Centre for Pioneering Studies in Gold & Silver

Research

Centre for Pioneering Studies in Gold & Silver

About the Centre

The Centre for Pioneering Studies in Gold and Silver is a dedicated research centre aimed at studying the metallurgy of gold and silver alloys. The centre, with a group of scientists from various disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Materials & Metallurgy, and Manufacturing, works extensively in the following areas:

Manufacturing solution to jewellery Manufacturing Industries
Develop novel processing techniques for lightweight and high strength gold alloys
Corrosion and tarnish studies
Surface engineering and coating techniques for jewellery concerning corrosion and tarnish protections
Exploring application for gold leaves
Jewelleries in 24-Karat gold
High tarnish resistance silver alloys
Novel colour gold alloys
Structure-property correlation studies of gold and silver alloys.

The centre was inaugurated on November 8, 2021, by Dr V K Sarawat, Hon’ble member Niti Ayog, in the august presence of the Pro-Chancellor
Dr P Sathyanarayanan; Vice-Chancellor (Former) V S Rao;
and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. D Narayana Rao.

The Centre is led by Prof. G S Vinod Kumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering. SRM University-AP has six and more years of experience handling industry-sponsored research projects, particularly in gold and silver alloys. Dr Vinod Kumar has successfully completed flagship projects and consultancy projects from Titan Company Ltd, Hosur, in Gold, Silver and Brass. He has expertise in handling Gold and Silver with utmost care and can retain almost 100% of the metal scrapped during the process.