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 Indigenously Designed
and Developed Cryogenic Machining Technology for Indian Manufacturing Industries
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  Mr. Chetan Agrawal*
Email: chetanagrawal@iitram.ac.in
After completing my masters from NIT Jaipur (MNIT), my dream was to direct my further research in an area that can directly impact Indian society in a better way. One day, I was going through a newspaper and saw an advertisement containing an opportunity to work as a junior research fellow (JRF) for a SERB-DST project titled “Design and development of energy-efficient cryogenic machining facility for heat resistant alloys and carbon fiber reinforced plastic composites” (CFRP). My supervisor acquired this project from SERB-DST under the “Make in India” category. Already knowing the importance and future impact of this project, I did not give it a second thought and applied for the same. After some time, I appeared for the selection process and selected as a JRF.
Quickly after the selection, I got in touch with the principal investigator of the project and my PhD supervisor (Dr Navneet Khanna). In between, my supervisor visited the University of Ljubljana Slovenia (Europe) to meet the pioneer of cryogenic machining Dr Franci Pusavec. The collaboration with him helped us at various stages of the project. Before starting the project, it was made clear by my supervisor about what we are doing and how it would affect manufacturing industries in the coming years. Initially, I visited many industries working in the field of cryogenic engineering, and in parallel, I started focusing on a literature review. Industrial visits gave me an exposure to cryogenic applications, components involved, and safe handling of cryogenic fluids (as it is dangerous if handled carelessly). The literature
 * Mr. Chetan Agrawal, PhD Scholar from Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management, Gujarat, is pursuing his research on “Design and Development of Sustainable Cryogenic Machining Facility for Heat Resistant Alloys and CFRP Composites”. His popular science story entitled “Indigenously Designed and Developed Cryogenic Machining Technology for Indian Manufacturing Industries” has been selected for AWSAR Award.



























































































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