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 P.Roy Choudhury
 
Biographic Information :

Name : P. Roy Choudhury

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

Designation : Deputy Director IRMRA

Date of Joining in IRMRA : Jan 6, 2004

 
Brief Summary :


He is highly qualified polymer technologist. He obtained M.Tech in Polymer Science from Calcutta University in the year 1979. 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. He also carried out a design of a batch reqctor for Di butyl Phthalate (1 Ton capacity). He has 23 yrs hands on industrial experience and occupied senior position 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 deadner) 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.

He also did wonderful job in the field of cost reduction through 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, TPM during his tenure with different rubber industry.

He gave many technical presentation in reputed automobile industries (like Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motor related with basic rubber technology, specification layout of rubber product based on application, trouble shooting in rubber processing & practical interpretation of different testing carried out on rubber & plastics.

At IRMRA he orgnaised various technical programmes on basic Basic Rubber Technology / rubber products for automotive and industrial applications, processing technique and trouble shooting etc.

Membership

  1. Life member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkatta
  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 absortion.
Principal Investigator: Mrs. Anushree Dukhande / Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M.S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator:
Sponsor : M/s. Delco. Bangalore
Project Name : Development of Rubber Seal for Naval Ship
Principal Investigator : Mr. Md. Anis / Mr.P. Roy Choudhury / Dr.M.S. Banerji
Co-principal Investigator :
Sponsor : Naval Dockyard, Mumbai

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 flowability 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. Md. Anis / Mr. P. Roy Choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda
Sponsor : Naval Material Organisaition, Vizag

 
On going Projects :

Project Name : Development of pneumatic Mounts

Principal Investigator : Mr. P. Roy choudhury / Dr. M.S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator: Mr. J. Sinha
Sponsor : DMDE, Hyderabad

Project Name : Development of Rubberised metallic ring for submarine application

Principal Investigator : Mr. P. Roy choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator: Mr. J. Sinha
Sponsor : Naval Material Organisaition, Vizag

Project Name : Development of Polyurathane Compound for floor tiles application (Import substitute)

Principal Investigator : Mr. P.Roy choudhury / Dr. M. S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator: Mr. J. Sinha
Sponsor : H&R Johnson ( India) Ltd., Pen (Raigad Dist.)

Project Name : Development of fabric reinforced rubber Diaphragm for aero space application

Principal Investigator : Mr. P. Roy choudhury / Dr. M.S. Banerji.
Co-principal Investigator: Mr. B. Panda
Sponsor : 11 BRD, Indian Airforece, Nashik

Project Name : Rubberisation of Road Wheels 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

 
Recent Publications of Technical Papers :