Dr E. Ramanathan PhD
Consultant, Nanocoatings and Paints
43, Arthi Flats, Haridoss Main Road,
Kolathur, Chennai – 600 099.
Email: eramanath@gmail.com
Mobile: +91 9444929163
www.saitechinfo.com
Dr E. Ramanathan is a Nano Coating consultant and Corporate Trainer with more than 37 years of managerial, research and production experience. He provides corporate training to industries, project support to young entrepreneurs and academic training support to school and college students. He was born on 6th May 1963.
He was graduated in Chemistry from University of Madras in 1983, did his MSc degree in Bharathidasan University, B.Ed. and MPhil from Annamalai University and did PhD in Nano coatings in University of Madras with 3 Indian patents and 3 research papers in international scientific publications viz., Elsevier’s Surface coating and technology, Progress in Organic Coatings and Bulletin of Electrochemistry. He is also an author of various books viz., Dictionary of Chemistry, AIEEE Chemistry, TNPCEE Chemistry Problems and Solutions and 51 projects in Chemistry through Sura Publications.
He started his career as R & D Chemist in Addisons Paints & Chemicals Pvt. Ltd in 1986 and quit the company as Dy. Chief Chemist after serving for 14 years. He has been guiding from the year 2000, as consultant in various Indian and overseas companies viz., Welbro paints, Sunchrome paints, Limenaph chemicals, Chennai paints, Hitech paints, Galaxy Hightech paints, Five star coatings, Indian Oil Corporation – drum division, Chennai petrochemicals ltd, Manali, Vitraquim lubrication oil ltd, Mexico, Vitracoat America Inc, and Frilco industries, Mexico, Wittur Elevators Ltd, etc. He has visited various powder coating plants, zinc phosphating units, automobile paint shops, as a consultant in installation, commissioning, trouble-shooting and maintenance in India. He was the surface coating consultant to HCL Technologies, Bangalore to develop PVD coating to their overseas clients.
List of Publications
● E. Ramanathan, S. Balasubramanian, Nano-Zirconia Coating on Mild Steel with the Top Coats of Polyester Epoxy Powder and Amine Cured Epoxy Liquid Paints, Prog. Org. Coat. 2016, 93, 68-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2016.01.007
● E. Ramanathan, S. Balasubramanian, Synthesis and characterization of hexafluorozirconic acid powder and its application in nanoceramic coating, Surface and Coatings Technology, 2016, 304, 228-236, ISSN 0257-8972, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.07.009.
● A process for making nano- zirconia coated mild steel for industrial applications, S. Balasubramanian, E. Ramanathan, Indian patent, Journal Publication No. 24/2013, 1058/CHE/2013, dt. 14/06/2013.
● Nanotrication transparent conversion coating for copper, S. Balasubramanian, E. Ramanathan, Indian patent, Journal Publication No. 02 /2014, 5944/CHE/2014, dt.19/12/2013.
● Synthesis of hexafluorozirconic acid powder and its nanoconversion coating for ferrous and non-ferrous metal components, S. Balasubramanian, E. Ramanathan, Indian patent, Journal Publication No. 4607/CHE/20141
● E. Ramanathan, 51 Simple projects in chemistry published by Sura Books and Publishers
● E. Ramanathan, Problems in chemistry for +2 and TNPCEE-2005 – Sura Publishers
● E. Ramanathan, Dictionary of Chemistry, Sura Books
● E. Ramanathan, AIEEE Chemistry, Sura Books
● E. Ramanathan, TNPCEE Chemistry, Sura books
Conferences
● Determination of coating thickness of zinc phosphate coating by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, E. Ramanathan, I.M. Bilal, S. Balasubramanian, Seventeenth National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-17), Chennai 14-15, Sep-2012.
● Nanoceramic coatings for industrial applications, S. Balasubramanian and E. Ramanathan, Villa conference on Interaction among Nanostructures(VC-IAN), Orlando, Florida, USA, Feb 3-7, 2008.
● Comparative study of electroless nanoceramic coating and zinc phosphate coating in metal pretreatment, E. Ramanathan .K. Rajaskeran, S. Balasubramanian, ASPUM, International Symposium on Science in New Millennium, University of Madras, 12-13th, June 2006.
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