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'''Govindan Sundararajan''' is an Indian materials engineer, known for his contributions in the areas of [[Surface Engineering]] and [[Ballistics]].<ref name="SS Bhatnagar Prize">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=83 | title=SS Bhatnagar Prize | publisher=SS Bhatnagar Prize | date=1994 | access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him, in 2014, by awarding him the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology.<ref name="Padma 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma 2014 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302065134/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=2 March 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Govindan Sundararajan was born in Andhra Pradesh on 11 December 1953.<ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Sundararajan&intials=G&year=11-12-1953 | title=Indian Academy of Sciences | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> He graduated in metallurgical engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]] in 1976, followed by master's degree (MS) in 1979 and doctoral degree of PhD from the [[Ohio State University]], Columbus, USA in 1981.<ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences" /><ref name="Indian Institute of Science">{{cite web | url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/centenary-conf/sundar.html | title=Indian Institute of Science | publisher=Indian Institute of Science | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> He returned to India the next year to start his career as a scientist with the [[Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory]] (DMRL), in 1982.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> In 1997, he joined the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) as its Director<ref name="ARCI">{{cite web | url=http://www.arci.res.in/organization-structure | title=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014 | archive-date=2 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102070048/http://www.arci.res.in/organization-structure | url-status=dead }}</ref> and currently holds the position.<ref name="Indian Academy of Sciences" /><ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
[[File:GTX-35VS Kaveri.jpg|thumb|240px|GTX-35VS Kaveri]]<br />
Sundararajan is credited with extensive research on [[tribological]] behavior of materials and composites.<ref name="SS Bhatnagar Prize" /> An expert in specialty coatings, Govindarajan's research findings have assisted in developing advanced thermal spray coating for the [[GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri|Kaveri Engine Programme]] (GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri).<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> He has been instrumental in the establishment of many advanced research facilities such as the ARCI Center for Laser Processing of Materials, ARCI Surface Engineering Division, Center for Fuel Cell Technology, Chennai and the ARCI Centre for Sol-Gel Nanocomposite Coatings, all of which bear testimony to Govindarajan's design and fabrication abilities.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> It was under his leadership, the Advanced Materials Technology Incubator (AMT), an ARCI venture which at present, is home to five companies, was established. He is reported to have been successful in commercializing the technologies on behalf of ARCI, all the five companies under the Incubator programme being beneficiaries of technology transfer from ARCI.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /><br />
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Govindarajan is credited with many inventions for which he holds 5 patents.<ref name="Patent Buddy">{{cite web | url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Sundararajan-Govindan/2192148 | title=Patent Buddy | publisher=Patent Buddy | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Fresh Patents">{{cite web | url=http://www.freshpatents.com/Govindan-Sundararajan-Hyderabad-invdirs.php | title=Fresh Patents | publisher=Fresh Patents | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014 | archive-date=2 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102064740/http://www.freshpatents.com/Govindan-Sundararajan-Hyderabad-invdirs.php | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Justia Patents">{{cite web | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Justia Patents | publisher=Justia Patents | date=2014 | access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><br />
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* {{cite press release | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Process for continuous coating deposition and an apparatus for carrying out the process | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) | date=14 October 2009 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Lingamaneni Rama Krishna |author2=Nitin Pandurang Wasekar |author3=Govindan Sundararajan }}<br />
* {{cite press release | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Process for Continuous Coating Deposition and an Apparatus for Carrying Out the Process | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) | date=17 August 2012 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Lingamaneni Rama Krishna |author2=Nitin Pandurang Wasekar |author3=Govindan Sundararajan }}<br />
* {{cite press release | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Process for Continuous Coating Deposition and an Apparatus for Carrying Out the Process | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) | date=14 October 2009 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Lingamaneni Rama Krishna |author2=Nitin Pandurang Wasekar |author3=Govindan Sundararajan }}<br />
* {{cite press release | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Process for forming coatings on metallic bodies and an apparatus for carrying out the process | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) | date=2 August 2002 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Lingamaneni Rama Krishna |author2=Alexander Vasilyevich Rybalko |author3=Govindan Sundararajan }}<br />
* {{cite press release | url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/govindan-sundararajan | title=Process for forming coatings on metallic bodies and an apparatus for carrying out the process | publisher=International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) | date=2 August 2002 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Lingamaneni Rama Krishna |author2=Alexander Vasilyevich Rybalko |author3=Govindan Sundararajan }}<br />
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Sundararajan has attended many seminars and conferences where he has delivered keynote addresses.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /><ref name="speech">{{cite web | url=http://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/symposium7.pdf | title=speech | publisher=Ceramics.org | date=2011 | access-date=1 November 2014 | archive-date=24 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624202043/http://ceramics.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/symposium7.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also published several articles, over 170 in number,<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> in national and international peer-reviewed journals.<ref name="Article">{{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Govindan+Sundararajan | title=Chemisorption of phosphoric acid and surface characterization of As passivated AlN powder against hydrolysis. | publisher=Langmuir | date=2008 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Susana M Olhero |author3=Aurora B Araújo |author4=Maria R Correia |author5=Govindan Sundararajan |author6=José M F Ferreira }}</ref><ref name="Hydrolysis-Induced Aqueous Gelcasting of β-SiAlON–SiO2 Ceramic Composites: The Effect of AlN Additive">{{cite journal | title=Hydrolysis-Induced Aqueous Gelcasting of β-SiAlON–SiO2 Ceramic Composites: The Effect of AlN Additive | date=7 June 2010 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03885.x | volume=93 |issue = 10| journal=Journal of the American Ceramic Society | pages=3180–3189}}</ref><ref name="Preparation and characterization of Cu-doped TiO2 materials for electrochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photocatalytic applications">{{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/5696280 | title=Preparation and characterization of Cu-doped TiO2 materials for electrochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photocatalytic applications | journal=Applied Surface Science | volume=293 | pages=229–247 | date=2013 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Polkampally P. Kumar |author3=Ibram Annapoorna |author4=Jordan M. Sumliner |author5=Mantripragada Ramakrishna |author6=Neha Y. Hebalkar |author7=Gade Padmanabham |author8=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.140}}</ref><ref name="Optical Diagnostics Study of Gas Particle Transport Phenomena in Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying and Comparison with Model Predictions">{{cite journal | title=Optical Diagnostics Study of Gas Particle Transport Phenomena in Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying and Comparison with Model Predictions |journal = Journal of Thermal Spray Technology|volume = 17|issue = 4|pages = 551–563| date=2008 |author1=Sudharshan Phani Pardhasaradhi | doi=10.1007/s11666-008-9206-0|s2cid = 137592983}}</ref><br />
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* {{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Govindan+Sundararajan | title=Chemisorption of phosphoric acid and surface characterization of As passivated AlN powder against hydrolysis. | publisher=Langmuir | date=2008 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Susana M Olhero |author3=Aurora B Araújo |author4=Maria R Correia |author5=Govindan Sundararajan |author6=José M F Ferreira }}<br />
* {{cite journal | title=Hydrolysis-Induced Aqueous Gelcasting of β-SiAlON–SiO2 Ceramic Composites: The Effect of AlN Additive | date=7 June 2010 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03885.x | volume=93 |issue = 10| journal=Journal of the American Ceramic Society | pages=3180–3189}}<br />
* {{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/5696280 | title=Preparation and characterization of Cu-doped TiO2 materials for electrochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photocatalytic applications | journal=Applied Surface Science | volume=293 | pages=229–247 | date=2013 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Polkampally P. Kumar |author3=Ibram Annapoorna |author4=Jordan M. Sumliner |author5=Mantripragada Ramakrishna |author6=Neha Y. Hebalkar |author7=Gade Padmanabham |author8=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.140}}<br />
* {{cite journal | title=Optical Diagnostics Study of Gas Particle Transport Phenomena in Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying and Comparison with Model Predictions |journal = Journal of Thermal Spray Technology|volume = 17|issue = 4|pages = 551–563| date=2008 |author1=Sudharshan Phani Pardhasaradhi | doi=10.1007/s11666-008-9206-0|s2cid = 137592983}}<br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
Govindan Sundararajan is a winner of many awards and honours including the Government of India honour of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] in 1994.<ref name="SS Bhatnagar Prize" /> He has also received Best Metallurgist award in 1995 and the FICCI award for Materials Science in 2004.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> Institutions such as [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1992, [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1996, [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] in 1999, [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 2002, [[Indian Institute of Metals]] in 2002, and [[ASM International (society)|ASM International]] in 2005, honoured Sundararajan with fellowships. He has also received J. C. Bose fellowship during 2006–2011.<ref name="Indian Institute of Science" /> The [[Government of India]] honored Sundararajan again with the [[Padma Shri]] by including him in the 2014 [[Republic Day of India|Republic Day]] Honours.<ref name="Padma 2014" /><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite web | url=http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Govindan+Sundararajan | title=Chemisorption of phosphoric acid and surface characterization of As passivated AlN powder against hydrolysis. | publisher=Langmuir | date=2008 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Susana M Olhero |author3=Aurora B Araújo |author4=Maria R Correia |author5=Govindan Sundararajan |author6=José M F Ferreira }}<br />
* {{cite journal | title=Hydrolysis-Induced Aqueous Gelcasting of β-SiAlON–SiO2 Ceramic Composites: The Effect of AlN Additive | date=7 June 2010 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03885.x | volume=93 |issue = 10| journal=Journal of the American Ceramic Society | pages=3180–3189}}<br />
* {{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/5696280 | title=Preparation and characterization of Cu-doped TiO2 materials for electrochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photocatalytic applications | journal=Applied Surface Science | volume=293 | pages=229–247 | date=2013 | access-date=1 November 2014 |author1=Ibram Ganesh |author2=Polkampally P. Kumar |author3=Ibram Annapoorna |author4=Jordan M. Sumliner |author5=Mantripragada Ramakrishna |author6=Neha Y. Hebalkar |author7=Gade Padmanabham |author8=Govindan Sundararajan | doi=10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.140}}<br />
* {{cite journal | title=Optical Diagnostics Study of Gas Particle Transport Phenomena in Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying and Comparison with Model Predictions |journal = Journal of Thermal Spray Technology|volume = 17|issue = 4|pages = 551–563| date=2008 |author1=Sudharshan Phani Pardhasaradhi | doi=10.1007/s11666-008-9206-0|s2cid = 137592983}}<br />
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