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CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"

Dr. Yuvaraj Natarajan
Scientist-C
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 05.09.2022Professional Career
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Position Held |
Organisation |
Duration |
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Scientist C |
CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata |
05.09.22 to Till date |
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Asst. Prof. (Research) |
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai |
02.04.18 to 24.08.22 |
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CSIR-SRF (Direct) |
College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai |
13.06.13 to 27.04.17 |
Education
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Degree |
Discipline |
University; Year |
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Ph.D. |
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
CEG, Anna University, Chennai; 2017 |
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M.E. |
CEG, Anna University, Chennai; 2011 |
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B.Tech |
Bharthidasan University, Trichy; 2009 |
Patents Filed/Granted
- Recycling of alumina and garnet abrasive wastes for the development of sustainable materials, patent no. 493643, 03.01.2024 (Granted)
- 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 |
- 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.
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S.No |
Project Title |
Funding agency |
Amount |
Duration |
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1. |
3D Printing of polymer derived ceramics for making complex structures of ceramic optics |
CSIR |
20.00 |
2024-26 |
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2. |
Ultraprecision ductile mode machining of ultrahard ceramics for advanced technology applications |
SERB |
29.17 |
2024-26 |
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3. |
Atomic scale surface generation on Aluminium Nitride (AlN) ceramics for advanced functional surface applications |
CSIR-CGCRI |
2.00 |
2023-24 |
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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


