• Gender: Male
• Age: 42
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 19 Year(s)

Education

Master of Technology From University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai, in
2006

Bachelor of Technology From University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai, in
2004

Skill Sets

Equipments:
Universal tensile tester, LR – 50 k (Lloyds instruments, UK)
DSC, TGA (Perkin Elmer, USA)
SEM, TEM, AFM (@ UTA and @ Virginia Tech.)
Impact strength tester (Denison Avery)
Tracking index, volume resistivity, surface resistivity, breakdown voltage tester for electrical property testing of Polymers
HAKKE Twin Screw Extruder, Single Screw Extruder, Batch Mixer
X-Ray Diffraction Equipments (XRD) Phillips.

Miscellaneous:
Extensive experience in processing & testing of polymers & polymer composites
Highly proficient with Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Extensive experience in Silicon fabrication equipments
Efficient in organizing and presenting technical topics
Communication skills for adaptability in collaboration work

Work Experience

Asst. Manager
Since Nov 2012
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Agro Chemicals, Polymer, Pigments And Other Fine Chemicals. 
Job Profile:
Looking after Application Development Marketing and sales of Polymers like PEK, PEKK, PBI and their blends with PTFE in the Electrical, Automotive, Aerospace, wire and cables, Nuclear and Railways sectors.
Developing the overseas Distributors and customers and Market Analysis for PEK, PEKK

Asst Manager
Sept 2011 to Nov 2012
Company Profile: Leading Petrochemical Company that Manufactures ABS which acts as a raw material for leading companies dealing in auto mobiles, home appliances, telecommunications, luggage, bus body and various other applications.
Job Profile:
Sales and Marketing of ABS and SAN to Automotive, sheet extrusion, Packaging & Injection Molding Industry. Responsible for New Business Development Sales orders
Promotion of Additives for PVC Impact Modifier(BL-60) & Heat Modifier (1250 B0)

Sales Executive
January 2011 to August 2011
Company Name: Pon Pure Chemicals Polymer Division
Job Profile:
Lyondell Basell polymers technical support and marketing for polymer processing applications and Adflex Grade Polyolefin resin as Impact modifier additives for woven sack and Injection Molding application
Daikin fluoropolymer based additives for the master batches of blown film application.
CQV pearl pigments for the masterbatch and printing application
Heubach organic pigments for masterbatch application.
Small Projects with shamrock FR Additives, onik additives and Eversorb UV absorbers  and Anti-static additives for master batch application, TiO2 Market study for indenting

Business Specialist
January 2009 to December 2010
Company Name: MERCK Limited Pigments Division
Job Profile:
Technical Support for printing, plastics, coating, security, ceramics Cosmetics and marketing
Supporting master batch industry with respect to the Pearl Pigments for FMCG projects Laser Marking Additives for master batch application, In line with FMCG packaging
Promotion of Pearl pigments as UV & IR Reflective additives for Green Houses films
Technical support to coating industry with pearl paint formulation
Printing ink formulations with pearl pigment for FMCG projects, trials at customer end
Product promotion of Pearl Pigments for cosmetic Packaging Industry & Ingredients

Research Assistant
August 2006 to October 2008
Company Name: Department of Material Science & Engineering
Job Profile:
Department of Energy, DOE
(Sol Gel based BaTiO3 & CoFe2O3 thin films on <100> oriented silicon substrate)
Synthesis & Optimization of Sol Gel for Thin film Ceramics, Optimization of annealing temperature for Ceramic thin films using RTA, Microstructure analysis of Ceramic thin films using SEM, AFM, Multilayer thin films using sputtering system
Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Cancer cell detection.

Research Assistant
June 2004 to August 2006
Company Name: Department of Chemistry, UICT 
Job Profile:
Worked on research projects sponsored by:
Filtra Catalyst India
(M.S. Thesis, NAF-18 Additive for polymer Nano-Composites)
Optimization of Flow modifier NAF-18 in polymers like PE, PP, SAN, PS, PC and PET
Effect of Flow modifier on mechanical, Thermal, and Rheological properties of polymers.
Polymer Nano-Composite of Clay for mechanical, Thermal and rheological properties testing and optical properties, effect of TiO2 on the L,a, b values and testing

Summer Intern
May 2003 to July 2003
Company Name: National Rayon Corporation Ltd
Job Profile:
In Plant Training in Nylon-6 Plant, Monomer recovery of Caprolactam, Temperature optimization for the Fiber Spinning of Nylon-6

Assistant Chemist R&D (Part Time)
June 2003 to December 2003
Company Name: Sunrise Chemicals
Job Profile:
Development of Polyester resin coatings 
Development of General Purpose Polyester for insulation applications

Relevant Coursework:
Polymer Rheology I-II
Adhesion & Adhesives
Mechanical behavior of Materials
Polymer Composites
Design & Fabrication of molds (Drawing)  
Engineering Mechanics & Strength of Materials
Rubber Technology
Analysis of Materials
Design & Fabrication of molds
Design of Experiments

MS Thesis: NAF-18 Additive for Polymer Nano-Composites

Conference Proceedings:
“Effect of Coupling Agent - Titanates on Fly Ash Filled Polypropylene”, V. A. Bambole, H. Raghu, R. Mahajan and P. A. Mahanwar at 12th International Conference On Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE - 12), Spain, 1- 6 August 2005.

“Effect of Particle Size on Mica Filled Polypropylene”, H. Raghu, R. Mahajan, P. A. Mahanwar, and V.A.Bambole, 12th International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE - 12), Spain, 1- 6 August 2005.

“Polyolefins Nanocomposites” H. Raghu, Rahul Mahajan and P.A.Mahanwar* National conference on Polymers, organized by Society of Polymer science, India”, at NCL, Pune on 26th July, 2005.

Multilayer Magnetoelectric Nanostructures of CoFe2O4 - BaTiO3 Rahul B. Mahajan*, HyunUk Kim, Rashed Islam, Shashank Priya, Material Science & Technology 2007 Conference & Exhibition Detroit MI
A TEM Study of Thin Film Magnetoelectric Metal – Ceramic Nanocomposite Structures, Makarand Anand Karmarkar, Rahul Mahajan, Rashed Islam, Shashank Priya.Material Science & Technology 2007 Conference & Exhibition Detroit MI

Projects/Seminars:
Projects & Seminars
M.Tech seminar “Processing and applications of Geopolymers”
B.Tech project “Mica and Fly Ash Filled Polypropylene composites”
B.Tech seminar “Polymers for Automobile Industry”
B.Tech project (III year) “Synthesis of Polyacetal for applications as Textile finishing agent”

Future Goals

Growth