Salvaging of metals from solid wastes. Dr. K. Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, and his research student Mr. R. Saravanakumar and his collaborator Dr. P.V. Ananthapadmanabhan were granted a for the ‘Method for recovery of metals from metal-bearing solid wastes’.

Bharathiar University faculty member Prof. N. Ponpandian has been nominated as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom

Dr. N. Ponpandian, the Professor and Head of the Department of Nanoscience and Technology, won the prestigious membership in recognition of his contribution to materials chemistry. The Society is the United Kingdom's professional body for chemical scientists.

Dr. N. Ponpandian had also been listed among the world's top 2% scientists in the area of applied physics from the SCOPUS data by researchers from Stanford University, USA.