Name | Dr. Asokan Pappu (click here to download detailed CV) | ||||||||
Designation | Chief Scientist | ||||||||
Head | Green Engineered Materials and Additive Manufacturing Division and Hybrid Building Materials and Manufacturing Division | ||||||||
Main Area of Specialization | Civil Engineering | ||||||||
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Educational Attainments | |||||||||
Qualification Title | Specialization | Year | Division | University | Additional Information | ||||
Ph. D | Environmental science & Engineering. | 2007 | CPI 8.22 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India | |||||
M. Tech | Public Health Engg. Environmental Engg & Planning | 2000 | Ist Division | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India | |||||
B.E | Civil Engineering | 1989 | Ist Division | Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India | |||||
Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies
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Name of Fellowship/Society | Year | ||||||||
American Society of Civil Engineers India Section | Member | ||||||||
Indian Environmental Association | Member | ||||||||
Materials Research Society of India | Member | ||||||||
The Institution of Engineers, India | Member | ||||||||
Coal Ash Institute of India | Member | ||||||||
Indian Association for Environmental Management | Member | ||||||||
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS | |||||||||
S. No. | Details of Award / Recognition | ||||||||
1 | National Award (Institutional Award). Ministry of Power, MOEF and TIFAC, DST, Government of India. For R&D work done in the area of fly ash utilization in the country in the area of building materials, agriculture and value added products, 2005. | ||||||||
2 | Young Scientist Award. Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Gov’t of Madhya Pradesh, India. Paper entitled “Improvement of the fertility of wasteland by the application of coal ash”. 1998. | ||||||||
3 | The best poster presentation award. Indian Environmental Association (IEA), Mumbai. Non hazardous building materials from hazardous waste. Seventh Annual Conference “Advanced in Environmental Management and Technology”. 2005. | ||||||||
4 | Six internal awards from Advanced Materials and Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Formerly Regional Research Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India for (i) The Best initiated project of Societal / Rural Impact, (ii) Highest External Cash Flow received from external sponsor (MOEF and BMTPC, Government of India), (iii) Best Completed Project entitled Setting-up of Technology Enabling Centre for manufacturing of Wood substitute products from industrial wastes. | ||||||||
5 | The best poster presentation award. Reclamation of water sheds with bulk utilization of fly ash for sustainable agriculture. Conferred by Indian Society of Soil Survey and land Use Planning, Nagpur. 2008 | ||||||||
6 | The best poster presentation Award. Investigation of Fibre treatment on Fibre / matrix adhesion and physico-mechanical properties of sisal reinforced polyester composites. Conferred by Materials Research Society of India. 2011 | ||||||||
7 | Best Paper Award. Synthesis of biodegradable polymer polylactide (PLA) by ring opening polymerization using Tin catalyst. Conferred by National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Bhopal. 2012 | ||||||||
8 | The best paper Award: The best citation and the most cited paper between 2005 and 2008: Asokan, P., Saxena, M., Asolekar, SR., Solid Wastes generation in India and their recycling potential in building materials. Elsevier’s Jr. Building and Environment | ||||||||
9 | The best citation: Asokan, P., Saxena, M., Asolekar, SR., Coal Combustion Residues- Environmental Implications and Recycling Potentials. This Paper has been selected by a Virtual Journal of Elsevier Science Press out of wide range of Elsevier journals on the basis of its potential to highlight interesting and important developments in the area of environmental sustainability. Virtual Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 3(3):2005. |
Dr. P. Asokan
Chief ScientistCSIR-AMPRI, Hoshangabad Road,Near Habibganj Naka, Bhopal- 462026
0755-2489402
pasokan@ampri.res.in
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