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First woman director general of CSIR
August 9 , 2022
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- Senior electrochemical scientist Nallathamby Kalaiselvi has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
- It is a consortium of 38 state-run research institutes across the country.
- She was appointed for a period of two years.
- She is known for her work in the field of lithium-ion batteries.
- Kalaiselvi is at present director of the CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute at Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu.
- She is becoming the first woman scientist to head the Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI) in February 2019.
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