Staff Details

Shoe & Product Design and Development Centre

Dr.K.  Krishnaraj

Dr.K. Krishnaraj

Chief Scientist, Head & Honorary Faculty - Anna University & Professor - AcSIR
krishnaraj@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437218

Areas of Interest
CAD for leather products Design, Comfort studies for apparel, Drape studies on apparel leathers including FEM, New materials evaluation and application, and Developing testing standards for leather products.

Dr.K. Phebe Aaron

Dr.K. Phebe Aaron

Chief Scientist, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
phebe@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437113

Areas of Interest
Design and development of fashion leather garments, Design and development of value added leather products by combination of materials, Study of Physico Chemical properties of garments for increased functional properties, Utilisation of scrap leathers for value added products.

Mr.S.  Mathivanan

Mr.S. Mathivanan

Sr. Principal Scientist, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
mathivanan@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437121

Areas of Interest
Shoe Design and Development

 
Mr.P.S.  Suresh Kumar

Mr.P.S. Suresh Kumar

Sr. Principal Scientist
sureshkumar@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437419

Areas of Interest
Design and development of leather products, New material initiatives- evaluation and application, Waste water treatment, physical testing of leather

Mr.K. Karthikeyan

Mr.K. Karthikeyan

Principal Scientist, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
karthik@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437101

Areas of Interest
Design and development of products

Dr.G. Saraswathy

Dr.G. Saraswathy

Principal Scientist, Honorary Faculty - Anna University & Assistant Professor - AcSIR
saraswathyg@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437290

Areas of Interest
Footwear materials, Bio-Mechanics and material testing.

 
Dr.D. Suresh Kumar

Dr.D. Suresh Kumar

Senior Scientist, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
dsureshkumar@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437197

Areas of Interest
Footwear CAD, Orthosis Design for CP children

Ms.Ambika  Kumaresan

Ms.Ambika Kumaresan

Scientist
ambika@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437101

Areas of Interest
Leather and Textile material research, and its application study and product development.

Mr.Bharathkumar G

Mr.Bharathkumar G

Scientist
bharathkumar@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437101

Areas of Interest
Physical testing of leather & Footwear. Footwear Designing, Leather finishing. Conducting foot survey & Identifying Fit models

 
Mr.C M Rajesh

Mr.C M Rajesh

Scientist
rajeshm@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437101

Areas of Interest
Quality Assurance in Footwear & Leather, Foot survey & Fit assessment for Men’s & Women’s, Production & Development of Footwear

Mr.Vishnu Kumar

Mr.Vishnu Kumar

Scientist
vishnukumar@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437101

Areas of Interest
Product Design and Manufacturing

Mr.N.  Govindarajan

Mr.N. Govindarajan

Principal Technical Officer, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
govindarajan@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437449

Areas of Interest
Shoe Design and Development. Sole design & sole mould design and shoe components design, CAD for Footwear.

 
Dr.Rahul Pippal

Dr.Rahul Pippal

Technical Officer
rahulpippal@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437113/7101

Areas of Interest
Horticulture

Mr.Ashish Singh

Mr.Ashish Singh

Technical Assistant
ashishsingh@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437235

Areas of Interest
Footwear Manufacturing

Mr.L. Murugan

Mr.L. Murugan

Senior Technician, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
murugan@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437235

Areas of Interest
Footwear Design and pattern engineering, product development for traditional footwear, local market and international trends, designing and developing special footwear for specific needs of the feet, faculty in footwear designing for diploma & other training programs in SDDC.

 
Mr.K. Gnana Prabhu

Mr.K. Gnana Prabhu

Senior Technician, Honorary Faculty - Anna University
kgprabu@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437235

Areas of Interest
: Machine Maintenance, Calibration, Men, Material productivity and Occupational Health & Safety accepts of the Footwear industries. Faculty for Diploma and other HRD programmes of SDDC. (Cutting and Clicking Module)

Mr.M. Aranganathan

Mr.M. Aranganathan

Senior Technician
aranganathan@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437220

Areas of Interest
Leather Goods design & development,CAD/CAM for Leather Goods.

Mr.G. Arun Raj

Mr.G. Arun Raj

Technician
arunraj@clri.res.in
Ph: 91 44 24437220

Areas of Interest
Leather Goods Manufacture

 
For Further Information Please Contact

Head, Shoe & Product Design Centre

CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute,
Adyar, Chennai - 600 020
Tel: +91 44 24437218
E-mail: spdc@clri.res.in
krishnaraj@clri.res.in