Ref. No. : CA - 18138 - (Quality - Resin, Compounds, Masterbatch – with 10.8 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

PhD Polymer Engineering and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, ICT, in 2014

Skill Sets

Competent, diligent and result oriented individual working as Manager, Head of Research and
Development/Quality Control at Loxim Industries Ltd., Sanand, Ahmedabad.
Worked as Assistant Manager, Head of Application Development (R and D) at Crest Composites and Plastics Pvt.
Ltd., Kheda, Ahmedabad
Ph. D. Polymer Tech. qualified professional; worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Polymer
and Surface Engineering, ICT on research project entitled as “Environmentally degradable polyolefins”.
Gold Medalist in Post Graduate Diploma in Chemical Technology Management (PGD-CTM) from ICT, Mumbai.
Possess superior diagnostics skills, expertise in identifying issues, forming hypothesis, designing and conducting
analysis, synthesizing conclusions into recommendations and implementing change.
Possess Instrumentation & Laboratory Experience in Synthesis of additives and Processing of Polymers, Materials
Characterization and technically well versed in analysis.

Work Experience

HOD and Manager: R & D/Quality Control
Since Sept 2015 
Company Name: Loxim Industries Ltd
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Polycarbonate Sheet, Nylon Sheet & PBT
Job Profile: 
Heading the Research & Development Department
Validating various raw materials used for existing and new products
Enhancement/Upgradation of existing compounds (PC, PBT, PA 6, PA 66, PP, ABS, SAN) and alloys (PC/ABS,
PC/PBT, PBT/PET, PA/ABS)
Preparing TDS for existing and new products
Develop new formulations for engineering plastic compounds and alloys
Communicating with automotive industries for grade approvals as per their standards and specifications
Responsible for providing technical service and handling customer complaints
Responsible for TS 16949 certification and its documentation
Take online decisions for raw material dosage modification for achieving the conforming products.
Finished goods inspection and testing.
Take decisions over disposition of non-conforming products.
Monitoring and testing of online and offline products.
Determination of alternate suppliers for additives and raw materials
Conducting Internal audits as Lead Auditor for ISO TS 16949 protocols
Customer representative and Management representative for ISO TS 16949. 

Assistant Manager, (R & D) Application Development
April 2014 to Aug 2015
Company Profile: Manufacturer & Supplier of Unsaturated polyester resin , bisphenol resin, vinyl ester resin, etc
Job Profile: 
Polymeric Resin Characterization, testing of physicochemical and mechanical properties and performance
analysis of products to be tailor made to suit the market requirements in Design and Development Laboratory.
Responsible for handling the Application Development Portfolio (R & D) for development of resins in composites
and coil coatings resins.
Customer interface for various stages of new product development in Unsaturated and saturated polyester
resins to be used in composites and coil coatings respectively.
Technical Approvals at Project Consultants for eg. UDHE, Jacobs and Type/Class Approvals for eg. Indian Registry
of Shipping, Bureau Veritas, Lloyd Registry of Shipping etc.
Evaluation of Raw materials and ancillary chemicals used for production of resins for composites and coil coatings.

Research Projects:
Company Name: Institute of Chemical Technology,
Aug 2010 to April 2014
Senior Research Fellow – University Grants Commission
Project Handled: “Environmentally degradable Polyolefins”
Job Profile:
Polyolefins are widely used in packaging films since its inception for their versatile properties on offer such as
chemical inertness, transparency, wide range of temperature flexibility and ease of processing. However, this economically feasible material’s presence in the waste stream poses a serious problem when there is lack of efficient end of life management of plastic waste.
The metal based oxodegradable additives have a lot to promise but there are drawbacks which haven’t allowed the
technology to mean a lot in commercial sense.
The research work has focused upon organo-modification of
magnesium aluminum silicates to induce oxodegradation in the polyolefins.
Magnesium aluminum silicates are usually very hydrophilic and incompatible with the hydrophobic nature of linear low density polyethylene. The inorganic clay can be modified by increasing the intergallery space of these silicate layers making it suitable for the entry of the polymer. Upon organic modification, these silicates gain compatibility with LLDPE thereby becoming hydrophobic. 

Project Trainee- Research and Development
Oct 2009 to May 2010
Company Name: Crest Composites and Plastics Pvt Ltd.
Job Profile: 
Research and Development on the project based in analyzing epoxy composite flooring and in-house acrylic
formulations by performance testing.
Handled Vinyl Ester resins for Government certification (IRS) of company’s product Involving analytical, physical,
mechanical and thermal testing of the materials as per the standards
Explored newer applications and helped in New Product Development
Analyzed, summarized and presented data for all related research projects. Includes reviewing ongoing research
for trends and provide insight on these findings.
Reviewed literature on various market data related sites which give important information. Deciphering journals
for the extraction of new knowledge and information.
Investigated the leads for Research & Development by reading published papers for the purpose of
understanding the research area and perceiving where new contributions should be made.

IN PLANT TRAINING:
Project Engineer – Masterbatch Division
Project Handled: “Pigment Dispersion in blown film applications”
May 2009 to Sept 2009
Company Name: Prescient Master batches Pvt. Ltd

In Plant Trainee- Company Training
Jan 2008 to May 2008
Company Name: Deep Industries Ltd.

Certification
Passed Lead Auditor Training Programme and Examination conducted for the same by Six Sigma, Gurgaon for
ISO TS 16949.
Awareness Training Course on ISO 9001:2015 organized by Intertek (2014).
Lab safety – Department of Chemistry at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (2012).
AUTOCAD at CIPET, Ahmedabad (2005).

Awards, Publications & Conferences:
Won ICERP-JEC award for “Raw material Innovation” for “Vinyl Ester gelcoat for continue laminating
machine” during ICERP 2015, Hyderabad, India.
Filed for Technology Transfer on project entitled “Oxocatalyst for photodegradation of olefinic food
packaging films” in collaboration with Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Mumbai.
Research Paper “Cost effective approach of acrylic resin based flooring applications” published in
Construction and Building Materials, 03/2015; 79. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.12.047.
Eco Friendlier Plastics”, published in September 2012, Chemical Industry Digest, Blockdale Publications,
India
Fuels from Plastics Waste”, published in February 2011, Popular Plastics and Packaging, Color Publications,
India.
Biodegradable plastic developed by city scientists” article published on 18 June, 2012 in HINDUSTAN
TIMES(Newspaper Daily), Mumbai, India
Received Award of Excellence for presenting poster entitled “Functionalized clay filled linear low density
poly ethylene nanocomposites for packaging applications” in International Conference of Polymers on the
Frontiers of Science and Technology (APA-2013) during February 21-23, 2013 at Chandigarh, India
Secured first prize in national level project competition “DESIGN 07” on “Composite Sky Bus” held at MIT,
Aurangabad.
Secured first prize in a national conference “RANGOTSAV 2010” for presenting the solution of Industry
Defined Problem on “Economic way of FRP Recycling” during Rangotsav 2010 at Institute of Chemical
Technology, Mumbai.
Secured third prize in “Technomillenium 07” for oral presentation of a technical review paper “Plastic
Money” at MIT, Aurangabad.
Delivered Invited Lectures on “Styrene free vinyl ester and polyester resins” and “DCPD based polyester
resins” during ICERP, 2015 at Hyderabad, India. (Feb 2015)
Presented paper entitled “Nanomaterial for oxodegradable polyolefin nanocomposite packaging films” as
a SPEAKER in EUROTEC 2013, July 2013 at Lyon, France.
Delivered Invited Lecture on “Functionalized Nanomaterial for Oxodegradation of polyolefin composite
films” as a SPEAKER in FRP 2013(International Conference held at BEC, Mumbai(April 2012)
Presented paper entitled “Functionalized clay filled polyolefin nanocomposites for packaging applications”
as a SPEAKER in ANTEC 2012(International Conference at Hotel Renaissance Convention Center, Mumbai 
organized by Society of Plastics Engineers, USA(December 2012)
Presented paper titled “Nanomaterial for Oxodegradable Polyolefin Nanocomposite Packaging Films” in
PPS 2013, Asia/Australia conference organized by IIT-P, IIT-D and PPS at Hotel Ramada Inn, Mumbai during
4-7, December 2013
Presented paper titled “Nanomaterial for Oxodegradable Polyolefin Nanocomposite Packaging Films” in
International conference on Advancements in polymeric materials organized by CIPET, Lucknow on 1-3
March 2013.
Presented paper on “Oxodegradable polymers” in Polyxplore organized by MIT, Aurangabad(March 2011)
Presented paper on “Polymers in Controlled Drug Delivery” in Polyxplore organized by MIT, Aurangabad
(March 2011)
Presented paper on “Evolution of Acrylic based casting for floorings and comparing it with Epoxy based
floorings” in National Conference on Recent Advances in Polymers organized by MIT, Aurangabad (August
2010).
Presented paper on “Polymer Recycling” during Rangotsav 2010 organized by department of polymer and
Surface Engineering, ICT Mumbai(Feb 2010)
Presented paper on “Fuels from Plastic Waste” at International paper presentation competition
“Technomillenium 06” organized by MIT, Aurangabad.

Extracurricular Accolades:
Won Best Committee Member Awards for the categories: Sponsorship Committee and Management
Committee during Rangotsav 2012 at ICT, Mumbai.
Worked as Hostel General Secretary for Hostel 5, ICT, Mumbai for a period since 10 Dec 2011- 2 Feb 2014.
Vibrant and active participant in sports such as Cricket and Volleyball (University Level).

Core Competencies:
Technical Assistance And Support
Research Management
Research Data Compilation
Quality / Safety
Management
Project Coordination
Abreast Of Market Competition
Research Dissertation

Areas Of Interest:
Polymer Compounding
Polymer Rheology
Polymer Testing And Characterization
Polyolefins
Polymer
Nanocomposites
Oxo-biodegradable Polyethylene
Functionalization Of Fillers
Recycling Technology Project
Management
Fibre Reinforced Plastics
Coil Coatings
Unsaturated And Saturated Polyester Resins Silicon Resins

Future Goals

Seeking challenging assignments in Research and Development with an organization of repute across the industry

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