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S Anandhan PhD FRSC

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, AIMST University, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Inha University

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Professor Anandhan obtained a PhD in Polymer Science and Technology from IIT-Kharagpur, 2004. He held a visiting research associate position at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2002. From 2004 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Inha University, Korea, within the former Textile Engineering Department (currently Chemical Engineering). Subsequently, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science at AIMST University, Malaysia, from 2005 to 2008. He joined his current institution in 2009 as an Assistant Professor, progressing to Associate Professor in 2012 and Professor in 2018. He served as the Head of his department from 2018 to 2020.

Prof. Anandhan is currently engaged in teaching courses pertaining to polymers, nanomaterials, materials characterization, and nanocomposites. He has research expertise in the following areas: Flexible electronics; Advanced Nanofabrics (polymeric nanofabrics for energy and biomedical applications; ceramic nanofibers for sensing and catalysis); Energy Materials (gel polymer electrolytes/separators for Li-ion, Na-ion and Mg-ion batteries); Polymer Nanocomposites; Polymer Blends; and Waste Management.

He has successfully supervised ten PhD students and guided fifty master's research projects in the domains of polymer science and technology, as well as nanotechnology. His research contributions encompass more than one hundred publications in peer-reviewed international journals, one granted and one published Indian patent, fifteen book chapters, and the editing of two international books. His team has successfully completed four sponsored research projects with a total funding exceeding INR 35 million. His contributions have facilitated the establishment of various research facilities, including a micro-Raman spectroscopy lab, advanced nanofiber lab, flexible electronics lab, and polymeric materials lab, within his institute. He serves as a reviewer for over fifty international journals and has reviewed about 50 doctoral dissertations. Furthermore, he has delivered numerous keynote and invited lectures.

Prof. Anandhan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, in 2021. Prior to this, he was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Indian Chemical Society in 2017 and 2019, respectively. His accolades include the Australia-India Council Fellowship, an Inha University postdoctoral fellowship (Korea), the DST Fast Track Award, and the IEI Young Engineer Award from the Institution of Engineers (India), Mangalore chapter. He was also recognized as an IOP Trusted Reviewer by the Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, an honor awarded to the top 15% of reviewers. He currently holds expert member positions on the National Board of Accreditation and a few more national and state-level committees. He was on the editorial board of the Journal of Research on Engineering Structures & Materials during 2025-2026. He has joined the editorial board of Engineering Research Express, IOP Publishing, UK in April 2026.

Employment

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka Professor
    2009 - Present
  • AIMST University Assistant Professor
    2005 - 2008
  • Inha University Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer
    2004 - 2005

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Ph.D.
    2000 - 2004
  • Cochin University of Science and Technology M.Tech. Polymer Technology
    1997 - 1999
  • Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai M.Sc. Applied Chemistry
    1995 - 1997
  • The Madura College (Autonomous) B.Sc. Chemistry
    1992 - 1995

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