Projects
Sponsored Projects
Completed: 52
Ongoing: 8
Total: 60
Focus areas: Nano- and diamond-based technologies, thin films, heterostructures, and advanced material physics.
Research Interests
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Quantum Materials & Correlated Oxides
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Superconductivity and Spintronics
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Nanomaterials and Thin Films
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Nanocrystalline Diamond Coatings
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NV-centres in Diamond for Quantum Information
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Oxide–2D Interfaces and Diamontronics
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Energy Harvesting and MEMS Applications
Centers Established
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Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC)
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Quantum Centre of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials (QuCenDiEM)
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DST–Solar Energy Harnessing Centre (DSEHC)
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India Centre for Lab-Grown Diamond (InCent-LGD)
(L_R) Mr. Ramasubramanian, Nikhil (Team Kapindra), Dr Sathyan Subbiah, Prof MSR Rao, Dr Arunachalam (IITM faculty and part of Kapindra) and Padmanabh.
Entrepreneurship
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Founder of Kapindra Precision Engineering Pvt. Ltd., incubated at IIT Madras Research Park — specializing in diamond coatings for industrial, defence, and space applications.
🏆 Winner of DRDO “Dare-to-Dream” Awards (2019 & 2021) for innovation in hypersonic and thermal management technologies. -
🔗 Kapindra on LinkedIn
Selected Editorial Contributions
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Carbon-based Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Where Are We Heading? (J. Phys. D, 2010)
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Three Decades of Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (J. Phys. D, 2011)
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25 Years of Pulsed Laser Deposition (J. Phys. D, 2014)
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The 2016 Oxide Electronic Materials and Interfaces Roadmap (J. Phys. D, 2016)
Impact Contributions
Prof. Rao’s pioneering research in superconductivity, correlated oxides, and diamond-based materials has led to significant scientific and industrial advancements.
His work has directly contributed to the creation of QuCenDiEM and the incubation of Kapindra, translating laboratory science into real-world technologies.
Centers of excellence headed by Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao
Quantum Centre of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials (QuCenDiEM)
India Centre for Lab-Grown Diamond (InCent-LGD)
Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre (NFMTC)
DST-Solar Energy Harnessing centre (DSEHC)
Materials Science Research Centre