Professional Background

• CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur since 1998, joined as Junior Scientist and currently
  Principal Scientist at NML Madras Centre
• Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Udaipur 1993-1998, joined as Management Trainee and worked as Dy. Manager in Rajpura-Dariba Mines
• NMDC R&D Centre, Hyd 1992-93 as Junior Officer, Ore Dressing

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Minerals processing

Publication

Publications in National / International Journals & Conference Proceedings’

• Arvind Sinha, Swapan Kumar Das, T.V.Vijaya Kumar, V.Rao and P.Ramachandra Rao, ‘Synthesis of nanosized copper powder by an aqueous route’ Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing, p. 373-377, Vbol.7, No.6, 1999.
• Vijaya Kumar, T.V., Prabhakar, S., and Bhaskar Raju, G., ‘Adsorption of oleic acid at sillimanite/water interface’ Journal of Colloid  and Interface Science, p.275-281, Vol. 247,2002.
• Flotation and cyanidation of a semi-refractory gold ore. S. Prabhakar, G. Bhaskar Raju, S. Subba Rao & T. V. Vijaya Kumar. The European Journal of Mineral Processing and Environmental Protection. 2004, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 36-42.
• Beneficiation of iron ore fines by conventional flotation, flotation column and dual extraction   column- a pilot scale study. T.V.Vijaya Kumar, D. S. Rao, S.S.Rao, P.More, Y.S.Reddy, S.Prabhakar & G. B. Raju. International Journal of Powder Handling and Processing, 2005, Vol. 17(2), pp. 88-93.
• Alteration characteristics of ilmenites from south India. D. S. Rao, T.V.Vijaya Kumar, S.Prabhakar, G.B.Raju & T.K.Ghosh. Journal of Minerals & Materials Characterization and Engineering, 2005, Vol.4(1), pp.47-59.
• Semi-commercial scale studies using flotation column and dual extraction column on iron ores   of Goa, India. T. V. Vijaya Kumar, D. S. Rao, S. Subba Rao, S. Prabhakar, G. Bhaskar Raju and P. More. Journal of Minerals & Materials Characterization & Engineering. 2005, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 113 -124.
• Heavy mineral distribution in the beach sands of north coastal A. P. and south coastal    
     Tamilnadu.   D. S. Rao, T.V.Vijaya Kumar, S.S.Rao, G.B.Raju & S.Prabhakar. SGAT    
     Bulletin, 2004, Vol.5(2), pp.1-9.
• Alteration characteristics of the Manavalakurichi beach placer ilmenite, Tamilnadu.                
      D.S.Rao, T.V.Vijaya Kumar, S.S.Rao, S.Prabhakar and G.B.Raju. Journal of Applied   
       Geochemistry. 2005, Vol.7(2), pp.195-200.
• Study on removal of suspended particles and colour impurities from the paint effluent  
      of an automotive industry by adsorption. R. P. Bhagat and T. V. Vijaya Kumar. Journal  
      of Metallurgy and Materials Science. July - Sept. 2005, Vol. 47, No.3, pp. 159 - 168.
• Processing of iron ore fines by column flotation part - I . T. V. Vijaya Kumar, D. S.
       Rao, S. S. Rao, S. Prabhakar and G. Bhaskar Raju. Minerals & Metals Review.  
       Vol.XXXII, No. 5, 2006, pp. 70 - 73.
• Processing of iron ore fines by column flotation part - I I. T. V. Vijaya Kumar, D. S.
        Rao, S. S. Rao, S. Prabhakar and G. Bhaskar Raju. Minerals & Metals Review.  
       Vol.XXXII, No. 6, 2006, pp. 48 - 51.
• Beneficiation of iron ore fines from Hospet, Karnataka. K. V. Rao, T. V. Vijaya Kumar, K. K. Bhattacharya and S. C. Maulik. MPT - 2003. (Eds. K. S. Raju et al.,), 2003, Alliied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., pp. 159 – 162.
• Semi-commercial scale column flotation studies on the beneficiation of Goan iron ores. G. Bhaskar Raju, S. Prabhakar, S. Subba Rao, D. S. Rao, T. V. Vijaya Kumar, Y. S. Reddy and Auduth Timblo. MPT - 2003. (Eds. K. S. Raju et al.,), 2003, Alliied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., pp. 159 – 162.
• Beneficiation of a low - grade limestone by flotation column. T.V.Vijaya Kumar,
                     D.S.Rao, S.S.Rao, G.B.Raju & S.Prabhakar. MPT- 2005. (Eds.R.Venugopal et al.,),
                    2005, Tata McGraw – Hill Publishing Company Ltd., pp.194-207.
• Characterization of Srikurmum and Navaladi beach placer minerals. D. S. Rao, T. V.  
        Vijaya Kumar, S. Subba Rao, S. Prabhakar and G. Bhaskar Raju. . MPT- 2005.