Mr. C.N. Sivaramakrishnan, is a textile consultant who brings with him a great deal of first-hand experience in the processing Industry. A BSC (tech) from UDCT, he has 25 years of experience with various processing houses.

He is one of the recipients of the SANDOZ essay contest in the year 1978, the title was PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESSING OF POLYESTER AND ITS BLENDS. A member of Society of Dyers and Colourist {SDC }, Textile Assciation, he has widely travelled in India and abroad presenting papers In various Indian and international conferences. He has also conducted various training programmes in Tirupur, Salem, Madural, Panipat, Ludhiana and Cannanore on various subjects. Presently, he is a technical advisor to a leading business house, who are in the field of specialty chemicals for textile, pulp and paper chemicals and effluent treatment chemicals. He is also the Business Development Service Provider to the Textile Committee( Ministry of Textiles) and a visiting faculty at the UICT { Formerly UDCT }, for final year B.Tech and M.tech students. Currently, he is working on environmental related issues, both for textile and paper industries.

Publications/ Books/ Papers
He has many articles on his credit.

Articles Contributed

	UV Protection Finishes
	In the recent years, consumers have become increasingly aware of the need for sun protection, which is related to the incidence of sun induced skin damage and its relationship with increased exposures to UV light. UV radiation can lead to acute and chronic reactions and damage, such as acceleration of skin ageing and sunburn

	Insights into Speciality Chemicals: Boiler Chemicals
	Boiler has emerged as an important tool of industry with a high degree of versatility, a source of hot water and or steam. It has found applications in textile, pulp and paper, sugar, organic and inorganic chemicals, dyes etc. The requirement of process temperature may vary from 40°c to 200°c or even more in some cases.

	More About Antimicrobial Finishes
	Anti microbial finishes have increased its importance in the recent years for several reasons. They serve the consumer by offering protection from the harmful effects (such as infectious diseases) of certain microbes

	Flame retardant finishes
	The field of flame retardancy has witnessed a vigorous development of new technologies and new products and materials to meet the challenge of the needs of new industries-such as computer, electronics and telecommunication industries. Flame retardants are also used in health

	Effluent treatments: Coagulation
	Industrial waters are clarified to remove turbidity and color from the effluent streams in the textile, paper and other polluting industries. The dictionary meaning of a coagulant is "an agent that induces curdling or congealing. In a water treatment, what it is a chemical that will remove color and turbidity present in raw water in the form of flocs

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