Golok Nando, Rubber, Technologist

Professor (Dr)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Rubber Technology Centre
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur India 721302
Email: golokb@rtc.iitkgp.ernet.in


Biographical Sketch:
Name: Prof(Dr)Golok B Nando DOB: 15-11-1950 Sex: Male Nationality:Indian Qualification: Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India Professional experiences:  Head, Rubber Technology Center, IIT Kharagpur, India, 1999-2002 and 2010 – till date.  Guest Professor, The Institute of Polymer Technology, Dresden, Germany, June-2012  Visiting Professor, Slovak Academy of Sciences, The Polymer Institute-Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Dec-2008  Visiting Scientist, Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 1997  Visiting Professor, Centre for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, MA, USA,1996-1997 Research Areas:  Rubber Technology: Compounding and Product Development  Polymer Blends and Thermoplastic Elastomers  Nano Material development and Rubber Nano Composites  Recycling and Biodegradation of Plastics and Rubbers  Polymers for Biomedical Applications: Implant Devices and Scaffolds  Multifunctional Additives and filler modification Publications:  140 peer-reviewed journals.  Six monographs.  Two patents  Five Book-chapters.

Papers:
14 Investigation of Structure Property Relationship in Ethylene Octene Copolymer (EOC) and Polydimethyl Siloxane (PDMS) Rubber Blends through Peroxide Induced Dynamic Vulcanization 29 Guayule Natural Rubber Based on Zero Waste Tehnology-the Indian Perspective 46 Thermally Cross-Linked and Sulphur-Cured Soft Tpvs Based on S-EB-S and S-SBR Blends