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 Aravindhan
R Aravindhan, Senior Research Fellow at Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai has been awarded the Indian Science Congress Association Young Scientist Award 2006 for his outstanding contributions in the section of Environmental Sciences at the 93rd Indian Science Congress held at Hyderabad . The award was given away by His Excellency APJ Abdul Kalaam, Honorable President of India at the function held on 5th January 2006. This award has been presented to him for his excellent work on successful removal of dyes from wastewater using a novel zeolite based catalyst. He is actively pursuing research on pollution reduction emanating from leather sector. Born in 1978, Mr Aravindhan has a Master’s degree in Leather Technology from Anna University , Chennai (2002) and is presently working towards his PhD, which deals with removal of dyes and chromium from tannery wastewater using low cost adsorbents. He has been successful in effectively removing chromium from wastewater using seaweed, which is a low cost, abundantly available natural material. Mr Aravindhan has been a recipient of Ganesan Endowment Gold Medal ( Anna University ) and B M Das Memorial Gold Medal (Indian Leather Technologists Association) for securing 1st rank in M. Tech. He has 20 papers in peer reviewed International Journals to his credit and has presented many papers in various national and international conferences.
 

FIELD OF INTEREST

  • Chrome management in leather processing
  • Bioaccumulation of chromium from wastewaters
  • Wastewater treatment through biosorption
  • Biological treatment methods for organic pollutants
  • Secured utilization of solid wastes
  • Heterogeneous catalysis for the treatment of dye containing wasewaters
  • Cleaner leather processing
    LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

An Integrated Eco-Friendly Tanning Method for the Manufacture of Upper Leathers from Goatskins
S Saravanabhavan, R Aravindhan, P Thanikaivelan, B Chandrasekaran, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Soc Leather Technol Chem 87, 149-158, 2003.
  
Green Solution for Tannery Pollution: Effect of Enzyme Based Lime-free Unhairing and Fibre Opening in Combination with Pickle-free Chrome Tanning 
S Saravanabhavan, R Aravindhan, P Thanikaivelan, J Raghava Rao and B U  Nair
Green Chem 5, 707-714, 2003.
  
Bioaccumulation of Chromium from Tannery Wastewater: An Approach for Chrome Recovery and Reuse
R Aravindhan, B Madhan, J Raghava Rao, B U Nair and T Ramasami
Environ Sci Technol 38, 300-306, 2004.
  
A Bio-Driven Pickle-Free Tanning Paves Way for Greener Garment Leather Production
R Aravindhan, S Saravanabhavan, P Thanikaivelan, B Chandrasekaran, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Amer Leather Chem Ass 99, 53-66, 2004.
  
Mixed Metal Complexes of Zirconium: A Step Towards Reducing Usage of Chromium in Tanning
K J Sreeram, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Amer Leather Chem Ass 99,112-120, 2004.
  
Bioaccumulation Route for Secured Recovery and Recoup of Chromium from Tannery Wastewaters
R Aravindhan, B Madhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Amer Leather Chem Ass 99, 197-204, 2004.
  
Recovery and Reuse of Chromium from Tannery Wastewaters Using Turbinaria ornato Seaweed
R Aravindhan, B Madhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Chem Technol & Biotechnol 79, 1251-1258, 2004.
  
A Source Reduction Approach: Integrated bio-based tanning methods and the role of enzymes in dehairing and fibre opening
S Saravanabhavan, R Aravindhan, P Thanikaivelan, J Raghava Rao, B U  Nair nd T Ramasami
Clean Technol Environ Policy 7, 3-14, 2005.
  
Solid Waste Removes Toxic Liquid Waste: Adsorption of Chromium(VI) by Iron Complexed Protein Waste
N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Env Sci Tech 39, 2804-2810, 2005.
  
Studies on Iron-Phosphonium Combination Tanning: Towards Win-Win Approach
M Chandrabose, N N Fathima, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
J Am Leather Chem Ass 100, 273-281, 2005.
  
Tannic Acid-Phosphonium Combination: A Versatile Chrome-Free Organic Tanning
N N Fathima, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of American Leather Chemists Association 101, 161-168, 2006.
  
Utilization of calcium alginate beads as adsorbent for removal of dyes from tannery astewaters
R Aravindhan, N N Fathima, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of American Leather Chemists Association 101, 223-230, 2006
  
Wet oxidation of acid brown dye by hydrogen peroxide using heterogeneous catalyst Mn-salen-Y zeolite: A potential catalyst
R Aravindhan, N N Fathima, J Raghava Rao, B U Nair
Journal of Hazardous materials B138, 152-159, 2006.
  
Interaction of aluminium and hydrolysable tannin polyphenols: Approach to understand  the mechanism of aluminium vegetable combination tannage
B Madhan, R Aravindhan, MS Siva, S Sadulla, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of American Leather Chemists Association, 101, 317-323, 2006.
  
SPEEK polymeric membranes for fuel cell application and their characterization: A review
N N Fathima, R Aravindhan, D Lawrence, U Yugandhar, T S R Moorthy, B U Nair
Journal of scientific and Industrial Research, 66, 209-219, 2007
  
Removal of basic yellow dye from aqueous solution by sorption on green alga Caulerpa scalpelliformis
R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 142, 68-76, 2007.
  
A Chemoenzymatic Pathway Leads Towards Zero Discharge Tanning Process
R Aravindhan, S Saravanabhavan, P Thanikaivelan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of Cleaner Production, 15, 1217-1227, 2007
  
Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies on the Removal of Basic Black Dye Using Calcium Alginate Beads
R Aravindhan, N N Fathima, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Colloid and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 299, 232-238, 2007
  
Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies on Biosorption of Basic Blue Dye by Green Macro Algae Caulerpa scalpelliformis
R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 42, 621-631, 2007.
  
Chromium-Microbe Interactions as a Tool For Remediation of Contaminated Sites
R Aravindhan, K J Sreeram, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair
Journal of General applied microbiology, 53(2), 71-79, 2007.
 
Combination tanning based on tara: an attempt to make chrome-free garment leathers
B Madhan, R Aravindhan, N Ranjithakumar, V Venkiah, J Raghava Rao, B U Nair
Journal of American Leather Chemists Association, 102(6), 198-204, 2007.
 
Dye House Wastewater Treatment Through Wet Peroxide Oxidation Using Cu-Exchanged Y Zeolite Catalyst
Nishtar Nishad Fathima, R. Aravindhan, Jonnalagadda Raghava Rao and  Balachandran Unni Nair
 Chemosphere (In press)
 
HONOURS AND AWARD
  1. Secured University 5th rank in B.Tech. (University of Madras)
  2. Recipient of “Teaching Assistantship” from Indian Finished Leather Manufacturers and Exporters Association (IFLEMEA) for the period from November 2001 to December 2002 (Anna University)
  3. Recipient of B.M. Das Memorial Gold Medal for securing 1st rank in M. Tech. (Anna University)
  4. Recipient of Ganesan Endowment Gold Medal for securing 1st rank in M. Tech. (Anna University)
  5. Recipient of First prize in Technical quiz competition conducted in Bharath Institute of Science & Technology, COLLAGEN-2002
  6. Recipient of First prize in Technical Seminar competition conducted in Central Leather Research Institute.
  7. Recipient of ISCA Young Scientist Award at 93rd Indian Science Congress,  Hyderabad, January, 2006.
  8. Recipient of Second prize in Platform presentation at LERIG-06, Central Leather Research Institute, January 2006.
  9. Recipient of ‘RSC’ Special mention award for poster presented in Ninth National Symposium in Chemistry under the Auspices of CRSI, University of Delhi , New Delhi , Feb 2007
  10. Recipient of ‘RSC’ Special mention award for poster presented in Ninth National Symposium in Chemistry under the Auspices of CRSI, University of Delhi , New Delhi , Feb 2007.


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