Areas of Scientific Interest

• Design of battery modeling and packs for Energy Storage and EV applications.
• Design and Development of Battery Management System (BMS) for Li-ion Batteries and Redox flow batteries – Specialization in hardware and algorithm for battery state estimation.
• Design and Development of Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS) for Li-ion Batteries– Specialization in immersion cooling using dielectric fluids, PCM, and CFD studies.
• Battery pack testing with standards
• PV connected (Li-Ion battery) BESS and Microgrid short circuit studies.
• Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Energy Generation and Storage System

Professional Background

• Senior Scientist at CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute- Madras Unit, Chennai (July 2023 onwards)
• Assistant Professor at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-AcSIR) (Sep 2019 onwards)
• Scientist at CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute- Madras Unit, Chennai (July 2018 to July 2023)
• Project Associate - Central Power Research Institute,Bangalore  -   Sep 2017- Aug 2018
• Electrical Engineer - Yashika Industry,Chennai   -   Feb 2017– Sep 2017
• Electrical Engineer - Santriya Technologies, Chennai  -  Nov  2015 – Feb 2017
• Assistant Professor -Karpaga Vinayaga College of Eng & Tech,Chennai -  June 2014 – Nov 2015

Project Detail

• Design and Development of Hydrogen Fuel Cell E-Tractor- 35HP Category. (2026-2028) Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR, India
• Design and Development of a Deep Sea Autonomous Underwater Vehicle [DAUV] Phase I. (2025-2028) Role: Team Member, Funded by: CSIR, India
• Design and Development of AI-based Smart Battery Management System for Energy storage and E-Mobility applications. (2024-2027) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: DST, India
• Design and development of battery-operated multi-utility electric platform (MUeP) for agricultural and allied applications. (2024-2027) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR-Mission Mode Project, India
• CSIR-Innovation Centre for Next Generation Energy Storage Solutions - Ver -2.0 (ICeNGESS Ver-2.0) (2024-2027) Role: Team Member, Funded by: CSIR-Mission Mode Project, India
• Li-Ion Battery Pack Cycle Test and Thermal analysis. (2022-2023) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: Cygni Energy Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India
• Redox flow battery (RFB) (2023-2025) Role: Team Member, Funded by: CSIR-Fast Track Mission Project, India
• Development of Battery Management System for 1 kW Flow Battery - Solar energy storage application (2022) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR-CECRI, India
• Development of 250W Flow Battery - Charge and Discharge controller for Solar energy storage application (2022) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR-CECRI, India
• CSIR Innovation Centre for Next Generation Energy Storage Solutions. (2020-2023) Role: Team Member, Funded by: CSIR
• Jigyasa 2.0 Programme: Virtual Lab Integration. (2022-2026) Role: Divisional Co-Ordinator, Funded by: CSIR, India
• Jigyasa 2.0 Programme: Virtual Lab Integration. (2021- 2022), Role: Divisional Co-Ordinator, Funded by: CSIR, India
• Design and development of Indigenous Smart Battery Management System for Energy Storage and E-vehicle applications. (2020-2022) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR – Fast Track Translation Project, India
• Design and development of Battery Management System for Li-ion battery pack in Hybrid Energy Storage System. (2019-2020) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR-CECRI, India
• Design and Development of 1 kWh solar energy storage system using commercial Li-ion battery cells. (2018-2019) Role: Principal Investigator, Funded by: CSIR-CECRI, India
• IHRD Project - Development and Demonstration of an Adaptive Protection Scheme for Distribution Systems under High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources. (2017-2018) Project Associate, Funded CPRI, Minister of Power, Government of India.

Publication

Awards & Honours

• Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship 2026-2027
• Fellow of Young Academy of India (YAI)
• Member of Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS) for a period of 5 years from INSA, New Delhi
• IEI Young Engineers Award 2025-26
• Shortlisted Prestigious “Manohar Parrikar Yuva Scientist Award 2025” among ten scientists by the Department of Science and Technology and Waste Management, Government of Goa, India.
• Member of the Board of Studies, Anna University, Chennai
• Executive member in IEEE Women in Engineering (IEEE WIE) (2023-24)
• Recognition received for demonstrating the “DIY kits for school students” in energy storage systems as part of the Jigyasa Student-Scientist Connect programme.
• Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)

Process / Product Developed

• Smart Battery Management System (BMS) for Light-Duty Electric Two-Wheeler Applications (TRL 4–5) (2020–2022)
• Master Slave Battery Management System (BMS) with 25 kWh Modular Lithium-ion Battery Pack for Multi-Utility 35HP Electric Tractor Agriculture Application (TRL 4-5)
• 250 W Bidirectional Charge–Discharge Controller for Redox flow Battery (RFB) Energy Storage Systems
• Unified Artificial Intelligence-Based Battery Management System (AI-BMS) for Lithium-ion and Advanced Battery Technologies (TRL 4-5)
• Steady-state and Forced Flow Immersion Cooling Technology Using Natural Ester Fluids for Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Management and Thermal Runaway Mitigation
• Estimation of Battery State-of-Health (SOH) using Physics-Informed Machine Learning Algorithms