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সিএসআইআর-কেন্দ্রীয় কাঁচ ও সেরামিক গবেষণা সংস্থা
सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान
CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"
SGD: Areas of Research
Areas of Research
1. Strategic Sector:
Space grade optical glass
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Optical glasses developed by CSIR-CGCRI with stringent properties |
- Radiation Shielding Window Glass
High Density (d = 5.2 gm/cc) Radiation Shielding Window (RSW) Glass blocks of 1000×800×17 mm3 produced through Bottom-Pouring-Flow-Casting Technique using 40L Platinum Pot Pilot Facility
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3.61 g/cc Density Stabilized RSW Glasses |
4.77 g/cc Density Stabilized RSW Glasses |
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Glass samples sustain a cumulative γ-radiation dose of 10 Mrad |
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Development of cost effective bismuth based radiation shielding glass for nuclear hot cell application |
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Developed stabilized Bismuth Glass using melt-quenching technique |
%Transmission enhancement on AR coated bismuth glass of 10 mm thickness (Here P1, P2, P3 indicates different positions of the same glass during measurement of transmission spectra) |
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Coated RSW glass block (400 x 400 x 100 mm3) |
Visible transmission spectrum of coated RSW glass block |
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Sol-gel based antireflective cum hydrophobic with gamma ray resistant coating on high PbO radiation shielding window (RSW) glass |
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Glass beads for nuclear waste vitrification
Glass Bead Material for formation of Vitrified Waste Product for Immobilization of Nuclear Wastes
- Laser and cladding glass
Nd doped phosphate Laser glass 
Bottom pouring flow casting technique
Casting using 15 L facility
Processed Nd doped glass block 
Cu doped Edge Cladding Glass
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High Strength and transparent glass-ceramic
HIGH STRENGTH AND TRANSPARENT NANOCRYSTALLINE GLASS-CERAMIC
High strength and transparent nanocrystalline glass-ceramic for armor vehicle and electronic display applications
- Chalcogenide glasses for infrared optics and IR photonic devices
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Transmission Spectrum |
Chalcogenide glasses |
Image formation |
2. Societal Sector:
- Formulation of novel bioactive glasses for bone graft and coating applications
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Amorphous scaffold prepared through optimized heat treatment using novel borosilicate based bioactive glass |
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CGCRI developed High CaO containing Bioactive glass matching thermal expansion coefficient with that of metallic implants suitable for adherent, crack-free coating |
3. Energy and environment:
- Development of Glass Foam bricks
Light weight Glass Foam bricks for insulation and construction application
Compressive strength 3-5MPa; Thermal conductivity: 0.1-0.2 W/m K
- Energy efficient microwave melting of glass
Heat Absorbing glass prepared in microwave heating in air atmosphere retaining predominantly Fe[II] in glass, unlike Fe[III] in conventional heating
- Phosphor-in-Glass (PiG) composites for high power white LED
Optical filter for solar radiation splitter
- Sol-Gel Coatings
4. Computational Material Research:
- Atomistic glass insight: Advancing research through simulations
Technology Developed
TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED
Technologies available/ Developed and Transferred:
Shri Kamal Dasgupta, DIRECTOR, CSIR-CGCRI shake hand with Ms. Anita Shah Alella, IFA, NRB, DAE/BARC AND Mr. M S Sonavane, S.O ‘H’, NRB, DAE after exchange of MoU document entitled “Development of Seven Component Borosilicate Glass Beads”
The signing took place on July 22, 2014 in Atma Ram Committee Room at CGCRI, Kolkata
Technologies available/ Developed and Transferred:
Technology Developed and Transferred:
- Manufacturing Technology for Commercial Production of Five Component Borosilicate Glass bead (Composition – 1 with Na2O > 10 wt. % but <15 wt. %)
- Manufacturing Technology for Commercial Production of Five Component Low Sodium content Borosilicate Glass Bead (Composition – 2 with Na2O < 10 wt. %)
- Manufacturing Technology for Commercial Production of Five Component High Sodium content Borosilicate Glass Bead (Composition – 3 with Na2O> 20 < 23 wt. %)
- Manufacturing Technology for Commercial Production of Seven Component Borosilicate Glass bead
The signing took place on July 22, 2014 in Atma Ram Committee Room at CGCRI, Kolkata
- DELIVERY OF 72 MT BOROSILICATE GLASS BEADS OF VARYING COMPOSITION TO BARC, DAE
Projects
On-going R&D Projects of SGTD:
| Sl. No. | Sponsor | Title (Project No.) | Duration | Investigators / Member | Principal Investigator (PI) |
| 1 | M/s Prism Johnson Limited | Technical Service Project for testing & quality control of glass frit manufactured by M/s Prism Johnson Limited, [Project No: TSP 0101] | New project started during December 2016 and will be continuing as it is industry sponsored project | Mr. Shibasish Barik (Co PI)
Mr. Sirshendu Ghorui Mr. Alok Roy Chowdhury Mr. Mrinmoy Adhikary Mr. Panchu Gopal Pal Chowdhury
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Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 2 | M/s Prism Johnson Limited | Development and production of multiuse specialty refractory pot up to 310 L for manufacturing of defect free RSW glass” as per the specifications laid down by BARC, DAE [Project no.CLP 0105] | July 2018-March 2022 | Mr. Santanu Sen,
Mr. Sourav Nag, Mr. Sirshendu Ghorui, Mr. Alok Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Shibasish Barik, Mr. Mrinmoy Adhikary |
Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 3 | CSIR-CGCRI | Development of technology for production of RSW glass in refractory crucible. [Project no. OLP 0574] | April 2019-March 2021 | Mr. Santanu Sen,
Mr. Sourav Nag, Mr. Barun Haldar, Mr. Sirshendu Ghorui, Mr. Alok Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Shibasish Barik, Mr. Mrinmoy Adhikary |
Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 4 | NRB,
DAE |
Manufacturing, Inspection, Testing and Supply of 5.2 g/c.c. Stabilized Lead Glass Slabs of size 400mm x 200mm x 100mm
[Project no. SSP 0145] |
April 2016-March 2021 | Mr. Santanu Sen,
Mr. Sirshendu Ghorui, Mr. Alok Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Shibasish Barik, Mr. Mrinmoy Adhikary, Mr. Mihir Kumar Ghatak |
Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 5 | BRNS | Development of sol-gel based anti-reflection (AR) and high reflection coatings on large aperture quartz glass optics with high power Nd:Glass laser induced damage threshold and AR coating on KDP optics (GAP 0624) | 36 Months
(20.06.2018 to 19.06.2021)
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Dr. Shyamal Das, Dr. S. K. Medda, Mr. S. Manna | Dr. S. Jana |
| 6 | DST, New Delhi | An integrated and collaborative India-US Research program: Improving Building Energy Initiative (GAP 0621) | 52 Months (including extension)
(21.03.2017 to 18.07.2021) |
Dr. S. Jana, Dr. M. K. Naskar, Mr. Srikrishna Manna
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Dr. S. K. Medda |
| 7 | CSIR-CGCRI | Development of hydrophobic cum antibacterial/antimicrobial coating on cotton and plastic fabrics for making kits of health care professionals (OLP 0594) | May to December, 2020 | Dr. S. K. Medda,
Mr. Srikrishna Manna |
Dr. S. Jana |
| 8 | CSIR | Development of ultra-low expansion glass-ceramic from low cost resources for application in cook-top oven (MLP 0110) | April 2020 to March 2022 | Dr. S. Jana (Co-PI),
Mr. Sourav Nag (Co-PI), Dr. S. K. Medda, Mr. Srikrishna Manna, Mr. Sirshendu Ghorui, Mr. Alok Roy Chowdhury, Mr. Shibasish Barik, Mr. Mrinmoy Adhikary, Mr. Mihir Kumar Ghatak |
Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 9 | Roarbit Technologies, Surat | Development of process technology for chalcogenide glass of refractive index (n) in the range of 2.3950 to 2.4050 (in the wavelength range of 850 to 950 nm) for processing of diamonds and creation of production facility for the same at M/s Roarbit Technologies, Surat, Gujarat
(SSP0150) |
February 2018 to March 2021 | Mr. Rana Dasgupta
Dr. K. Biswas Dr. Anal Tarafder Dr. K. Annapurna |
Dr. A. R. Molla |
| 10 | BRNS | Comparative study on volatility loss of selected elements in borosilicate glasses prepared by conventional and microwave heating
(GAP 0172) |
2019-2022 | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sinha,
Dr. Amarnath R. Allu
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Dr Ashis Kumar Mandal |
| 11 | CSIR | Microwave melting of glass: A potential method for tailoring glass properties.
(MLP 0106) |
2020-2022 | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Sinha,
Dr. Amarnath R. Allu, Prof. Subrata Kumar Majumder Mr. Barun Haldar Mr.Srikrishna Manna Mr. Goutam Ghosh |
Dr Ashis Kumar Mandal |
| 12 | BRNS | Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth Ion Doped Ferroelectric Glass-ceramic Nanocomposites for Photonic, Energy Storage and Memory Applications
(Sanction under process) |
2020-2023 | Dr. A. Tarafder | Dr. A R Molla |
Recently completed R&D Projects (externally funded):
| Sl No | Title | Sponsor | Period | Name of PI |
| 1 | M/s Berger Paints India Ltd., Howrah | A process for the synthesis of graphene oxide and its application in paints (SSP0614)
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Nov. 2018 to January, 2020
(14 months) |
Dr. S. Jana |
| 2 | Development of Sol-Gel Based Specialty Planar Optical Waveguide for Sensor Application | Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India | June 2013 to June 2016
(3 Years) |
Dr. S. Jana |
| 3 | Development of polyurethane based anticorrosive composite sheet for designing of military shoes | DIPAS, DRDO, Delhi | June 2016 to November, 2017
(18 Months) |
Dr. S. Jana |
| 4 | Manufacture, Testing and Supply of special glass powder in the form of Nodules 2-6 mm dia. with technical grade powder [Special Glass Nodules for Encapsulation of Nuclear Waste]
(Project No: SSP 0136) |
NRB, BARC (Deptt. Of Atomic Energy, GoI) | 2009 Onwards | Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
| 5 | Development of manufacturing technology and supply of Radiation shielding Window (RSW) Glass blocks to BARC/ DAE [High Density (D=5.20 g/ccstabilized and un stabilized glass) Radiation Shielding Window Glasses for Hot Cell Application]: (Project No. GAP 010309) | NRB, BARC (Deptt. of Atomic Energy, GoI) | 2004 – 2015 | Mr. Sitendu Mandal as Co-PI |
| 6 | Development of Seven Component Borosilicate Glass Beads for Nuclear Waste Immobilization (Project No: GAP 0147) | NRB, BARC (Deptt. of Atomic Energy, GoI) | 2014-2016 | Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
Divisional Facilities
 UTM (INSTRON 5500R), Load Cells:100N (For Fibers and Fibrous Material Testing), 1kN, 100kN; Accuracy:±1%, High Temperature Testing Capability:1400?C with 4-point Bend Fixture |
 Hysitron Nanoindenter (Triboindenter Ubi 700, Hysitron Inc., USA) with Nanoindentation, Scanning Probe Microscopy and Nanotribology Facilities; Load Range 1-12,000 micro-N, Depth Resolution:0.04nm, Load Resolution: 1nN. |
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 Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar apparatus (REL Inc. USA) |
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 Fischerscope Nanoindenter (H100XYp, Fischer, Switzerland), Load Range:0.4-1000 mN, Depth Resolution:1 nm, Load Resolution: 0.2micro-N. |
 Vicker’s Hardness Tester (LV 700, LECO, USA), Load Range 30 gf to 30Kgf, resolution:0.1micro-m. |
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 Scratch Tester TR-102-M3 (Ducom, Bangalore, India) Load Cells 2-20N, 20-200N, Accuracy ±1%, AE Frequency:100-450 Peak Frequency:450 kHz, Speed variable:100-1000 micro-m.s-1 |
 Inverted Optical Microscope (U-LH75XEAPO, Olympus, Japan), Magnification:5-100X, (Reflection and Transmission Mode), Nomraski Interference Contrast, Image Analysis Facility Available |
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 Spin Coater (Model No: 121014, Delta Scientific, Kolkata, India), Maximum RPM-15000 |
 Polishing and Grinding Machine, (Struers A/S, Denmark) |
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 Cutting Machine (Struers A/S, Denmark) |
 Centrifuge – Max RPM 15000 (Remi, India) |
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 Ultrasonic Cleaner, Takashi, Japan |
 Magnetic Stirrer (Remi, Kolkata)-1, IKA RH Digital (Germany)-1 |
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 pH Meter (Systronics, India) |
 Sintering Furnace 1: Muffle Furnace, Maximum working temperature (16000C), Max-17000C, Naskar & Co., Kolkata, India |
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 Sintering Furnace 2: Muffle Furnace, Maximum working temperature (13000C), Max-14000C, M/s Jay Crucibles, Kolkata, India |
 Sintering Furnace 3: Muffle Furnace, Maximum working temperature (16000C), Max-17000C, M/s Naskar & Co.,, Kolkata, India |
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 Sintering Furnace 4: Tube Furnace, Controlled Atmosphere, Maximum working temperature (5000C), Max-6000C, M/s LabthermIndia Kolkata, India |
 Sintering Furnace 5: Muffle Furnace, Maximum working temperature (5000C), Max-10000C, M/s Naskar and Co., Kolkata, India |
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 Polishing and Grinding Machine, (Struers A/S, Denmark |
 Semi-Automatic Press (10 Tonnes, Carver, USA) |
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 X’PertPro MPD (PANalytical) Facility |
 X-Ray Florescence (XRF) Spectrometer (PANalytical) Facility |
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 HERZOG, Hydraulic Press, TP 20P, Machinenfabrik, Germany |
 Planetary Monomill, Pulverisette GmBH, Germany |
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 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, Supra 35 VP, Carl Zeiss, Germany, 30kV, Image Resolution-1.5 nm, Energy Resolution~133 eV |
 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, Zigma, Carl Zeiss, Germany, 30kV, Image Resolution-1.3 nm, Energy Resolution~127 eV |
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 Coating Unit (SC7640, QUORUM, UK) |
 Coating Unit (Scan Coat 6, Edwards, UK) |
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 Vacuum Evaporator (Hitachi, Japan) |
 RF/DC Magnetron Sputter Coater (Hind Hi-VAC, Banaglore, India) |
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Scientists
Dr. Kalyandurg Annapurna, Chief Scientist and Head
Dr. Sunirmal Jana, Chief Scientist
Dr. Ashis Kumar Mandal, Senior Principal Scientist
Dr. Atiar Rahaman Molla, Senior Principal Scientist
Dr. Kaushik Biswas, Senior Principal Scientist
Dr. Anal Tarafder, Senior Principal Scientist
Mr. Sourav Nag, Principal Scientist
Mr. Barun Haldar, Principal Scientist
Dr. Himanshu Sekhar Maharana, Scientist
Dr. Indrajit Tah, Scientist
Dr. Jagannath G, Scientist
Technical/Support Staff
| Name | Designation | Expertise |
 Rana Dasgupta |
Principal Technical Officer | Procurement, installation, commissioning and maintenance of mechanical light machineries, glass melting furnaces like muffle and rocking, glove box and vacuum system. Batch preparation including set up of chalcogenide glass melting facility. Silica glass ampoule joining and sealing under high vacuum using oxy-hydrogen torch. Technical supervision, operation of pilot plant which includes the operation of induction and oil fired furnaces relating to special glass melting and casting. Procurement of furnace and allied machineries for glass production and processing. |
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Sanjib Samaddar |
Senior Technical Officer(3) | Glass melting of different scale for R and D and production purposes, preparation of batch from small to high scale, operation of various types of glass-melting and annealing furnaces including Induction furnace and operation of plant for melting of specialty glasses, characterization of glass samples, procurement of utilities and consumables and other technical jobs. |
 Biswarup Das |
Senior Technical Officer (2) | Operation and installation of various types of furnaces. Operation of Induction furnace for specialty glasses production and operation of microwave furnace for glass melting. Glass sample production related activities. Procurement of utilities and consumables related to ongoing project activities. |
 Sirshendu Ghorui |
Senior Technical Officer (2) | Supervision of specialty glass related activities and preparation of drawing of the Specialty Refractory Pots. Operation & maintenance of various types of glass-melting and annealing furnaces including Induction furnace, oil fired furnaces for melting of specialty glasses. Technical supervision, operation & installation of allied machineries relating to specialty glass production activities at the pilot plant, carrying out experimental frit melting, preparation of drawings for light mechanical machineries and furnaces, making reports / presentation, preparation of raw / sintered batch, procurement of materials & equipments for glass production and processing. Procurement of utilities and consumables related to ongoing project activities. |
 Alok Roy Chowdhury |
Senior Technical Officer (2) | Activities relating to melting of specialty glass both for R & D as well as production purposes at industrial site. Operation & maintenance of various types of furnaces including induction furnace, oil fired and electrically heated furnaces for annealing and melting of specialty glasses. Technical supervision during bulk scale specialty glass frit melting, operation & installation of allied machineries relating to specialty glass production activities at the pilot plant, preparation of raw / sintered glass batch, procurement of equipments, utilities and consumables for specialty glass production and processing related to ongoing project activities. |
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Senior Technical Officer(2) | Research and developmental works on sol-gel based functional nanomaterials and thin films (coatings) on several substrates like glass, plastics, cotton fabrics, ceramic materials. These coatings are mesoporous, inorganic-organic nanohybrid and antireflective / high reflective coatings, superhydrophobic coatings, colour coatings, conducting coatings, anticorrosion coatings by dip/spray/spin/drain coating technique. He is also responsible for characterization of materials through Raman Spectrometer, UV–Visible-NIR spectrometer, FTIR/ATIR, Contact Angle Meter and Ellipsometer for the Division as well as for the Institute and other organizations/companies. |
 Mrinmoy Adhikary |
Senior Technical Officer (1) | Operation and maintenance of different types of furnaces, and machineries of Glass Design Centre. Installation and commissioning of furnaces, Sand blasting machine, glass cutting, polishing and grinding machine of the design centre. Various types of art glass design and mould preparation and other technical jobs relating to design activities of design centre. Testing of white ware body like AP, BD, porosity, water absorption etc., white ware body preparation and slip casting. |
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Senior Technical Officer (1) |
Activities relating to production of RSW glass such as operation & maintenance of various types of glass-melting and annealing furnaces including induction furnace, oil fired and electrically heated furnaces for melting of specialty glasses, technical supervision, operation & installation of allied machineries relating to specialty glass production activities at the pilot plant, slumping & processing of specialty glass blocks, carrying out experimental glass frit melting and its characterization, preparation of raw / sintered glass batch both for production & R&D scale. Procurement of utilities and consumables related to ongoing project activities. |
| Debarshi Paul | Senior Technical Officer (1) | |
 Pratik Sarkar |
Technical Officer | Operation of induction furnace for specialty glass production. Operation and maintenance of rocking furnaces and batch preparation in glove box for chalcogenide glass facility. Installation and commissioning of light machineries. Assisting in silica glass ampoule joining and sealing under high vacuum using oxy-hydrogen torch and other related technical jobs. Electrical maintenance of furnaces and related machinery. |
| Kalyan Das | Technical Assistant | |
 Amar Ghorui |
Technician (2) | Operation and maintenance of special type cutting, milling, lapping and polishing machines for specialty glass processing, operation and maintenance of distilled water plant and other technical jobs. Testing of glass by using Interferometer. |
| Goutam Ghosh | Technician(1) | |
 Reaj Hossain |
Technician (2) | Operation and maintenance of different types of furnaces, and machineries of specialty glass plant. Installation and commissioning of various furnaces of different project, operation of batch production unit of specialty glass plant. Operation of micro-hardness testing instrument for testing of hardness for different glass samples and other materials. |
| Himansu Gupta | Technician (1) | |
| Sukanta Basak | Technician (1) | |
| Raj Kumar | Technician (1) | |
 Mansa Ram Baksey |
Lab Attendant (2) | Specialty glass processing related activities at all stages of cutting, grinding and polishing and preparation of test glass samples for various characterizations. |
Dr. Srikrishna Manna
Shibasish
Scholars/Students
| Name | Designation | Research area/Project code | Supervisor/PI |
Sultan Khan |
SRF(Project) | Phospho-silicate glass for High Average Power (HAP) laser application | Dr. K. Annapurna |
Pritha Patra |
Project Associate-II (Project) | Photonics application of low phonon glass and glass ceramics | Dr. K. Annapurna |
Saswata Chakraborty |
Project Associate-I (Project) | Non-conventional aluminate glasses for NIR/MIR photonic application | Dr. K. Annapurna |
Anustup Chakraborty |
SRF(CSIR-GATE) | Bioactive glass and glass ceramic | Dr. K. Biswas |
Sushanta Kumar Mohapatra |
DST Inspire Fellow | Structure-Property correlation of low silica calcium aluminate glasses for photonic applications | Dr. K. Annapurna |
Biplab Das |
Project JRF | Utilisation of waste in glass and waste-glass | Dr. A. K. Mandal |
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Project Associate-I (Project) | Optical Glass (GAP0169) | Dr. K. Biswas |
 Abhijit Das |
Project Associate-I | White light emitting phosphor-in-glass/glass for W-LED (HCP0030) | Dr. A. Tarafder |
 Bibhas Kumar |
JRF(Project) | Microwave processing & chemical analysis of glass (GAP0172) | Dr. A. K. Mandal |
 Saona Chatterjee |
Project JRF | Rare-earth doped Ferroelectric glass-ceramics (GAP0174) | Dr. Atiar R. Molla |
 Raktima Chatterjee |
Project Associate-1 | Low Expansion Glass-ceramics (MLP0110) | Mr. Sitendu Mandal |
 Prasenjit kayal |
Project Associate-1 | Anti-reflecting and self-cleaning coating on solar panel (GAP0180) | Dr. S. Jana |
 Soma Mahata |
Project Associate-I (Project) | Optical Glass (GAP0169) | Dr. K. Biswas |
 Goutam Mukhi |
Project Assistant-I(Project) | Optical Glass (GAP0169) | Dr. K. Biswas |
| Sayan Chatterjee | Project Assistant-I(Project) | Optical Glass (GAP0169) | Dr. K. Biswas |
Ram Karan
Last Updated on March 7, 2025
