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Name:	Dr. R. K. ELANGOVAN Designation:	Director General Address:	DGFASLI, Sion, Mumbai 400022.

E-Mail:	drrke@yahoo.com

Dr. R. K. Elangovan is working as Director General in the Directorate General Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes (DGFASLI), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, Mumbai. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Safety (Education) from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, M.Tech in Machine Design from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, PGDBA from Annamalai University, M.Sc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Tamilnadu. He is a member of many Doctoral Committees of the academic research programs for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). He has been selected and included as an Industrial Safety Expert in the 2010 Edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World distinguishing him as one of the world's foremost achievers in the field.

He is an expert faculty in the filed of OSH for various renowned institutions and Universities and has been a Chairman / member secretary of various technical committees on OSH formed by the Central and State Governments. He is a lead safety auditor and Completed “ILAB India Occupational Safety and Health Modernization Program Trainer Academy” conducted at University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, U.S.A. He has represented India in the G20 OSH Network, Rotterdom Convention, and various other International programmes and events on OSH. He has been a member secretary for various committees of DGFASLI and organized many seminars, workshops and training programmes on OSH. He has conducted many regional and national studies in the field of OSH, Noise & Illumination Studies, Safety Audits in Factories and construction Sites, On - Site & Off - Site Emergency Plans and, HIRA, Quantitative Risk Analysis, HAZID and HAZOP studies. He is actively involved in OSH activities for more than twenty five years and published many thematic and research papers at National and International Conferences in the field of industrial safety.