Kaveri is a Low Bypass Ratio after burning turbofan engine featuring a six-stage core high-pressure (HP) compressor with variable inlet guide vanes (IGVs), a three-stage low-pressure (LP) compressor with transonic blading, an annular combustion chamber, and cooled single-stage HP and LP turbines.
Dry thrust - 52 KN
Wet thrust - 82 KN
( Not enough for high g , high alpha maneuver for Tejas) . It also had other problems related to metallurgy like using directionally solidified blade which couldn't handle high TeT ( Turbine entry temp ).