Board Of Research In Nuclear Science (BRNS)

Plasma & Fusion Research Committee (P&FRC)

Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428,
Ph. 079-23962181 Fax: 079-23962285 E-mail : nfp.@ipr.res.in

6th PFRC Meeting (July 2018)

Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Ongoing Projects for Review (2/3rd Year / Extn) - Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Telengana, Tamilnadu
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Dr. A.Amalin Prince

Electrical, Electronics and
FPGA Based Fuzzy Logic Picomotor
Instrumentation Engineering amalinprince@goa.bits- Kiran Patel,
1 ELE 1985 Controller for Laser Beam Pointing Stability 9423819733 16.79 7.82 0.00 24.610 24 Y2/2 GA
Department, BITS-Pilani K.K.Birla pilani.ac.in Ajai Kumar
Correction
Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa-
403726
Dr. Upendra Behera upendrabehera725@gm
Design and development of flexible and rigid
2 CRYO 2461 Center for Cryogenic Tech, IISC ail.com,behera@ccf.iisc 9880633565 A K Sahu 21.62 5.18 0.00 26.795 24 Y2/2 KA
transfer lines for liquid helium applications
Bangalore 560012 .ernet.in

Mr. Bharath M. Palavalli

VR based system for requirement elicitation
Fields of View, C/o IIIT-Bangalore,
3 SIM 1998 for the design and testing of equipment and bharath@fieldsofview.in 9916840513 K K Gotewal 19.19 8.30 0.00 27.497 24 Y2/2 KA
26/C, Electronics City,
workflow for tokamak operations
Hosur Road, Bangalore - 560100

Dr.Nandakumar Kalarikkal,
Physics of Cavitation Bubbles and Hydrogen School of Pure and Applied Physics, nkkalarikkal@mgu.ac.in
4 BASIC 2067 Generation during Liquid Phase LASER Mahatma Gandhi University, ,drkalarikkal@gmail.co 9447671962 V Sivakumaran 29.39 4.61 0.00 34.006 24 Y2/2 KL
Ablation Priyadarshini Hills, Kottayam-686 m
560

Dr. K.A. Shafi

Ranjana
Development of Emissivity measurement Department of Mechanical
Gangradey,
5 CRYO 2055 Setup and Studies of emissivity of Engineering shafika.tkm@gmail.com 9447462274 16.62 5.87 0.00 22.483 24 Y2/2 KL
Samiran
Cryocomponents down to 77K TKM College of engineering, Kollam
Mukherjee
691 005

Dr. Rijo Jacob Thomas

Design and development of Capacitance
Department of Mechanical V LTanna,
6 CRYO 4144 type Void Fraction sensor for two phase flow rijojthomas@gmail.com 9400490011 19.48 5.68 0.00 25.150 24 Y1/2 KL
Engineering, TKM College of Pradip Panchal
of cryogenic fluids
Engineering, Kollam 691 005

Prof. K. K. Rajan,
EEE Department, Viswajyothi
Development of level sensor for Lead- Rajendra P
7 DIAG 3762 College of Engineering and kkrajan@vjcet.org 9072964417 11.89 21.20 0.00 33.085 24 Y1/2 KL
Lithium loop system Bhattacharya
Technology, Vazhakulam,
Muvattupuzha 686670

Prof. Sabu Thomas

International and Interuniversity
Novel Thermoplastic Elastomer
Center for Nanoscience and Nano sabupolymer@yahoo.co
8 NUCL 2027 compositions for Neutron Shielding 9447223452 Chandan Danani 28.52 6.33 0.00 34.845 24 Y2/2 KL
Technology (IIUCNN), Mahatma m
Applications
Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills
P O, Kottayam – 686560, Kerala
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Development of Pristine and Doped Dr. P. Muralidharan

Nanocrystalline LaNbO4 as Proton Department of Chemistry P. Rayjada,
9 MAT 2394 dharan9@gmail.com 9943997926 25.30 6.38 0.00 31.683 24 Y2/2 PY
Conductor Ceramic membrane for Fusion Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering P. M. Raole
Reactor Application & Technology, Puducherry, 607 402
Dr. Ashok Vudayagiri
Study of Ultracold plasma under strongly Asst. Professor, School of Physics, avsp@uohyd.ernet.in Ajai Kumar
10 BASIC 2919 9989273306 29.63 0.78 0.78 31.175 36 Y2/3 TG
correlated regime University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad ashoktwo@gmail.com R Ganesh
500046

Dr. Senthil Kumar Arumugam

Samiran
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Theoretical Investigations and modeling of a Mukherjee
11 CRYO 2929 VIT University, Chennai Campus, asenthilkumar@vit.ac.in 9943729444 14.39 4.56 4.74 23.686 36 Y2/3 TN
double-screw Hydrogen Extruder Ranjana
Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road,
Gangradey
Chennai-600127

Dr. E. Logashanmugam
Development of Image Processing Faculty of Electrical and Electronics
9444248015, M K Gupta
12 DIAG 2821 Technique to improve the performance of Engineering, Sathyabama University, logu999@yahoo.com 14.43 8.22 0.00 22.643 24 Y2/2 TN
9789954396 S Sunil
Optical Imaging Diagnostics on SST1 Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chennai - 600
119

Dr. B. Sheela Rani,

Dept. of Electronics and
Design of signal analysis techniques for
Instrumentation kavisheela66@gmail.co
13 DIAG 1450 determining the parameters responsible for 9840941389 R L Tanna 5.23 3.62 0.00 8.848 24 6M Extn TN
Sathyabama University, Rajiv Gandhi m
plasma disruptions in Aditya Tokamak
Salai,
Chennai 600 119

Dr. N .M. Nandhitha ,

Dept. of Electronics and
Design of tunable optical bandpass filter and nandhi_n_m@yahoo.co.
14 DIAG 1414 Communication Engg. 9841169303 Ranjana M 7.64 6.68 0.00 14.314 24 6M Extn TN
Neutral density filter in
Sathyabama University,
Chennai- 600 119.
Dr. B. S. Murty
Development of W-Cu functionally graded
Dept of Metallurgical and Materials murty.iitm@gmail.com,
15 MAT 1652 nanocrystalline material for the first wall 9444077006 Paritosh C 44.17 7.37 0.00 51.543 24 Y2/2 TN
Engg., IIT Madras, Chennai – 600 murty@iitm.ac.in
component in nuclear fusion power reactor.
036

Development of Tungsten-Tantalum (W-Ta) Dr. V. Umasankar

composite film as a first wall coating for VIT University, Chennai Campus,
16 MAT 2793 umasankar.v@vit.ac.in 9500144775 B Sarkar 15.42 7.33 5.44 28.197 36 Y2/3 TN
fusion blanket using RF sputtering Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road,
processes Chennai-600127

Dr. V. V. S. D. Ratnakumar
Annabattula
Experimental Investigation of Thermo-
Department of Mechanical
17 MAT 1416 Mechanical Response of Ceramic Breeder ratna@iitm.ac.in 9566027710 Paritosh C 10.31 7.25 0.00 17.560 24 6M Extn TN
Engineering, Indian Institute of
Pebble Beds
Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dr. Narasimhan Swaminathan

Radiation Damage in Lithium Metatitanate Department of Mechanical n.swaminathan@iitm.ac.i Paritosh
18 SIM 2473 8056286172 9.56 5.55 0.00 15.112 24 Y2/2 TN
and Lithium Ortho Silicate Engineering, Indian Institute of n Chaudhuri
Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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Simulation of plasma tranfered arc Prof. Ramachandran K.

19 SIM 3035 characteristics during plasma material Dept. of Physics, Bharatiar ramspsg@yahoo.com 9994337145 Bala C 17.13 6.32 5.66 29.109 36 Y2/3 TN
processing University, Coimbatore – 641114