N. Kalaiselvi (Indian Researcher) Biography

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Profession	Researcher
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	01/01/1970
Age	56 years
Birthplace	Ambasamudhram, Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu

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Real Name/Full Name	Nallathamby Kalaiselvi
Known For	Being appointed as the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) — India's premier public sector R&D organisation on 8 August 2022

Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black

College/University	Annamalai University in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
PhD	Annamalai University in Chidambaram

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Parents

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Mother	Name

Siblings

She has two elder brothers.

Fellowship Programs	1999: Selected for INSA visiting fellowship [within INDIA] for the year 2003-04: Brain Pool Fellowship Program of South Korea 2009-10: Raman Research Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, USA 2011: Selected under INSA-NRF exchange Program of Scientists and visited KERI, Changwon
Awards	1999: INSA Visiting fellowship (INSA, India) 1999, 2000, & 2001: Young Scientist Seminar Award of CECRI (3 times) 2003: Brain Pool Fellowship of Korea (South Korea) 2006: Citation in Marqui’s who is who in Science and Engineering in Asia 2007: Top 100 Scientists of the year 2007 and International Scientist of the year 2007: Reviewer (Elsevier, IOP, Wiley, RSC and ACS journals) 2008: Citation in Special 10th Anniversary Edition of Marqui’s Who is Who in Science and Engineering 2009: Raman Research Fellowship (CSIR, India) to visit the University of Texas at Austin, USA 2011: INSA –NRF Exchange Program of Scientists (INSA, India) to visit KERI, South Korea 2015: Materials Research Society Medal (MRSI, Bangalore) 2019: C V RAMAN MAHILA VIJNANA PURASKARA at Twelfth National Women's Science Congress held at Mysore

Fellowship Programs

1999: Selected for INSA visiting fellowship [within INDIA] for the year
2003-04: Brain Pool Fellowship Program of South Korea
2009-10: Raman Research Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin, USA
2011: Selected under INSA-NRF exchange Program of Scientists and visited KERI, Changwon

Awards

1999: INSA Visiting fellowship (INSA, India)
1999, 2000, & 2001: Young Scientist Seminar Award of CECRI (3 times)
2003: Brain Pool Fellowship of Korea (South Korea)
2006: Citation in Marqui’s who is who in Science and Engineering in Asia
2007: Top 100 Scientists of the year 2007 and International Scientist of the year
2007: Reviewer (Elsevier, IOP, Wiley, RSC and ACS journals)
2008: Citation in Special 10th Anniversary Edition of Marqui’s Who is Who in Science and Engineering
2009: Raman Research Fellowship (CSIR, India) to visit the University of Texas at Austin, USA
2011: INSA –NRF Exchange Program of Scientists (INSA, India) to visit KERI, South Korea
2015: Materials Research Society Medal (MRSI, Bangalore)
2019: C V RAMAN MAHILA VIJNANA PURASKARA at Twelfth National Women's Science Congress held at Mysore

1. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi specializes in lithium-ion batteries.
2. She enjoyed playing boys' games during her childhood.
3. She has over 25 years of experience in electrochemical power systems.
4. She is a significant contributor to the National Mission for Electric Mobility.
5. She joined CSIR-CECRI in 1997 as a young scientist after working as a professor for three years post-PhD.
6. She became Director of CSIR-CECRI in 2019.
7. She has authored more than 125 research papers and holds six patents.
8. She has guided eight PhD scholars.