• Gender: Male
• Age: 60
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 30.2 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D (Tech.) Polymer Technology From Calcutta University in 1997

M.Tech in Plastics & Rubber Technology From Calcutta University in 1991

Skill Sets

Knowledge on Colouring Technology of Plastics as well as colour matching. 
Extensive knowledge on Paints/surface coating of Automotive Plastics. 
Excellent knowledge on various additives like: UV stabiliser, antioxidant, FR additives, Nano-additives, antistatic agents, processing aids, Silicone oil etc.

Work Experience

Chief – Polymer Technology
Since Dec 2014
Company Profile: Manufacturer of automotive and industrial lead-acid batteries
Job Profile:
Development of all types of polymer used in battery industry especially PP, ABS, SAN, TPE, Filled compound.
Development of surface coating as well as printing ink.
All type of packaging materials
Battery container & lid mold design and validation.
Co-ordination with more than 25 Plastics Moulders across India and trouble shooting.
Several cost reduction projects

General Manager R & D
Jan 2008 to July 2013          
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Absolac (ABS) and Absolan (SAN).
Job Profile:
Planning, supervising, evaluating, interpreting and analyzing  all R&D experimental work of scientists (Managers/executives) and ensure timely delivery of products testing result/data/information/technical solution/trouble- shooting solution as agreed upon with marketing/operation/procurement departments.
Managing multiple projects of varying priority and technical difficulty. This includes setting up project targets, assessing technical feasibility, establishing a research program to effectively and efficiently develop new products and/or formulations that meet project targets (from lab scale to field trials) and clearly communicating the  project status/results to Marketing and top Management.
Providing innovative solution for complex industrial technical problems in a  timely  manner.
Play a technical leadership role in developing a world class R&D set up at par with global standard in terms of equipment advancement and test methods.
Liaison with the manufacturing team to ensure that bench scale performance is appropriately specified and translates to the trial product.
To make our products more customer friendly, organizing customer education/training program through presentation on our products / grades and their applications, which not only helps the customer selecting appropriate grade of our products for their specific application /(s), but enhance the knowledge and confidence of our technical service team as well.
Communicating R&D findings/results to other departments such as Marketing/sales, Technical Service, Production, logistics, and facilitate the interaction between R&D and the related functions to add value to organization.
Planning, supervising, evaluating all R&D functions (technical/administration, etc) as a team leader
Customer focused development of new materials or processes by utilizing polymer technology & characteristics techniques.
Using judiciously  sound technical and analytical skill to scale up new innovation to pilot and commercial scale production.

Handling Lots Of Different Types Of Local And International Projects:
Development of conductive ABS/ASA for automotive parts. 
Development of Low gloss ABS to replace low gloss polymer like PP, PE etc 
Technical service of newly developed grades to establish them at customer end.
Guidance of Plastics product design as per customer request.
Development of UV resistance ABS and ASA and their blend for outdoor application. 
Monitoring and controlling all production related quality of product.   
Cost reduction of finished product. 
Development of ABS nano-composite for speciality application.
Development of various non-halogenated FR compounds for electronic & appliance markets.
Development of Glass-filled as well as carbon fibre- filled ABS and ASA & ABS/Nylon, ABS/PC blend.  
Extensive painting study on paintable grade of ABS, ASA, ABS/Nylon, ABS/PC blend  for automotive and appliance industries. 
Matching of very difficult and critical colour.
Development of recipe for new grade of market demand ABS and ASA.
Pilot plant polymerization and subsequent scale up to plant level for new recipe.
Technical service and trouble shooting of plant operation.   
Conducting regularly  technical workshop and training to educate the all technical personnel as well as our valued customers.
Development of ABS graft powder for impact modification of rigid PVC.
Development of PVC /ABS blend for flame retardant application.
Effect of Various silicone oil on the impact properties of ABS and its blends

Chief Manager – R & D
March 2007 to Jan 2008
Company Name: Penn Color Pvt. Ltd
Job Profile:
Development of various types of Plastics, liquid and paste based masterbatch for plastics, surface coating and ink industries.

Manager – R & D and QCA
July 2005 to Feb 2007
Company Name: Astra Polymer Ltd.
Company Profile : Involved in development of specialty masterbatches based on LLDPE, LDPE/ PP/ polyester/nylon etc.(mainly fibre grade masterbatch & BOPP grade Masterbatch)  
Job Profile:  
Development of various Engineering Thermoplastics Compounds for Automobile, Appliance, Electrical/Electronics and Furniture Industries. 
Development of various liquid and paste masterbatch for PET bottle grade, PVC compounds, Printing ink, and also for surface coating.
Provided efficient technical services of newly developed products.
Development of cable compounds (Sioplas XLPE, FRLS PVC, Rubber compounds etc)

Manager-Technical Services and Market Development
Dec 2003 to July 2005
Company Name: BASF India Ltd
Job Profile:
Efficiently managing market positioning of Polymers like ABS, SAN, SBS, HIPS, GPPS, MABS, ABS/PC Blends, ASA, ABS/Nylon Blends, Polyacetal etc.
Provided effective technical guidance & taken initiatives for. reduction of processing cost, raw material cost, reduction of wastage etc.  
Developed & improved customer confidence in the product by providing prompt technical supports. 

Sr. Executive — R & D & BD
Jun 1999 to Nov 2003
Company Name: Supreme Petrochem Ltd
Job Profile:
Instrumental in development of wide array of GPPS & HIPS grades like ESCR Grade HIPS, High Gloss High Impact HIPS, very high MFI Low Vicat GPPS, FR HIPS, Glass Reinforced PS, GPPS/SBS Blends & SBS/HIPS Blends, various Colour Compounds, Synthetic Wood Compounds. 
Development of various Polypropylene compound and masterbatch for automotive, appliance industry

Senior Technical/R&D officer
May 1995 to Jun 1999
Company Profile: Poddar Pigments Ltd
Job Profile:
Involved in development of speciality masterbatches based on LLDPE, LDPE/PP/polyester/nylon etc.
(mainly fibre grade and BOPP masterbatches) 
Various Engineering Thermoplastics compounds for automotive, electrical/electronics industry. Provided efficient technical services of newly developed products. 
Colour matching of critical colour

Summary of Skills & Experience
Experience in Engineering Plastics/Polymer Industry. 
Innovated and successfully implemented the special PBR polymerization techniques to improve quality of product substantially and reduction of production cost around 10% each year.
Development of conductive ABS and ASA for Global market as a Styrolution most wanted premium grade for automotive industry.
Successfully matched most difficult colour to gain unexpected sales premium. 
Development of some unique market-driven grades to increase our market share substantially. 
Wide experience in development various grades of ABS, ASA, MABS, SAN, HIPS and PS, PP, Nylon, PC, PET/PBT, PVC, HDPE/LLDPE/LDPE, PMMA and various Engineering Thermoplastic Blends.
Experience in Various instruments like FTIR, GPC/HPLC, GC, Colour Spectrophotometer, Impact tester, universal testing machine, Optical Microscope (both Phase contrast & Polarized), Fire related testing, UV/ weather-o-meter related testing, Particle size analyser, TGA, DSC, SEM, Capillary & torque Rheometer  etc
Experience in Various Polymerization  methods:
Mass/Bulk Polymerization of HIPS, Polystyrene, SAN 
Emulsion polymerization of Polybutadiene/ Polyacrylate rubber Latex, graft ABS latex. 
Wide experience in Plastic Nano-Composites based on carbon nanotube, carbon fibre, nano-clay etc.
Vast experience in various Plastics Compounding and also wide varieties of plastics masterbatches.
Experience in Cable Compounds (Sioplas XLPE, PVC FRLS, Various Rubber compounds like EPDM, Nitrile, Butyl, Silicone rubber etc)
Experience in  Resin such as Alkyd, Epoxy, Unsaturated Polyester, PF and UF Resin, polyurethane etc
Significant knowledge of Stage-gate project management system.
Dealing with various Automotive OEMs and Appliance OEMs for new product development & Business Development (OEM likes: TATA, Nisan, Toyota, Honda, Hero, Bajaj, Daimlar, Hunadai, Mahindra & mahindra, GM Motor, Ford, VW, LG, Sumsung, Videocon, Onida, Whirlpool, Electrolux, Godrej, Hair, etc).
Possess Ph.D (Tech.) in Polymer Technology from Calcutta University with 8 (Eight) published papers in the International Journals (USA), Topic: studies of Polymer blend and alloys and their characterization & probable industrial applications

Future Goals

Seeking Top Level Assignments in the areas of Technical, Research & Development (R&D) and New Product Development of various Plastics & Polymer with an organisation of repute