Dr Jayasankar K

Dr Jayasankar K
Professional Experience

Experience

  • 2017 - till now : CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
  • 2004 to 2016 : CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar
Achievements & Awards

Awards & Recognitions

  • NITI Aayog Working Group Member for Nickel and Cobalt
  • Panelists in Material Recycling Session of Govt. of India Vaibhav Summit held on 09th October 2020
  • IEI (India) Young Engineers Award in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering discipline (2015) from The Institution of Engineers (India).
  • Best paper awards (National Metallurgist Day - 2009, Plasma Science Society, Institution of Engineers)
Patents & Publications

Patent granted in India

  1. Oxide dispersion strengthened powder metallurgy ferritic alloy and process for producing the same, Jayasankar Kalidoss, Barada Kanta Mishra, Siddhartha Das [Patent No. 375790 dated 30/Aug/2021]
  2. One Step Process for Production of Mo Metal from MoO3 /MoS2 Using Microwave Assisted Hydrogen Plasma, Jayasankar Kalidoss, Priyanka Rajput, Bhagyadhar Bhoi, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Barada Kanta Mishra, [ Patent No. 324681 and date of grant 07/11/2019]
  3. A novel inorganic pigments based on mixed rare earth oxides and process for preparation thereof. Sarama Bhattarjee, Jayasankar Kalidoss, Ramchandra Krishnarao Galgali, Bhabani Sankar Acharya, Rajeev. (Patent No. 264579; 06/Jan/2015).

Patent filed in India

  1. A process to recover metal values from electronic waste (E-waste) using plasma melting followed by mineral acid leaching , P.S. Mukherjee, Swagat S. Rath, Jayasankar Kalidoss, G.Roy Chaudhury, Barada Kanta Mishra, [Ref. 7390 DEL 2011 dated 16/03/2011]
  2. An Improved Process for the Recovery of Ni and Other Metal Values from Chromite Overburden, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, Bhagyadhar Bhoi, Jayasankar Kalidoss, Kiran Lata Bhaskar, Barada Kanta Mishra [ Ref. 2007 DEL 2013 dated 15.07.2013)

Selected Publications

  1. A novel top-down approach for high yield production of graphene from natural graphite and its supercapacitor applications, Aswathy S Nair, S.S. Sreejakumari, J. Venkatesan, R.B. Rakhi, R. Radhakrishnan Sumathi , K. Jayasankar, Diamond & Related Materials 144 (2024) 111025.
  2. Thermal Plasma Synthesis of Silicon Carbide From Solar Waste Panels, Anjana E I, Christan Sam S, Akhil M G, Venkatesan J, Jayasankar K, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Sept 2023 10.1109/TPS.2023.3325273
  3. Scalable preparation of graphene from graphite ore via mechano-chemical ball milling, Aswathy S Nair, N. Vasumathi, K. Jayasankar, Sreejakumari .S, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Volume 37, 2022 - Issue 1, Pages 113-122.
  4. Plasma Processing of Chlorinated Iron Oxide Waste for Fe Recovery, V. Janakiram , Kiran Lata Bhaskar, K. Jayasankar , N. R. M. R. Bhargava, and P. S. Mukherjee, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2021.3050553, Feb 2021
  5. An Innovative Approach of Recycling Aluminium Scrap for Ferrotitanium Production, V. Janakiram . K. Jayasankar . T. Dhani Babu . N. R. M. R. Bhargava . P. S. Mukherjee, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D (2020), DOI. 10.1007/s40033-020-00218-1.
  6. Integrated approach of utilizing mill scale waste for titania slag production, V. Janakiram,, K. Jayasankar, NRMR Bhargava, R.N. Patra, and P.S. Mukherjee, SEPARATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2018.1539107
  7. P. Rajput, V. Janakiram, K. Jayasankar, S. Angadi, B. Bhoi and P.S Mukherjee, Environmental Benign Process for Production of Molybdenum Metal from Sulphide Based Minerals, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D, DOI 10.1007/s40033-017-0135-2, 2016.
  8. Avanish Kumar, Sunil Kumar Pradhan, Kalidoss Jayasankar, Mayadhar Debata, Rajendra Kumar Sharma3, Animesh Mandal, Structural Investigations of Nanocrystalline Cu-Cr-Mo Alloy Prepared by High Energy Ball Milling, Journal of Electronic Materials, DOI: 10.1007/s11664-016-5125-x , 2016.
  9. Sunil Kumar Pradhan, Jayasankar Kalidoss, , , Ranjan Barik, Bathula Sivaiah, Ajay Dhar, Shubhra Bajpai, Development of high density tungsten based scandate by spark plasma sintering for the application in microwave tube devices, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2016.09.002, 2016.
  10. G. Rajendra Kumar ,K. Jayasankar Sushanta K. Das , Tapan Dash , Ajit Dash, Bikash Kumar Jena, Barada Kanta Mishra , Shear-force-dominated Dual-Drive Planetary Ball milling for Scalable Production of Graphene and Its Electrocatalytic Application with Pd nanostructures, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Advances., 6, 20067-20073 (2016)- IF: 3.84.
  11. K. Jayasankar, Abhishek Pandey, B. K. Mishra and Siddhartha Das, Evaluation of microstructural parameters of nanocrystalline Y2O3 by X-ray diffraction peak broadening analysis , Materials Chemistry and Physics 171, 195-200 (2016)- IF: 2.129.
  12. K. Jayasankar, Abhishek Pandey, B. K. Mishra and Siddhartha Das, Mixed fuel synthesis of Y2O3 nanopowder and their applications as dispersoid in ODS steel, Advanced Powder Technology, Vol 26, Issue 5, September 2015, Pages 1306-1313
  13. K.Jayasankar, Samata Samal and Sarama Bhattacharjee, Synthesis of Fluorite Ceria Based Solid Solutions from Mixed Rare Earth Carbonates, Ceramics International Vol.35 (2009) p 3103-3109.
Academic Qualification

Academic Qualifications

  • 2014 - PhD (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.
  • 2002 - B.E (Metallurgical Engineering), Govt. College of Engineering, Salem
Projects

Current Projects

  • Recovery of metals from Catalytic Converter and from Spent Li ion batteries - M/s Enviro Metals
  • Development of self-healing refractory Materials for Space applications - ISRO RESPOND
  • Recovery of Tantalum from Secondary Resources, CSIR Waste to Wealth Mission
  • Low Cost Process for the Production of Graphene from Indian Mineral Resources- DST -TDB
  • Eco-Friendly Process to Recycle and Rebuild the Cell Grade Lithium Iron Phosphate Material from Spent Li ion batteries - CPRI
  • Extraction of Palladium from Waste MLCC Capacitors - Greentech Recyclers
  • Graphene added Polyolefins Masterbatch for making Polyolefins Extrusion Products - M/s CGI
  • High Purity Critical Metals from Secondary Resources
  • High purity Silicon Carbide and Nitrides from Oxides and Minerals
Research Areas

Research Areas

  1. Pyro and Hydrometallurgical processing of minerals and Industrial wastes
  2. Value addition to the beach sand minerals (Ilmenite, Zircon, Garnet)
  3. Rare earth metallurgy
  4. Materials recovery from e-waste and batteries
  5. Graphene from Natural and Recycled Sources
Membership

Membership of the professional bodies

  • Life member of Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (LM-647)
  • Life member of Material Research Society of India (LM-B874)
  • Life member of Powder Metallurgy Association of India (LM-68608)
  • Life member of Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) (LM-887).
  • Member of Institution of Engineers (India) [M-148288-7]
  • Life member of Indian Institute of Metals (LM01-53645).
  • Life member of Rare Earth Association of India (REAI)