A.

Ramalinga Chandra Sekar

Assistant Professor
Polymer Lab
Department of Chemistry
Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Madurai-15
E mail : arcchem@tce.edu sekarchand33@gmail.com
Mobile: 9894532757

Objective:
To spread the knowledge of Engineering Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
among the public, particularly to the younger generation and to make them aware of
environmental problems created due to the chemical innovations.

Educational Qualifications:

Month &
S. % of Class /
Course Branch College/School University Year of
No Marks Division
Passing
1 PhD Science Thiagarajar College of Anna July 2016 NA NA
and Engineering University
Humanities Chennai
2. M. Phil Chemistry Madurai Kamaraj Madurai July 2014 63.20 First
University Kamaraj
University
3. M. Sc Applied Thiagarajar College of Anna April 2004 7.70 First
Chemistry Engineering University,
Chennai
4. B. Sc Applied Thiagarajar College of Madurai April 2002 68.87 First
Sciences Engineering Kamaraj
University
5. HSC Physics+ Oxford Matriculation --------- April 1999 88.25 First
Chemistry+ School, Sivagangai
Maths

Area of Specialization:
 Bitumen Chemistry
 Polymer Chemistry
 Industrial Chemistry
 Analytical Instruments
 Engineering Chemistry
 Road Technology
Details of Employment (Work Experience)
Name of the Post held From To Nature of duties/
Office/Instt./Orgn. Exp.
Thiagarajar College of Research 04-11-2004 08-08-2005 Research work on
Engineering, Madurai Associate waste polymer
utilization
Thiagarajar College of Part time 08-08-2005 03-08-2006 Handled Engineering
Engineering, Madurai Lecturer Chemistry and
Environmental
Sciences Papers for
BE students
Thiagarajar College of Senior Research 03-08-06 31-07-2012 Research work on
Engineering, Madurai Fellow Polymer science and
Environmental
Sciences
Thiagarajar College of Teaching 01-08-2012 31-12-2012 Handled class for Ist
Engineering, Madurai Assistant Year BE (Engineering
Chemistry)
Thiagarajar College of Research 27-06-2013 30-06-2016 DST Project
Engineering, Madurai Associate
Thiagarajar College of Assistant 19-07-2016 Till Date Handled Engineering
Engineering, Madurai Professor Chemistry and
Environmental
Sciences Papers for
BE students and
Foundation Elective
Papers
Papers Published:
S. No Title Name of the Journal Year and Month of
Publication
1. Utilization of waste plastics Civil Engineering and March 2009
for flexible pavement Construction Research
2. Utilization of waste plastics International Journal of January 2010, Volume -
for the construction of Pavement Research and 3/No.1
flexible pavement – a Green Technology
Technology
3. A technique to dispose Construction and Building Vol. 28; 2012 ; 311-320
waste plastics in an eco Materials; Elsevier
friendly way – Application
in construction of flexible
pavements
4. Polymer modified bitumen ARPN Journal of Engineering Vol. 10, no.8, pp. 3786-
prepared using abs and Applied Sciences 3792
polymer- characterization
and application in flexible
pavement

Conference/Workshops Presented/ Published

S. Title Organized By Name of the National/ Year
N Conference International
O
1. “ Utilization of waste Anna University, 8th Asian Academic International Dec
plastics in flexible Chennai Network for 2006
pavement” environmental Safety
and Waste
Management,
2. “Recycling of plastics” Indian Plastic “Recycling of International Sep
Institute, Mumbai plastics” 2007
3. “Utilization of waste Anna University, “ Sustainable Solid International Sep
plastics coated Chennai Waste Management” 2007
aggregate for flexible Conducted by Centre
pavement and easy for Environmental
disposal of waste Studies, Anna
plastics” University,
4. Easy disposal of waste Widener University, Solid Waste International Mar
polymers Philadelphia Management 2008
5. One week workshop on IITM, Chennai One week workshop National Dec
bituminous materials on bituminous 2009
and its chemical materials and its
characterization chemical
characterization

6. Waste Plastics SRM University National level National Sep

management – a green seminar on Green 2010
 technology Chemistry
7. Plastics waste - a source Kerala Agricultural National level National Jan
of wealth University symposium on waste 2011
management
8. One week workshop on National Institute of One week workshop National Aug
“Recent Advances in Technology, on “Recent Advances 2011
Polymer Sciences” Surathkal in Polymer Sciences”
9. Polymer Modified Centre for Nano International International Oct
Bitumen using ABS science and Conference on 2013
Polymer recovered from Technology, Advanced Polymeric
E- waste Mahatma Gandhi Materials
University,
Kottayam
10 Characterization of Dept. of Chemistry, Intl. conference on International Sep
Polymer Modified National Institute Green technology for 2014
Bitumen Technology- Trichy environmental
pollution
11 Waste plastics Ministry of Drinking Indian Sanitation National Sep
. utilization in road laying water and Conference, 2016
Sanitation, GOI, INDOSAN 2016
New Delhi

Seminars /Schools/Conferences/Workshops Organized:

S. Title Period Place Remarks
No
1. One Day seminar on February 20th and Thiagarajar College Co Coordinator
Recent Trends in Green 21st 2009 of Engineering,
Chemistry Madurai-15

Projects Done

Design and Development of Polymer Modified Bitumen Smart

Title of the PhD. Thesis
Composites
Title of the M. Phil
Thermal Analysis of waste polymers and its Utilization
Thesis
Central Pollution Performance studies on built plastic tar roads.
Control Board Project
1. A study on the characterization and utilization of waste
Department of Science plastics- Green Technology
and Technology 2. Flexible waste plastics in road laying
3. E – Waste Management
Additional Qualification:
 Trained to handle
1. Thermo gravimetric Analyzer
2. Differential Scanning Calorimeter
3. UV- Spectro Photometer
4. FTIR Spectroscopy
5. All Bitumen Testing Equipments
6. All Road Performance measurement equipments.
7. Brook Field Viscometer
8. Optical Fluorescent Microscope
Reference:
Dr. R. Vasudevan Dr. M. Kottaisamy
Dean and Professor Professor and Head
Department of Chemistry Dept. of Chemistry
Thiagarajar College of Engineering Thiagarajar College of Engineering
Madurai-15 Madurai-15

Personal Details:

Name : A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar

Father’s Name : R. Arunachalam

Sex : Male

Date of Birth : 29-08-1981

Language Known : Tamil, English

Religion : Hindu

Address for Communication: Department of Chemistry

Polymer Lab

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Madurai-15

Declaration

I hereby declare that the details given above are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and belief.

A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar