Profile

Administrative and other responsibilities:

• Director, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Jan 2021-contd
• Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur-March 2022-February 2023 (additional charge)
• Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata 1st October- Novemeber 2023.
• Head Human resource group, NML since 2nd Feb 2017-continued.
• Head corrosion and Surface engineering Division at NML Jan 2014- March2017
• Head Analytical Chemistry Division, additional Charge, June 2016 to March 2017.
• Prof. & Dean, Engineering Sciences, AcSIR, Since July 2017- continued
• Prof and Associate Dean, Engineering Sciences, AcSIR- since 2011- June 2017
• Technical purchase committee TPC at NML, Chairperson since April 2009 –May 2013
• Standing purchase committee at NML, SPCII, member since 2002-2009 March.
• Member of Management Council of NML for 4 years
• Member of RAMC ( in house research committee of NML) for 5 years
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• PAC member of DST, Science and Technology for women, [ 2 terms (6 years) served]
• PAC Member of DST, Science and Society, 2 terms served
• National IIM council Member since 2006-2014.

• Publications

No of technical paper published: 223

• Peer review journal: 125,  conference: 91,  Book chapter: 7, One is in CRC hand book Taylor & Francis,
• Review Paper : 4

1. L. C. Pathak, S. K. Mishra, Synthesis of YBCO powder – A review, Superconducting Sci & Technol. 18, R67-R89, 2005. This review is considered as most downloaded and important 3 top IOP journals.
2. S. K. Mishra, L. C Pathak SHS synthesis of Adnavanced high temperature Ceramics; a review (invited) [sp issue on high temperature materials] Key Engineering Material, 2008
3. S.K.Mishra, Nano and nanocomposite coatings of silicon carbonitride and titanium diboride, invited, Int j. Applied ceramic Technology, 6(3), 345-354, 2009.
4. S.K.Mishra, Toughening of nanocomposite hard coatings, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science 59 (1), 553-585, 2020

Invited lectures (India and abroad) : 68

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Technology Transfer: 2 Nos on High temperature boride powders, Aum Technologies, Gujrat

Sponsored projects undertaken as project leader & co project leader: more than 25

Industrial projects: 10 (total worth ~500 Lakhs)

Govt funded projects: 15 (Total contract value ~2500L)

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• Colorado school of mines, USA as Raman Research Fellow
• Institute of Mackrokinetics and materials science, Russian Academy of sciences ( thrice visited) under ongoing collaborative
• China, several universities and National Science Foundation China as a member in CSIR delegation for possible R& D Collaboration.
• National technical University, Singapore for discussion of collaoartive project, chair a session as chairpersont and deliver invited talk on international conference on THIN Film .
• University of florida, invited speaker in workshop on “Boron rich solids” organised by NATO research and University of florida USA
• Boeing, Seatle, USA
• Singapore June 2011, as invited speaker and to chair one session in international conference on “ Materials for Advan ced Technology” organised by MRS, NNU, NTU
• USA Seattle April 2013, Boeing research and development and speaker at Internation Conference on “ Advanced Aerospace Materials and processes” organised by ASM
• Berlin, Germany as a lead for the nation as well council member to International Glass conference 2022 to bring the baton of of ICG congress t India after 39 years to be held in India.