Background
Vetrivel, Rajappan Sivaswamy was born on March 2, 1957 in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Sivaswamy Nagalingam and Gnanaguru Thanikodi Rajappan.
Vetrivel, Rajappan Sivaswamy was born on March 2, 1957 in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Sivaswamy Nagalingam and Gnanaguru Thanikodi Rajappan.
Bachelor of Science, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, 1977. Master of Science, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 1983.
Research officer Indian Petrochems. Corporation Ltd., Vadodara, India, 1984—1985. Research fellow University Keele, England, 1986—1988.
Scientist National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 1989—2000. Research scientist General Electric India Technology Center, Bangalore, India, since 2000. Postgraduate teacher University Poona, Pune, 1991—2000.
Advisory committee member School of Science Computing, Pune, 1997—2000. Science consultant ICI Research Center, Thane, Maharastra, 1991—1993, Unilever Research Center, Mumbai, Maharastra, 1997—2000. Visiting associate professor Tohoku University, Sendai, Aoba-Ku, Japan, 1993—1994.
Member of Catalysis Society India (life. Treasurer 1994-1996, executive committee 1995-1996, Young Scientist award 1997).
Married Shanthy R. Jegadeesan, July 17, 1964. 1 child Iyanar Rajappan.