Residence India Alma mater University of Madras | Name Rajagopalan Vasudevan | |
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Known for Waste ManagementPlastic Road Institution Thiagarajar College of Engineering | ||
Meet The Plastic Man of India | Professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan
Rajagopalan Vasudevan, is an Indian scientist who has worked mainly in waste management. He is currently a professor in Thiagarajar College of Engineering. He developed an innovative method to reuse plastic waste to construct better, more durable and very cost-effective roads. This method will help in making roads much faster and also will save environment form dangerous plastic waste.He also visited Mahatma schools on 15 April 2008. The roads also show greater resistance to damages caused by heavy rains. His road construction method is now widely used to construct roads in rural India
Contents
- Meet The Plastic Man of India Professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan
- Story of Prof Rajagopalan Vasudevan Plastic Road maker of India Padma Awardee 2018
- Career
- Research
- References
Story of Prof. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, Plastic Road-maker of India - Padma Awardee 2018
Career
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree and M.Sc degree from the Madras University in 1965 and 1967 respectively. He also earned his Ph.D from the same university in 1974. Later in 1975, He joined Thiagarajar College of Engineering as Lecturer and became Professor in 1998.
Research
His research mainly deals with waste management specifically use Of waste plastics for road construction.
