Ref. No. : CA - 19045 - (Designer & Product Developer – with 35.6 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration Specialization in Marketing Management From Symbiosis, Pune, 2007 to 2009

Diploma in Plastics Engineering with First Class
From S.B.M.Polytechnic, Mumbai 1985 to 1989

Skill Sets

A dynamic professional with extensive experience in Technical Services and Business Development.
In depth knowledge of various Plastics Processing techniques in Moulding and Extrusion.
Extensive experience in handling Polypropylene and Polyethylene products and their processing.
Sound understanding of various manufacturing technologies in Polypropylene and Polyethylene.
Knowledge of various Analytical techniques for Physical, Optical, Thermal and Mechanical properties of
Plastics.
Adept in managing product development operations with key focus on optimal utilization of resources.
• Demonstrated abilities in cementing healthy relationship with the customers and rendering viable technical solutions to resolve their issues.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.

Work Experience

Manager - Product Head
Since Dec 2000
Company Profile: Polypropylene Product Head at Product Application & Research Centre (PARC). 
Job Profile:
New Product Development
New Grade development to suit the customer requirement.
Processing trials on various processing machines along with product benchmarking.
Synchronizing with Plant, Technology, and QAG for product stability.

Customer Services/Technical Support:
Providing immediate technical support to the customers for resolving their issues and complaints in compliance
with the preset guidelines and rules.
Mapping customer’s requirements and rendering effective solutions.
Identifying improvement areas & implementing measures to maximize customer satisfaction levels.
Ensuring high level quality of technical service for increasing the Customer Satisfaction Index.
Frequent customer meeting to understand the current and future market and customer requirements.

Business Development:
Developing relationships with key decision makers in target organization for business development.
Identifying stream for revenue growth & developing marketing plans to build consumer preference.
Conducting competitor analysis by keeping abreast market trends.
Interfacing with institutional & corporate customers for suggesting the most viable product range and
cultivating relations with them for securing repeat business.
Working with OEM’s (appliances, automotives, furniture) from concept to realization for new development.

Significant Achievements:
Development of PP Impact copolymer grades for rigid packaging, automotive and appliances.
Worked closely with major automotive OEMs like, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Hyundai, M&M, Volkswagen, Nissan etc. Also worked with two wheeler manufacturers like Hero Honda, Bajaj Auto, TVS, Honda Scooters etc.
Proved instrumental in PP Impact Copolymer Grade development and establishment for CSD Caps.
Played a vital role in development of Clarified Polypropylene grades for moulding applications.
Played a key role in grade development for HDPE in rigid and flexible packaging.
Development of Filler MB for furniture industry
Development of Inside Rear View Mirror housing for Ford, Europe. Joint work has been carried out with
M/s Tata Ficosa
Joint work carried out with M/s Videocon Appliances, Samsung, Whirlpool, ONIDA for development of
all plastics parts washing machine
Development of PP compound to replace it with Stainless steel for IFB washing machine tub

Seminars/Conference/ Trainings Attended:
Attended NCL Training Programme
Undergone Internal Audit Training Programme
Attended Seminar on Automobiles organized by SPE
Visited Dubai Pro Plast, 2007 at Dubai
Visited K Fair at Germany in 2013
Attended Technology Exchange Meet at Las Vegas, USA (2014) organized by W R Grace (earlier DOW)
and at Florida (2015)

Papers Presented/Published:
Published paper on Polyolefin Elastomer as Impact Modifier for Polyolefins at 10th International
Conference, Addcon 2004 at Netherlands

Published papers on Supertough Polypropylene Compounds through Elastomer modification & Modification of PP Homopolymer with Elastomer at PPS Taiwan, 2002.
Presented papers on Effect of Filler MB on the properties of injection molded PP products for furniture &
Characterization of Wood filled PP Composites for injection molded products.
Presented paper on Use of Modifies PP in White & Brown Goods at SPE Seminar in 2005
Presented paper on Polyolefinic Materials Testing & Automotive Standards at SPE Seminar in 2007
Presented paper on Plastics Blow Molded Containers, Tests & Importance at IIP.
Presented paper on PP Process & Applications in Automotive & Appliances during AIPMA Seminar in
Pune.

Production Manager 
Mar 1999 to Dec 2000
Company Name: Neil Exrulamipack Pvt. Ltd
Job Profile:
Overall responsibility of Production, QA, Planning, Maintenance, New product development, Raw
material procurement, Data Analysis of cost involvement/effectiveness of plant.
Worked jointly with Marico for development of small sachet of parachute oil.
Developed different laminated product for various OEM’s which include laminates of paper, Al foil,
paper board etc.

Technical Manager
Aug 1996 to Mar 1999
Company Name: Pelican Plastics Pvt Ltd
Job Profile:
Regular operations of the works like production, machine maintenance, quality assurance, logistics & materials management, store & purchasing of raw materials.
Designing & developments of injection and blow molded products.
Developed complete in house injection molding plant and PU Filling assembly line.

Quality Control Engineer 
Aug 1989 to Aug 1996
Company Name: Milton Plastics Ltd 
Job Profile:
Responsible for Quality control activities of injection & blow molding, Assembly lines & post molding operations.
Quality standards for Injection Moulded and Blow Moulded Products.
New product development & Vendor development.
Actively involved in cost reduction & concept promotion Programme for different products.
Hands on experience in processing wide range of Polymers e.g. PP, PE, ABS, HIPS, GPPS etc.
Worked with the marketing department in tandem for market promotion & new product development.
Frequently in contact with outside agencies like, CIPET, IRMA, IIP etc. 

Future Goals

growth

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