• Gender: Male
• Age: 36
• Designation: Senior Executive
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Current Gross Salary: INR  735000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  1000000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Preferred Location: Anywhere
• Work Experience: 8.3 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. - IIT Roorkee, IIT Roorkee in 2019 with 87

Skill Sets

Instrument handling experience (Can run these instruments independently)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR): PerkinElmer FTIR spectrum Two.
UV-VIS spectroscopy: Shimadzu UV 1800
X-Ray Diffraction Spectroscopy (XRD): Rigaku Ultima IV, Japan
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Bruker Dimension Icon AFM, USA
Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM): MIRA3 TESCAN, USA
Rheometer: MCR-102, Anton Paar GmbH, AUSTRIA
Contact angle analyzer: Phoenix 300, Korea
HAAKE MiniCTW micro compounder: Thermo Scientific, Germany
Microinjection machine: Haake mini Jet-II, Germany
Universal Testing Machine (UTM): Instron 3365, Instron Co., Macclesfield, UK
BET surface area analyzer: Quantachrome, Autosorb-iQ/MP®XR, USA
Izod and Charpy Impact tester: Tinius Olsen 104
Color Spectrophotometer

Software handling experience
1Microsoft office word, excel, powerpoint; ChemDraw Ultra 8.0, Origin Pro 8.5, Image J, Photoshop7, Mendeley, X’Pert High Score, Nanoscope Analysis (version 1

Work Experience

Project Leader - R&D
Since Feb 2019
Company Profile : Leading Petrochemical Company in India involved in the manufacturing of ABS & SAN.
Job Profile
Development of different grades of ABS engineering plastics.
Development of ABS and other polymer blends.
Compounding/extrusion and injection molding of engineering plastics.
Analyzing the defects of molded parts and find their solutions.
Work on customer complaints.
Testing and characterizations of RM and finished materials.
Monitoring R&D activities.

R & D Executive
2.5 Years
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Chemical Storage Ve Tank, Polyester Putty, Unsaturated Polyester Resin.
Job Profile :
Development of new type of saturated and unsaturated polyester resins for composite and coating industries like pultrusion, filament winding, SMC/DMC, artificial marble/quartz, coil coating etc.
Development of DCPD based polyester putty resin for car refinishes and water-based based polyurethane resin.
Development of halogenated and halogen-free fire-retardant grade unsaturated polyester resin, acrylic modified unsaturated polyester resin.
Coil coating paint formulation and then their various testing such as DFT, T-bent test, MEK rub test, cross-cut adhesion test, UV test etc.
Modification of existing products as per the diversified demand of a wide range of customers.
Monitoring the regular R & D activities and proper documentation of ongoing research projects as per ISO standard and procedure.
Follow up the customers during new products development, provide technical support to the production unit as and when required and to resolve the issues related to product performance at the customer end.
Provide practical training to the graduate and master’s college students during their internship.
Inter-department audit as per the schedule to check the systematic run of the company and safety.

Title of Project: Effective utilization of fly ash by making composite with Poly (vinyl chloride) and its thermo-mechanical study.
Place of work: Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, Calcutta University, Kolkata.
Mentor: Prof. Debabrata Chakraborty, Professor, Dept. of Polymer Science & Technology, Calcutta University, Kolkata-700009

Achievements/ Accomplishments
National Scholarship for outstanding result in B. Tech (2009-2012).
Qualified in GATE- 2014, in XE (Engineering Sciences), All India Rank- 148.
Life member of The Society for Polymer Science, India
Life member of The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India
Life member of Asian Polymer Association (APA), India
Member of Polymer Processing Society (PPS), USA
Reviewer of Journal of Applied Polymer Science (JAPS), Wiley
Reviewer of Polymer Bulletin, Springer

International Exposure
Delivered oral presentation on the topic “Efficacy of ultra-low loading of modified graphene oxide on physicomechanical properties of glycidol terminated polyurethane nanocomposites aiming to high-performance applications” in the 34th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-34), Taipei, Taiwan, 21-25th May 2018.

Conference Proceedings
Madhab Bera, Pradip K. Maji; Facile method for the preparation of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and their detailed characterization, International Conference on Materials Science & Technology 2016, 01-04th March 2016, Delhi University, India.

Madhab Bera, Pradip K. Maji; One-pot synthesis of graphene oxide by sonication assisted mechanochemical approach, International Conference on Functional Materials, ICFM-2016, 12 – 14th December 2016, IIT Kharagpur, India.

Madhab Bera, Pradip K. Maji; Reactive functionalization of graphene-based materials with thermoplastic polyurethane: Effect of nanomaterial structure on final properties, International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science & Technology (APA-2017), 23-25th November 2017, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
Madhab Bera, Pradip K. Maji; Graphene induced compatibilization of polymer blend based on poly (vinylidene fluoride) and thermoplastic polyurethane, International Conference on Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations and Initiatives-2017 (ICN:3I-2017), 6-8th December 2017, IIT Roorkee, India.

Madhab Bera, Pradip K. Maji; Efficacy of ultra-low loading of modified graphene oxide on physicomechanical properties of glycidol terminated polyurethane nanocomposites aiming to high-performance applications, 34th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-34), 21-25th May 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.

Journal Publications
Bera, M., & Maji, P. K. (2017). Effect of structural disparity of graphene-based materials on thermo-mechanical and surface properties of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites. Polymer, 119, 118-133.

Bera, M., Chandravati, Gupta, P., & Maji, P. K. (2018). Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Graphene Oxide by Sonication Assisted Mechanochemical Approach and Its Surface Chemistry. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 18(2), 902-912.

Bera, M., Saha, U., Bhardwaj, A., & Maji, P. K. (2018).Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) induced compatibilization and reinforcement of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) binary polymer blend. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136, 47010.

Bera, M., and Maji, P.K. (2019). Efficacy of ultra-low loading of amine functionalized graphene oxide into glycidol-terminated polyurethane for a high-performance composite material. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 139, 60-74

Bera, M., & Maji, P.K. (2017). Graphene-based polymer nanocomposites: Materials for future revolution: MOJ Polymer Science, 1(3), 94-97.

Gupta, P., Bera, M., & Maji, P. K. (2017). Nano-tailoring of sepiolite clay with poly [styrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-styrene]: structure-property correlation. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 28(11), 1428-1437.

Saini, A., Yadav, C., Bera, M., Gupta, P., & Maji, P. K. (2017). Maleic anhydride grafted linear low-density polyethylene/waste paper powder composites with superior mechanical behavior. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 134(31), 45167

Yadav, C., Saini, A., Bera, M., & Maji, P. K. (2017). Thermo-analytical characterizations of biodiesel produced from edible and non-edible oils. Fuel Processing Technology, 167, 395-403.

Bera, M., Prabhakar, A., Maji, P. K. (12019) Nanotailoring of thermoplastic polyurethane by amine functionalized graphene oxides: Effect of amine modifier on final properties. Composites Part B (Revision Submitted)

Kumar, G., Singh, J. P., Saha, U., Bera, M., Goswami, T. H., & Maji, P. K. (2019). A mechanistic approach for the modulation of band gap of nanopolyaniline using various heterogeneous carbon nanostructures. Polymer Bulletin, 1-23.

Book Chapter
Bera, M., Gupta, P., & Maji, P. K. (2019). Structural/Load-Bearing Characteristics of Polymer-Carbon Composites. In Carbon-Containing Polymer Composites (pp. 457-502). Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2688-2_13

Future Goals

Seeking for a post doctoral position in any reputed institutes. A responsible position which can give me an interesting, innovative and challenging work environment with targets and responsibilities that will utilize my educational, professional skills and experience and offer scope of learning, continuous personal and professional development through teamwork and self-involvement.