DESCRIPTION :

Mr. Krushna Chandra Nayak received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, Odisha. He currently works in the Hydro, Bio, and Electrometallurgy Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (CSIR-IMMT), Bhubaneswar, India. Additionally, he has contributed to the virtual electronics group.

Before joining CSIR-IMMT, he worked at IIT Bhubaneswar in the School of Electrical Sciences. Following that, he spent three years at CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, within the CIF Division before transferring to CSIR-IMMT.

With approximately five years of experience in research and development, he is skilled in operating and analysing samples using SEM, FESEM, and EDAX, as well as in maintaining various equipment. He also has experience in troubleshooting both process and analytical equipment. Throughout his career, he has worked on several projects focusing on the extraction of critical minerals and rare earth metals, the setup and operation of electrowinning cells, molten salt electrolysis, and the management of a pilot plant.

·         Project Assistant II (2015-2017) in the Mineral Processing Department at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.

·         Junior Tech (2017-2020) in the School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar.

·         Technical Assistant (2021-2024) in the CIF Division at CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.

·         Technical Assistant (2024-2026) in the Hydro, Bio & Electrometallurgy Department at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.

·         Technical Officer (2026-Present) in the Hydro, Bio & Electrometallurgy Department at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.

• Materials Characterization in Scanning Electron microscope (SEM)and field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM).
• Electronic maintenance and troubleshooting of process equipment and analytical instruments.

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE -2014).

·      Technology development (Extractive metallurgy) for Polymetallic nodules (PMN), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of      India.

·         Setting up of pilot cum demonstration plant for recovery of alumina and value-added products from fly ash.

·         Kinetic studies on preparation of Bayer process at NALCO Refinery.

·         Electrolyte-membrane process for the production of hydrogen from seawater (Phase 1: Laboratory scale optimisation).

·         Reduction in iron values in sand sample: Bench-scale validation.

·         Recovery of Dehydrated Magnesium Chloride Using Sea Water Bitterns at Relatively Low Temperatures in Pilot Scale.

·         An Advanced Technology for Improvement in Alumina Productivity: Scale-up Testing and Process Validation.

·         Recovery of Zinc, Lead, and Silver from Mill Tailings of Hindustan Zinc Ltd (part A).

·         Hematite production and recovery of valuable metals from jarosite (phase-I).   

·         Recovery of Scandium and REEs from Indian Bituminous and Lignite coal fly ash. WC-3