Dr A MERCY LATHA
Scientist-F | Associate Professor, AcSIR
CEERI
- mercy.ceeri@csir.res.in
- 044-254585
- Academic Background
- Professional Background
- Areas of Scientific Interest
- Project Involved
- Awards & Honours
Academic Background
- Received the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, in 2009, and the M.Tech. degree in High Power Microwave Devices and Systems Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) in 2011 and 2016, respectively. Joined CSIR–Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani, as a Scientist-C in 2011. Currently, serves as a Scientist-F at CSIR-CEERI Chennai Center and is an Associate Professor at AcSIR.
Professional Background
Areas of Scientific Interest
- THz spectroscopy and imaging, cost-effective THz-based system development, Multi-stage Depressed Collectors (MDCs)
Project Involved
- Development of Relevant Technologies for THz-based spectroscopy system | 2025-2028 (DRDO Sponsored CARS Project)
- Characterization of Defects in Composites using THz Imaging | 2024-2027 (CSIR DELTA mission)
- High Power Sub-THz Compact source Applicable for Non-destructive evaluation (HP-SCAN) | 2020 – 2024 (CSIR NCP project)
- Indigenous Design, Development and Qualification of Ku-band 140-210 W and Ka-band 100-150 W Travelling Wave Tubes | 2017 - 2022 (ISRO Sponsored Project)
- Development of novel portable high-power THz device technologies for strategic applications | 2017 – 2020 (CSIR NCP project)
- Design and development of short-length Ku-band 140 W space TWT (ISRO Sponsored Project)
- Design and development of Ka-band 100 W CW TWT (CSIR Network project)
- Electromagnetic Simulator of TWTs (CSIR Network project)
- Technology Development of Vacuum Microelectronics THz Devices (CSIR Network project)
Awards & Honours
- Motorola Scholar’s Award (2nd place) in 2009
- IEEE All-India MV Chauhan Best Student Paper Award (1st place in PG category) in 2015
- Dr. Swaraj Srivastava Memorial Award for Best Woman Researcher of CSIR-CEERI in 2016.
- Dr. Swaraj Srivastava Research Encouragement Award in 2020.
- CSIR Young Scientist Award in Engineering Sciences for 2022.
- Best Paper Award for the paper on “THz-based Density Prediction in Timber Wood using Stacked Ensemble Regression Strategy” at IConSCEPT 2025.
- Dr. Nacer Chahat Award for Best Antenna Paper from the Industry Female Professional for the paper titled “Towards Efficient THz Image Analysis: Comparing Vision Transformer and CNN Architectures” at WAMS 2026