Ref. No. : CA - 23327 - (R&D - Raw Material – with 34.3 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Ph.D From Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, in 1985  

M.Sc From Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur,
in 1985 with 74.3%

B.Sc From Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, in 1983 with 66%



Skill Sets

Experience in project management
Experience in product development
Familiarity with all kinds of synthetic elastomers
Familiar with Global Safety Standards, risk assessment, process and Plant MOC

Well versed in working with MS Office and all other basic applications

Technical Skills/ Knowledge 
Product Development
Application Development
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Cost Reduction
Quality/Process Improvement
Customer complaint Handling
Vendor Development
Process Owner QI & Production Modules.

Work Experience

Senior General Manager- R&D
Since May 2014
Company Profile: Manufacturer of reclaimed rubber from used tyres, upscaled polyamide from nylon waste and engineered products die-cut from end-of- life tyres.  

Professor & Head(MSH) / Visiting Faculty
Dec 2012 to May 2014
Company Profile : Leading engineering college

Technical Manager- R&D
July 2010 To May 2012
Company Name : Synthomer Sdn Bhd
Company Profile : Manufacturer of various synthetic lattices like XNBR, Styrene acrylic, pure acrylic for dipping applications ie, surgical gloves, supported and unsupported industrial gloves and coating and construction applications.
Job Profile : 
Report to Head R&D
Direct Report Head R&D
Development of new age, innovative synthetic lattices based on styrene, butadiene,
acrylonitrile, acrylics, styrene acrylics etc for coating and construction and dipping applications. Established a world class Polymer Laboratory having automated Pilot Reactors with Sophisticated Analytical Instrument.
Achievements:
Development of seed technology for different type of synthetic lattices.
Development of XNBR latex with higher tensile strength and lower modulus for thin gloves.
Development of low foaming XNBR latex.
Development of new short-stop for XNBR latex.
Improvement in storage stability of XNBR latex.
Pilot Scale Recipe Development of Pour Point Depressant 
Scale up latex for Protective Foil Application
Development of Veova based latex for Metal Top Coating
Reason for leaving: Personal reasons

Head R&D
Dec 2009 To June 2010
Company Name : Pidilite Industries
Company Profile : Manufacturer of Polychloroprene Rubber and lattices.
Job Profile : 
Report to Chief- PCR Project
Development work related to Chloroprene monomer, Polychloroprene Rubbers and Lattices. 
Establishment of R&D, QC and Application Labs 

Achievements:
Successfully optimized lab scale recipes for different grades of poly chloroprene rubbers and lattices.

Senior General Manager, Technology
June 2004 To Dec 2010
Company Name : Eliokem/Apar Industries Limited
Company Profile : Manufacturer of various synthetic rubbers and lattices like solid NBR, solid SBR, HSR, powdered rubber, VP latex, Styrene acrylic, pure acrylic for different applications.
Job Profile : 
Report to Director (Works)
Direct Report to Technology Director
Monitoring and guiding Application Research and Development, Quality Control and Technical Services activities related to the following products.
Nitrile Rubbers and Powders
Styrene Butadiene Rubbers and High Styrene Rubbers
NBR/ PVC Blends and Alloys
Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs)
Specialty Synthetic Lattices like
Carboxylated Nitrile and SBR Lattices
Styrene- Acrylate Copolymer Lattices
Graft Latex of Natural Rubber
R&D projects for cost reduction, increase in productivity/quality, diversification etc.Attending, Suggesting and implementing corrective and preventive actions for Customers complaints. Representing company in seminar/symposium, giving technical lectures and Presentation, both in house and outside. Giving training to employees on technical aspects, SHE, ISO related matters, SPC/SQC techniques, Current Development etc. Setting up a full fledged R&D Center dedicated to Polymer Research. Process owner for Quality Inspection and Production modules for Lawson M3 ERP System at Eliokem India P Ltd.

Achievements:
Development of SBR latex suitable for spray drying. Awarded cash prize and Certificate for development of a ready to use NBR rubber master batch from the process waste/scrap in 2006 ~2007. This development saved about 20 million rupees/year in addition to elimination of waste disposal.
Development of Ultra white nitrile rubber.
Development of NR Grafted latex for dipping applications.

Manager R&D and QA
Nov 2001 To June 2004
Company Name : Bhansali Engineering Polymers Limited
Company Profile : Manufacturer of ABS and SAN Plastics.
Job Profile : 
Report to Vice President (Works)
Direct Report Vice President (Technical)
A. Application Research and Development work related to the following.
Different grades of ABS
ABS-PC Alloys/ blends
Bulk SAN
QA Activities related to
Emulsion polybutadiene latex for ABS production. 
Emulsion based Graft Copolymerization for ABS
Emulsion based and Bulk SAN Polymerization
Master batching process for ABS production
Disposal and salvaging of Non Conforming Products.
Trouble shooting jobs related to production.
Customer complaint handling
Assisting Management Representative in ISO Activities
Coordinating with Underwriters Laboratory Inc. (UL) for UL certified grades
Monitoring and guiding day-to-day activities related to R&D and QA departments 
having excellent facilities for polymer research and Pilot plant with experienced and 
qualified staff. 
In addition to above carrying out feasibility/ validation Study for technology adaptation/   process /plant modification/ diversification/ expansion.

Achievements:
Development of 35 tailors made ABS grades for different application as per the market requirement.
Development of cheaper AO system for ABS.
Development of a High Rubber Graft with 60% rubber.
Reduction in reaction time of Poly butadiene latex from 60 hrs to 45 hrs.
Development of cheaper compatabiiliser for ABS-PC alloys.
Reduction in coagulum generation in Poly butadiene Latex during storage

Technical Executive- R&D
Aug 2001 To Oct 2001
Company Name : Apcotex Lattices Limited, India
Company Profile : Manufacturer of various types of synthetic lattices and HSR for different industrial applications
Job Profile : 
Report to Manager- R&D
Direct Report Manager- R&D
R&D work related to HSR and XSBR lattices.

Assistant Manager R&D
Oct 1991 To August 2001
Company Name : Synthetics & Chemicals Limited
Company Profile : Manufacturer of solid SBR & NBR and antioxidants
Job Profile : 
Product development and scale up of projects related to cold and hot styrene-
butadiene and acrylonitrile-butadiene rubbers and latexes & allied chemicals 
based on requirement of various customers.
Trouble shooting jobs from various process plants and customers received through marketing.
Improvement in existing process/products.
Import substitution/Development of alternate sources for supply of raw materials & chemicals.
Cost reduction and waste utilization.
Development of analytical methods for raw material analysis.
Achievements:
Developed synthetic lattices for chewing gum, rubber foam, cement concrete mixes, paper coating.
Establishment of a new improved AO system.
Development of new cost effective Short Stop for cold rubbers.

Courses/seminars Attended/abroad Visits
Visited China for Vendor Evaluation and Assessment. (April 2015)
Visited Germany, Italy and Czech Republic for R&D Development trials. (October 2014)
Attended Global Technology Meeting of Eliokem Group at Le Havre & Ville Just, France and given technical presentations on Quality, R&D and Product Development. (April 2008)
Attended Global Coating & Construction and Functional Polymers Workshop at Marl, Germany (September/October 2010).
Visited Malaysia for technical collaboration, given technical presentation, visited various customers and consignee agents. (May 2007)
MARGMA Conference, Kuala Lumpur (2010)
Rubber Expo, Mumbai, India (2011)
Latex and Dispersion Conference, Kuala Lumpur (2012)
Visited China for Vendor Development (April 2015).

Summary Of Experience And Competencies
Experience in Project Management using stage gate process.
Basic Polymer Chemistry, Emulsion Polymerization, Chemical Modification of Synthetic & Natural Polymers, Block and Graft Copolymerization, CMA techniques
Product Development, R&D, QA,QC of engineering plastic resin by emulsion polymerisation of butadiene, styrene & acrylonitrile & lattices like Poly-butadiene, Graft, SAN, ABS.
Product Development, R&D, QA,QC of SBR/ NBR/ Carboxylated Lattices by emulsion polymerisation of butadiene, styrene, acrylonitrile & acrylate monomers.
Development of Acrylic, VAM based and VEOVA Based latex for coating and metal top coating, protective film applications.
Development of Continuous Reclaiming Technology for synthetic Elastomers.
Grafting of Vinyl Monomers (water soluble and insoluble) onto Guar Gum
Knowledge of Batch/Continuous Chemical Process having sophisticated automation.
Development of Thermally Resistant Polymer- Metal Complexes.
Process Owner of QI & Production Modules for Lawson M3 ERP System(Web Based).
Well versed with Modern Analytical Instruments i.e. Elemental Analyzer, FTIR, TGA/DSC, HPLC,Mooney Viscometer, Gas Chromatograph.

Management Style
Democratic and Motivational

Invited as Speaker at World Elastomer Summit 2013 held at Lyon, France, 4-5 th December 2013 on the topic “ Novel Technologies for Elastomer Production”
Approved Research PhD guide in Chemistry for Gujarat Technological University, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
Resource Person for providing consultancy and training to Industrial Persons on basic and Polymer Chemistry.
Visiting Faculty for the Activity Center of Indian Rubber Institute(IRI) at SRICT, Ankleshwar.

Academic Editor/Reviewer
International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, ScienceDomain International Publishing Group, UK.
Open Access Library(OA Lib), British Virgin Islands.
American Journal of Applied Chemistry(AJAC), Science Publishing Group ,India.
Open Journal of Organic Polymeric Materials, Scientific Research Publishers, India.
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley & Sons, USA

List Of Publications
Publications from Projects
Guar-gum-A Natural Polymer, proceedings of first meet of young scientists Held at Devi Ahilyaya University, Indore Feb 22 to 24, 1986.

Study on Phoshphorylation Reaction for the Synthesis of Soluble Amino terminated Oligomers of Aromatic Polyamides and their Block Co-polymers with Polybutadiene, J.Polym.Sci-Part-C, and Polym.Lett. (USA), 26,493-500, (1988).

Grafting of Acryl amide onto Guar Gum using KMn04/Oxalic acid Redox System, J.Appl.Polym.Sci, (USA), 35, 1162-82, (1988).

Grafting of Polyacrylamide onto Guar Gum using K2S208-Ascorbic acid System, J.Appl.Polym.Sci, (USA), 39, 2187-2204, (1990).

Graft Co-polymerization of Poly methyl methacrylate onto Guar Gum using Potassium Persulphate/Ascorbic Acid Redox System, Accepted for Oral Presentation at IUPAC Conference “Polymer 91” held at Melbourne, Australia, Feb 10-24, 1991.

Grafting of Polyacrylonitrile onto Guar Gum using Potassium Persulphate / Ascorbic Acid Redox Initiating System, J.Appl.Polym.Sci. (USA), 47,712-722(1993).

Publication from Thesis
Condensation Polymers of Terephthalic Acid and 1, 4-Diamino Butane and their Schiff base complexes,   accepted for poster presentation at International Symposium on Polycondensation Related Processes and Materials held at Paris (France), Sept 23-26, 1996.

Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Containing Co-Ordination Polymers Of Poly (methylene 
diphenylene terephthalamide), J.Appl.Polym.Sci. (USA), 48, 1241-1248(1993).

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (ethylene aspartate) - Metal complexes, Polymer International (U.K), 32,215-220(1993).

Thermally Resistant Polyaramid’s Schiff Base Complexes, Accepted for the oral presentation at 2nd Pacific Polymer Conference (2PPC) held at Otsu, Japan.

Synthesis of Characterization of Poly (glyceryl aspartate) and Its Metal Complexes, Polymer Science-Recent Advances Vol. I (India), 204-209(1994)
Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Resistant Co-ordination Polymers of Poly (sulphone diphenylene terephthalamide), Polymer Journal (Japan), 29, 44- 48(1997).

Synthesis and Characterization of Aliphatic Aromatic Polyamide Metal Complexes, Article appeared as a Book Chapter in the Book Entitled Metal Containing Polymeric Materials, 119- 128, Ed. Charles E Carrahar Jr. et al, Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, USA (1996).

Heat Resistant Co-ordination Polymers based on Amino Group Terminated Oligomer of Hexamethylene Adipamide, Synth. & React. Inorg & Met-Org.Chem (USA). 24(10), 1719-1732(1994).

Synthesis of Heat Resistant Polyamide Schiff’s Base Complexes, Accepted for Presentation at IUPAC Symposium on Functional and High performance Polymers held at Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 14-16, (1994).

Poly (ether diphenylene terephthalamide)-Metal Complexes, Accepted for Oral Presentation at IUPAC 
6th International Symposium on Macromolecule- Metal Complex (MMC-VI) held at Guangzhou, China, Nov.22-26 (1995)

Syntheses and Characterization of Co-ordination Polymers of Polyesters with Pendant Amino Groups. 
J.Appl.Polym.Sci. (USA), 69,751-759(1998).

Development of Aromatic Aliphatic Polyamide-Metal Complexes, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Ed. Dr.N.P.Cheriminsinoff, Publisher Marcel Dekker, Inc (USA) (In Press)

Given a Radio Talk on Importance of Polymers in Modern Life.

Synthesis and Characterization of Aliphatic -Aromatic Polyamide- Metal Complexes, Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering-Washington, American Chemical Society(USA), VOL.71, 789-790.

Development of Aromatic Polyamide- Metal Complexes, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,USA(communicated)

Condensation Polymers of Terephthalic Acid and 1,4-Diaminobutane  and Their Schiff Base Complexes, Journal of Polymers (Hindawi Publisher), Vol. 2013, 6 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/278576

Synthesis & Characterization of Thermally Resistant Aromatic Polyamide-Metal Complexes, Adv. Mat. Lett. 2014, 5(4), 206-213 Advanced Materials Letters.

Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Current Global Scenario, 447-471, Book Chapter in Solar Cell  Nanotechnology, 2013, Wiley Scrivener(USA)

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (Ether Diphenylene Terephthalamide)-Metal Complexes in 
Heterogeneous Medium, International Journal of Polymer Science and Engineering, Vol.2, Issue 1, 13-
19, 2016 

Important Aspects Involved in Pilot Scale Production of Modern Paints & Coatings- Book Chapter 
in the Book entitled” Intelligent Coatings for Corrosion Control” Publisher Elsevier (Netherlands) (Under Publication)

Synthesis and In Vitro microbial evaluation of some novel imidazol-5- one derivatives, International   
Journal of Chem Tech Research vol.5, 2609- 2613, July-September 2013.

Grafting on to Guar Gum, Eduved International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Vol.01, Issue.07, pp1-10, Oct.2014. 

Guar Gum and Its Graft Copolymers : An Overview, International Journal of Analytical and Applied 
Chemistry, Vol. 2. Issue. 1, pp. 15-22, 2016

Book Fruits and Vegetables- Degradation and Preservation,Wiley Scrivener, USA(Under preparation)

Achievements
Junior Research Fellowship in MAPCOST, Bhopal research scheme.
Junior Research Fellowship in ISRO Respond project.
SRF in CSIR Direct Scheme.
Polish Govt. Scholarship for Doctoral Studies.
Russian Govt. Scholarship for Doctoral Studies.

Professional Membership
Coordinator of Indian Rubber Institute Sub Branch/ Activity Centre at SRICT, Ankleshwar.

Future Goals

Growth

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