DESCRIPTION :

Dr. R. Sakthivel, is currently working as Senior Principal Scientist of Advanced Materials Technology Department of CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar. He has completed his B.Sc and M.Sc Chemistry from Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University), Gandhigram, Tamilnadu, in 1989 and 1991 respectively. He has joined in CSIR-IMMT as Scientist-B in March 1992. He has obtained Ph.D degree in Chemisty from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 2004. He has been engaged in Material Characterization department from 1992 to 2009, then moved to Advanced Materials Department at the same institute. He has handled three Grant in-aid projects as principal investigator and he was a team member in several institute projects and externally funded projects. He has guided two Ph.D students and trained six project assistants.His area of interests are Waste to Wealth, Photocatalysis, solid acid catalysis, CO oxidation by nanogold, Ferrites preparations and their characterization.

• Experienced in the area of Materials synthesis and Characterization
• Provided characterization support to institutes project for 18 years
• Handled sophisticated instrument such as XRD, TG-DTA, FTIR, AAS etc

• Synthesis of valuable materials from waste
• Magnetic materials
• Catalytic materials

• Post doctoral fellow at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg from September 2006 to October 2007
• DAAD fellow from June 2001 to Dec 2002

• Enhancement of room temperature ferromagnetism in nanocrystalline Zr1-xMnxO2 by the suppression of monoclinic structure of zirconia,Pattanaik, S., Martha, S., Sharma, M. K., Pradhan, S. K., Sakthivel, R., Chatterjee, R., & Mishra, D. K,J.Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 494,(2020)165768
• Occurrence of Ferromagnetic Behavior in ZrO2 by Ni Substitution Beyond x = 0.01,Pattanaik, S., Mishra, D. K., Martha, S., Padhy, G., Pradhan, S. K., Sakthivel, R., & Sarangi, S. N.,J. Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-05346-8, 2019
• ZnO/TiO2 composites for photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli, Diptipriya Sethi, Sakthivel Ramasamy,J. Photochem.& Photobiol. B:Biol.,168 (2017) 117–123
• Effect of fusion mixture treatment on the surface of low grade natural ruby,R. Sakthivel, K. C. Pradhan, B. B. Nayak, T. Dash, , R. K. Sahu, B. K. Mishra, Applied Surf. Sci. 403 (2017) 267-273
• Characterization of Low Grade Natural Emerald Gemstone,Reshma B, Sakthivel R and Mohanty JK, J. Geology & Geophysics,6 (2016) 1-6.
• Synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles from mineral waste RohitKumar,R.Sakthivel,ReshmaBehura,B.K.Mishra, D.Das, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 645 (2015) 398–404
• Photocatalytic destruction of Escherichia coli in water byV2O5/TiO2 Diptipriya Sethi,Naresh Jada, AshishTiwari, Sakthivel Ramasamy,Tapan Dash, Sony Pandey Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 144 (2015) 68–74
• Effect of milling on reduction behavior of blue dust, R. Sakthivel, D. Bhattacharyya, C. Eswaraiah, D. Das, K. Jayasankar, B.K. Mishra, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 587 (2014) 677–680
• Synthesis and characterization of titania for photocatalytic annihilation of E.coli Diptipriya Sethi,Naresh Jada,RohitKumar,Sakthivel Ramasamy, Sony Pandey, Trupti Das, JayasankarKalidoss, ParthaSarathi Mukherjee, AshishTiwari Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology 140 (2014) 69–78.
• Water disinfection through photoactive modified titania DiptiPriya Sethi, Ajoy Pal,, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Sony Pandey, Tapan Dash, Trupti Das, Rohit Kumar, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 130 (2014) 310–317.
• Synthesis and characterization of fibrous nickel hydroxide obtained from spent nickel catalyst, Pinak Patnaik, Avijit Biswal, Bankim chandra Tripathy, Sangitaran Pradhan, Barsha Dash, Ramasamy Sakthivel, T. Subbaiah, Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 23 (2013) 2977-2983.
• Gas dispersion characteristics of flotation reagents V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R. Sakthivel, S.K. Biswal, P. Manisankar, Powder Technology, 235 (2013) 329–335.
• Gas dispersion characteristics of flotation reagents, V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R.Sakthivel, S.K. Biswal, P. Manisankar, Powder Technology 235 (2013) 329–335.
• Characterization and selection of floatation reagents to improve the graphite ore beneficiation, V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R. Sakthivel, P. Manisankar, J. Ultra Chemistry,Internationa Journal of chemical Science, 8 (2012) 1-10
• Characterization and selection of floatation reagents to improve the graphite ore beneficiation, V. Ravichandran, C. Eswaraiah, R. Sakthivel and P. Manisankar, J. Ultra Chemistry, 8, (2012) 1-10.
• Structural and Magnetic Properties of Zn1-xCuxO (0 = x = 0_1) Systems Jyoshnarani Mohapatra, Dilip Kumar Mishra, Vivek Berma, Susanta Kumar Kamilla, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Birendra Kumar Mohapatra, and Saroj Kumar Singh Advanced Science Letters 4, (2011) 458–462,
• Effect of planetary ball milling on phase transformation of a silica-rich iron ore R. Sakthivel, K. Jayasankar, S.K. Das, B. Das, B.K. Mishra Powder Technology 208 (2011) 747–751
• Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials Derived from Mineral Waste Chinthapudi Eswaraiah, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Debadhyan Behera, and Barada Kanta Mishra Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters 3 (2011) 166–169,
• Improvement in micro-structural and mechanical properties of zinc film by surface treatment with low temperature argon plasma Debadhyan Behera, Dilip K Mishra, Siddhartha K Pradhan, Ramasamy Sakthivel, Swagatika Mohanty Applied Surface Science 258 (2011) 1103– 1108.
• Synthesis of ß-Sic Powder From Bamboo Leaf in a DC Extended Thermal Plasma Reactor Sankar Mohapatra, R. Sakthivel, G. S. Roy, Shikha Varma, S. K. Singh, D. K. Mishra Materials and Manufacturing processes 26 (2011) 1362-1368.
• Synthesis of ß-Sic Powder From Bamboo Leaf in a DC Extended Thermal Plasma Reactor Sankar Mohapatra, R. Sakthivel, G. S. Roy, Shikha Varma, S. K. Singh & D. K. Mishra Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 26 (2011) 1362–1368,
• Synthesis of magnetite powder from iron ore tailings R. Sakthivel, N. Vasumathi, D. Sahu, B. K. Mishra, Powder Technology 201 (2010) 187–190
• Mineralogy, microstructure, and chemical composition of goethites in some iron ore deposits of Orissa, India S. K. Das, B. Das, R. Sakthivel, and B. K. Mishra Mineral Processing & Extractive Metall. Rev., 31 (2010) 97–110,

• 1.Processing of Mineral & Metallurgical wastes and Fly ash for their value addition , 150 lakhs, CSIR, Sept 2018 to March 2020- PI
• 2.Synthesis and Characterization of nanosized titania from ilmenite for catalytic applications, 10.8 lakhs, SERB,April 2016 to March 2018-PI
• 3. Synthesis of magnetite from blue dust and iron ore tailings,21.9 lakhs, SERB,Sept 2012 to 29-02-2016-PI
• 4.Development of titania based materials for water disinfection,19.32 lakhs,MoEF, Sept 2011 to August 2015, - PI
• 5.Development of nanotube based high current carrying conductors; Scope for strong magnetic field generation, 20 lakhs,Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat,May 2014 to Feb 2016-Co-PI
• 6.Development of process for making value added materials from Ti bearing slags,24.9 lakhs, Ministry of Mines,Feb 2014 to March 2018- Member
• 7.Processing of Natural GEM stone for aesthetic improvement and value addition,20 crore, CSIR,April 2012 to March 2017- Member
• 8.Waste to wealth through hydro& Electro metallurgical processes, 5.6 crore, CSIR,July 2009 to Sept 2012,- Member
• 9.Development of advanced eco-friendly energy efficient processes for utilization of iron ore resources of India,20 crores, CSIR,March 2008 to march 2012,-Member
• 10.Chemical Profiling of minerals and scids in various locations in state of Orissa,18.63 lakhs,Heavy Water Plant (DAE), Talcher Oct 2007 to Nov. 2009-Member