Pooja Sahu, Scientist-E 8554920310, pooja@immt.res.in ,
DESCRIPTION :
Ms. Pooja is a post-graduate with M.tech in Metallurgical & Materials Engg. (silver medalist) from IIT Kharagpur, 2014; and had graduated with B.tech in Metallurgical Engg. from NIT Raipur, 2012. After her stint as Patent Analyst in Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (2014-2016), Pune, she joined CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar as Scientist C in 2016. She has been working in Department of Hydro, Bio & Electrometallurgy. Upon her joining, she was assigned to work in high-temperature extractive metallurgy and to expand the team's scope from hydro & electrometallurgy to extractive metallurgy. She has been actively involved in creating a pyrometallurgical/High-temperature facility in the department.
EXPERIENCE :- Scientist E, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar (2024-present)
- Senior Scientist , CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar (2020-2024)
- Scientist C, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar (2016-2020)
- Patent Analyst, Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (2014-2016)
AREA OF INTEREST :Molten Salt Electrolysis of Rare Earth Elements, Extractive Metallurgy Process Development, Metallurgy of waste utilization, recycling for circular economy, Alloy Development
AWARDS & HONOURS :- INSTITUTE SILVER MEDAL, first position in M.Tech, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at IIT Kharagpur (2014)
PROJECTS WORKED ON :- REE metal extraction through molten salt electrolysisof REE oxides in fluoride media.
- ‘Evaluation of design parameters for dewatering of manganesenodules’; National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.
- ‘Extraction of Tungsten values from Hutti gold mine tailings concentrate and scrap: process flow sheet development, bench scale studies and pilot scale testing’; Defense Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DRDO), Hyderabad.
- ‘Recovery of alumina from Fly ash’; CSIR (FTT Project).
- ‘Process scale-up and feasibility study for improving Mn/Fe ratio of low grade manganese ore’; TATA Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur.
- ‘Feasibility studies to recover Mn metal from low grade Mn ore’; TATA Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur.
- ‘Processing of secondary resources for the production of battery materials’; CSIR-FTT Project.
- Technology transfer for cobalt manufacture ; MIDHANI, Hyderabad
- Recovery of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide (EMD) from manganese ore ; MOIL, Nagpur
- Cobalt technology from impure cobalt hydroxide: Process flowsheet development; MIDHANI, Hyderabad
- Recovery of alumina from Fly ash – modifications and validation of flow sheet; NALCO
- ‘Technology development, demonstration and shifting of 1000 cm2 EM cell for splitting of sodium sulphate solution to sodium hydroxide and sulphuric acid’; Heavy Water Board, Mumbai.
