Our Team
Team of Scientists
 
Dr. P. Thavamani, Director
 
Dr. S. K. Chakraborty, Addl. Director
 
Mr. P. Roy Choudhury, Jt. Director
 
Mr. P. K. Das, Dy. Director
 
Mr. K .Rajkumar, Sr. Asst. Director
 
Mr. K. R. Krishnan, Sr. Asst. Director
 
Mr. Manohar Nawale
 
Mr. Manjeet Singh, Engineer
 
Mr. Niteesh Sukhla, Rubber Technologist
 
  Administration
 
Mr. P. A. Kothandaraman, Asstt. Director
 
Mr. D. R. Haibat, Asstt. Director
 
Mr. N. A. Phondke, Jr. Officer
   
   
   
 
 
Dr. P. Thavamani, Director
Dr. P.Thavamani is the Director of IRMRA and he is over all responsible for IRMRA as Chief Executive. He joined IRMRA as Director from Dec. 2009.

He has done M.Sc., from Madurai Kamaraj University and got Gold Medal as he stood First in the University, and cash awards for securing the highest marks in each paper. He has got M.Tech., and Ph.D in Rubber Technology from IIT Kharagpur and received INCAB RUBBER PRIZE for securing the First Rank in M.Tech.

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He is a member of American Chemical Society – Rubber Division, Bureau of Indian Standards, Indian Rubber Institute, and he served as the Honorary Secretary of IRI Madurai – Sub branch.

He has published and presented more than twenty research and review technical papers in various journals, conferences, seminars and workshops. He has guided more than ten B.Tech and M.Tech., students from MIT, Chennai, cochin University, IIT.Kharagpur, for successfully completing their projects.

He has developed many critical products for many industrial & automotive rubber component manufacturers. He worked in M/s. Roulunds India Pvt. Ltd., as Manager – R&D fro about two years. Then he worked for about 11 years in Fenner (India) Ltd., as Sr. General Manager – R & D. He visited many reputed global belting manufacturers, raw material suppliers, research laboratories, machinery suppliers. Lastly, he was working in M/s.Pix Transmission Ltd., as Vice Presedient – R &D. and Technical before joining IRMRA.
   
Dr. S. K. Chakraborty, Addl. Director
He has received his Ph.D from Rubber Technology Center, IIT Kharaghpur in the field of structure property relation of Rubber vulcanizate with special reference to carboxylated Nitrile Rubber in 1982. He had worked with different projects during his post doctoral research work in IIT Kharaghpur, especially in Cryogrinding of rubber, Thermoplastics vulcanizate and Applications of SEM in Fractography. His group was awarded 'DUNLOP' award by IRMRA in 1983 for their SEM study in Fractography.

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Biographic Information :

Name : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Education : Ph.D.

Designation : Additional Director IRMRA

Date of Joining in IRMRA : June 2000

 
Brief Summary :
Dr.Chakraborty had joined J.K. tyre Ltd. in 1983 in their Research & Development department and worked for four years. He had developed low rolling resistance tread compound and non -destructive testing technologies of tyre both in development and service prediction. He later on joined Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd., at Delhi, the largest manufacturer of synthetic Rubber, in their marketing division. During his fourteen years of service at Synthetics & Chemicals Ltd, he worked in different capacities - Technical service Manager, Regional Manager, Chief Manager - Business Development, Head - Application Research Centre.

His name is listed in worlds Who's Who and International bibliographical centre in 1997. He has taken special training in Phillips carbon black Sales & Marketing in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi and Kaizen from Bombay Management Association.

He is also technical committee member of IRI & AIRIA and approved Ph.D. Guide of M.G. University. Before joining IRMRA in 2000, he was associated with different non- tyre industries especially auto component, Rail pads, foot wear, floor tiles, for project and product development. He has delivered several lectures on various topics in various training programmes conducted by IRMRA.He is a certified lead auditor for ISO-9001-2000.
 
Area of Specialization :
1. Rubber Technology

2. Tyre

3. Fractograpics

4. Cryogrinding

5. Nano technology

6. Reclaimation of tyre waste
 
Completed Sponsored Projects :
Project Name : Cryogrinding of Rubber

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. C.

Co-principal Investigator :

Sponsor : DST
Project Name : Improvement in Production Technology

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. C.

Co-principal Investigator :

Sponsor : Rubber Board
Project Name : Utilisation of Electron Beam Radiator especially Tyre.

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. C

Co-principal Investigator : Mr. P. K. Das

Sponsor : BARC BRIT.
 
Recent Publications of Technical Papers
He had published 50 technical papers in both International and National journals.
 
Mr. P. Roy Choudhury, Jt. Director
He is a highly qualified polymer technologist. He obtained M.Tech in Polymer Science and Technology in the year 1979. from Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Calcutta University. During his M.Tech. Course he did the project work on “Styrenation of Phenolic body extracted (Acetone extract) from tea waste and comparative study with standard Styrenated phenol as non staining antioxidant” on rubber.

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Biographic Information :

Name : P. Roy Choudhury

Education : B.Sc (Chemistry), M.Tech (Polymer), IIChe

Designation : Joint  Director, IRMRA

Date of Joining in IRMRA : Jan 6, 2004

 
Brief Summary :

He also carried out a Design of a batch reactor for mfg of Di butyl Phthalate (1 Ton capacity) as part fulfillment of his B.Tech Course. He has 23 yrs hands on industrial experience and occupied senior positions like CEO, GM (Works), GM (Tech) etc. in reputed industries all over India.

During the tenure of his service with different rubber industries he has developed many products like

  1. Rubber components for air brake equipments for Wagon, carriage & locomotive as per Wabco Spec. & air brake hose conforming to American Railway spec. M601-76 for Indian railways.
  2. Wear resistant rubber & polyurethane (cast) liner & screen deck for material handling equipment like mechanical / electromagnetic feeder & vibratory screen.
  3. Synthetic rubber gasket (Single & dual hardness) for PVC & ductile iron pipe being used in water/waste water industries conforming to UL/NSF & ASTM F 477-93 spec.
  4. KITMELT Sheet (under seal/sound deadeners) for automobile industries.
  5. Double layer fuel tube based on NBR-PVC (inner tube) & Hypalon (outer cover) for two-wheeler industries like Bajaj auto, Hero Honda etc.
  6. Heat Shrinkage butyl sealant tape for DOT (Dept. of Telecommunication), air condition & refrigerator manufacturers etc.
  7. Petrol and Disel hose for oil companies
  8. Various types of hoses , gaskets and metal – rubber bonded items for auto mobile industries

He also did wonderful job in the field of cost reduction through rejection control, value engineering, scrap utilization & productivity increase through process mechanization for different rubber industries.
Besides, he also implemented different quality system like ISO 9002, QS 9000, and TPM during his tenure with different rubber industry.

At IRMRA he organized various Seminars / Training programmes in different metro cities all over India on basic Rubber Technology / Design and Development of  Rubber products for automotive ,industrial and defence applications, Indigenization of rubber products through reverse engineering,  Testing and Life Estimation of Rubber Products,  Processing technique and trouble shooting etc.

Membership

  1. Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers,
  2. Technical member of AIRIA (Western region).
  3. Member of BIS PCD-13 Committee   
  4. Member of SAE, India, Pune Chapter
 
Area of Specialization :

1. Product development

2. Scrap utilization

3. Cost reduction

4. Trouble shooting

During his 3 years tenure with IRMRA he handled the following projects
 
Completed Sponsored Projects :
Project Name: Development of pneumatic hose for shock absorption.

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: M/s. Delco Automotive, Bangalore
Project Name: Development of Rubber Seal for Naval Ship

Principal Investigator:  Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. Md. Anis

Sponsor: Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Indian Navy
Project Name: Development of Rubber Adhesive for Indian Navy

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: NMRL, Mumbai
Project Name: Development of Acoustic Rubber Tiles for Indian Navy

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: HQATVP (Indian Navy), Delhi
Project Name: Development of Rubber compound with high abrasion resistance, excellent flow ability of coating of S. S. Wire rope for diamond cutting tool application using injection moulding technique

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. Raju Shetty

Sponsor: Stay Sharp Diamond Tools Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
Project Name: Development of various types of ‘O’ ring, gasket, rubber, metal bonded items for Naval Application

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. Md. Anis

Sponsor: Naval Material Organization, Vizag
Project Name: Development of pneumatic Mounts

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M.S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. Jayaram Shetty

Sponsor: DMDE, Secundrabad
Project Name: Development of Rubberized metallic ring for submarine application

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. J. Shetty.

Sponsor: Naval Material Organization, Vizag
Project Name: Development of Rubberized wheel for war Tank

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M.S. Banerji.

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: Heavy Vehicles Factory, Min. of Defence, Chennai
 
Project Under Progress :
Project Name: Design and Development of Rubber Dams for water sheds

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy. Choudhury/ Dr. S.K. Chakraborty

Co- Principal investigators:  Mr. K. Rajkumar/ Mr. B. Bhuyan  / Mr. K. Krishnan

Sponsor: NAIP/ICAR/Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India
Project Name: Study on “Synthesis and application of reinforcing white nano filler for environment friendly rubber Products”

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy. Choudhury / Dr. S .K. Chakra borty

Co – Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Mukherjee

Sponsor: DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Project Name: Development of fabric reinforced rubber Diaphragm for aero space application

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: 11 BRD, Indian Airforece, Nashik
Project Name: Development of Rubberized wheel for war Tank

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Co – Principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda

Sponsor: Heavy Vehicles Factory, Min. of Defence, Chennai
Project Name: Design and Development of Silicone Rubber Seals for Naval Ship

Principal Investigator: Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Co-principal Investigator: Mr. Md. Anis

Sponsor: Naval Research Board, New Delhi
 
Paper Publication :
1. Rubber Dam - A novel approach for Control of Water flow in watershed   management for agricultural growth of the Country published in the  month of August’08 issue of Rubber India Journal.
2. Study on ‘Synthesis and application of white nano filler for  environmentally rubber products’ published in technical  proceedings at 5th International conference a/c Rubber Expo – 2009 at Kolkata.
3. Bonding evaluation of technical textile natural rubber for rubber dam application selected for published in technical   proceedings at 5th    international conference a/c Rubber Expo – 2009  to be held at Kolkata on 28th – 31st January, 2009
4. The effect of chemically modified aromatic oil in Polychloroprene   Rubber Compounding as a plasticizer and comparative studies with Ester type plasticizers’ published  in technical proceedings at Irma’s 20th Rubber Conference to be held on 19th & 20th December  2008 at Mumbai.
5. Importance of TPM and TQM for Rubber Industries published in the month Nov - Dec, 08 issue of the journal Rubber Chem Review.
6. ‘Study on partial replacement of carbon black with white filler for rubber composites’ published in technical   proceedings   at Irma’s 20th Rubber Conference to be held on 19th & 20th December, 2008 at Mumbai.
7. ' New process of optimizing Silanization Reaction in SBR Matrix’ published in technical  proceedings   at Irma’s 20th Rubber Conference to be held on 19th & 20th December, 2008 at  Mumbai..
8. Reinforcing material for Rubber composite’ published in March – April, 09 issue of the journal Rubber Chem Review
 
Mr. P. K. Das, Dy. Director
Mr. P. K. Das, Deputy Director is head of testing department at IRMRA. He has done M. Tech in rubber technology from IIT, Kharagpur in 1993. He did his M.Tech project work on "Studies on the effect of dry bonding system on adhesion between rubbers and organic/inorganic fibres" at Phoenix Yule Limited previously known as Andrew Yule & Company Limited, kalyani, West Bengal. During his short tenure with rubber industry he has worked on development of various rubber products like rubber rolls and automotive rubber components.

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Biographic Information :

Name : P. K. Das

Education : M.Tech. (Rubber) Technology - IIT Kharagpur

Designation : Dy. Director & Public Information Officer

Date of Joining in IRMRA : 25.11.1995

 
Brief Summary :

Mr. P.K. Das, Deputy Director is head of testing department at IRMRA. He has done M. Tech in rubber technology from IIT, Kharagpur in 1993. He did his M.Tech project work on "Studies on the effect of dry bonding system on adhesion between rubbers and organic/inorganic fibres" at Phoenix Yule Limited previously known as Andrew Yule & Company Limited, kalyani, West Bengal. During his short tenure with rubber industry he has worked on development of various rubber products like rubber rolls and automotive rubber components.

He joined IRMRA in 1995. At IRMRA, he has worked extensively on various thermal, dynamic and analytical techniques for testing and characterization of rubber/polymer compounds and products. He was instrumental in creating dynamic testing facility in IRMRA. He has taken advanced training on dynamic mechanical analysis and polymer processability at M/s Metravib, France and M/s Brabender, Germany respectively.  He has also developed methods for quantitative analysis of unknown rubber blends using thermal and analytical techniques.

He has been involved in indigenization of various rubber products for defence especially rubber mounts and bearings. He has successfully developed rubber bearing of 12T capacity for seismic application for BARC. He has expertise on service life estimation of rubber products like seals, gaskets, LPG hose, rubber mounts etc. and completed several projects supported by defence and private sectors.

His research work includes development of heat and oil resistant thermoplastic elastomers from elastomer-thermoplastic blends using high energy electron beam radiation. He has been part of a pioneering research work, on improvement of tyre quality and productivity through electron beam processing of tyre components, in the country.

 
Area of Specialization :

1. Thermoplastic Elastomer / Radiation processing of polymers, rubbers and rubber products

2. Development of Rubber products like mounts, seismic isolators

3. Dynamic testing of rubber products

4. Life estimation of rubber products
 
Completed Sponsored Projects :
Project Name : Development of Rubber Mount

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : DMDE, Secunderabad
Project Name : Shelf Life and Service Life estimation of rubber mounts.

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : DMDE. Secunderabad
Project Name : Life Estimation of Rubber Seals

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : ASL, DRDL, Hyderabad
Project Name : Development of Rubber Staves/Bearings for Rotating Shaft

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : Material Organisation, Eastern Naval Command, Vizag
Project Name : Utilization of Electron Beam in Rubber Fibre Composite Especially Tyres

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : BRNS, BARC, Mumbai
 
On going Projects :
Project Name : Utilization of Electron Beam in Quality Improvement of Rubber Products Like Belt, Profiles and Elastic Thread

Co-principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : BRNS, BARC, Mumbai
Project Name : Life Estimation of Seismic Rubber Isolator

Principal Investigator : P. K. Das

Sponsor : BARC, Mumbai
 
Recent Publications of Technical Papers :
1. Electron Beam Curing of Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (HNBR)  
P. K. DAS, A. GANGULY AND M. S. BANERJI 
Journal of Applied Polymer Science; 97, 648, 2005
2. Electron Beam Processing of Nylon 6 and HNBR Blends. Part I: Development of High Strength, Heat and Oil-Resistant Thermoplastic Elastomers
P. K. DAS, SU AMBATKAR, KSS  SARMA, S SABHARWAL AND   MADHUSUDAN   BANERJI
Polymer International; 55, 118, 2006
3. Electron Beam Processing of Nylon 6 and HNBR Blends. Part II: Development of   High Strength, Heat and Oil-Resistant Thermoplastic Elastomers.
P. K.  DAS, SU AMBATKAR, KSS  SARMA, S SABHARWAL AND   MADHUSUDAN  BANERJI
Polymer International; 55, 688, 2006
Mr. K . Rajkumar, Sr. Asst. Director
 
He has completed his M. Tech. in Rubber Technology in the year 1997 from Rubber Technology Centre, I.I.T. Kharagpur. His theses was on Conveyor belt – Adhesion technology.

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Biographic Information :

Name : K. Rajkumar

Education : M.Sc, Chemical Sciences, Pondicherry Univ.
M.Tech - Rubber Technology, IIT Kharaghpur, West Bengal. CEP-FEM
                      (IIT Bombay).

Designation : Sr. Asst. Director & QM
Date of Joining in IRMRA : 20.03.1999

Other roles: Lab Assessor (NABL)

QMS assessor ISO - 9001 : 2000

Visiting faculty member (Govt. Polytechnic, Mumbai)

Convener BIS-PCD-13.2 (Subcommittee – Testing & Analysis of Rubber
Products)

     
 
Brief Summary :

With one year experience from M/s. Synthesis & Chemical Ltd., he has joined IRMRA in the year 1999 and actively involved in many activities. He is involved in establishing testing methods for evaluating polymers & polymer additives using Pyrolyser -GC-MS & FID in IRMRA. He has undertaken several assignments like specification development, product development, reverse engineering and consultancy work. He has presented many technical papers in national and international conferences. He has delivered several lectures on various topics in various technical training courses conducted by IRMRA at national and international levels. He has the following in his credits on progress of IRMRA from 1999

  • As MR securing and maintaining ISO -9001 certifications (2000)
  • Securing DGMS accreditation (2001)
  • Certifications of CEMILAC (2001)
  • BIS recognition (2002)
  • Followed by UL accreditations (2006)
  • As Quality manager NABL Accreditation (2006)
  • Many more vendor registrations

New projects & Technical

  • Establishment of Radiation lab at IRMRA (2001)
  • Establishment of Customer service cell (2004)
  • Development of polymer booting for nuclear applications (2002 )

Member of the following professional / academic bodies

  • Member of assessor panel (NABL)
  • Member of ISO TC 45 technical committee
  • Member of PCD-13 committee (BIS)
  • Member of ME 17
  • Associate Member of Institute of Engineers ( India), Calcutta
  • Life member of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), Mumbai
  • ASCI, Hyderabad.
 
Area of Specialization :
1. Rubber Technology - General / specialty rubber and allied products

2. Rubber engineering, - Design & testing

3. Product development- TPE, waste utilization etc.

4. Physico-mechanical, Electrical testing of rubbers and allied materials

5. Latex technology - Dipping / coating technology

6. Development of specification, compound, process & product

7. Project management & assessment

8. Quality Management System – ISO 9001 & ISO 17025

9. Vendor development / specification development / Good Manufacturing practices - Rubber Industries

10. Vendor Audit / quality audit / Process Audit / Third party inspection / GMP audit

11. He has lead the following projects at IRMRA as PI/Co-PI
 
Completed Sponsored Projects :
Project Name : Development of conductive rubber article.

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : -

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of NR, EPDM, NBR/PVC, and CR based compounds for many small scale industries.

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. Banerji / Dr. Chakraborty

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of up gradation of specification for petrol dispensary hose

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of specification for rubber lining

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of specification for sleeves

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of Polychloroprene Rubber compound with excellent low temperature resistance

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. M. S. Banerji / Dr. Chakraborty

Sponsor : Confidential / Govt. sector
Project Name : Development of Wiper blade compound

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of radiator hose Rubber compound based on NBR/PVC

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor : Confidential
Project Name : Development of Digital Video content course for HRD in rubber Industries

Principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. M. S. Banerji / Bhuyan. B

Sponsor
: DSIR, New Delhi
Project Name : Development of compound and specification of HNBR rubber based "O" ring

Principal Investigator : Mr. K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Sponsor : M/s. BARC
Project Name : Testing and upgradation of specification of ‘O’ rings

Principal Investigator
: Mr. K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Bagawat Bhuyan

Sponsor : Pvt. Sector  
Project Name : Development of Booting for Manipulators

Principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator :

Sponsor
: Confidential
Project Name : Development of High temp. creep test set up

Principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator :

Sponsor
: BARC

Project Name : Consultancy for study & review of rubber component in MBT Arjun Tank.

Principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : K. R. Krishnan / Dr. M. S. Banerji

Sponsor
: CVRDE

Project Name : Design, development and supply of EPDM  Rubber Skinner seal ( O ring )

Principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Sponsor
: BARC
Project Name: Development of Chlorosulphonated polyethylene Coating Solution for improvement of Ozone resistance properties of NR / SBR.

Principal Investigator : Dr. Banerji

Co-principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Sponsor : Confidential / Defence
Project Name: Development of Polymer booting for nuclear Research application.

Principal Investigator
: Dr. M. S. Banerji

Co-principal Investigator
: K. Rajkumar

Sponsor : Confidential / Govt. sector
Project Name : Utilization of tyre waste as chunk Rubber composites in value added application.

Principal Investigators
: Dr. M. S. Banerji / Dr. S. K.Chakraborty

Co-principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Sponsor
: Ministry of Environment & Forest, New Delhi
 
On going Projects :
Project Name : Development of polymer booting for Nuclear applications.

Principal Investigator
: Mr. K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigators : Dr. Banerji / Dr. S. K.Chakraborty

Sponsor : M/s. BARC

Project Name : Development of Booting for Tong Manipulators.

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Sponsor : DPS/DAE

Project Name : Design, development and supply of articulated Booting.

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Sponsor : DAE
Project Name :  Development of Rubber Compound for wiper blade application

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : P. Roy Choudhury

Sponsor :  Pvt. Sector
Project Name :  Design, development and supply of Silicone Rubber Moderator block

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkumar

Co-principal Investigator : P. Roy Choudhury

Sponsor :  DAE
Project Name :  Execution of work packages for Rubber Components – Specification,QAP development

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkmar

Co-principal Investigators : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty / K. R. Krishnan
Sponsor :
Project Name :  Development of Elastomer compound sample resistant to TBP/n-Do-decane.

Principal Investigator : K. Rajkmar

Co-principal Investigators : Bhuyan

Sponsor : IGCAR
Project Name :  Development of Gauntlet Sample based on Polychloroprene or any suitable material

Principal Investigator : Dr. S. K. Chakraborty

Co-principal Investigators : K. Rajkumar / Bhuyan

Sponsor : DAE
 
Recent Publications of Technical Papers :
1. Identification of blend ratio of Butyl / EPDM rubber by using pyrolyser GCMS techniques, Rubber India, May, 2000

2. Study of NR/ Synthetic rubber blend on Dynamic mechanical properties of properties of tread rubbers, IRMRA's 18th conference, 2000.

3. Effect of fillers on Development of Tyre Tread compound of NR with Blends of EPDM & SBR/BR Rubber - Rubcon-2002, Indian Rubber Conference, IIT Kgp., Jan 12-13, 2002.

4. Effect of gamma radiation on functional properties of NR and synthetic rubbers - Asia Rubtech 2002, (IRMRA & IRI joint conference) New Delhi.

5. Present trends in Assessment/Evaluation of quality of rubber products- presented in India Rub Expo-2003, Mumbai. Subsequently published in Rubchem Review, May-June 2003.

6. Role of functional testing of rubber products in Quality Assessment, All India Seminar on Rubber Technology for special applications, MIT Chennai, 28 June 2003.

7. Best practices to implement quality management system in Small Scale Rubber Industries - All India Seminar on Rubber Technology for special applications, MIT, Chennai, 28 June 2003.

8. Recent Trends of Latex and Rubber Chemical Industries in India presented at JRMA, seminar at Tokyo, Japan , July, 2006

9. Recent trends of Rubber Industries in India, presented at JRMA Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, July, 2007.

10. Conducted two days international training course at Bonkok, Thailand on "Reverse Engineering & Life Prediction of Rubber Products", August,2007.

11. Measurement of Hardness of Rubber Vulcanizates using Auto hardness tester: Tool for better Repeatability -A case study, Rubchem Review, 2008.

12. Invited speaker on "Asia Pacific Elastomer Science & Technology" workshop on Natural & Synthetic Latices in Rubber Proucts", April,  2008.
Mr. K. R. Krishnan, Sr. Asst. Director
 
Mr. Manohar Nawale
 
Mr. Manjeet Singh, Engineer
 
Mr. Niteesh Sukhla, Rubber Technologist
  Administration
 
Mr. P. A. Kothandaraman, Asstt. Director
Contributing as HOD of Admin., to the functional domains of Accounts, Finance, Budgeting, MIS Reports, Commercial (incl. Forex related tasks), and Administration & HR systems, IT Facility Management & Software Applications, ERP Implementation (Tally Ascent), Marketing cum Govt. Communications including Planning & Public Information.

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Biographic Information :

Name : Mr. P. A. Kothandaraman

Education : MBA (Finance) from International University, Missouri, USA

Designation : Asstt. Director

Date of Joining in IRMRA : 11/05/06

 
Area of Specialization :
1. Systems

2. Administration

3. Finance & Accounts

4. Planning & HRD
 
Mr. D. R. Haibat, Sr. Asstt. Director
He has completed M.Com, BGL, DAM, and DPM&IR.He has worked in multinational company for about 30 years in HR, Personnel Administration and Legal areas. He has attended Short Term Courses on Personnel Management from NITIE, XLRI, Jamshedpur. He also served as faculty for Internal Training Courses conducted by Siemens.

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Biographic Information :
Name : Mr. D. R. Haibat

Education : M.Com, B.G.L., D.A.M. D.P.M & IR

Designation : Sr. Asstt. Director

Date of Joining in IRMRA : 07/05/03
 
Brief Summary :
He has delivered several lectures on HR Management and allied subjects in various training programmes conducted by IRMRA.
 
Area of Specialization :
1. Human Resources

2. Legal

3. Financial / commercial

4. Administration
 
Mr. N. A. Phondke, Officer, Customer Services
He joined IRMRA in 1982.

He has delivered several lectures on rubber in various training programmes conducted by IRMRA.

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Biographic Information :

Name : Nandakishore Anant Phondke

Education : B.Sc. D.P.R.I (London)

Designation : Junior Officer IRMRA

Date of Joining in IRMRA : 01.12.1982

 
Area of Specialization :
1. Rubber Technology

2. Testing, Research & Development

3. Customer Relation

4. Co-Ordination
 
Completed Sponsored Projects :
Project Name : Development of precipited Silica

Principal Investigator : Dr. M. S. Banerji

Co-principal Investigator : Mr. N.A.Phondke

Sponsor : Hindustan Lever Ltd., Mumbai.
 
Recent Publications of Technical Papers :
A novel approach towards regennating Silicon Polymer & its compounding - IRMRA Conference 1993.

Studies on Ternary blends of NBR with PVC & EPDM IRC Delhi 1993.

Carbon black graphite admixture - an ideal filler for oil sealing compound - IRC, Florida 1993.

Blends of NBR and Polysulphide (FA) effect of novel curing system - NCML - 1994.
 
 
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