• Gender: Male
• Age: 36
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 19.9 Year(s)

Education

M.Tech. From Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in 2005 with 8.73 CGPA

B.E, Chemical Engineering From MBM Engg College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan in 2003 with 70.82%

Skill Sets

Prod Development

Work Experience

Executive Manager - Prod Development 
Since Apr 2010
Company Profile: Manufacturers BOPP, BOPET, CPP and Metallised films
Job Profile:
Lead the product development team
Decide recipe & further optimize in term of cost-effectiveness
Attend customer's technical complaints and answer technical queries of the customer
Initiate new research activity to surface business opportunity.
Planning for raw material procurement
Act as think tank for process or plant related issues.
Write technical report and update technical information.
Communicate with allied national and international organizations.
Audit Plant and report to management.
Achievements:
Development of specialty and cost effective products.
10% increase in productivity by solving material processability issue
Streamlined raw material procurement that helped in saving additional cost

Asst. Manager (R & D) 
July 2005 to March 2010
Company Profile : Manufacturer of wide range of products such as BOPP films, thermal laminating films, gravure coated films and synthetic papers.
Job Profile : 
Selection & optimization of recipe for specific application of film by conducting trials.
Attend customer's technical complaints and answer technical queries of the customer.
Discuss with customer’s engineering manager to understand product need.
Provide technical input during product promotion and launching of new products. 
Write technical report and update technical information.
Build target pipeline. 
Analyze and test film samples.
Communicate with allied national and international organizations.
Audit Plant and report to management Achievements: 
Saving of Rs 1 crores by optimization of formulations.
Development of specialty and cost effective products.
Instrumental in the development of gravure coated films, since inception of the coating line.
Created customer base at India and abroad by proposing key technical feature and cost advantage of developed specialty film.
Certified as “ISO 9000-2005 Internal Auditor” by V.P. Productivity & Quality Services 

Projects                  
M.Tech. “Effect Of Polymer Additives And Nanosilica On The Properties Of Peek”
Brief Overview- To develop Peek compounds having an optimum combination of processing & performance properties by using polymer additives and nanosilica.
B.E.“Carbonated Beverages”
(Computer aided design and optimization of Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger)

Industrial/Vocational Training 
3M India Limited, Bangalore
6 weeks practical training in Dyneon and Business Development Division. 

Solvay India Pvt. Ltd, Panoli, Gujarat, India.          
5 week Project on processing and characterisation of speciality plastic

Bhabha Atomic Research Center
5 weeks practical training in Heavy Water Division & project on process design of “Helical Coil Condenser”.

Hindustan Zinc Limited
6 Weeks Practical Training In Sulphuric Acid Plant & Project On Material Balance.

Publication                              
A. K. Gandhi, V. Choudhary “Effect of polymer additives on properties of Peek”, proceedings, “International conference on advances in Polymer Blends, Composites, IPNs and Gels: macro to nano scales” Ed. By Thomas, P-182, 2005. 

Exhibitions
As an exhibitor attended exhibitions such as Plast India 2009, Delhi and Iplex, 2007, Noida.

Hands On Equipments 
Processing Equipments - Twin Screw Extruder, Injection Moulding Machine, Compression Moulding Machine, Two-Roll Mill and Banbury Mixer.
Characterisation Equipments - X-Ray Diffractometer, FTIR, DSC, TGA, UTM, Rockwell Hardness tester, Scratch Resistance Tester, Haake Rheocord, Izod Impact Tester, HDT, MFI, Capillary Rheometer, Taber abrader, Pin-on-Disc machine, Ubbelohde Viscometer, GPC, SEM, MVTR and OTR.

Co-curricular Activites 
Organizer of seminars held by CESS at college level.
Activity head, placements cell, CPSE, IIT–Delhi.
Best Fresher award given by LESA group, MBM Engg. College, Jodhpur.

Institute Scholarship (M.Tech. 03-05)
Worked as a volunteer in rotary club, blood donation and adult literacy programme.
Coordinator of canteen committee at Previous Company

Future Goals

To be a well-known professional securing a challenging position where, I can get an opportunity to utilize all resources and talents at its best for the integral growth of the organization as well as individual development.