Dr. Amrish Padmakumar

Birla Carbon

Amrish Padmakumar is a Senior Scientist at Birla Carbon where he is in charge of designing and creating rubber carbon blacks for use in both tire and non-tire rubber applications. His responsibilities include managing development projects from conception to full-scale commercialization. Amrish holds a dual master’s degree in chemistry and rubber technology. Recent academic achievements include a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Australia's University of Melbourne. Amrish spent 6.5 years at MRF Ltd in India focusing on raw material development and rubber compounding for TBR (Truck and Bus Radial) and PCR (Passenger Car Radial) tires.  
Prior to joining Birla Carbon, he worked as an Application Development Representative at Flexsys in Akron, where he was leading customer engagements on next generation antioxidants and sustainable sulfur with tire manufacturers in the Americas region.