Kinsuk Naskar

Dr.
Indian Institute of Technology
Rubber Technology Center
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur India 721302
Email: knaskar@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Kinsuk Naskar did his PhD from University of Twente, The Netherlands with Prof. Jacques Noordermeer in June 2004. Since August 2004, he joined Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur as a Faculty member. Currently he is holding the position of an Associate Professor. In 2005 he received DPI Patent Award from The Netherlands for his invention in the field of multifunctional peroxides cured thermoplastic elastomers. In 2008 he received prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship from Germany and worked at IPF Dresden with Prof. Gert Heinrich. His fields of interests are: polymer blends and micro- and nano-composites, thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), polymer and elastomer processing, cross-linking of elastomers and tyre technology. He has so far 62 papers, 3 patents and 8 book/book chapters. He is the supervisor of 10 PhD students and 12 M.Tech students.

Papers:
14 Investigation of Structure Property Relationship in Ethylene Octene Copolymer (EOC) and Polydimethyl Siloxane (PDMS) Rubber Blends through Peroxide Induced Dynamic Vulcanization 46 Thermally Cross-Linked and Sulphur-Cured Soft Tpvs Based on S-EB-S and S-SBR Blends