MR T K RAMKUMAR, Advocate and related to social issues

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Mr. T K RAMKUMAR, Advocate and related to social issues

T.K. Ramkumar
Advocate, Patents, Trade Marks &
Intellectual Property Attorney
Ram & Rajan & Associates
Advocates
12, Pelathope, Mylapore,
Chennai 600 004

Profile:

Advocate enrolled at the Madras Bar in December 1980. After working as an associate in M/s King & Partridge, a leading Law firm for 6 years, established own law firm M/s Ram & Rajan & Associates in 1987, Specializing in Corporate and Commercial Litigation, property rights, conveyancing, Shipping and Maritime Laws, Banking, Consumer issues, Contracts, Patents, Trade Marks and other Intellectual Property and Environmental legislations.

Positions held:

Past President and currently the Principal Advisor of Exnora International, a grass roots based environmental movement
Formerly Chairman of Local Area Environment Committee of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee for Hazardous waste monitoring in Manali industrial area, Chennai
Member of the Madras High Court Monitoring Committee on Development of Adayar Creek, Chennai
Member of the Experts Committee constituted by the Madras High Court to study the environmental degradation and suggest remedial measure for Pallikaranai Marsh, Chennai.
Independent Director of City Union Bank Ltd., Kumbakonam.

Participation in International Conferences:

Participated in the International Conference “Environmental Strategies for Asian Cities”

Represented Exnora at the ‘Second Regional Interchange Workshop’ organized by the Asia Pacific Cities Forum (APCF), held at Cebu, Philippines March 19 - 22, 1998.
Habitat II - Represented Exnora International at the Regional Consultation at Jakarta, Indonesia on Access to Land and Security of Tenure.
Represented Exnora at the conference “ Microenterprise Involvement in Solid Waste Management” held at Cairo.
Participated in international workshop on “Separation at Source in the context of Solid Waste Management” organized by Global Applied Research Network (GARNET) - U.K. and WASTE - Netherlands, 1997, and
Was a member of the expert team in the electronic conference “Primary Collection of Solid Wastes in Developing Countries” organized by (GARNET), 1997