Biography

Prof Dr R K Khandal, a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London, has been working since 2015, as President R&D and Business Development in India Glycols Limited, a company of its kind in the world. He is Former: a) Vice Chancellor UP Technical University (2012-2015) and b) Director, Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi (2001-2012). He started his career as Lecturer, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, at an age of < 25 yrs.Unanimously elected (2010-2012 and 2012-2014) President of WAITRO (World Association of Industrial & Tech. Organizations); a UN body

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Research Interest

Prof Khandal is an Expert of: Surfactants from renewable resources, Functional Foods, Food Processing, Food Safety, Waste Management, Nano materials and specialty chemicals used for oil- fields, automobiles (brake fluids), emulsion and paints, agrochemicals, textiles, leather, paper, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, personal care, home care, construction, etc