CSIR-CGCRI NEWS LETTER
HIGHLIGHTS
Relief for Amphan Cyclone Victims
National Technology Day Lecture 2020
Indigenously developed UV Sterilisation Unit Commissioned
New Academic linkages with Vel Tech and Norway University of Science & Technology
Industrial linkage with Lycan Printing Solutions Pvt. Ltd
IN FOCUS
Responding to requests from Dr. Sekhar Mande, Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, and Dr. K.Muraleedharan, Director, CSIR-CGCRI, the institute embarked upon proactive efforts to help the Amphan cyclone victims.
A team compromising several CSIR-CGCRI staff volunteers under the leadership of Shri Ashim Chakraborty, Chief Scientist and Advisor (Management) of the Institute, funds were raised for the relief work. Around 490 families from four Panchayats under Dhobdhobi I & II and Sankarpur I & II in South 24 Pargana District were identified with emergent needs for assistance. It was also decided to approach Bharat Sevashram Sangha with relief items to be distributed at Mousuni Island, the remotest island of West Bengal using their network. Dr. Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Mr. Sitendu Mandal, Dr. Sunirmal Jana, Dr. H.S.Tripathi, Mr. Swachchha Majumdar and Ms. Sumana Majumdar among others, took the initiative of organizing the work.
Dr Suddthasatwwa Basu, Director, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar and his colleagues also rendered active assistance to the relief work by donating 1000 units of Terafil Water Filters, (their indigenous product) for the cyclone affected residents. Past Directors as well as past employees of CSIR-CGCRI also contributed towards the cause.
HAPPENINGS @ CSIR-CGCRI
Celebration of National Technology Day, 2020
The National Technology Day is historically a celebration of India’s great technological achievements in strategic areas. This year, Technology Day webinar was arranged on May 13, 2020. The programme was inaugurated with welcome address by Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Director, CSIR-CGCRI followed by National Technology Day Lecture entitled “Connecting hidden Gems of Ceramics” by Dr. R. N. Das, Former General Manager, BHEL R&D, Hyderabad. In this lecture, interesting scientific aspects of some less discussed but potentially impactful Indigenous technologies were selected to connect their stories into the future.
Critical but inexpensive ceramic materials responsible for removing 99% of vehicular emissions of the world is the India lite, named so because it was first discovered in India, now synthesized into a ceramic monolith, which has become the most consumed single engineering ceramic product. The same class of product can reduce 30% of the fuel consumption in large industrial furnaces and can save 50% of the fuel when used in cooking stove. Less known lotus ceramics with its nature-inspired lotus-root type structure has potential to disrupt the entire water filtration business. SOFC-GT (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine), a favored concept of NITI Aayog, is shown to have efficiency more than 50% higher than that of the best known advance ultra-supercritical power plant, still requires only a fraction of the later size and far less polluting. Smart Catalyst is a novel self-diagnostic catalyst concept demonstrated by embedding FBG (Fibre Bragg Grating) based optical fiber in catalyst walls for best optimization in remote reactor areas which are inaccessible due to severe dust, chemicals or temperatures. Apart from sensors and AI applications, additive manufacturing also offers huge value addition proposition for manufacturing ceramic products by 3D printing of mould and dies. These ceramic technologies rely on local raw materials and local skills may be the true choice for rebooting the economy post COVID-19.
Inauguration of newly developed UV Sterilisation Unit at CSIR-CGCRI
CSIR-CGCRI has successfully developed Programmable UV-C Sterilization Unit in order to disinfect several day to day used items like laptops, mobiles, office bags, office files, documents, parcels etc. The first prototype unit was inaugurated by Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Director CSIR-CGCRI on June 23, 2020 in presence of senior scientists Shri A. K. Chakraborty, Shri Sitendu Modal, Dr Subrata Dasgupta, Shri Santanu Sen and other staff members of the institute. Till date ten (10) units have been fabricated in house for use of CSIR-CGCRI while two (2) units are fabricated and given to CSIR-IICB. One MSME company has collaborated with CSIR-CGCRI to take the know-how for further production and use in the society.
Conference, Seminars & Workshops
Open Ph.D. Colloquium
Sukanya Kundu, SRF (AcSIR) presented a talk on her thesis work entitled ‘Porous carbon, layered-double hydroxides and their composites for waste water treatment’ on July 8, 2020.
NEWS @ CSIR-CGCRI
Staff News
Shri Paresh Chandra Narjinary, Non-Technical, Group-C (MACP) left for his heavenly abode on July 12, 2020. All the staff members of the institute deeply mourn at his untimely demise.
BUSINESS, PARTNERSHIPS & ALLIANCES
Non-disclosure Agreement with Lycan Printing Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru
A NDA between CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata and M/s. Lycan Printing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was signed on June 11, 2020.
Memorandum of Understanding with Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology
A academic MoU was signed between CSIR-CGCRI , Kolkata & Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, an Indian higher education institute located in Avadi, Chennai on July 8, 2020 for collaborative R&D and capacity building.
Project Memorandum of Understanding with Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Institute SINTEF Industry Trondheim, Norway & Jadavpur University
A project MoU was signed between CSIR-CGCRI , Kolkata & Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Institute SINTEF Industry Trondheim, Norway & Jadavpur University on July 15, 2020.
STRIDES IN R & D
Inhouse (2)
| Project Title | Domain of work | Duration |
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Development of hydrophobic cum antibacterial/antimicrobial coating on cotton and plastic fabrics for making kits of health care professionals |
Health care |
8 months |
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Development of anti-microbial coatings on glass surface as disinfecting layer |
Health care |
9 months |
CSIR (12)
| Project Title | Domain of work | Duration |
| Advanced manufacturing of nanofinished ceramics and hard alloy components by laser assisted ductile mode machining | Non-oxide ceramics | 2 years |
| Demonstration of pulsed fiber laser sources for additive manufacturing and precision material processing | Opto-electronics | 2 years |
| Development of a biodegradable and biocompatible nano-ceramics/bioactive glass-polymer composite material with antibacterial properties for use in female sanitary hygiene products |
Health care
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2 years |
| Development of an array based low temperature sensing device for early detection of multiple diseases by monitoring exhaled breath | Electro-ceramics / Sensor | 2 years |
| Development of low carbon MgO-C refractory for clean steel production | Refractory | 2 years |
| Development of ultra-low expansion glass-ceramic from low cost resources for application in cook-top panel of LPG gas oven | Specialty Glass / Ceramic Industry | 2 years |
| Development of fiber bragg grating long gauge sensors for structural health monitoring | Sensor | 2 years |
| Multicomponent glass based optical fibers for Vis-MIR photonic applications | Glass Technology | 2 years |
| Microwave melting of glass: A potential method for tailoring glass properties | Glass Technology | 2 years |
| Development of thermally stable and antimicrobial bioactive glass based bone graft material |
Specialty Glass / Health care
|
2 years |
| Efficient Supercontinuum Sources in the Mid-lR and Visible-NIR using photonic crystal Fibers Innovative Solutions for Deep-Penetration and Ultrahigh-Resolution OCT | Opto-electronics | 2 years |
| Biomaterials and implants technologies for dental and musculoskeletal reconstruction | Health care | 3 years |
Multimedia University, Malaysia (1)
| Project Title | Domain of work | Duration |
| Development and supply of 500 meter length of Cerium doped speciality optical fiber |
Opto-electronics
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18 Months
|
SCI
NON SCI
TOTAL
Patents sealed in India - 2
Title: An Improved Process for the Preparation of Organophilic Nanoclay Inventors: K. Dana, T.K. Mukhopadhyay, M. Sarkar, S. Ganguly, S. Ghatak Patent No. & date of sealing: 337712 & 01-06-2020
Title: A Process for the Preparation of Ceramic Compositions with Enhanced Mullite Content Inventors: K. Dana, T.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Ganguly, M. Sarkar, S. Ghatak Patent No. & date of sealing: 341833 & 17-07-2020
Last Updated on October 16, 2020
