Cell chemistry and pack engineering
Cell chemistry, BMS, and pack design — the science under the 720 MWh factory. LFP now, sodium-ion next on the same machinery, both paired with hard-carbon anode grown from Tamil Nadu and Kerala coconut shells.
Strategic direction, program coordination and IP stewardship that keep the entire R&D engine moving forward.
Sets the cell roadmap — LFP now, sodium-ion next on the same machinery, hard-carbon anode grown from Tamil Nadu and Kerala coconut shells.
Sequences chemistry, design, test, and scale-up so the 720 MWh line ramps without a single blocking dependency.
Protects the non-Chinese cell-to-pack chain — every novel process route around coconut-shell hard-carbon files before it ships.
Pioneering the chemistry of tomorrow's cells — synthesis, electrochemistry and computational modeling of cathodes, anodes and electrolytes.
Synthesises cathode and anode active materials — LFP today, sodium-cathode variants on deck, both paired with hard-carbon from coconut shells.
Runs the impedance and cyclic-voltammetry bench — every interface change validated before it ever touches a full cell.
Screens the sodium-ion cathode phase space in silico — the DFT bench that tells the wet lab which recipes are worth pouring.
Translating chemistry into physical cells through precise engineering of geometry, electrode coatings and pilot-line prototypes.
Balances cell geometry, active-to-inactive ratio, and current-collector thickness for the LFP and Na-ion formats the SIPCOT line will build.
Operates the pilot coating-stack-format line — every recipe change lands on real cells within days, not months.
Owns the slurry rheology and coating physics that decide whether a chemistry survives the jump from lab to gigafactory.
Rigorous performance, reliability, safety and data-driven analytics to ensure every cell meets real-world demands.
Cycles every chemistry through rate, thermal, and abuse profiles — the raw data that becomes cycle-life and warranty numbers.
Models degradation across use profiles so a cell rated 6000 cycles ships with a 6000-cycle warranty, not a marketing claim.
Turns test-cycler data streams into failure-prediction models — early warnings that catch a bad cell before it reaches a customer pack.
Pushes cells past nail-penetration, overcharge, and thermal-runaway limits — the destructive proof that the 720 MWh product is safe.
Software, hardware, thermal and mechanical engineering that transforms individual cells into intelligent, safe battery packs.
Writes the SoC, SoH, and cell-balancing algorithms — the Indian replacement for imported BMS firmware inside every deployed pack.
Designs the BMS sensor and comms hardware that turns a cell cluster into a monitored, dispatchable asset for griddata.
Keeps every pack in its optimal thermal window — from 45 °C Coimbatore summers to the coldest DISCOM substation container.
Designs the pack enclosures — vibration, crash, and IP-rated for the utility-scale and containerised BESS families.
Bench-scale chemistry translated to ton-scale batches with the quality thresholds a 720 MWh/yr line demands.
Translates bench-scale slurry chemistry into ton-scale batch runs for the 720 MWh/yr line at SIPCOT.
Sets X-ray, vision, and dimensional-inspection thresholds — every cell that leaves SIPCOT carries a serialised QA record.