• Gender: Male
• Age: 50
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 21.2 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry From University of Pune, in 2007

M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, From University of Pune, in 1998

B.Sc. in Chemistry, From University of Pune, in 1996

Skill Sets

Solvent borne polymer synthesis such as alkyd, acrylic, polyester, functionalized polymer etc
Water borne alkyd emulsions, dispersions
New Product/ Application Development
Process Development / Improvement
Organic synthesis, Catalysis,
High pressure reactions, multi step synthesis, IR, NMR, GC, HPLC analytical techniques Technology Implementations
Team Leadership
Project Management
Cost Reduction and Revenue Gain
Training / Supervision
Customer understanding & Problem Resolution

Work Experience

Technology Manager
Since Mar 2011
Company Profile: Leading manufacturer of painting & waterproofing solutions for homes, offices & more. 
Job Profile:
Development of new products and modification in existing products as per market demands
Preparation of monthly report regarding day-to-day activities & further line of action
Status regarding the incoming raw materials for cost effective purpose their evaluation & decision regarding their approval & implementation in the system
Troubleshooting at manufacturing centers as well as at customer end
Competitor’s sample evaluation & equivalent product development

Project Handled
Development of air-drying HS alkyds for decorative finishes
Development of WB alkyd emulsions for decorative finishes
Development of acrylic polyols for 1K stoving & 2K PU for OEM & GI finishes
Development of Polyester polyols for 1K stoving finishes
Development of air-drying & MTO thinnable Urethane modified epoxidized alkyd for high performance anti-corrosive coating
Development of Cardanol modified urethane alkyd for DTM applications
Development of economical polyester for 70:30 hybrid powder polyester coatings
Development of air-drying alkyd based on Palm oil
Development of acrylic modified polyesters/alkyds for decorative & industrial finishes

Postdoctoral Fellow
June 2010 to Feb 2011   
Company Profile : A Research And Development (R&D) Centre, focus on water, paints and coatings, pharmaceuticals, surfactants and personal care products 
Job Profile : 
Synthesized Methyl ester sulfonated derivatives as renewable resource.
Synthesized new coconut fatty acid amides as foam booster.

Postdoctoral Associate
Apr 2008 to Dec 2009   
Company Name : University of Balearic Island
Job Profile : 
Involved in the development of enantio selective organo metallic catalysis processes such as Henry reactions, Aza-Henry reactions, Mannich-type reactions etc. (For making C-C bond).
Synthesized a number of reagents such as halo ketones, sec. nitro compounds, various N- protected imines etc. 
Synthesis and characterization of chiral binolam derivatives and chiral organometallic complexes of Lanthanide (III) salts.

Research Assistant: Jan 2007 to Dec 2008 
Research Assistant: May 1999 to Dec 2001   
Company Name : National Chemical Laboratory

Lecturer
Sept 1998 to Dec 1998   
Company Name : Arts, Science and Commerce College, 

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Pune, India, from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
2002-2007
Advisor: Dr. S.P. Gupte
Synthesis and characterization of fine chemicals like carbonates, ureas, carbamates, ?-amino alcohols and N-alkylated anilines.
High pressure-high temperature reactions, alkylation of amine and amine carboxylation reactions and transition metal catalyzed oxidative carbonylation and carbonylation reactions.
Synthesis and characterization of ionic liquids and supported ionic liquids.
Synthesis and characterization of organometallic complexes.
Synthesis and characterization of hydrotalcites, MCM-41, Na-Y, supported solid acid/base catalysts and alkali metal ion exchange of zeolites like Na-Y and Na-X.
Reaction mechanism study by in-situ FTIR using Drift technique.
Catalysis, reaction engineering and kinetic modeling

Awards
Senior Research Fellowship awarded by CSIR, Delhi, India in 2002.
Hindustan Platinum award for the Best Poster Presentation, presented at 16th National Symposium and 1st Indo-German conference on catalysis in IICT, Hyderabad, February 2003. 
Hindustan Platinum award for the Best Oral Presentation, presented at 17th National Symposium on Catalysis in CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, January 2005. 
Certification as OHSAS Internal Auditor

Analytical Techniques
Expertise hands on NMR, GC, GC-MS, FTIR, UV and High pressure reactions (using H2, CO, CO2 and CO:O2 mixtures etc.).
Expertise in RP-HPLC, Chiral HPLC, flash chromatography, Preparative TLC.
Thoroughly competent with Microsoft office, ChemDraw and Online Database Searching (eg. Web of Science, SciFinder etc.).

Patents
Jain R. K.; Gaykar D. V.; Malik B. P., Air-drying Urethane modified epoxidzed alkyd for anti-corrosice coatings. Patent Filled. Application no. 2129/MUM/2015 dated 02/06/2015

Shah R. M.; Jain R. K.; Air-drying alkyd emulsion for decorative coatings. Patent to be Filled 

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V.; Mulla, S.A. A process for the preparation of carbamates. US Patent Pub. No. 2005-0222450, World patent Pub. No. 2005-063698

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V; Joshi, R.A.; Bhide S.R. An improved process for the preparation of ?-amino alcohols. Ind. patent 2683/DEL/2006  published 2008-09-05.

Publications
Gyakar, D.V.; Jain, R.K., Study of performance properties of itaconic modified acrylic polyesters for stoving finishes. Prog. Org. Coat., 2015, 89, 75-81.

Kinage A.K.; Upre p.P.; Gupte S.P.; Highly Regio-Selective Synthesis of ß-Amino Alcohol by Reaction with Aniline and Propylene Carbonate in Self Solvent System over Large Pore Zeolite Catalyst, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2011, 1, 76-84.

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V. Tandem synthesis of -amino alcohols from aniline, dialkyl carbonate and ethylene glycol. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2008, 47, 2484-2494.

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V. Synthesis of ?-amino alcohols from aromatic amines and alkylene carbonates using Na- Y Zeolite catalysts.Synlett, 2006, 1374-1378.

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V. Selective synthesis of N,N-dimethyl aniline derivatives using dimethyl carbonate as methylating agent and onium salt as a catalyst. J. Mol. Catal. A:  chem., 2005, 226, 49-56.

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V. Carbamate synthesis via transfunctionalization of substituted ureas and carbonates. J. Mol. Catal. A: chem., 2004, 223, 85-92.

Gupte, S.P.; Chaudhari, R.V. Carbamate synthesis by solid-base catalyzed reaction of disubstituted ureas and carbonates. Chem. Commun., 2001, 2620-2621.

Future Goals

Growth