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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"

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Scientists ▸ Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan
Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan

Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan

Scientist-C

Advanced Ceramics & Composites Division


 

Contact Information:

Phone: 033-2483 7344, 033–2483 7345
DID: 033-2322 3570
E-Mail: yuvaraj.cgcri@csir.res.in

Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan

Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan joined CSIR-CGCRI on 05.09.2022

Professional Career

Position Held

Organisation

Duration

Scientist C

CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata

05.09.22 to Till date

Asst. Prof. (Research)

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

02.04.18 to 24.08.22

CSIR-SRF (Direct)

College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai

13.06.13 to 27.04.17

Education

Degree

Discipline

University; Year

Ph.D.

 

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

CEG, Anna University, Chennai; 2017

M.E.

CEG, Anna University, Chennai; 2011

B.Tech

Bharthidasan University, Trichy; 2009

Patents Filed/Granted

  1. Recycling of alumina and garnet abrasive wastes for the development of sustainable materials, patent no. 493643, 03.01.2024 (Granted)
  2. A method recycling heat treatment salt wastes as potential abrasives in water jet machining process, patent no. 472113, 23.11.2023 (Granted).

Research Interests:

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Processing of advanced ceramics
  • Unconventional machining
  • Surface Metrology and Integrity
  • Process optimization and Modeling
  • Recipient of “National Scholarship Programme for the Slovak Republic (Grant file no. 24858)” from Slovakia for the Research Internship (March 2019 to May 2019).
  • Recipient of “International Travel Fellowship – Young Scientist Scheme (Grant file no. ITS/2018/002960)” from DST-SERB, India (2018).
  • Recipient of “CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship Award (Grant file no. 9/468(479)/2014-EMR I)” for the research work (2014-2017) from the Government of India, New Delhi.
  • Recipient of “Anna Centenary Research Fellowship Award (Grant file no. 1314219729/Ph.D./AR10)” for the research work (2013) from Centre for Research, Anna University, Chennai.
Recent SCI/Scopus Publications:
 
1 U. Vanshika, N. Kandulna, M. Das, VM Balla, Y. Natarajan, Digital light processing of polymer-derived SiOC ceramic composites: resin formulation, processability and properties, Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 2026.
2 S Gangadharan, S Basu, NK Oraon, U Vanshika, Y Natarajan, Investigation of spark plasma sintered aluminum nitride ceramics for MIR windows applications, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 23 (1), e70099, 2026.
3 M. Mohan, Y. Natarajan, M.Radhakrishnan, S.Huang, S.Kannaiyan, A. Thirugnanasambandam Experimental Analysis on Surface Integrity and Biocompatibility Nature of Submerged Waterjet Peened AZ31B Mg for Biomedical Applications, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2026.
4 B Vasudevan, L Nagarajan, MIH Siddiqui, S Palani, Y Natarajan, Investigating abrasive water jet drilling of YSZ-Coated Inconel 718: a surface topography and morphology study, Materials Chemistry and Physics 341, 130926, 2025.
5. M Radhakrishnan, M Mohan, Y Natarajan, Effect of process parameters involved in SWJP on surface integrity and biocompatibility characteristics of AZ31B Mg alloy, Journal of Manufacturing Processes 114, 213-231, 2024.
6. Y Natarajan, NK Oraon, R MONDAL, S GANGADHARAN, Investigation of 3D surface topography features on the polycrystalline diamond turning of alumina, Surface Review and Letters, 2350081, 2023.
7. V Balaji, N Yuvaraj, N Lenin, A Manjunath, Effect of Stand-Off Distance on Abrasive Water Jet Piercing of Ceramic Coated Superalloy, Surface Review and Letters, 2023.
8. N Yuvaraj, KL Raj, P Tandon, Measurement and analysis of pocket milling features in abrasive water jet machining of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 23 (1), 2022.
9. V Balaji, N Yuvaraj, Abrasive water jet piercing of straight and inclined holes on Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia coated Ni-based superalloy, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 37(10), pp.1175-1189, 2022.
10. K Balaji, MS Kumar, N Yuvaraj, Multi objective taguchi-grey relational analysis and krill herd algorithm approaches to investigate the parametric optimization in abrasive water jet drilling of stainless steel, Applied Soft Computing 102, 107075, 2021

…full list

  • Delivered a talk titled “Additive Manufacturing of Polymer-Derived Ceramics” at the JN Tata Auditorium, IISc, Bengaluru, during the 3D GEM Conference and Expo, held on 09–10 October 2025.
  • Delivered a technical presentation titled “Development of Advanced Ceramics for emerging technology applications” at RCI, DRDO, during the one day brainstorming session, held on 31st Oct.2025. 

S.No

Project Title

Funding agency

Amount
(Rs. in lakhs)

Duration

1.

3D Printing of polymer derived ceramics for making complex structures of ceramic optics

CSIR

20.00

2024-26

2.

Ultraprecision ductile mode machining of ultrahard ceramics for advanced technology applications

SERB

29.17

2024-26

3.

Atomic scale surface generation on Aluminium Nitride (AlN) ceramics for advanced functional surface applications

CSIR-CGCRI

2.00

2023-24

4.

Scale effect approach to evaluate the erosion mechanism and performance features in micro abrasive water jet machining process: A new study based on process parameters and material microstructures

SERB

18.30/-

2020-22

Last Updated on May 26, 2026