plastemartjobs.com Email: jobs@plastemart.com, hr@plastemart.com Download Date: 2/6/2025 1:41:06 AM ________________________________________________________________________________________ RefNo: CA - 22287 Gender: Male Age: 38 Designation: Department Head Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree Notice Period: 30 Days Education Details: M.Tech in Rubber Technology From IIT Kharagpur, in 2011 M.Sc. in Chemistry From Utkal. University, Odisha in 2009 B.Sc. (PCM) with Chemistry Honors From N.C College, Jajpur, Odisha in 2007 H.S.C. From C.H.S.E., Odisha in 2004 S.S.C. From?B.S.E., Odisha in 2002 Skill Sets: Research and Development (R & D), Polymers and Materials Characterization, Composite Material Structures Building and Testing Thermal Analysis, Rheology and Spectroscopic Analyses, New Compound Development and Implementation Demonstrated strong technical depth in the areas of material/polymer science to ensure the product development activities are technically rigorous Conscientious professional with a foresight &ability to plan and carry out complicated research in close relationships with other scientists and ensuring on time deliverables Self-motivated, hardworking and goal oriented with a high degree of flexibility, creativity, resourcefulness, commitment and optimism; an effective communicator with strong analytical, problem solving and interpersonal abilities and ability to grasp technical concepts quickly and easily. SAP, Abacus for material modeling, Origin 6.0, Chem Draw 10, MS Office etc. Adaptability, patience, hard working, creativity & dedication Work Experience: 14.3 Work Experience Details: Scientist, Global Research & Development Since May 2011 Company Profile: Leading tyre manufacturing company. Job Profile: Research & Development: Evaluating new materials related to tyres. Researching, developing process & technical specification. Benchmarking products followed by analyzing the defaults. Identifying potential formulation development related issues, bottlenecks & requirements/solutions Root cause analysis of process problem as well as product failure Characterization of polymers/rubbers and other raw materials by using various analytical techniques Development of Performance enhancement raw materials for next generation PCR& TBR Tyres. Work collaboratively with the compound development and New product development (NPD) group by providing characterization data with logical thoughts and proper analogy pertaining to new polymers/rubbers and rubber chemicals which helps them to understand the unique structural effect of the materials on the performance of high end products. Support the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) group for material simulation and process simulation. Methods Development: Performing method development, validation and sample analysis on various analytical equipments and reviewing bio-analytical data and procedures to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance. Making timely & required amendment of established methods on all the analytical equipments. Correlation studies with suppliers as well as plants at other locations. Forensic Analysis: In depth cross-forensic analysis of critical issues related to plant, product, process and utilities using analytical and chemical techniques. Solved many big issues. Operations Management: Ensuring that appropriate procedures and standards for the collection and preservation of analytical samples are adhered to as well as reviewing of Standard Operating Procedures, Activity Formats, etc. familiar with ASTM & ISO methods. Instruments & Equipment Management: Operating and maintaining a variety of analytical equipments. Maintaining smooth functioning of analytical lab which includes AMC of equipments as well as calibration of methods in the scope of research. Lab setup: Experience in analytical and chemical lab setup which includes dismantling, commissioning, reinstallation of equipments. Special Projects Undertaken: Use of metal stearates for improving the dispersion of nanoclay in rubber matrix Design of steel cord ply compound with improved adhesion using Carbon black-Nanoclay dual phase filler system Quantitative estimation of phase selective distribution of nanoclay in rubber blends by different techniques (NMR, DMA, AFM, TGA etc) and study the effect of ?phase selective localization on the performance properties of the composite. Determination of microstructure of SBR in ternary blend (NR/BR/SBR) in a finished rubber product. Tribological study of rubber with special insight into rubber nanocomposites. Instruments Handled:? DSC, TGA, FTIR, GC, GPC/HPLC, Atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) Particle size analyzer CHNSO Analyzer ?Nitrogen surface area analyzer (Quadrasorb SI& NOVA 1000) UV-VIS Analyzer, DMA, Mooney Viscometer, Demattia Flexometer, Din Abrader, Rebound resilience tester? Microscopes Expertise in data interpretation:? NMR, SEM, FESEM, AFM, TEM, XRD (Wide angle & Small Angle) Auger Electron Spectroscopy Seminars? Talks Delivered: Invited talk in 21st Rubber Conference on ?Emerging Trends in developing Eco-friendly and energy efficient elastomeric material and processing technology?(IRMRA-2012) Mumbai, 20th-21st January 2012 Nano Technology and the advancement of tyre performance June 2014, R&D NMR and its application in tyre industries, 2011, R&D,? Attended Polymer Quest 2010, IIT Kharagpur Rubber conference on Micro-Nano,2011, IIT Kharagpur National Conference on Advances in Polymer Science & Nanotechnology: Design and Structure, December 2011, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, M.S.U, Baroda Publications Role of calcium stearate as a dispersion promoter for new generation carbon black-organoclay based rubber nanocomposites for tyre application by Tapas R Mohanty, Vivek Bhandari, Arup K. Chandra, Pijush K. Chattopadhyay and Santanu Chattopadhyay , PolymerComposites, Volume 34, Issue2, Pages 214-224, 2013 (Impact Factor- 1.632,Citations-4) SBR-Carbon Black-Organocaly Hybrid Nanocomposite : An Emerging Development for Energy Efficient & Eco-friendly Passenger Car Radial Tyre, Page-120-130,Proceedings,21st Rubber Conference, IRMRA, 2012 Advances in Elastomers II: Composites and Nanocomposites, Springer?Acknowledged by the Authors (A.K. Chandra& V. Bhandrai) for my valuable support to them in writing book chapter? Academic Achievements: Primary merit scholarship (Ranked 1st) ? ? Upper primary merit scholarship (Ranked 3rd) National Rural Talent Scholarship (N.R.T.S.), Ranked 1st ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Orissa State Talent Search Examination (O.S.T.S.E), qualified ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? National Merit Scholarship.? Passed Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), 2009 with 96.27 percentile. Qualified the test conducted by IISC, Bangalore for Ph.D Program, 2009 Industrial Training: Present company Time period: June 2010-April 2011 Description: ? M.Tech Project: ?A comprehensive study of rubber based carbon black organoclay nanocomposites in terms of optimized tyre performance properties?? Details:Part I A novel carbon black (CB) and nanoclay (NC) dual phase filled system in SBR matrix has been developed to be employed as a tyre tread compound with optimized performance properties.? Part II? Design of a steel cord ply compound using CB-NC (polar type), a binary filler system for improving the adhesion properties.? Future Goals: Attain a challenging carrier in any leading Institute, Organization or Company of National & International repute in the field of Research & Development sector of Polymer Engineering Science and Technology (Plastic, Rubber, fibre & Paint), which could provide me with a stimulating work environment and afford me opportunity to continuously learn and develop new perspectives to explore and upgrade my knowledge for the maximum benefit of the mankind. ________________________________________________________________________________________