Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay is the Director & CE of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer & Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI) and Director (R&D) of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. Starting his career as a Faculty in Applied Chemistry at IIT, Kharagpur, and subsequently joining Bayer India (Rubber Chemical Division), Dr. Mukhopadhyay presently holds several lead positions in many scientific societies and associations in rubber industry which includes: Chairman, Indian Rubber Institute Governing Council; President, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association (IRMRA) and Fellow Member of Indian National Academy of Engineers (FNAE). He is actively associated with Govt. of India for preparation of National Occupational Standards in Rubber Industry. He is a member of Advisory Board of Certification Services, BSI Group, India and BSI APAC Certification Body Impartiality Committee (CBIC), Asia Pacific Region. He is a Visiting Faculty at different Universities and Institutes in India with more than 45 years of experience in Education, Training and Research in Rubber Science and Tyre Technology.  He has to his credit more than 180 research and Technical Papers in National & International journals and seven Patents and has guided several PhDs. Dr. Mukhopadhyay graduated from University of Calcutta and The Institution of Engineers (I) subsequently securing MSc and PhD (Applied Chemistry) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.