{"id":11762,"date":"2026-07-13T12:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/?page_id=11762"},"modified":"2026-07-14T05:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:13:51","slug":"functional-materials-and-composites-division-fmcd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/?page_id=11762","title":{"rendered":"Functional Materials and Composites Division (FMCD)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Functional Materials and Composites Division (FMCD) at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, is dedicated to multidisciplinary research focused on the development of sustainable, high-performance materials and advanced engineering technologies for industrial, environmental and energy applications aligning with National Mission & stakeholders connect. The main vision of this division is to pursue and realize science, engineering & technology with global impact of innovation in catalyzing functional materials & composites for sustainability and circular economy of our nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through advanced material processing, comprehensive characterization, innovation-driven research and strong industry collaboration, the division aims to develop sustainable technologies, generate intellectual property, and facilitate technology transfer, entrepreneurship and start-up creation for societal and industrial benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\n\n
Research Area: [Click Here to\u00a0 view in Detail]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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  • Natural Fiber (NF), Composites & Packaging (National Fibre Scheme for Self-Reliance)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hybrid Polymer Composites & Recycling Technologies (Advanced Composite Mission, Waste to Wealth Mission & Circular Economy Mission) <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Piezo & Triboelectric Nano Generator (NST & Clean Energy Mission)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Advanced Functional 2D Materials & Nano Composites (Semiconductor & Quantum Mission)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Additive Manufacturing (Atal Innovation Mission)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Solid-state Materials for Hydrogen Storage (Green Hydrogen Mission)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Electromagnetic Joining & Forming (Make-in-India, AMT)<\/span>
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    Goals \/ Objectives:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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    • Sisal fibre as New Age Fibre (NAF) for multifunctional applications<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Advanced R&D on Functional Materials, Composites aligning with National Mission & stakeholders connect for the Sustainable Resources Management<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Convert waste to wealth (industrial, agro, E & plastic wastes)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Carbon capture, avoid deforestation & burning agrowastes<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Connect Govt. scheme, realise patents to TOT<\/span><\/li>\n
    • TOT & Entrepreneurship, Start-up Creation<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Align with Circular Economy, UNSDGs & Green Energy<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Suffice the needs of line ministries<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Industry Innovation & Sustainable Solutions<\/span><\/li>\n
    • R&D collaboration & realization internationally with high end science, Engg. & technology for attaining a developed nation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\n\n
      Notable Achievements:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”blue” spacing=”2″ active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Know-How\/ Technology transfer” tab_id=”1779271849336-30ad1936-9909″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

      Know-How\/ Technology transfer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Evergreen Hybrid Composites of Parali (Agro Wastes) transferred to M\/s Permali Wallace Private Limited in 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Bio-Binder for Making Bio-Composites from Bamboo\/ Other Natural Resources \u2013 A Green & Sustainable Approach transferred to M\/s Permali Wallace Private Limited in 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Utilization of Zero Liquid Discharge Plant Residue (ZLDR) for Development of a New Class of Wall Tiles\/Wall Cladding Panels, M\/s Grasim Industries Limited, Staple Fibre Division, Birlagram, Nagda, M.P in 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
      • @mprisensors: Intelligent Sensors and Alarms for Smoke, Heat & Fire <\/span>Technology transferred to M\/s Rahul Infotech, Chambur, M.P in 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Evergreen Hybrid Composites of Parali (Agro Wastes) transferred to M\/s Magniro Global Pvt. Ltd. Raipur, Chhattisgarh in 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Bamboo Composites for Modern Housing & Structures transferred to M\/s Ecological Fibre Composites Private Limited, Jabalpur, M.P in 2023<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Evergreen Hybrid Composites of Parali (Agro Wastes) and Industrial Wastes transferred to M\/s Amit Densified Doors Private Limited, Sonepat, Haryana in 2023<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Eco friendly Red mud based Radiation Shielding Panels\/Door) transferred to M\/s Nature Global Service, (X-Sheild), New Delhi in 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Evergreen Hybrid Particle Board from paddy straw (Parali) and industrial waste transferred to M\/s Shubh Green Sheets Private Limited, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2020<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Multifunctional Bamboo Composite Material for Modern Housing and Structures transferred to M\/s Permali Wallace Private Limited, Bhopal, M.P in 2020<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Sisal Potential for Rural Employment and Making Hybrid Composite Wood Materials using Flyash transferred to Panchayats & Rural Development Department, West Bengal, Govt. of Kolkata in 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Patents Granted” tab_id=”PatentGranted”][vc_column_text css=””]\n
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          Radiation Shielding Red Mud Based Hybrid Composite Panels and Process for Preparing the Same. Inventors: Gupta Manoj Kumar, Pappu Asokan, Rathore Sanjai Kumar Singh, Srivastava Avanish Kumar, Verma Teerthraj, Parihar Anit. Granted on :16 December 2025, Country: United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        • Multi-functional Hybrid Composite Material from Bamboo and Process for Preparation of the Same. Inventors: Hashmi Syed Azhar Rasheed, Verma Sarika, Medha Mili, Gorhe Nikhil Rajendra, Naik Ajay, Rathore Sanjai Kumar Singh, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No: 201911040180. Patent No.: 562322. Granted on: 11 March 2025. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • High Performance Glossy Finish Green Hybrid Composites with Variable Density and an Improved Process for Making Thereof. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Peters Edward, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 0022NF2018\/US. Patent No.: 12227458. Granted in: February 2025. Country: United States.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • High Performance Glossy Finish Green Hybrid Composites with Variable Density and an Improved Process for Making Thereof. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Peters Edward, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: PI20200057 (MY-202509-A). Granted in: May 2024. Country: Malaysia.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • A Glossy Finish Sandwich Composite and Process for Preparing the Same. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Peters Edward, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 201811047389. Patent No.: 521012. Granted in: March 2024. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Radiation Shielding Material Capable of Attenuating X-ray by Dual Mechanism and Process for Preparation Thereof. Inventors: Verma Sarika, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 201911033451. Patent No.: 508968. Granted in: February 2024. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • A Novel Machine for Making Fine Thin Yarn from Sisal Fibre. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manmohan Das Goel, Rajesh Kumar Morchhale, Shiramdas Murali, Mohammed Akram Khan, Deepti Mishra, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sudhir Sitaram Amritphale, Swati Lahiri. Application No.: 1497DEL2015. Patent No.: 502977. Granted in: January 2024. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • A Process for the Synthesis of Homogenized Nanosized Rare Earth Oxycarbonates Using Cytosine and Microwave Irradiation. Inventors: Amritphale Sudhir Sitaram, Verma Sarika. Application No.: 3622DEL2015. Patent No.: 490806. Granted in: December 2023. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Chemically Designed Multifunctional Advanced Materials from Geopolymerized Brine Sludge and a Process for the Preparation Thereof. Inventors: Amritphale Sudhir Sitaram, Verma Sarika, Mohammed Akram Khan, Avneesh Anshul, Satyabrata Das. Application No.: 201611000546. Patent No.: 474511. Granted in: November 2023. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Advanced Lead-Free Radiation Protection Materials Utilizing Modified Brine Sludge Composition and the Process Thereof. Inventors: Verma Sarika, Medha Mili, Mohammed Akram Khan, Sunil Kumar Sanghi, Hashmi Syed Azhar Rasheed, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 17\/451412. Patent No.: 1699533. Granted in: July 2023. Country: United States.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Advanced Multi-functional Asbestos-free Thermal Insulating Material and the Process for Preparation Thereof. Inventors: Verma Sarika, Sunil Kumar Sanghi, Mohammed Akram Khan, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 201911033450. Patent No.: 424736. Granted in: March 2023. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Advanced Non-toxic Red Mud Based Nano Gel Type Functional Radiation Shielding Materials and the Process Thereof. Inventors: Amritphale Sudhir Sitaram, Verma Sarika, Satyabrata Das. Application No.: 201611037017. Patent No.: 418269. Granted in: January 2023. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • A Novel Multifunctional Material for Workability of Geopolymeric System and Its Process Thereof. Inventors: Amritphale Sudhir Sitaram, Ramesh Kumar Chouhan, Manish Mudgal, Verma Sarika, Satyabrata Das. Application No.: 201611019506. Patent No.: 418129. Granted in: January 2023. Country: India.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Advanced Multi-functional Asbestos-free Thermal Insulating Material and the Process for the Preparation Thereof. Inventors: Verma Sarika, Sunil Kumar Sanghi, Mohammed Akram Khan, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 16\/996572. Patent No.: 11414349. Granted in: August 2022. Country: United States.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • High Performance Glossy Finish Green Hybrid Composites with Variable Density and an Improved Process for Making Thereof. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Peters Edward, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 2020\/06736. Granted in: July 2022. Country: South Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n
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          High Performance Glossy Finish Green Hybrid Composites with Variable Density and an Improved Process for Making Thereof. Inventors: Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Peters Edward, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Application No.: 201811016873. Patent No.: 401393. Granted in: July 2022. Country: India.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n\n\n
          Collaborations<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”blue” spacing=”2″ active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Collaborations” tab_id=”Collaborations”][vc_column_text css=””]Industrial collaborations\/ Technology partners\/ Stakeholders:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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          • M\/s Grasim Industries Limited, Staple Fibre Division, Nagda, M.P<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Permali Wallace Private Limited, Bhopal, M.P<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Ecological Fibre Composites Private Limited, Jabalpur, M.P<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Bhutan Tuff, New Delhi<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Shubh Green Sheet Private Limited, Bhilai,Chhatisgarh<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Amit Densified Doors Private Limited, Sonepat, Haryana<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Nature Global Service (X-Shield), New Delhi<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Apt Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd., Pune<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Asili Bamboo Products, Meerut<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Rahul Infotech, Chambur, Bhopal (MP)<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Agra Marble Cluster Handicrafts Association-HEA, Agra<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Rajasthan<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s DCM Sriram, Bharuch<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s PhysisLiving Private Limited, Pilibhit, U.P<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Aggarwal Paper Board & Allied Industries, Haryana<\/span><\/li>\n
          • M\/s Vedanta Aluminium Metal Ltd, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa<\/span><\/li>\n
          • MAK India Limited, Coimbatore<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11771″ img_size=”Full” alignment=”center” css=””][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”orange” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            [vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11765″ img_size=”Full” alignment=”center” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”orange” css=””][vc_btn title=”Staff @ FMC Division” style=”classic” shape=”round” color=”sky” align=”right” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fampri.res.in%2Fen%2F%3Fpage_id%3D11733|title:FMCD”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] The Functional Materials and Composites Division (FMCD) at CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, is dedicated to multidisciplinary research focused on the development of sustainable, high-performance materials and advanced engineering technologies for industrial, environmental and energy applications aligning with National Mission & stakeholders connect. The main vision of this division is to pursue and realize science, engineering & technology with global impact of innovation in catalyzing functional materials & composites for sustainability and circular economy of our nation.\u00a0 Through advanced material processing, comprehensive characterization, innovation-driven research and strong industry collaboration, the division aims to develop sustainable technologies, generate intellectual property, and facilitate technology transfer, entrepreneurship and start-up creation for societal and industrial benefits. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Research Area: [Click Here to\u00a0 view in Detail]  [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11767″ img_size=”Full” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_column_text css=””] Natural Fiber (NF), Composites & Packaging (National Fibre Scheme for Self-Reliance) Hybrid Polymer Composites & Recycling Technologies (Advanced Composite Mission, Waste to Wealth Mission & Circular Economy Mission) Piezo & Triboelectric Nano Generator (NST & Clean Energy Mission) Advanced Functional 2D Materials & Nano Composites (Semiconductor & Quantum Mission) Additive Manufacturing (Atal Innovation Mission) Solid-state Materials for Hydrogen Storage (Green Hydrogen Mission) Electromagnetic Joining & Forming (Make-in-India, AMT) [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Goals \/ Objectives: Sisal fibre as New Age Fibre (NAF) for multifunctional applications Advanced R&D on Functional Materials, Composites aligning with National Mission & stakeholders connect for the Sustainable Resources Management Convert waste to wealth (industrial, agro, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11762","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11762"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11775,"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11762\/revisions\/11775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ampri.res.in\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}