Saranraj R received B. Com degree from MADRAS UNIVERSITY Chennai, M.B.A degree from BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY, Tiruchirappalli, and pursuing M.Sc (PSYCHOLOGY) in ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, Karaikudi. In 2013 Joined as Project assistant in Intellectual Property management Cell, Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras. May 2017 he joined as Co-ordinator for IPR Research and Funding in M. KUMARASAMY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, (AUTONOMOUS), KARUR. From 2018 onwards engaged as senior executive in ARC and got promoted as Assistant Manager with effect from 1st October 2022. Involved in a complete cycle of operations and human resource management process.

Iyappan L Received ECE from Annai velankanni polytechnic college, Cuddalour district. Pursuing B.Sc (Information Technology) in ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, Karaikudi. In 2015 he was working as Technical Support Engineer in King Ring Technologies, Chennai. In 2020 he joined as Junior Technician in AMOLED Clean Room Facility involved in complete technical support activities (CCTV, Access Control, Fire and Safety, Networking, BMS, Maintaining Clean room particle count, Gas yard maintenance, IVL testing , microscope device dark spots analyzing , encap system operating).

Arokiyadoss completed his integrated M.Tech., in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the University of Madras. Then, he joined as a Project fellow in the UGC-DAE-CSR Project at SSN College of Engineering in collaboration with Surface and Nanoscience Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. During the time, he enrolled in his Ph.D. at Anna University. His doctoral research work comprises Transparent Conducting Oxides and Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells. He published his research work in 15 international journals and 11 conferences. In February 2020, he joined the AMOLED Lab, and currently, his focus is on AMOLED display fabrication and Encapsulation.

Dr. S. Gowrishankar completed his Ph.D in National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NITT) in the field of ZnO thin films for optoelectronic application in 2014. His Ph.D work comprises of realizing p- ZnO by using codoping method and band gap engineering in ZnO. Then, he worked as an Assistant professor in PSNA college of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul for two years. In 2017, he got Fondecyt postdoctoral fellowship in University of Concepcion, Chile, there he worked in the field of perovskite solar cells for two years. During his post-doc, he was visiting researcher to ICIQ, Spain for three months. He joined in AMOLED lab, IITM in Feb.2020 and he is currently working on encapsulation for OLEDs. He is having 17 publications in international journals and 5 conference proceedings. Apart from that he loves to watch movies in his free time.

Sangeetha A completed her M.Tech in Nanoscience and Technology as the University Rank holder from Anna University, Chennai in 2015. Then she worked as a Junior Research Fellow in CSIR EMR- II Project at CIPET: SARP – ARSTPS, Chennai for 6 months. Later she enrolled for Ph.D in Anna University and completed her doctorate in “Organic Luminescent Materials for Polymer Light Emitting Diodes” in 2022. She was supported by DST-INSPIRE Fellowship throughout her Ph.D tenure. She has 11 research papers in international journals and 4 research papers in various conference proceedings added to her credits. She was awarded best presenter in several international conferences. She has hand-on-experience on thin film techniques (wet-chemical processing), synthesis and characterization of various nanoparticles. In March 2022, she joined the AMOLED lab, and currently focus on Encapsulation of OLED devices and fabrication of OPVs.

Ramachandran Ammapet Vijayan has completed his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College (AAMEC) in 2009 and M.E. in Embedded System Technologies from College of Engineering Guindy in 2011. After two years of lecturer job at AAMEC, he joined the PhD program specializing in Optoelectronics from SASTRA Deemed University and completed on March 2021. During his PhD, he worked as a JRF in an Indo-Swiss Project on the development of advanced passivating contacts for silicon heterojunction solar cells. He worked as CSIR-SRF for the development of characterization of advanced passivating contacts. In the year 2019, he got prestigious Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Internship from IUSSTF and worked as visiting scholar for six months at Purdue University, USA. He joined the AMOLED lab in March 2021 and his current interests are simulation and experiment of organic opto-electronic devices. Apart from research, he is interested in swimming, yoga and meditation.

Mani Raju is currently working as project officer in the AMOLED lab, IITM since January 2021. He completed under graduation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and has done Post graduation in Nanotechnology field. After completion of M. Tech, he joined in CSIR-CEERI, Chennai where he involved in the project to develop thin films such as metal oxides and piezoelectric polymers (PVDF, PVDF-PMMA) to fabricate the grating structure for solar window concentrator and color shifting applications. Later he joined the VIT university and worked in DRDO project (Feb.2017 – Dec.2020) to develop the Piezoelectric thin film (PZT & PLZT) and conductive oxide electrodes and successfully formed facile route to develop device quality 2-micron thick 4” diameter PZT based piezoelectric thin film on platinized silicon with superior functional properties to fabricate MEMS based devices for naval applications. His area of expertise and interest is thin film preparation and surface engineering.

Jain Jose pursued her B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Calicut University, Kerala in 2013 and has obtained her M.Tech in Nanotechnology from VIT University in 2015. She joined as a Junior Research Fellow in Research & Innovation Centre (RIC), DRDO in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in 2018. She has been part of the project titled as “Piezo MEMS process technology” and her major contribution has led to a successful development of piezo MEMS device for acoustic applications. She has hands-on experience on various physical and chemical thin film deposition techniques, characterization techniques and fabrication tools for development of piezoelectric thin film-based MEMS devices. She joined the AMOLED lab, IIT Madras in March 2020 and her current field of work includes development of an alternative route for AMOLED display fabrication. In addition to research, she is interested in dancing, yoga & fitness.

Area of interest: Semiconductor devices, Thin film transistors, OLED
Arulkumar S has completed his B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Thiruvannamalai in 2012 and M. Tech. in Nanoscience and Technology from Anna University Regional Centre, Coimbatore in 2015. He joined as Junior Research Fellow in PSG Institute of Advanced Studies in 2016 under DST-SERB project. He enrolled for his Ph.D. under Anna University in January 2018 and completed his thesis entitled “Sputtered High Mobility Indium Silicon Oxide Thin-Film Transistors” in August 2023. He joined AMOLED Research Centre in December 2022 as Project Officer and his focus is on the development of organic light emitting diodes for display and lighting applications.

Balaji Panneerselvam has completed his Advance Diploma in Robotics from Murugappa Polytechnic College in 2009 and AMIE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from The Institution of Engineers (India) 2017. He joined iNETest Technologies as a Senior Engineer in Nov 2019 to support the Startup, Commissioning and SAT - Integration, Commissioning, Servicing & Maintenance of State-of-the-art Organic Cluster Type Display Prototype tool for the demonstration of state-of-the-art OLED displays. He has 13 years of experience in the installation and commissioning of thin film Vacuum Deposition Equipment’s. Before Joining AMOLED Project, he worked as Technical Product Support Lead in Applied Materials over 10 Years and worked on various projects in display, Solar & Semiconductor industries for the Startup and commissioning of Vacuum equipment by travelling across the customer locations globally. Apart from work his hobbies are running, drawing and artworks (like glass painting etc.)