Shylaja Srihari,Dr.(Smt)

Area of Expertise

"Aerospace composites
Environmental testing qualification and certification of composites.
Radome Technologies"

Research Interests

"Material Characterisation,
Environmental testing qualification and certification of composites ,
Structural Integrity testing ."

Academic_Qualification

:B.E.(Met), MTech (Process Met), PhD (Mech)

Professional Experience

"Lecturer Metallurgy Department,KREC, Surathkal,1990
Post Graduate Trainee FRPD, NAL, Bangalore,1993
SRF FRPD, NAL, Bangalore ,1993
Contract Engineer FRPD, NAL, Bangalore- 1997,
Scientist B, FRPD,NAL, Bangalore,1999
Scientist C,FRPD, NAL, Bangalore,-2002,
Scientist E1 & R & D coordinator FRPD, NAL, Bangalore,2006
Scientist E2 CSMST, NAL, Bangalore-2010
Scientist F Partly in CSMST and SID NAL, Bangalore - 2017
Scientist G & Head SID, NAL , Bangalore - 2022 to 2025"

Publication (ORCID ID/ Googal Scholar ID/ IRINS ID/ Vidwan ID

"ORCHID ID : 0000-0003-1660-686X
Google scholar ID :6yNV2rIAAAAJ
Vidwan ID :44643"

Awards and Honors

BEST Woman Scientist -2003 award, CSIR NAL outstanding performance award for “Excellence in Research (Team)” for “Development of shape memory polymers for aircraft structural applications “on CSIR foundation day, July 2014, CSIR NAL Excellence award in the area of Technology “for Research work on light weight polymer Nano composite based LRU enclosures for avionics, during CSIR platinum jubilee celebrations in November 2016, Appreciation certificate from the TELANGANA Composites manufacturing Association (TECMA), as an outstanding Stalwart in Indian Composites for her contribution, during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Indian Composite Industry (1962-2022) held at Hyderabad on 28th Nov 2022, Biographical note published in Asia / Pacific Who’s Who Vol. XV (2017), in “Famous India: Nation’s Who’s Who (2018) and in Asia / American Who’s Who Vol. VIII (2019)”, “Karnataka Women Inspiring Award 2025” from Press club of Bangalore during International women’s day 2025 and FIE.

Patents

"Patent no: 301272. on ""A process for obtaining recoverable deformations in Shape Memory Polymers (SMP's)"" dated 8 Feb 2013 for a term of 20 years.

TOT : Indigenously designed, developed and fabricated a composite nose radome for the Fire Control Radar of Jaguar Maritime Aircraft for HAL-Overhaul Division , Bangalore, end user being IAF on 16th April 2010"