R&D, Technical Head (5 Unit Head) at Narayan Organic Pvt Ltd (2024-10 – Present)
Continually travels and updates from 5 units. Development of new products including Green 7, Beta, Azo, HPP Pigments.
- Development of New Products (Green 7, Beta, Azo, HPP Pigments)
- Technical Supports & Suggestion
- New Test Method Developments
- Pilot plant trials
- Literature review
- Daily Production Quality updates
- Selection of Outsource Materials & standardization
- Raw Material Testing
- Cost reduction
- Technology Transfer
Technical Head & R&D Head at Unilex Colours and Chemicals Ltd (2024-12 – 2025-07)
- Selection of outsourcing parties & standardization
- Visited International & local customer
- Customer Complaints
- New products Developments & Standardization
- Technical Supports & Suggestion
Unit Head at Parirang Pigment (2023-11 – 2024-06)
Manufacturing of inorganic pigments.
Technical Director at Yoganand Pigments (2024-01 – 2024-06)
Trading company.
R&D Head & QC Head at Voxco Pigment & Chemical Private Ltd (2021-05 – 2023-10)
Voxco Group of Companies plays a big role in Export as well as in the Domestic Market of Inorganic, Anticorrosive pigments for 35 years. Located 3 units at Vapi. Azo pigment manufacturing at Sarigram GIDC from 100 T/m base capacity with Classical Azo pigment production. New unit at Dahej with 12000 t/annum production capacity.
- Development of Azo as well as HPP pigment in laboratory then standardization on pilot to big scale
- Responsible for tasks delegated by R&D & QC Head
- In charge of the work place and ensuring its smooth development
- Cost reduction
- Troubleshooting
- Technical Issue resolution
- Vendor Development
- Plant trials
- Record keeping
- Technology Transfer
- Pilot plant trials
- Big scale up
- Up to validation
Dy. Manager (R&D, Production) at Lona Industries Ltd (2007-04 – 2021-05)
100% Export unit of phthalocyanine pigments and its derivatives (Crude CPC Blue, Beta Blue 15.3, 15.4, Green-7, Alpha, Quinacridone pigment). Responsible for tasks delegated by Dy. Manager with oversight of workplace operations and smooth development work. Additional responsibility for plant activities including capacity 50t/month for Unit 1 & Unit 2 (Mahad) and new expansion of Beta pigment and phthalo derivatives.
- Cost reduction
- Trouble shooting
- Technical issue resolution
- Vendor Development
- Plant trials
- Record keeping
- Technology Transfer
- Pilot plant trials
- Big scale up
- Up to validation
- Development of Beta blue (15.3, 15.4, 15.6) in laboratory initially started on pilot plant then scaled to big scale from initial capacity 10t/month to presently 50t/month
- Development of new quality products in various applications (15.1, 15.3, 15.4, Green7, all types of Azo pigment in Paint, Ink, Plastic Application)
- Pigment standardization from pilot plant to big scale
- Successful Technology transfer DNS Japan to Lona (Lab scale to pilot & big scale) of Beta Blue 15.3 PVC grade, Ink Grade
- Development of all types (Textile, Paint Grade) of Emulsion and standardization on pilot plant (Blue 15.0, 15.1, Green, Yellow, Orange, Black)
- Development of Blue, Green & AZO Pigments and others
- Development of non-flocculation Filler to reduce dirty tone of pigment
- Customer complaint handling
- Application wise product line development
- Ball mill standardization (Useful for Beta production)
- Continuous process optimization for cost reduction and ecology improvement
- Introduction of New products formalities w.r.t. Product safety
- Literature survey for synthesis of intermediates & pigments
- Handling of man, materials, machinery, and safety with G.M.P.
Sr. Chemist (R&D, Troubleshooting) at Sudarshan Chemical Ind Limited (1992-01 – 2007-02)
Biggest pigment manufacturing unit in India with well-established systems (ISO, QMS, Safety 14001, 18000, 5S). R&D focused on new product development and standardization.
- New product developed (AZO Pigment and standardization on plant)
- Arylamide Yellow (12, 13, 14, 16, 83, 139) with special treatments in various applications
- Monoazo pigment (Yellow 1, 3)
- Perma RED (48.1 to 48.4)
- Rubine toner, Red (57.1, 1.3, 8, 12, 146, 170)
- Orange (13, 34, 16)
- Technology Transfer DIC to Sudarshan Roha
- Special requirement of customer fulfillment
- ISO working, Project file as per ISO 9001-2000
- Standardization of new product (Tank stage to Validation stage)
- Changes (parameter) in existing products
- History maintaining
- Bender Matching (Cheaper products)
- R.M. Testing
- Muller testing
- Impurity Analysis
- FADE Project - Low Barium content in Azo pigment (Red lake c)
- Reaction Handling: Hydrolysis, Sulfonation, Neutralization, purification, Diazotization, coupling, simultaneously reaction, one stage reaction
