Dr. S. Saravanan

Dr. S. Saravanan, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Deputy Manager - Technology

    TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore 560 100 India

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Materials Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cochin, India)
     
    M.Sc., Physics, Bharathidasan University (Tiruchirapalli, India)
     
    B.Sc., Physics, Bharathidasan University (Tiruchirapalli, India)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Vikram Jayaram (as Research Associate)
     
    Heiko Timmers (as Post Doctoral Fellow)
     
    Vikram Jayaram (as Research Associate)
     
    Anantharaman M R (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
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  • Research:
    Diligent Materials Scientist having 10 and 1/2 years of Experience in Semiconductor Research and Development

    Qualified and Experienced in Solar Cell/Module process and technology, Lean Six Sigma - Advanced Green Belt, Expertise in the Fabrication and Charaterisation of Conducting Polymers (bulk and thin films), ceramic and semiconducting thin films, Published over 16 papers in peer reviewed journals and over 17 presentations in seminars / symposium; Few articles are under review, Regularly delivering an invited technical lectures at the symposiums / universities, Reviewer for the international journals, Working knowledge in computer packages MS Office, LAB VIEW, Sigma plot, Origin, Traces, Expert in the statistical analysis by using MINITAB, JMP, Conducting research in the frontier areas of materials science/solar cells, motivating junior researchers and technologists by sharing the knowledge with results

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  • Other Experience:

    2010-present Deputy Manager - Technology, TATA BP Solar India ltd, Bangalore

    2007-2010 Senior Engineer, Technology, TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore, India

    2005-2007 Research Associate, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

    2005 Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow, School of PEMS, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra Australia

    2004-2005 Research Associate, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

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  • Honors:

    2007 Inaugural Edition of Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century (2007) - Published from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, London

    2007 Marquis Who's Who in the World 25th Anniversary Edition (2007) - Published from United States of America

    2006 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering 9th edition (2006) - Published from United States of America

    2006 My articles in the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids and in the Materials Science and Engineering B were listed in the Top 25 hottest articles of the respective journals in the field of Materials Science for July - Sep 2006 and Oct - Dec 2006 res

    2005 Endeavor Australia Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Government of Australia: One of the two from India who received the award for the year 2005

    2002 Senior Research Fellowship - ISRO RESPOND, Department of Space, Government of India

    1999 Junior Research Fellowship - ISRO RESPOND, Department of Space, Government of India

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Dr. S. Saravanan's Publications (17)



Dr. S. Saravanan's Posters and Presentations (22)

  • Efficiency Improvement of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells through PECVD and Metallization (poster)

    S Saravanan - Invited

    3rd Indo American frontiers of Engineering Symposium , organized by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum held at Agra; 03/2010
  • Technology and Manufacturing of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells (presentation)

    Invited Tutorial by S Saravanan

    International symposium on Photovoltaic Science and Technology, held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; 01/2010
  • A Preview on Silicon Solar Cells (presentation)

    Invited Talk by S Saravanan

    National Conference on Solar Energy - Research and Opportunities, held at SASTRA University, Thanjavur; 03/2009
  • Photovoltaics - Past, Present and the Future (presentation)

    Invited Talk by S Saravanan

    Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore; 11/2008
  • Calibration of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of RF-sputtered Indium Nitride Thin films with elastic recoil detection Analysis (poster)

    S Saravanan, Heiko Timmers, Santhosh K Shresta, K. Scott A. Butcher, Marie Wintrebert-Fouquet, Armand J Atanacio

    International Conference on Electronic Materials 2008 (IUMRS-ICEM 2008) , held at Hilton Sydney Australia; 08/2008
  • Photovoltaics - Where are we now? (presentation)

    Invited Talk by S Saravanan

    Karunya University Coimbatore; 08/2008
  • Y3Al5O12 and Y2O3 - 8 mol% ZrO2 Coatings by Combustion Spray Pyrolysis (poster)

    S Saravanan, G Hari Srinivas, V. Jayaram

    nternational Symposium on Advances in Materials Engineering, eld at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India; 07/2007
  • Thermal Characterization of YAG thin films using Photo acoustics (presentation)

    S Saravanan, N Manikandan, M Paulraj, V Jayaram, S Asokan

    National Symposium on Instrumentation, held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin; 12/2005
  • Conducting Polymer and Ceramic Thin Films - Synthesis and Characterization (presentation)

    S Saravanan

    School of PEMS, UNSW @ ADFA, Canberra Australia; 04/2005
  • Photoluminescence Studies on RF Plasma Polymerized Thin Films (poster)

    S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi, F Singh

    6th International Conference on Conjugated Polymers and Biosystems, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research & Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 01/2005
  • Structural and Optical Studies on RF Plasma Polymerized Furfrual Thin films (presentation)

    S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi

    18th Annual symposium on Metallurgical & Material Research, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 01/2005
  • Effect of Swift Heavy Ions on the Structural and Optical Properties of RF Plasma Polymerized Aniline Thin Films (presentation)

    S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, D K Avasthi, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman

    AVS 50th International Symposium, held at Baltimore, MD, USA; 11/2003
  • Conductivity Studies on Oligomeric Cobalt Phthalocyanine (presentation)

    S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    International Seminar on: Advances in Polymer Technology; 12/2002
  • Low dielectric constant materials based on plasma polymerised aniline thin films (poster)

    S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    45th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium; 12/2002
  • Structural and Dielectric Properties of Polyaniline Doped with Camphor Sulphonic Acid (poster)

    S Saravanan,C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    Seventh International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology; 11/2002
  • The Optical and Electrical Properties of Polyaniline Thin Films Deposited under rf and ac Plasma Polymerization (poster)

    U S Sajeev, C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman

    The Symposium on Power Beams and Materials Processing; 10/2002
  • Plasma assisted deposition technique for synthesis of low dielectric constant polyanisidine thin films (poster)

    C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalekshmi

    29th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, held at Banff, Alberta, Canada; 05/2002
  • On the Optical Bandgap of in situ Doped Plasma Polymerised Anisidine Thin Films (poster)

    C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    APS DPP, held at USA; 11/2001
  • Plasma Assisted Deposition Technique for Synthesis of low Dielectric Constant Polyaniline Thin Films (poster)

    C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    APS DPP, held at USA; 11/2001
  • On the optical bandgap of in situ doped plasma polymerised aniline thin films (poster)

    C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran

    IVS National Symposium on Science and Technology of vacuum and Thin films, held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 09/2001
  • Evaluation of Schottky Device Parameters for Doped Polyaniline (poster)

    C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalakshmi, M R Anantharaman

    National Seminar on current trends in materials science, held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam; 03/2001
  • Mössbauer Studies on heat-treated Ferromanganese Nodules from Central Indian Ocean (presentation)

    S Saravanan

    One day State Level Post Graduate Students Technical Seminar in Physical Sciences, held at Pachiyappa’s College Chennai; 03/1999

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With Mr Brendan Nelson During the Endeavor Research Fellowship Award Ceremony on June 2005


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