• Gender: Male
• Age: 41
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 13.2 Year(s)

Education

PhD in Polymer Chemistry From University Institute of Chemical Technology 

Skill Sets

One of the greatest assets I possess is my independent and creative thinking ability that has allowed me to solve many technical problems. Further and equal importantly, I have the ability to function effectively as a team player, as well as to provide leadership, whenever needed.

Work Experience

Manager - R & D
Since Jun 2014
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Polyether Polyols, Polycarbonate Polyol, Polymer Polyol, Prepolymers & Polyester Polyols with the Blended PU systems.  
Job Profile:
Technical support to the customers, related to formulation development for PU applications.
Maintaining relationships with customers from Chemical, Automotive, Refrigerator, Furniture & Sandwich panel industries to ensure a committed tailor product according to their specifications.
Communicating with persons involved in production of commercial run about reaction behavior and safety implementations, sampling, charging & discharging, storage conditions, control samples, validation of batches and about transit trials.
Design and development of molecules with varying molecular weight range for polyester and polyether resins for foam, paint, elastomeric and adhesive applications.
Scale-up for different polyester, polyether polyol and prepolymer from lab to pilot and from pilot to plant/product commercialization.
Coordination with supply chain people and make appropriate inventory of raw materials required for future pilot and plant batches.
PU foam for flexible slab stock, HR molded, comfort, memory foam for automotive, furniture and cushioning applications, rigid PU foam for continuous and discontinuous panels for insulation purpose. Semi rigid foam/integrated skin foam for headliner applications.
Prefer independently working, especially when the case of designing formulations.
Strong ability to make mathematical formulae program for designing index/ratio/functionality for blended system.
Continual evaluation & re-validating formulations, introducing cost effective alternates.
Researching the need of customer and provide them suitable existing grade during trial visit thought technical marketing and informing them about newly developed products.
Able to operate foam application machines like high pressure & low pressure machine, spray foam machine.
Constant communication with the companies providing raw material, catalyst, additives and surfactant for newly introduced chemicals which will help for formulations and raw material business development.
Contacting potential clients via email or phone to establish rapport and set up meetings and making development plan by cross research process of received product sample or product technical specification.
Dealing with the customer unsatisfied with the quality of the products and services.
Involvement in commercial regulations with legal team - DGFT
Maintaining the R & D activities, Looking after the procurement and commissioning of new instruments as per approved budget
Data interpretation, Literature and Patent search for new process/product and formulation. Handled equipment for analysis.

Ph.D in Polymer Chemistry
[Feb 2010 – March 2014]
Topic: Preparation of Renewable Source Based Polyols and Their Utilization in Synthesis and Formulation of Polyurethanes for Industrial Coatings.  
At University Institute of Chemical Technology, Dept. of Polymers and Paint Technology, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon under the guidance of Dr. V. V. Gite and Prof.  R. D. Kulkarni. 
UGC Project Fellow
[Feb 2010 – Jun 2012]
Topic: Eco-friendly Two Pack Polyurethane Based on Renewable Vegetable Oil and Carbohydrates 
UGC- SAP-RFSMS Research Fellow[Jun 2012 – March 2014]
Topic: Renewable Source (Vegetable Oil) Based Polyurethane Coatings.  

Work Involved:
Synthesis of renewable source (vegetable oil) based polymers such as monoglycerides, FAME, polyester polyols, polyester amide, polyether amide and alkyd resins for preparation of automotive industrial PU coatings.  
Synthesis of hydroxyl terminated acrylic copolymers for development of montmorillonite (MMT) clay loaded PU coatings. 
Synthesis of prepolymers and trimers of isocyanate for minimization of toxic hazards for PU coatings.  
Synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles by solution and peptization method for development of PU coatings performance. 
Surface modification of nano materials like TiO2 and montmorillonite (MMT) for minimization of agglomerization tendency in organic media or coatings.  
Polyurea microcapsules loaded self healing anti-corrosive PU smart coatings prepared from renewable source neem oil.  
Data interpretation and literature survey, writing research reports for journal communications. Characterization of resins samples on FTIR, FE-SEM, TEM, DSC, TGA, GC, GPC and instruments for evaluating coating properties. 

Product Development Officer 
Jun 2008 to Feb 2010
Company Profile : Engaged in the production of Hair oils, cosmetic products & Food product.
Job Profile : 
Involvement for NPD (New Product Development).
Inspection & Testing of Raw Materials for Hair Care and Cosmetic Product. 
Development of formulations for hair and care products.  
Execute in process checks, line trial testing activity and environmental monitoring with an objective to assure product quality during the manufacturing process, suggest corrective and preventive measures in case of deviations.
Update the records and report for line trial testing, market complaint, change event, waiver in SAP System & QMS.
Scale up the hair oil formulations up from kilo-Pilot to 3 KL
Follow the Internal Quality Audits.
Reporting to Corporate R & D and Quality Assurance.

M.Sc. Project Works On: Synthesis of Nano Particles (Calcium Phosphate) & Their Effect on the Polypropylene (PP) Composites

Achievements:
Selected in Previous company as Product Development Officer through campus recruitment from Department of Polymer Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, NMU, Jalgaon.

Made significant contribution by identifying and strengthening the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for process deviations i.e. investigation to be carried with proper data collection, consultation with experts, data compilation and analysis for past similar deviations.

Awarded Second Prize for Poster presentation entitled “Synthesis of Renewable Monoglycerides based Two Pack Polyurethanes for Insulation Coating” in RAPT-2011 on 14th Jan., 2011 at NMU, Jalgaon.

Award of Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (RFSMS) from UGC, New Delhi.
 
Got International travel grants (IT’S Scheme) from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India for presenting my research at International Conference at Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
  
Place visited at International Level: France (Paris), Netherlands (Amsterdam, Noordjwik, Harlem, Delft) and Switzerlands (Zurich)

Life Member: 
Life Member of Asian Polymer Association (APA), India. 
Life Member of Society of Polymer Science (SPS), India. 
Member of AOCS (American Oil Chemists' Society).

Research Publications (Selected):
P. D. Tatiya, R. K. Hedaoo, R. D. Kulkarni, V. V. Gite, Polyurethane Prepared from Neem Oil Polyesteramides for Self-Healing Anticorrosive Coatings, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52, 10189 – 10197.
  
A. Anand, S. D. Rajput, R. D. Kulkarni, V. V. Gite, Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Azadirachta Indica Juss (Neem oil) Fatty Amides (AIJFA) Based Polyurethanes Coatings: A Renewable Novel Approach, Progress in Organic Coatings, 2013, 76, 1779-1785. 
 
S. D. Rajput, P. P. Mahulikar, R. D. Kulkarni, V. V. Gite, Development of Eco-Friendly Polyurethane Coatings Based on Neem Oil Polyetheramide,
Industrial Crops and Products, 2013, 50, 550-556.
  
D. G. Hundiwale, R. D. Kulkarni, V. V. Gite, Renewable Source Based Polyurethane Coatings by Using Monoglycerides of Vegetable Oils and Its Modification by Nano TiO2, 
Pigment & Resin Technology, 2013, 42(6), 353-361. 

Vikas Gite, Incorporation of Modified Nano Montmorillonite (MMT) in Polyurethane Coatings Based on Acrylic Copolymer and Trimers of Isophorone Diisocyanate, 
Material Science Forum, (2013) 757, 99-109.  
 
Anil Kuwar, Pramod Mahulikar, Dilip Hundiwale, Ravindra Kulkarni Vikas Gite, Anticorrosive Development of Anticorrosive Two Pack Polyurethane Coatings Based on Modified Fatty Amide of Azadirachta Indica Juss Oil Cured at Room Temperature – A sustainable Resource, 
RSC Advance, 2014, 4, 17866–17872. 

R. K. Hedaoo, P. P. Mahulikar, S. D. Rajput, V. V. Gite, Fabrication of Core-Shell Novel Polyurea Microcapsules Using IPDI Trimer for Quantitative Release System, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 2014, 63(7), 352-360. 

R. D. Kulkarni, V. V. Gite, Development of PU Coatings from Neem Oil Based Alkyds Prepared by Monoglyceride Route, 
Journal of American Oil and Chemist Society, 2015.
 
Abdul Ahamad, Chetan Patil, Pramod Mahulikar, Dilip Hundiwale, Vikas Gite, Preparation and Characterization of Polypropylene Nanocomposites Filled with Nano Calcium Phosphate, 
Polymer Plastics Technology and Engineering, 2012, 51(8), 786–790.  

A. Anand, V. V. Gite, S. D. Rajput, R. D. Kulkarni, Two Pack Nanocomposite PU Coatings Prepared from Renewable Sugar Alcohol for Excellent Anticorrosive Property, Accepted to Progress in Organic Coatings, 2015.  

Ravindra Marathe, Rahul Hedaoo, Daewon Sohn, Vijay Chaudhari Vikas Gite, Urea Formaldehyde (UF) Microcapsules Loaded with Corrosion Inhibitor for Enhancing the Anticorrosive Properties of Acrylic Based Multifunctional PU Coatings,
RSC Advance, 2015, 5, 15539–15546.  

V. R. Mahire, A. B. Chaudhari, D. G. Hundiwale, P. P. Mahulikar, Synthesis and in vitro Bioactivity Evaluation of Benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2 a]chromeno[4,3-d]pyrimidin-6-one using Silane at TiO2 Nanoparticles, Communicated to Green Chemistry, 2015.  

Book Chapter Published: 
Vikas Gite, Incorporation of Modified Nano Montmorillonite (MMT) in Polyurethane Coatings Based on Acrylic Copolymer and Trimers of Isophorone Diisocyanate, Engineering Applications of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials, (2013) 757, 99-109. (ISBN-13: 978-3-03785-701-4) published by Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.

Conferences & Seminar Presented / Awards
National conference on Emerging Trends in Oleo-chemicals and Eco-friendly Coating Technology (ETOECT-2013) at University Institute of Chemical Technology, NMU, Jalgaon on 28th September, 2013.
 
International Conference on Advances in Polymeric Materials and Nanotechnology, (Poly Tech- 2012) at Bharti Vidyapith University, Pune during December 15-17, 2012.
 
International Conference Coating Sciences International (COSI-2012) at Noordjwik, the Netherlands during 25-29th June, 2012.   

National Conference on Nano materials Industrial Polymers & Eco friendly Coatings Perspective & Challenges (NIPEC-2012) at School of chemical Sciences, NMU, Jalgaon on 18th Feb., 2012. 

All India Young Scientist’s Seminar and Quiz Competitions in Polymer Science and Technology held at IIT, Kharagpur during November 4-5, 2011. (Oral Talk)  

Recent Advancement in Polymer Technology (RAPT-2011) at NMU, Jalgaon on 15th January, 2011. (Awarded Second Prize)  

Chemistry: Our life Our Future in Celebration of International Year of Chemistry (IYC-2011) at School of Chemical Sciences, NMU, Jalgaon on 26 Dec., 2011. 

International Conference of Polymer Science and Engineering (PSE – 2010) at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India during 26-27th Nov., 2010.

Future Goals

I prefer a challenging environment where my skills in Research and Technology, acquired wide areas of industrial formulations for Coatings/Resins, Foams, Plastic, Rubber and Composites.