PROFILE

Education

Master of Building Engineering and Management from School of Planning and Architecture, N Delhi (Yr of passing: 2001)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering from YCCE, Nagpur University, Nagpur (Yr of Passing: 1999)

Research Activities

21 years in R&D related to – testing and evaluation of products from wood and other lignocellulosic materials.

Development of test methods/procedures. Formulation of draft standards for new materials.

Issue of draft amendments to existing standards.

Testing of wood and wood products.

Training and education – Conducting theory and practical classes for One year post graduate diploma course and short term courses related to wood physics and testing of panel products etc.

Research Expertise

Projects

Effect of cyclic and accelerated water resistance tests on bending properties of higher grades of plywood. IPIRTI RR No. 132/2004

Development of alternate test method to 72 hrs. boiling test prescribed for plywood and block board in Indian Standard Specification, IPIRTI RR No. 133/2004

Finger Jointed and glue lamination technique for making Window/Door frame from Sal poles

Development of I-Beam using laminated veneer lumber made from plantation timbers and bamboo mat board – An exploratory study sponsored by BMTPC

Development of flooring tiles using bamboo strips, K Thanigai, Anand Nandanwar & S K Nath . IPIRTI RR No. 144/2007

Enhanced utilization of plantation grown timbers through finger-jointing and edge lamination, Uday ND, KC Mathews, D Sujatha and Anand Nandanwar . IPIRTI technical report No. 107/2007

Strengthening of Non-destructive test facilities and development of test methods for panel products. IPIRTI RR No. 135/2006

Design and Development of mechanized model of ‘E’ tester. IPIRTI RR No. 136/2006

Development of bamboo mat moulded skin board for hollow core doors . IPIRTI technical report No. 108/2008

Design and development of stressed skin panels using new generation panel materials . IPIRTI RR No. 148/2008

Development of test methods for joinery . IPIRTI RR No. 149/2008

Evaluation of Engineering properties of new panel materials from wood and other natural fibers including bamboo’ IPIRTI RR No. 153/2009

Review of panel door specification for optimization of thickness of rails and stiles’ . IPIRTI RR No. 152/2008

Prepared on ‘Evaluation of properties of Veneer Laminated Lumber (VLL) to find its suitability for use in door, window, ventilator frames and shutters’ sponsored by Sahan flush doors, Thanjavur

Development of high density shuttering grade plywood using bamboo mats alone and in combination with veneers from plantation timber’ . IPIRTI RR No. 150/2009

Development of cellular core flush door from bamboo rings and plantation timber’ . IPIRTI RR No. 154/2009

Study on the Effect of Fire Retardant Chemicals for the manufacture of Fire Retardant Plywood’ (SP/68t/FR/2008), sponsored by M/s. Greenply Industries,, Kolkata

A report (all technical documents) was submitted on Setting up of mechanical testing laboratory at COIR BOARD, Penya Sponsored by Coir Board, Peenya, Bangalore

Testing of American hardwood species to promote their specialized uses and trade in India – sponsored by American Hardwood Export Council.’ February 2008

published on ‘Bio-adhesive for wood panel industry– sponsored by Ministry of environment and forests, Govt. of India, Oct 2009

Development of technology for the manufacture of corrugated roofing sheets from coir non-woven felt- sponsored by COIR BOARD, Ministry of MS&ME, Govt. of India, Aug 2009

prepared on ‘Design, Drawings and Specifications for fire resistance test setup of Bamboo mat corrugated sheet as per IS: 15476-2004’ (CP/Testing/07/2010) sponsored by M/s Timpack Industries Pvt. Ltd., Meghalaya’, May, 2010

Formulation of draft standard for BWP grade bamboo mat composites for exterior applications - sponsored by NMBA, TIFAC, DST was submitted to the sponsor, July, 2010

Formulation of draft standard for flattened bamboo board - sponsored by NMBA, TIFAC, DST was submitted to the sponsor, July, 2010

Development of flattened bamboo boards and laminated bamboo lumber- sponsored by BMTPC, New Delhi was submitted to the sponsor, March 2010

Acoustic studies of panel products and development of acoustic panel. Phase 1: investigation of acoustic properties of panel products made from wood and other lignocellulosics. IPIRTI Research report no 156/2010. (Principal Investigator)

Development of veneer- bamboo mat flexiply. IPIRTI Research report no 157/2010. (Investigator)

Development of 50mm compreg using gurjan species – sponsored by m/s. Indeustch International, Noida was submitted to the sponsor

Development of bamboo particle board. IPIRTI Research report no 160/2011. (Investigator)

Study on the feasibility of the manufacture of Medium Density Fibre board from rice straw - sponsored by M/s. Sarada Plywood Industries Ltd., Kolkata SP/89/MDF/2011. (Investigator)

Study on fire performance of door and shutter assemblies and formulation of standards in line with international standards. IPIRTI Research report no 161/2012. (Principal Investigator)

Development of bagasse particle board. IPIRTI Research report no 163/2012. (Investigator)

Acoustic studies of panel products and development of acoustic panel. Phase 1: Development of acoustic panel from depith bagasse. IPIRTI Research report no 164/2012. (Investigator)

Development of technology for manufacture of Bagasse particle board using E1 resin. IPIRTI Research report no 165/2012. (Investigator)

Evaluation of fire ratings of two number Door Shutters with fire ratings of 60 minutes and 90 Minutes received from M/S Century Ply was submitted to sponsor M/s. Century Ply, Kolkata CP/13/Testing/2013. (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of load bearing capacity of two number/ types of pallets received from MS. ChipLok SimPak (I) Pvt. Ltd’ was submitted to sponsor M/s. ChipLok Sim Pak (I) Pvt. Ltd. CP/11/Testing/2013 (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of load bearing capacity of shuttering panels received from MS. JRD International’ was submitted to sponsor MS. JRD International, Dubai UAE. CP/12/Testing/2013. (Principal Investigator)

To study the techno-economic feasibility for the development and commercialization of particle board from jute sticks’ was submitted to sponsor National Jute Board, Kolkata. SP/. (Investigator)

evaluation of the performance of polypropylene shuttering panels at different spans and concreting thickness’ was submitted to sponsor MS. JRD International, Dubai UAE. CP/15/Testing/2013. (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of fire ratings of Door Shutters received from M/S Doors and Doors, Mumbai was submitted to sponsor M/s Doors and Doors, Mumbai CP/. (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of fire ratings of Door Shutter with fire ratings of 120 minutes received from M/S Jawahar Saw Mills (P) Ltd. was submitted to sponsor M/S Jawahar Saw Mills (P) Ltd i CP/14/Testing/2013. (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of fire ratings of Door Shutter with fire ratings of 60 minutes received from M/S Jawahar Saw Mills (P) Ltd. was submitted to sponsor M/S Jawahar Saw Mills (P) Ltd i CP/16/Testing/2013. (Principal Investigator)

Evaluation of resistance to deflection of polypropylene shuttering panels at different spans and concreting thickness was submitted to sponsor MS. JRD International, Dubai UAE. CP/17/Testing/2014. (Principal Investigator)

Fatigue strength properties of structural panels. IPIRTI Research report no 175/2014. (Investigator)

Review of method of testing fire resistance of plywood and optimization of test procedure. IPIRTI Research report no 177/2014. (Investigator)

Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Wood and Bamboo Based Composite Products. IPIRTI Research report no 176/2014. (Investigator)

Development of fire retardant particle board. IPIRTI Research report no 182/2015. (Investigator) Mamatha, Sujatha, Anand, S K Nath

Statistical data analysis on the properties of wood panels. IPIRTI Research report no 181/2015. (Investigator) Kiran, Anand, Rajulu Sujatha

Testing and evaluation of physical, mechanical and working properties of six canadian softwood species- SP/107/FII/2014 was submitted to sponsor M/s Forestry Innovative Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. (FII) , Sep 2015 (Principal Investigator)

Selection criteria and optimization of parameters of wooden frames used in fire rated doors of different ratings. IPIRTI Research report no 186/2016. (Principal Investigator)

Study on trend analysis of wood based panels in India. IPIRTI Research report no 188/2016. (Investigator) Upadhayay, Nath, Anand, Kamath

Study and Analysis of Nano coatings as fire retardant on Wood Panel Products. IPIRTI Research report no 185/2016. (Investigator) rajulu, Anand, Kiran, Sujatha, Thanigai, Aparna

Study on the physical and mechanical properties of strands obtained by disintegrated bamboo strips for manufacture of moulded products. IPIRTI Research report no 183/2016. (Investigator) Kushwaha, Chawla, Anand, Uday Narsimhamurthy

Study on the effect of density variation through thickness on properties of three layer particle board. IPIRTI Research report no 191/2016. (Principal Investigator)

Studies on variation in plantation grown Melia dubia including selected clones of Populous deltoids and its suitability for plywood manufacturing. IPIRTI Research report no 193/2016. (Investigator)

Development of bamboo strand lumber for housing application. IPIRTI Research report no 194/2016. (Investigator)

Auto regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model for forecasting the Production, Export and Import of wood based panels in India . Nov, 2017 issue of Indian Forester (Investigator)

Manufacture of flush door with engineered core infill. IPIRTI Research report no 198/2017. (Investigator)

Physical and Mechanical properties of Acacia mangium and Melia dubia received from IKEA was published as SP/122/WOOD/ TESTING/IKEA/AN/2017

STUDY ON WOOD AVAILABILITY IN FIVE DISTRICTS OF ANDHRA PRADESH sponsored by M/S Rushil Decol Ltd was published as SP/163/VKU/Study/SWAAP/2017

Development of honeycomb panels using Bamboo slivers. IPIRTI Research report no 203/2018. (Principal Investigator)

Development of technique for production of decorative Bamboo Face Veneers from Sympodial Bamboo. IPIRTI Research report no 204/2018. (Investigator)

Manufacture of flush door with engineered core infill. IPIRTI Research report no 204/2017. (l Investigator)

Development of composite using bamboo saw dust and bamboo fibre. IPIRTI Research report no 195/2017. (l Investigator)

Study on acoustic and thermal efficiency of particle boards made from agro residues. IPIRTI Research report no 205/2018. (l Investigator)

Preparation of block board with fire retardant nano chemicals. IPIRTI Research report no 210/2019. (l Investigator)

A study on the effect of high temperature treatment on the dimensional stability, bio-durability, color, water repellency and strength of bamboo scrimber . IPIRTI Research report no 213/2019. (l Investigator)

Study on processes to increase yield of bamboo for composite by chemical and mechanical methods. IPIRTI Research report no 212/2019. (l Investigator)

Study on the effect of nano particles on fire resistance and smoke suppression properties of bamboo strand lumber. IPIRTI Research report no 215/2019. (l Investigator) _April 2019

Development of bamboo veneer from Indian sympodial banboo. IPIRTI Research report no 217/2019. (l Investigator) June 2019

Development of paticle board using carbon nano tubes (CNT) to improve physical and mechanical properties. IPIRTI Research report no 218/2020. (l Investigator) _Jan 2020

SP/141 /CENTEC/FIPPI/AN/2020 Review of Indian standard on medium density fibre board for revising the prescribed limits of water absorption, swelling and internal bond strength Sponsored by Federation of Indian Plywood & Panel Industry (FIPPI) . SP/141 /CENTEC/FIPPI/AN/2020, April 2020 (Principal Investigator)

Development of cellular core door using bamboo slivers as infill . IPIRTI Research report no 218/2020. (l Investigator) _April 2020 (Principal Investigator)

Estimation and forecasting of particle board and MDF in India . IPIRTI Research report no 224/2020. _October 2020 (Investigator)

Investigation on the susceptibility of various panel products to wood destroying biological agents . IPIRTI Research report no 226/2020. _December 2020 (Investigator)

To study the properties of low density particle board from bamboo fof different end use applicaiton . IPIRTI Research report no 227/2021. _Jan 2021 (Investigator)

Study of Imported logs at Kandla Port and identification of alternative indigenous plantation species for import substitution” was published in IPIRTI Research report no 239/2021. _Dec 2021 (Investigator)

“Suitability of plantation grown timber species received from Tamilanadu for the manufacture of Plywood and Particle Board- Sponsored by TamilnaduState Forest Research Institute” was published in SP/135/WC/PlyPB/UDN/2019. _march 2022 (Investigator)

Development of Bamboo mat ridge cap (BMRC) for bamboo mat tafford sheets” IPIRTI Research report no 240/2022. _April 2022 (Investigator)

Development of draft standard for wood from agro forestry- Agri wood” IPIRTI Research report no 243/2022. _July2022 (Principal Investigator)

Exploratory study on performance of fibre reinforced laminated veneer lumber from Melia dubia for structural application ” IPIRTI Research report no 248/2022. _Oct 2022 (Investigator) was published

Study on development of cement bonded bamboo particle board ” IPIRTI Research report no 249/2022. _Oct 2022 (Investigator) was published

Lab scale study on development of pipe from bamboo” IPIRTI Research report no 250/2022. _Oct 2022 (Investigator) was published

Current Research Projects:

Publications

Evaluation of properties of Bamboo Mat Corrugated Sheet (BMCS) for roofing. IAWS journal, Vol. 2 (1) 2005

Affordable House using Bamboo and Bamboo Composites. Proc. Symposium on Advances in Polymeric Building Materials. Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Pp. 77-83. Pawan Kumar, M, A. Nandanwar & Arun K. Bansal. 2003

Development of test method alternate to water resistance test prescribed for higher grades of plywood ad block board. J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., ((N.S.), Vol.2 (2): 2005

Evaluation of properties of Bamboo Mat Corrugated Sheet (BMCS) for roofing. J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., ((N.S.), Vol.2 (1): 2005

A Study the Effect of water resistance test on bending properties of higher grades of plywood. J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Vol.2 (2): 2005

Evaluation of properties of bamboo mat corrugated sheet (BMCS) for roofing' was accepted for presentation in ECO WOOD 2006 – 2nd International conference on environmentally- compatible Forest Products' at Fernando Pessoa University, Oporto, Portugal on 20-22, Sep 2006

Mechanized model of E-tester for quality control and grading of panel products’ . IAWS journal, Vol. 3(2) 2006

Study on the evaluation of safe working load and optimum width across the fork while lifting wooden pallets with fork lifts’ . J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., Vol. 4(1&2) 2007

Non-destructive evaluation of properties of panel products’ . J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., Vol. 4(1&2) 2007

Product certification and Ecolabeling’ . J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Vol.4 (1&2): 2007

Non-destructive evaluation of modulus of rigidity 'G' of panel products using modulosonic equipment' was accepted for presentation in 42nd International wood composite symposium sponsored by WMEL, Washington State University at Seattle WA, USA., March 31-April 2, 2008

Design and development of mechanized ‘E-tester’ for quality control and grading of panel products' was accepted for presentation in 42nd International wood composite symposium sponsored by WMEL, Washington State University at Seattle WA, USA., March 31-April 2, 2008

A study on the development of stressed skin panels using bamboo mat board and plantation timber' . a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Vol.5 (1&2): 2008

a study on of properties of bamboo strip flooring tiles' . a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Vol.5 (1&2): 2008

Evaluation of the properties of bamboo mat moulded skin door' . a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Vol. 6 (1&2): 2009

A study on the optimization of thickness of rails and stiles of panel door shutters ‘. a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), Volume 7, Numbers 1-2 (2010), 3-8, DOI: 10.1007/s13196-010-0001-4

Effect of face veneer thickness on strength properties of plywood’ . ‘Standards India’ Journal, Vol. 24, NO.5, August 2010

Standardization of bamboo based products’ was accepted for publication in the international journal Management of Environmental Quality- Vol II- 2010, as the paper was accepted for oral presentation in ECO WOOD 2010 – 4th International conference on environmentally- compatible Forest Products' at Fernando Pessoa University, Oporto, Portugal on 8-10, Sep 2010

BAMBOO BASED BUILDING MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES by Anand Nandanwar and C N Pandey . special issue of News letter NIRMAN SARIKA on O c t o b e r , 2 0 1 0 , on the occasion on Habitat day

A study on the effect of loading methods (central and two-point) on the bending properties of panel products. a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), DOI:10.1007/s13196-011-0015-6. Vol.8 (1&2): 2011

Evaluation of life of bamboo mat corrugated sheet by accelerated weathering. Proceedings of national seminar on advances I wood science and technology research: Recent trends, Future challenges and opportunities, organized by FRI Dehradun, March 2011

A study on the effect of weathering on bamboo mat corrugated sheet (BMCS). a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s13196-012-0036-9. Vol.9 (1): 2012

Effect of span depth ratio on the bending properties of plywood . a J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S.), 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s13196-012-0070-7 Vol.9 (2): 2012, Page 57-61

FIRE CHECK DOORS: CONSTRUCTION, CRITERIA AND EVALUATION. Ply reporter vol. Oct 2012. pp 87-92

Effect of Density on Thermal Conductivity of Bamboo Mat Board. International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 2012, 2(5): 257-261 DOI: 10.5923/j.ijaf.20120205.09, September, 2012

BAMBOO BASED BUILDING MATERIALS: PROPERTIES AND STANDARDS. Standards India Journal Vol 26. No 4 July 2012. Pp 7 – 10

Evaluation of smoke density on combustion of wood based panel products. International Journal of Materials and chemistry 2012, 2(6), December, 2012 pp. 225-228

Exploratory study on the development of cellular flush door from solid bamboo rings and plantation timber. J. Timber Dev. Assoc. of India, Vol 57, 2011

Development of test methods for evaluating strength of wooden furniture joints. International Journal of Wood Material Science & Engineering. Vol. 8 Issue .3 (2013)pp 188-197. 1748-0272 (Print), 1748-0280 (Online)

Physico-mechanical properties of Thyrsostachys siamensis (Kurz) Gamble and Dendrocalmus membrances (Munro) in Tumkur district, Karanataka, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7692 Volume 2 Number 2 (2013)

Evaluation of suitability of raidata pine (pinus radiata) for making pallets. International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Technology (IJARST), Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Technol. Volume 2, Issue1, 2013, pp 1-8 ISSN 2319 – 1783(Print) ISSN 2320 – 1126 (Online)

Fire retardant treated poplar particle board. proceedings of International conference of future of panel industries challenges and key issues 91-95, 2012

Development of bamboo strand lumber. proceedings of national seminar on recent advances on bamboo research and development in India: 6-7 February, 2014 by Rain Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), Jorhat, Assam (Investigator)

Bamboo strand lumber: a wood alternative. proceedings of International Bamboo Conclave & Expo-2014’: 22-23, February 2014 by Bamboo Society of India, Bangalore and University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (Investigator)

Development of fire retardant wood composite using amino resin. proceedings of International conference on Wood is good: current trends and future prospects in wood utilization, November 2014 by IWST, Bangalore (Investigator)

Particle board from bagasse for acoustic application. International journal of fundamental and applied science vol 3 (2014) 42-44

Fire rated doors- Standards and Practices in India. Journal of Indian wood and allied panels in Jan- March 2015, issue.

Durability and Performance of Particle Board made Using Nanoclay Reinforced Resin. Indian Journal of Advances in Chemical Science , 3(2) (2015) 155-15

Bamboo based housing technology developed at IPIRTI . proceedings of International seminar on Emerging Building materials and construction technologies organized by BMTCP on 21-22/3/16 at N Delhi

Influence of Density on Sound Absorption Coefficient of Fibre Board . Open Journal of Acoustics (OJA). Vol.7 No.1, Mar 2017

Development of Fire Retardant Wood Composite Using Amino Resin. Wood is good-current trends and future prospects in wood utilization Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-3113-7 ISBN 978-981-10-3115-1 (eBook) 353.

Auto regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model for forecasting the Production, Export and Import of wood

based panels in India . Nov, 2017 issue of Indian Forester (Investigator).

Acoustic and Thermal Behavior of Low Density Wheat Straw Particle Board. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN: 2319-7064. Volume 7 Issue 9, September 2018.

Efficiency of Coir particle board for acoustic and thermal application. Open Journal of Acoustics (OJA). Vol.9 No.3, Sep 2019

Effect of nanoparticles reinforcement on fire resistance and smoke suppression properties of bamboo scrimber . J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci., (N.S). Springer

Effect of density on rate of burning of wood used in frame of fire rated doors . International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research, ISSN 2348-7607 (Online) Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp: (56-61), Month: April 2020 - September 2020

Fatigue Strength Properties Of Laminated Veneer Lumber And Structural Plywood. International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research, ISSN 2348-7607 (Online) Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp: (56-61), Month: April 2020 - September 2020

Scenario of Standardization of Wood Based Panel Products in India. Indian Forester Volume 146, Issue 9, September 2020.

Statistics, Trend and Scenario of Wood log Import in India by V. K. Upadhyay, M. P. Singh, Anand Nandanwar, P. K. Kusnwaha, Narasimha Murthy, Manikanta Kumar. Indian Forester Volume 147, Issue 1, January 2021

Fire rated doors: construction, testing and evaluation, Anand Nandanwar,. Wood is Good Volume 1, Issue 2, Oct- Dec 2020

Study on Different Process to Increase Utilization of Bamboo for Bamboo Strand Lumber by Pradeep Kr. Kushwaha, Anand Nandanwar and Manish Ranjan was accepted for publication by Indian Forester Apr-June 2021.

Study on the effect of nanoparticles on fire resistance and smoke suppression properties of bamboo strand lumber was accepted for publication in Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science June 2021

Effect of Calcium Carbonate and Colemanite on Fire Protection Properties of Plywood" was published in Chemical Science transactions Joirnal the Volume 11, Issue No. 2-4, July 2022

Comparative study on physical-mechanical properties of plywood produced from eucalyptus grandis and populus deltoids veneers” Wood Research, 67(6): 2022 1074-1080 pp. Dec. 2022.

Achievements

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF FLOORING TILES FROM BAMBOO STRIPS, Application No.2277/CHE/2009 A, Date of filing of Application:18/09/2009, Publication Date: 25/03/2011

FIRE RETARDANT DOOR ASSEMBLY., Patent No. : 376701 / Application No. : 4468/CHE/2015

A METHOD FOR MAKING BAMBOO HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE AND PANEL PRODUCTS thereof. –filed through NRDC