Naresh Chandra Murmu


Naresh Chandra Murmu is the current director of CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Durgapur He is also Dean and Professor at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research. He also took over additional charge as Director of Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute from 1 August 2024. He was also acting Director of CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur

Career

He began working as a scientist at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur in 2003. Prior to this, he worked as a scientist in CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.
He worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg Germany from 2001 to 2003, and at Northwestern University, United States from 2011 to 2012.

Research

Murmu's current research interests include Additive and Smart Manufacturing, Graphene Composite, Ink & Lubricants and graphene ultracapacitor.
Dr Murmu has also keen interest in the educational development for the Santal people and Santali language. He has dedicatedly involved in popularising Ol Chiki script around the globe through development and filing for Ol Chiki (Unicode block) at international level. Additionally, he has co-authored A Concise Santali English Dictionary.

Awards