Madurai to New Delhi with India's Plastic Man

Somebash is extremely proud and honored to have Professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan for a live discussion on his wonderful journey and to share his wealth of experience. Professor Vasudevan, is an Indian scientist who has worked mainly in waste management. He is currently the Dean at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. He developed an innovative method to reuse plastic waste to construct better, more durable and very cost-effective roads. He thought up the idea of shredding plastic waste, mixing it with bitumen and using the polymerized mix in road construction. This method helped in making roads much faster and also will save environment from dangerous plastic waste. The roads also show greater resistance to damages caused by heavy rains. His road construction method is now widely used to construct roads in rural India. He was awarded one of India’s highest civilian honour Padma Shri in 2018.