Mohammad Razaul Karim

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Awarded PhD in Building material from University of Malaya, Malaysia. Dr. M. R. Karim published 16 articles on international journal and also presents several papers in international conferences. Dr. M. R. Karim has beforehand served in Crown Cement, Crown Cement Ready Mix concrete, Shah Cement Industries Ltd and also in University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is an internationally recognized researcher in the area of building materials and highly reputable in the cement and concrete industry.

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Mohammad Razaul

Karim, Deputy General Manager of quality control and technical support team of Eastern Cement Industries Ltd. I have 17 years of diverse industrial and research experience on building materials in local and international organization. Dr. M. R. Karim has an excellent professional experience covering management of technical support team, cost effective product development, process optimization, corporate quality control, plant safety management, management of Compliance documents, operation of plant, project management with multi-sectoral disclosure including cement and ready mix concrete.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Malaya

Jalan Universiti, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Research Assistant

October 2013 – June/2017

Projects Involved

• Low Carbon Footprint Precast Concrete Products For An Energy Efficient Built Environment
• Community composting capacity building program to local community in Kuala Lumpur
• RE-engineering and adaptating concrete for sustainable development and climate change initiatives

Major responsibilities

• Review literature to find research gap • Design experiment to achieve the goal of research objective • Perform tests • Analyze test data, write papers and submit to journal • Project proposal writing • Analyze literature review, find problems, set objective, create work plan, set deadlines, outline possible outcome, find limitation, prepare budgets for Project proposal • Respond to reviewer comments

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Eastern Cement Industries Limited Walso tower, 21 kazi nazrul islam avenue Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Deputy General Manager – Quality Control & Technical Support Team

March/2020 – Continue

Major responsibilities

Cost minimization of plant • optimization of production• Ensure product quality as per BIS standard, while exporting to India • Lead product development, process optimization, corporate quality control • Confirm product quality of cement manufacturing as per ASTM, EN and BIS standards • Develop raw mixtures optimized for composite cement production using fly ash, limestone slag and clinker • Analyzing the recipe using cost effectiveness as well as customer demand, • Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; • appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes, • Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products, Obtains product market share by working with sales department through Trade, nontrade & Mega projects to develop products sales strategies, • Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product quality forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.

• Brings and products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs.

• Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.

• Ensure all company policies, procedures, and work instruction are documented in a clear, simple and concise manner.

• Train all company personnel in the documented company policies, • Ensure product quality as per standard, Lead product development, process optimization, corporate quality control • Confirm product quality of Concrete manufacturing as per standards • Develop raw mixtures optimized for concrete production using aggregate, sand and cement which collected from different sources fly ash • Build up of high performance ready mix concrete with good workability using slag admixture • Calibrate batching plant, Electric balance, Compressive strength machine and other lab and production related equipments • Conduct project status meetings with various departments as and when required • Plan to allocate resources and ensure high productivity of all resources • Prepare project status reports • Ensure deadlines are met • Liaison with marketing department • Handling customer complaints.

Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited

Delta Life Tower (3rd & 6th floor), Plot # 37, Rd No 90, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212

Assistant General Manager – Quality Control and Production

October/2019 – March/ 2020

Major responsibilities

• Determines customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information, Analyzing the recipe using cost effectiveness as well as customer demand, Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes, Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products, Obtains product market share by working with sales department through Trade, nontrade & Mega projects to develop products sales strategies. • Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product quality forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests. • Brings and products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs. • Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results. • Ensure all company policies, procedures, and work instruction are documented in a clear, simple and concise manner. • Train all company personnel in the documented company policies, • Ensure product quality as per standard, Lead product development, process optimization, corporate quality control • Confirm product quality of Concrete manufacturing as per standards • Develop raw mixtures optimized for concrete production using aggregate, sand and cement which collected from different sources fly ash • Build up of high performance ready mix concrete with good workability using slag admixture • Calibrate batching plant, Electric balance, Compressive strength machine and other lab and production related equipment • Conduct project status meetings with various departments as and when required • Plan to allocate resources and ensure high productivity of all resources • Prepare project status reports • Ensure deadlines are met • Liaison with marketing department • Handling customer complaints.

Crown Cement Limited

Delta Life Tower (3rd & 6th floor), Plot # 37, Rd No 90, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212

Sr. Manager – Quality Assurance and Laboratory

February 2010 – October 2013, October2017- October/2019

Major responsibilities

• Visit foreign cement companies (mainly in Vietnam) to ensure ordered clinker quality• Experience on VRM as well as tube granding mill opration system • Ensure product quality as per BIS standard, while exporting to India • Lead product development, process optimization, corporate quality control • Confirm product quality of cement manufacturing as per ASTM, EN and BIS standards • Develop raw mixtures optimized for composite cement production using fly ash, limestone slag and clinker • Build up of high performance ready mix concrete with good workability using slag admixture • Calibrate XRF, Electric balance, Compressive strength machine and other lab equipments • Conduct project status meetings with various departments as and when required • Plan to allocate resources and ensure high productivity of all resources • Conduct training sessions for operators and marketing personals for quality control and process functions • Prepare project status reports • Ensure deadlines are met • Liaison with marketing department • Handling customer complaints.

Shah Cement Industries Limited

Empori Financial Center, Level # 13,Plot#6, Road # 93, North Avenue, Gulshan-2 ,Dhaka-1212

Senior Chemist –Quality Control

June 2006 – February 2010

Major responsibilities

• Characterize raw material of cement using XRF, XRD, Gravimetric and Volumetric methods • Ensure quality of produced cement • Prepare lab reports meticulously • Perform tests on Compressive strength, Setting time, Soundness and other cement properties • Maintain test reports in record keeping system • Perform audits on various departments • Visit customer sites based on complaints • Communicate with various departments/resources.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Year of Passing: 2017

Research title: Feasibility Assessment of Palm Oil Clinker Powder as supplementary cementitious material.

M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Year of Passing: 2005

GPA: 3.61 (72.4% marks) out of 4.00

B.Sc. in Chemistry

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Year of Passing: 2003

GPA: 3.32 (66.4% marks) out of 4.00