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.

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.

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

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 : Development of Booting for Tong Manipulators.
Principal Investigator : K.Rajkumar
Co-principal Investigator : Dr. S.K.Chakraborty
Sponsor : DPS/DAE

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.