This document provides the academic and professional profile of R. Padmanabhan. It includes his educational qualifications including a B.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry from University of Calicut in 2009 and an M.Sc. (Tech) in Polymer Science and Technology from National Institute of Technology Calicut in 2012 where he was a gold medalist. It also lists his skills and experience in polymer blends, thermoplastic vulcanizates, and characterization techniques. He has published several journal articles and has experience in projects and conferences in the field of polymer science and rubber technology.

1. PUBLICATIONS
PADMANABHAN. R
Senior research fellow
Rubber Technology Centre
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
Mobile: (+91) 8436269466 e-mail: padmanabhan@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Course Board/ University Year of
passing
Percentage of marks/
CGPA
S.S.L.C Board of Public
Examination
2004 91.1%
Plus Two Board of Higher
Secondary Education
2006 86.3%
B.Sc. Polymer Chemistry University of Calicut 2009 86.5%
M.Sc.(Tech) Polymer
Science &
Technology
National Institute of
Technology Calicut
2012 8.7
(Gold medalist)
 R. Padmanabhan, K. Naskar, G. B. Nando (2016) Effect of electron beam
irradiation on the structure-property relationship of ethylene octene copolymer
(EOC) and polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) rubber blends, Rubber chemistry and
technology, ACS publications. (Accepted for publication)
 R. Padmanabhan, K. Naskar, G. B. Nando (2015) Investigation into the
Structure- Property Relationship and Technical properties of TPEs and TPVs
derived from Ethylene Octene Copolymer (EOC) and Polydimethyl Siloxane
(PDMS) Rubber blends, Materials research express, IOP publications.
(Accepted for publication)

2. SKILLS
 R. Padmanabhan, K. Naskar, G. B. Nando (2015) Radiation crosslinked blends
based on Ethylene Octene Copolymer (EOC) and Polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS)
rubber with special reference to the Optimization of Processing Parameters,
RSC Advances, RSC. (Accepted for publication)
 S. Kumar, S. Chattopadhyay, R. Padmanabhan, A. Sreejesh, Sujith Nair ,G.
Unnikrishnan, G. B. Nando (2015) Tailoring permeation characteristics of
bromobutyl rubber with polyepichlorohydrin and graphene nanoplatelets,
Materials research express, IOP publications. (Accepted for publication)
 S. Kumar, S. Chattopadhyay, R. Padmanabhan, A. Sreejesh, Sujith Nair ,G.
Unnikrishnan, G. B. Nando (2015) Influence of hybrid nanostructure and its
tailoring mechanism on permeability, rheology, conductivity, and adhesion
properties of novel rubber blend nanocomposites, RSC Advances, RSC.
(Accepted for publication)
 R. Padmanabhan, K. Naskar, G. B. Nando (2016) EB - Crosslinked Novel
Polymer Blends for Cable Insulation Applications, RSC Advances, RSC. (Under
review)
 R. Padmanabhan, K. Naskar, G. B. Nando (2016) Influence of Octene-level in
EOC-PDMS Thermoplastic vulcanizates for Cable Insulation Applications,
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS publications. (Under
review)
 Successfully undertaken various team projects within both academic and non-
academic environments.
 Experience in organizing and assisting Dr. Kinsuk Naskar during the conference
ICRRM-2013 held in Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
 Experience in the following work areas:
 Polymer blends and thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) for cable
insulation applications
 Thermoplastic elastomers and their crosslinking techniques

3. PROJECTS
CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS
 Characterization and reverse engineering of materials
 Polymer nanocomposites and fillers
 Hand on experience with several instruments including, dynamic mechanical
analysis (DMA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric
analyzer (TGA), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Rubber process analyzer
(RPA), Capillary rheometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Universal
testing machine (UTM) etc.
 Paper presented in the International elastomer conference- ACS 2015,
USA
 Paper got accepted for second Asia Pacific Rubber Conference- APRC-
2015, Thailand.
 Participated in the International Conference entitled “Functional
Polymers” organized by the Department of Chemistry, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
Title
Institute
(Year)
Supervisor
Physico-mechanical Studies of Synthesized Meso-
porous Silicate Based Polybutadiene Rubber
Hybrid Composites
Reliance
Industries,
Vadodara
(2012)
Dr. Madhuchhanda
Maiti
Preparation and characterization of Hybrid Nano-
materials for water purification”
NIT Calicut
(2011)
Dr. N. Sandhyarani
Preparation and Application of Ampiphilic
Heterogeneous Cu-Catalyst for Aqueous Based
Coupling Reactions
IACS,
Kolkata
(2010)
Prof. Arun K. Nandi

4. DECLARATION
PERSONAL PROFILE
Date of Birth : 27th October, 1988
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Single
Nationality : Indian
Passport No. : Z3011162
Languages known : English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
Permanent Address : Puthan madom (H)
Kovilakathumauri
Nilambur P.O
Malappuram, Kerala.
REFEREES
Dr. Kinsuk Naskar
Associate Professor
Rubber Technology Centre
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur-721302
Tel: 0091-3222-281748 (O)
-3222-281749 (R)
Fax: 0091-3222-282700
E-mail: knaskar@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.inProf
Dr. Golok B Nando
Professor
Rubber Technology Center
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur-721302
Ph: +91 3222-283194(D)/ 282291(O)
+ 91 3222-283195(R)
Fax:+91-3222-282292/255303
E-mail: golokb@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in
I hereby declare that the information given above is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge
(Sd/-)
Place: Kharagpur (Padmanabhan. R)