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Venugopalan, Sethuramasharma

S. Venugopalan did his postgraduation in chemistry from St Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli (University of Madras). After teaching chemistry for 5 years, he served as quality assurance officer in a factory manufacturing a variety of explosives and propellants for small arms, guns, and rockets. Later he joined High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune as a scientist and worked in the field of composite propellants and synthesis of energetic oxidizers and polymeric binders.