High Electrical Resistance Ceramics

Muktikanta Panigrahi, PhD, completed his doctorate in materials science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science, Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Odisha, India. He has completed a project on Geopolymer sponsored by the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India. He has innovations/discoveries in the area of Geopolymer/MMCs/Ceramics/Polymers and is skilled in the field of basification of industrial wastes, organic semiconductors, biodegradable polymers and gas sensors. Ratan Indu Ganguly, PhD, completed his doctorate in materials science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has 50 years of experience for academic teaching. He has completed an industry sponsored project for the development of floor and wall tiles from industrial waste such as fly ash. He is now supporting a research project which relates to development of geopolymer from pond ash. Radha Raman Dash, PhD, completed his doctorate in materials science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He spent decades at the CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur as Senior Scientist. He now is Dean of research & development), Gandhi Institute of Engg. & Technology, University, Gunupur, Orissa. He has 10 inventions/discoveries and his research interests are in foundry, composite materials, corrosion, ceramic matrix composites, fractal images and advanced materials.