DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER ENGINEERING
Polymer
Professional Visit
Dr. David Jenkins, Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth University, U.K visited Polymer nanotechnology center on 15th December, 2015 and discussed about the Innovation Project schemes for joint collaboration with our Institute.
- Dr. Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Assistant Professor, Department of chemical engineering, IIT Madras, visited on 24th September, 2015.
- Mr.K.Krishnamoorthy, Chief Manager, Design & Product Development, Formulated Polymers Ltd. visited on 13th Feb, 2014.
- Dr.N.R.Kumar, Vice President, R & D, Polyhose Industries, Chennai, visited on 18thFeb, 2014.
- Mr.Kulandaivelu Palanisamy, Sr.Engineer, Valeo India Pvt Ltd,Chennai, visited on 18th Mar,2014.
- Mr.Mohammed Ismail Khan and Mr.Raman Kumar Jayaraman from SIGMASOFT on 8th Sep 2014.
- Mr.K.Sankar from Shree Renga Polymers, Karur on 10th Nov 2014
- Dr.S.Ramkumar, Assistant Professor, Texar Tech University, USA visited polymer nano center on 24rd Oct 2014.
- Mr. A. Ravi, Managing Director, Are Pee Polymer, Gumudipoondi, Chennai.
- Mrs. Sabitha Devi. K, Chief Manager, SRF Ltd, Manali, Chennai.
- Mr. K. Ganesh, Chairman & MD, PMC Polymer Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Chennai.
- Mr. S. Chandrakasan, Head-Business Development, Saravana Global Energy.
- Mr. R. Madanagopal, Sr. Manager-Technical, Carborundum Universal Limited, Chennai
- Mr. R. Nagarajan, General Manager-Technical, Carborundum Universal Limited, Chennai.
- Mr. S. Senthil Kumar, Dupont Limited, Chennai.
- Mr. Arul Selvan, Assistant General Manager, L&T Technology Services, Chennai.
- Mr. T. Veeraraghavan, CEO, Abirami Industries, Gumudipoondi, Chennai.
- Mr. V. Lenin, MD, BR Engineering Plastics, Chennai.
- Mr. Ramakrishnan, Head-Compounding, Apollo Tyres, Oragadam, Chennai.
- Mr. V Krishna Kumar, Director, Chime Polymers & Chime Extruders.
Industrial Visits
The Department of Polymer Engineering organized one day NABL accredited laboratory visit to Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute (IRMRI), Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, for the B.Tech – IV Year students (2021- 2025) on 19th October 2024. The 26 final year students and faculty member Dr.Basanta Kumar Behera visited the sophisticated rubber and polymer testing laboratory which is under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India to gain knowledge about the various testing and characterization techniques for the tyre and polymer industries.
Second and Third year students of Polymer Engineering visited Polyhose, Sriperumbudur, Chennai, on 4th February, 2019.
Third and Final year students of Polymer Engineering visited JK Fenner India Limited, Sriperumbudur, Chennai on 19th March 2018.
Third and Final year students of Polymer Engineering visited Polyhose, Pudhuppakam, Chennai on 3rd November, 2017.
Second and Third year students visited Saravana Golbal Energy Ltd, Maduranthagam on 2nd March, 2017.
Second and Third year students visited Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI) on 6th October, 2016.
Industrial visit was arranged for third & final year students to “Packaging India Ltd”, Pondicherry on 25.03.15
Industrial visit was arranged for third second & third year students to “Formulated Polymers, Chennai” on 09.04.15.
Industrial visit was arranged for third & final year students to Toshiba Machines Chennai Pvt.Ltd on 17.9.14
Collaboration
Training on Rubber Technology
- MoU was signed between BSACIST and Bridgestone Automotive India Pvt. Ltd to train their employees
- First Training program – 10 days’ program on “Rubber Science and Technology was conducted from 25.04.2019 – 09.05.2019
- RSDC- Exclusive training in rubber technology is offered to students in collaboration with Rubber Skill development council.
- The department is involved in building interaction with industries through materials identification and testing and providing analytical solution to their problems.
- The instruments and equipment available in the Centre are used to provide testing support to the research scholars / students of other academic institutions as well.
IPI Students chapter
Endowment Seminar
Endowment Seminar on “Latest Development in Automative Plastic Industry, Machinery, Automation, and Moulds” on Friday March 1st 2024 at Hotel Savera – Mylapore, Chennai
Indian Plastics Institute
IPI is a strong Professional Body of Industrialists, Plastic Technologists, Academicians, Economists and Students, spread over 14 Chapters across India and 2 Overseas Association partnerships with Sri Lanka & Nepal. We are engaged in Education, Training, Manpower Development and Dissemination of Knowledge on the latest technological developments in the world wide Plastics Industry.
IPI – Chennai Chapter
The Chennai Chapter of IPI has been in the service of plastics industry for over 3 decades. The chapter has been conducting Technical Lectures, Seminars and Conferences on a regular basis. Since last 3 years, the Chapter has conducted many Technical Lectures. The Chennai Chapter has conducted 10 technical lectures and 1 seminar on an average every year.
