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	\| known for = investigation of the [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]		\| known for = investigation of the [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]
	\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)		\| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)<ref name="Padma Awards" />
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	'''Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan''' (15 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist">{{cite web \| url=~~http~~://~~articles~~.baltimoresun.com/1991-05-24/~~news/1991144019_1_gandhi~~-~~assassin~~-~~explosives~~ \| title=Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist \| ~~publisher~~=The Baltimore Sun \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi\|Rajiv Gandhi assassination]] case.<ref name="Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself">{{cite web \| url=~~http~~://~~community~~.seattletimes~~.nwsource~~.com/archive/~~?date=~~19910524~~&slug=~~1285136 \| title=Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself \| publisher=The Seattle Times \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back">{{cite web \| url=~~http~~://~~articles~~.latimes.com/1991-05-24~~/news/~~mn-~~2181_1_rajiv~~-~~gandhi~~ \| title=Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back \| work=Los Angeles Times \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref>		'''Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan''' (15 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist">{{cite web \| url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/05/24/assassin-wore-bomb-strapped-to-her-waist/ \| title=Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist \| work=The Baltimore Sun \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi\|Rajiv Gandhi assassination]] case.<ref name="Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself">{{cite web \| url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19910524/1285136/human-bomb----how-assassin-killed-gandhi---and-herself \| title=Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself \| publisher=The Seattle Times \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back">{{cite web \| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-24-mn-2181-story.html \| title=Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back \| work=Los Angeles Times \| date=24 May 1991 \| access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref>

	Born on 15 April 1934<ref name="Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences">{{cite web \| url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/aChandra+Sekharan%2C+P.+(Pakkiriswamy)%2C+1934-/achandra+sekharan+p+pakkiriswamy+1934/-3,-1,0,~~B/browse~~ \| title=Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences \| publisher=State Library - New South Wales \| work=proceedings of Third Indo Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences \| date=1990 \| access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> at [[Nagapattinam]], a coastal town in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Chandra Sekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from [[Annamalai University]] and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in [[forensic science]] from the [[University of Madras]] in 1986.{{cn\|date=August 2016}} He was the president of the ''Forensics International'' and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including ''Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization'',<ref name="Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization">{{cite journal \| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34052140 \| title=Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization \| author=P. Chandra Sekharan \| journal=ResearchGate \| year=1986}}</ref> and ''Forensic science--as is what is''<ref name="Forensic science--as is what is">{{cite journal \| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9011150 \| title=Forensic science--as is what is \| author=Chandra Sekharan P. , Damodaran C \| journal=Forensic Science Society of India \| year=1987 \| pages=392}}</ref> and a monograph, ''Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification''.<ref name="Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification">{{cite book \| title=Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification \| publisher=Anand Publications \| author=P. Chandra Sekharan \| year=2011 \| pages=144 \| isbn=9788184657173\|oclc = 794543505}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2000, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> He was married to Evelyn and the couple had a daughter, Meena.{{cn\|date=August 2016}}		Born on 15 April 1934<ref name="Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences">{{cite web \| url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/aChandra+Sekharan%2C+P.+(Pakkiriswamy)%2C+1934-/achandra+sekharan+p+pakkiriswamy+1934/-3,-1,0, \| title=Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences \| publisher=State Library - New South Wales \| work=proceedings of Third Indo Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences \| date=1990 \| access-date=19 September 2016}}{{Dead link\|date=October 2024}}</ref> at [[Nagapattinam]], a coastal town in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Chandra Sekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from [[Annamalai University]] and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in [[forensic science]] from the [[University of Madras]] in 1986.{{citation needed\|date=August 2016}} He was the president of the ''Forensics International'' and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including ''Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization'',<ref name="Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization">{{cite journal \| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34052140 \| title=Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization \| author=P. Chandra Sekharan \| journal=ResearchGate \| year=1986}}</ref> and ''Forensic science--as is what is''<ref name="Forensic science--as is what is">{{cite journal \| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9011150 \| title=Forensic science--as is what is \| author=Chandra Sekharan P., Damodaran C \| journal=Forensic Science Society of India \| year=1987 \| pages=392}}</ref> and a monograph, ''Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification''.<ref name="Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification">{{cite book \| title=Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification \| publisher=Anand Publications \| author=P. Chandra Sekharan \| year=2011 \| pages=144 \| isbn=9788184657173\|oclc = 794543505}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2000, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016 \| archive-date=15 October 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| url-status=dead }}</ref> He was married to Evelyn and the couple had a daughter, Meena.{{citation needed\|date=August 2016}}

	Chandra Sekharan died on 11 July 2017, following a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news\| url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/forensic-expert-prof-p-chandra-sekharan-passes-away~~/1/999981.html~~\| title=Forensic expert Prof P Chandra Sekharan passes away\| date=11 July 2017\| work=India Today}}</ref>		Chandra Sekharan died on 11 July 2017, following a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/forensic-expert-prof-p-chandra-sekharan-passes-away-996482-2017-07-11\| title=Forensic expert Prof P Chandra Sekharan passes away\| date=11 July 2017\| work=India Today}}</ref>

			== Awards and honors ==
			State honors:<ref name="Padma Awards" />
			* [[File:Padma Bhushan Ribbon.svg\|x15px\|Padma Bhushan riband]] [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian honor (2000)

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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{{Infobox person
| name = Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|04|15}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|07|11|1934|04|15}}
| birth_place = [[Nagapattinam]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = Forensic expert
| known for = investigation of the [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2000)
}}
'''Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan''' (15 April 1934 – 11 July 2017) was an Indian forensic expert, writer and a former director of the Department of Forensics Sciences of the Government of Tamil Nadu.<ref name="Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist">{{cite web | url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-05-24/news/1991144019_1_gandhi-assassin-explosives | title=Assassin wore bomb strapped to her waist | publisher=The Baltimore Sun | date=24 May 1991 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> He was best known for his contributions in the investigations in the [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv Gandhi assassination]] case.<ref name="Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself">{{cite web | url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910524&slug=1285136 | title=Human Bomb -- How Assassin Killed Gandhi - And Herself | publisher=The Seattle Times | date=24 May 1991 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back">{{cite web | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-24/news/mn-2181_1_rajiv-gandhi | title=Assassin Greeted Gandhi With a Bomb on Her Back | work=Los Angeles Times | date=24 May 1991 | access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref>

Born on 15 April 1934<ref name="Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/search~S2?/aChandra+Sekharan%2C+P.+(Pakkiriswamy)%2C+1934-/achandra+sekharan+p+pakkiriswamy+1934/-3,-1,0,B/browse | title=Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences | publisher=State Library - New South Wales | work=proceedings of Third Indo Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences | date=1990 | access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> at [[Nagapattinam]], a coastal town in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Chandra Sekharan secured his graduate and post-graduate degrees from [[Annamalai University]] and did doctoral research to obtain a PhD in [[forensic science]] from the [[University of Madras]] in 1986.{{cn|date=August 2016}} He was the president of the ''Forensics International'' and has published several articles on the subject of forensics, including ''Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization'',<ref name="Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization">{{cite journal | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34052140 | title=Studies on certain forensic aspects of skull identification and individualization | author=P. Chandra Sekharan | journal=ResearchGate | year=1986}}</ref> and ''Forensic science--as is what is''<ref name="Forensic science--as is what is">{{cite journal | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9011150 | title=Forensic science--as is what is | author=Chandra Sekharan P. , Damodaran C | journal=Forensic Science Society of India | year=1987 | pages=392}}</ref> and a monograph, ''Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification''.<ref name="Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification">{{cite book | title=Lip forensics : forensic cheiloscopy for crime investigation and criminal identification : labial structure for personal appearance identification and personal identification | publisher=Anand Publications | author=P. Chandra Sekharan | year=2011 | pages=144 | isbn=9788184657173|oclc = 794543505}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2000, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> He was married to Evelyn and the couple had a daughter, Meena.{{cn|date=August 2016}}

Chandra Sekharan died on 11 July 2017, following a brief illness.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/forensic-expert-prof-p-chandra-sekharan-passes-away/1/999981.html| title=Forensic expert Prof P Chandra Sekharan passes away| date=11 July 2017| work=India Today}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]
* [[List of Madras University alumni]]
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== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.heraldofindia.com/article.php?id=377 | title=Indira Gandhi I knew | publisher=The Herald of India | date=2016 | access-date=27 May 2016 | author=Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad}}

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[[Category:Medical doctors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Annamalai University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Madras alumni]]
[[Category:Indian forensic scientists]]
[[Category:Indian scientific authors]]
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