• Gender: Male
• Age: 38
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Current Gross Salary: INR  500000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  800000 /Annum
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 9.3 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D From Madurai Kamaraj University, TamilNadu in 2015

M.Sc. Chemistry From Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Madurai Kamaraj University in 2009 with 78.07%

B.Sc. Chemistry From Vivekananda College, Madurai, Kamaraj University in 2007 with 82.5%

H.S.C. From K.A.C.A. Arunachalam Higher Secondary School in 2004 with 85.91%

S.S.L.C. From Thiagarajar Higher Secondary School in 2002 with 85.2%

Skill Sets

UV – Visible Spectrophotometer (UV)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Gas Chromatography (GC)
Thermogravimertic analyzer (TGA)
Differential scanning analyzer (DSC)
Thermogravimertic analyzer coupled with FTIR (TG-FTIR)

MS Office: (Word, Excel and Power Point)
Chemical Structure drawing: ChemDraw, ISIS Draw
Others: Origin, Photoshop

Work Experience

Manager (R&D) 
Since Jan 2015
Company Profile: Manufacturer of acid, phenol & rubber grade stearic acid. 
Job Profile : 
Synthesized, isolated and characterized structurally diverse and complex organic
compounds as targets and building blocks for polymer chemistry studies in a
scientifically managed and time-bound.
Maintained experimental records and documents in standard electronic formats
and prepared scientific documents.

Chemical Synthesis Experience
Involving in the research, development and synthesis of new synthetic monomers and polymers.
Identification of organic compounds using various methods like FTIR, NMR, MASS SPECTROSCOPY, HPLC and GC-methods.
Thermal Characterization of the materials using DSC, TGA and TG-FTIR.
Surface morphological characterization of the nanomaterials using SEM, TEM and XRD.
Purification of organic compounds using various chromatographic techniques and crystallization techniques.
Involved in identification and process development of prospective organic molecules in polymer research.
Equipped with literature survey, reading and writing journal articles, selection of synthetic routes, choosing an apt reagent conducting a vast
range of experiments to transfer the technology from bench scale to plant scale.

Projects Handled
Process development in the preparation of Hexamethoxymethylol melamine
Preparation of Cationic and anionic Melamine formaldehyde resins from formaldehyde containing waste water
Development of modified phenol formaldehyde resin for tire applications
Development of curing agents for phenolic resins in tire applications
Development of reinforcements and fillers for tire manufacture 

Publications In International And National Level Journals
Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Bisphenol-A based Bismaleimide – Effect of Nanoclays C.T.
Vijayakumar, R. Surender, K. Rajakumar, S. Alam
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 103, 693-699 (2011).

Curing studies of bisphenol A based bismaleimide and cloisite 15a nanoclay blends using DSC – Model free Kinetics R. Surender, A. Mahendran, A. Thamaraichelvan, S. Alam, C.T. Vijayakumar
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 128, 712-714 (2013).

Model free kinetics - thermal degradation of bisphenol A based polybismaleimide - cloisite 15a nanocomposites R. Surender, A. Mahendran, A. Thamaraichelvan, S. Alam, C.T. Vijayakumar
Thermochimica Acta, 562, 11-21 (2013), DOI 10.1016/j.tca.2013.03.037.

Indane based bismaleimide and cloisite 15a nanoclay blends: Kinetics of thermal curing and degradation of particulate nanocomposites R. Surender, A. Mahendran, S. Alam, C.T. Vijayakumar Polymer Composites, 34, 1279-1297 (2013), DOI: 10.1002/ pc.22538.

Degradation kinetics of bismaleimide - natural clay composites C. T. Vijayakumar, R. Surender, K. Thenmozhi, P. Sivasamy, S. Alam ScienceJet 1, 17, (2012).

Studies on structurally diverse benzoxazines: synthesis, polymerization and thermal stability
C. T. Vijayakumar, S. Shamim Rizhwana, R. Surender, N. David mathan, S. Vinayagamoorthi, S. Alam 
Designed monomers and polymers, DOI:10.1080/ 15685551. 2013.797216.

Bismaleimide/Rice Husk Silica Reinforced Composites-Synthesis and Thermal Degradation Studies D. Rajamani, R. Surender, S. Muthusubramanian, S. Alam, C.T. Vijayakumar Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, DOI: 10.1007/s10973-013-3076-5.

Studies on maleimide functionalized phenolic resins
C.T. Vijayakumar, R. Surender, N. David mathan, A. Sundarasan, Annaraj Journal of polymer materials, 30, 91-102 (2013).

Development of photodegradable environment friendly polypropylene films C. T. Vijayakumar, R. Chitra, R. Surender, G. Pitchaimari, K. Rajakumar Plastics and polymer technology, 2, 22-37 (2013)

Bispropargyl Ether and Bismaleimide Blends: Part I – Isothermal Curing Studies C.T. Vijayakumar, R. Surender, G. Pitchaimari, S. Vinayagamoorthi
Science Jet, 2, 39 (2013).

Bismaleimide/Rice Husk Silica Blends – Kinetics of Curing by DSC D. Rajamani, R. Surender, S. Alam, S. Muthusubramanian, C.T.Vijayakumar Science Letters Journal 2, 40 (2013).

Bismaleimide and Bispropargyl Ether Blends: Curing Kinetics – Model Free Approach R. Surender, A. Thamaraichelvan, S. Alam, C.T. Vijayakumar
Polymer Science Series B 56, 603-615 (2014).

Bispropargyl Ether and Bismaleimide Blends: Part II – TG Studies and Degradation Kinetics C.T. Vijayakumar, G. Pitchaimari, R. Surender, S. Vinayagamoorthi Science Letters Journal 3, 44 (2014).

Synthesis, characterization and degradation behavior of thermoplastic polyurethane from hydroxylated hemp seed oil Rajendran Surender, Arunjunai Raj Mahendran, Gunter Wuzella, Chinnaswamy Thangavel Vijayakumar Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, DOI 10.1007/s10973-015-4856-x

Papers Presented In National Level Conferences
Thermal studies of Bisphenol-A based Bismaleimide Nanocomposites, ETC 2011 on July 28th and 29th 2011, organized by Department of Chemistry, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, Tamilnadu.

Thermal studies of bisphenol-A based bismaleimide-cloisite 15a nanocomposites, NCRTPST 2011 on August 26 and 27, 2011, organised by Department of chemistry, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.

Cure kinetic studies of bismaleimide (BMIX) and its Cloisite 15a Blends, APF2 – 2011 on December 26 – 28, 2011, DMSRDE, Kanpur, UttarPradesh.

Bismaleimide and bispropargyl ether blends: curing studies, NCO-ETIC 2013 on March 8 and 9, 2013, M.D.T. Hindu College, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu.

Future Goals

To leverage skills and knowledge developed in chemical research & development to suit exciting and challenging scientific research positions in polymer research and services organization.