Swaminathan Sivaram

Dr. Swaminathan Sivaram is a polymer chemist of high distinction. Dr. Sivaram is presently an INSA Senior Scientist and Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. Prior to this he held the position of CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow (2010-15) and J.C. Bose National Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology (2007-15) at CSIR-NCL. Prior to this he served as the eighth Director of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), one of the largest publicly funded research and development laboratories devoted to chemical sciences, from 2002-10. As Director of NCL, Dr. Sivaram built several public/private partnerships with industry, leading to process and product development, intellectual property licensing and technology transfer.

An alumnus of IIT-Kanpur, he received his PhD in Chemistry from Purdue University. He was a Research Associate at the Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron before returning to India to pursue his professional career. Dr. Sivaram has over 45 years of experience in basic research, process and product R&D and technology management, both in industry and academia. Dr. Sivaram is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, and Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi. He is also a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Dr. Sivaram is a highly decorated scientist with numerous awards to his credits The President of India recognized him with the award of Padma Sri in 2006. Purdue University conferred on him the DSc degree in 2010 for his exceptional attainment and merit.