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S. M. JIGAJINNI
Lcturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Basaveshwar Engineering College
(A Government Aided Institution)
Bagalkot-587 102, Karnataka, India
Ph: +91-8354-234397 (Dept.), 234338 (R)
Fax: +91-8354-233905 (R & D Centre),
Mobile: +91-9880028244
E-Mail:siddujigajinni@yahoo.co.in, siddujigajinni@gmail.com

Personal Profile:

Name	: Siddhaling M. Jigajinni
Date of Birth	: 28^th October1975
Nationality	: Indian
Permanent Address	: Sri Guru H.No:9, 12^thCross Vidyagiri Bagalkot - 587 102, Karnataka, India

Qualifications:

B.E	Karnataka University, Dharwad	1999
M.Tech	Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum	2003
Ph.D	Registered under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, w. e. f. 01-11-2005 (Part-Time)

Services

Sl. No.	Name and address of the Employer	Length of service	Designation of post held	Nature of work
1.	Basaveshwar Engineering College, BAGALKOT	February 2006 to till date	Lectuirer	Teaching/Research
2.	Basaveshwar Engineering College, BAGALKOT	March 2004 to June 2006	Senior Research Fellow	Sponsored project titled “A New Combination of Grain Refiner/Modifier for Al-Si Alloys and Evaluation by Computer Aided Cooling Curve Analysis”, funded by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi.
3.	Basaveshwar Engineering College, BAGALKOT	March 2007 to March 2008	Research Associate	Sponsored project titled “Development of Al-Ti-Sr, Al-B-Sr and Al-Ti-B-Sr master alloys for the grain refinement and modification of Al-Si alloys” funded by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Worked as Research Associate / Senior Research Fellow in Govt. of India funded Projects

“A New Combination of Grain Refiner/Modifier for Al-Si Alloys and Evaluation by Computer Aided Cooling Curve Analysis” (Worked as Senior Research Fellow and Research Scholar) - Project funded by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi (March 2004-June 2006).
“Development of Al-Ti-Sr, Al-B-Sr and Al-Ti-B-Sr Master Alloys for the Grain Refinement and Modification of Al-Si alloys - A New Approach” (Worked as Research Associate) - Project funded by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Govt. of India, New Delhi (March 2007 to March 2008).

Short Term Training Programmes Attended

Sl. No.	Course title	Institute	No. of weeks	Duration
1.	Tribology Past, Present and Future	Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot	One Week	02-07 Apr. 2007
2.	Materials Development, Manufacturing and Characterization	Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot	One Week	16-21 Apr. 2007
3.	Hydraulics and Pneumatics	Bosch Rexroth Centre of Competence in Automation Technology, Mysore & National Institute of Technology, Mysore	One Week	24-28 Feb. 2009

Current Areas of Research

Grain refinement and modification of Aluminium and its Alloys
Development of Grain Refiners, Modifiers and Combined Grain Refiners and Modifiers for Aluminium and its Alloys

Subjects Taught to UG Students of Mechanical Engineering

Hydraulics and Pneumatics
Mechatronics
Manufacturing Process
Tool Design and Engineering

Laboratories handled to UG Students of Mechanical Engineering

Metallography and Material Testing Lab.
Mechanical Measurements and Metrology Lab.
Machine Shop
Foundry and Forging Lab.

Other Skills

Expertise in the handling
Image Analyser
Computer Aided Cooling Curve Analysis (CA-CCA) software
Melting and Casting Laboratory Equipments like Induction furnace, Resistance furnace, etc.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

International Conference Proceedings:

S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “A New Combination of Grain Refiner/Modifier for Al-Si Foundry Alloys-A New Approach”, Proce. of Inter. Conf. on Advanced Materials Design and Development (ICAMDD-2005), 14-16 Dec. 2005, Goa.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “ Combined Effect of Grain Refiner cum Modifier on Al-12Si Alloy”, Proce. of Inter. Symp. on Advanced Materials and Processing, ISAMP-2007, 29-30 Oct. 2007, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “Preparation and characterization of Al-Ti-B-Sr master alloy for the combined effect of grain refinement and modification of 413 alloy”, Proce. of 68th World Foundry Congress and 56th Indian Foundry Congress, 12-14 February 2008, Chennai.

National Conference Proceedings:

S.M. Jigajinni, S. A. Kori and V. G. Akkimardi “Influence of B-Rich Al-Ti-B Master Alloy on Al-Si Foundry Alloys”, Proce. of Nat. Conf. on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (NCRACM)- 2005, 18-19 Feb. 2005, NITK-Rourkela.
S.M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “A New Combination of Grain Refiner/Modifier for Al-Si Foundry Alloys”, Proce. of 43rd National Metallurgist’s Day (NMD 2005), 14-16 Nov. 2005, IIT Madras-Chennai.
S. M. Jigajinni, S. A. Kori and V. Auradi “Effect of Al-Ti-Sr Master Alloy for the Combined Grain Refinement and Modification of Al-7Si Alloy”, Proce. of 54th Indian Foundry Congress (IFC 2006), 20-22 Jan. 2006, Pune.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “A New Combination of Grain Refiner/Modifier for Al-Si Alloys”, Proce. of Nat. Conf. on Mechanical Engineering, (NATCON. ME-2006), 26-27 May 2006, Siddaganga Institute of Technology-Tumkur.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “Development of New Combination of Grain Refiner and Modifier for Al-Si alloys”, Proce. of 44th National Metallurgist’s Day (NMD 2006), 14-16 Nov. 2006, National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “Characterization of New Combination of Grain Refiner and Modifier for Al-7Si alloy”, Proce. of Nat. Conf. on Advances in Materials Science 2007, 27-28 Jan. 2007, Gulburga University, Gulburga.
S. M. Jigajinni and S. A. Kori “Influence of B-rich and Sr containing Al-Ti-B-Sr master alloy for the simultaneous grain refinement and modification of Al-7Si alloy”, Proce. of Nat. Conf. for Research Scholars, 12-13 Mar. 2007, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot.