Head Of Raw Material and Compound Development . R&D Asia at Apollo Tyres Ltd

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1.A competent professional with 32+ years of experience in Material development , Compound Development , Tyre manufacturing process ,Vendor development
2. Pivot role in establishing a new R & D Centre at Chennai a Green Field Venture .Leading the team in selecting the right equipment ,its layout and installation.
3. Have put in 6 patents ( under review ) and National and International Publications
4. Displayed competency in developing New Cost effective vendors for the Tyre Industry including Steel tyre cord, Nylon, Polyester, Rubber Chemicals, and Natural and Synthetic Rubbers from various countries
5. Developed compounds for Truck Bus Radial, Passenger car radials , OTR tyres, 2/3 Wheeler tyres (Radial and Bias ) and Bias Tyres
6. A key player in VAVE activities across the organisation , trouble shooting and debottlenecking of process to/equipment to enhance productivity
7. Training and development of the team in Technology and the Young team in the R & D Centre in the Material and Compound development

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    Head Of Raw Material and Compound Development . R&D Asia

    Apollo Tyres Ltd

    - Present 32 years 8 months

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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  • Investigation of Environmental Impact of Conversion Process of Carbon Black from End-of-Life Tires and use as active filler in Tire Rubber Compounds

    ChEmference 2023, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani K.K Birla Goa Campus, 30th Sept to 2nd Oct. 2023, BITS Goa Campus, Goa India

  • Design and Development of Cost-effective carbon-silica dual phase filler for application in tyre rubber compound

    Poster presentation: Science and Research Board- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 14-15th Feb. 2023

    Design and Development of Cost-effective carbon-silica dual phase filler for application in tyre rubber compounds

  • Alternative filler material for rubber compounds– a step towards a circular economy

    Sustainable Technology, Innovation and Mobility, International Rubber Conference – IRC2022, 24th, 25th & 26th November 2022, Sheraton Grand Bengaluru Whitefield Hotel & Convention Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Alternative filler material for rubber compounds– a step towards a circular economy

  • Modification of Coumarone-Indene resin & its effect on rubber compound properties for Tire application

    ACS Spring technical meeting 28th April 2022

  • A branching Study of synthtetic rubbers using the large amplitude oscillatory shear test method in RPA/GPC

    Tyre Technology International Annual Review Dec 2019

  • A Feasible Method of Silica Dispersion by Introducing a Pre-Vulcanized Gel in the Natural Rubber Matrix

    J. Polym. Res. 2023, 30 (3), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10965-023-03501-3/FIGURES/12

  • A novel approach to elucidate size and distribution of carbon black aggregates by laser diffraction technique

    Rubber world Volume 260, No 5, August 2019

  • Analytica -Physical Techniques and Concepts for DMA mapping of rubber vulcanisates

    Conference: India International Rubber Conference & Expo

  • Application of non-ionic surfactant in modifying the surface of carbon black and its role in the formation of colloidal composite material

    Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

  • Bio-based sustainable filler Exploring the potential for tire tread compounds with low rolling resistance, using rice husk silica in place of conventional silica

    Tire Technology International Annual Review 2022

  • Effect of Epoxidized DCPD Resin in Tyre Tread performance

    ACS Spring technical meeting, 26th April 2022

  • Fussy Sets a novel tool for compound design

    Tyre technology International - 1996

  • Influence Of Oligomeric Resins On Natural Rubber-Carbon Black-Silica Composites For Tire Tread Application

    Journal of Industrial Engineering and Chemistry DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2023.09.031

  • Quantative estimation of Sulphenamide accelerators in tyre components by GC -MS

    Conference : Advances in polymer science and Rubber Technology -2019

  • Screening of mixing parameters based on their significance on the extent of silanization and energy consumption of silica-filled S-SBR elastomer compounds for fuel-saving tyre application

    Journal of applied polymer science December 15, 2022, Volume139, Issue47https://doi.org/10.1002/app.53200

  • Sepolite nanoclay : A reinforcing filler in the natural Rubber/ Butadiene Rubber for tyre tread compound application

    Rubber world 263(5) :32-44 Feb 2021

  • Silanised Aluminium Trihydroxide a filler for improvement in the tyre performance

    Rubber world 2022

  • Study on branching Characteristics of rubbers using RPA/ GPC

    Tyre Technology Expo 2019 ,Hannover

  • The Effect of Bio-Based Ingredients in Isoprene Rubber: A Biomimetic Approach to Improve the Dispersion of Silica.

    Mater. Chem. Phys. 2023, 295, 127151. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATCHEMPHYS.2022.127151.

  • The Variation of Structure and Property of Sorbitol-Treated NR Vulcanizates with Increasing the Silica Loading.

    The Variation of Structure and Property of Sorbitol-Treated NR Vulcanizates with Increasing the Silica Loading.

  • Treatment of Natural Rubber with Bio-Based Components: A Green Endeavor to Diminish the Silica Agglomeration for Tyre Tread Application.

    Chem. Eng. J. Adv. 2022, 100349. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEJA.2022.100349.

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