during welding


Principal investigator,

Sponsoring agency - IIT-Madras (New Faculty Initiation Grant)

Project Value - Rs. - 5,00,000

Duration - 2 years, (from Feb. 2016)