Chief - Research Projects

• Aug 2020 - Present

Assistant General Manager - Projects

• Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

• Monitoring of R & D Projects from Concept to production • Liaising with Marketing for new product development and project scrutiny based on technical and business feasibility • Development of process monitoring and automation technologies/techniques for quality improvement • Establishing of 5S policy and Monitoring of 5S activities in the factory • Performing process audits to identify the improvement areas and cost reductions • Troubleshooting and providing technical consultancy services to R & D • Mentoring and guidance of the subordinates in both technical and social aspects Show less

Research And Development Manager, Advance Technology

• Apr 2013 - Mar 2018

Applied technical expertise of Tribology and Mechanical engineering in Identifying/developing measurement methods & techniques; Worked on decoding the consumer requirements (VoC) to technical language  Developed novel testing methods and protocols & Bench-marking and generation of scientific claims for Marico’s Products; Utilizing various advanced measurement techniques  Articulated on Material Science & Tribology - a mechanistic approach for development of strategy for next-gen products  Liaised with product development teams across various geographies (SEA & MENA) for product and technology development.  Troubleshooting to all technical problems and providing technical consultancy services to other departments at Marico R &D  Team Player for promoting Systematic Innovation culture across R&D  Performance evaluation, guiding & training of subordinates Selected Achievements:  Provided technical claims to various Marico’s products (Oils, Dyes, Serums) for product positioning by the brand  Designed, developed in-house and successfully implemented new characterization/test methods/instruments and SOPs etc  Established State-of-Art “Advanced Technology lab” for testing at Marico R&D  Prepared Strategy and championed the program for Structural optimization of rigid thermoplastic packaging using FEA simulation tools that brought about 10% weight savings in rigid packaging and over ₹ 20 million cost savings  Designed, developed & patented Skin Smoothness device based on skin tribology and successfully rolled as Marico’s first diagnostic IOT digital device for market activation of body lotion across the country along with Brand.  Created and prototyped Diagnostic Digital Comb based on tribo-mechanics for Point-of-Sale marketing of products  Designed and Developed a novel hair straightening device using new non-damaging technology Show less

Manager / Senior Manager- Advanced Engineering

• Apr 2007 - Apr 2013

 Managed advanced materials-R&D projects in the domains: Light weighting, Friction Solutions from concept to implementation  Development of Road maps, new technologies for cost/ process optimization  Entailing identification of opportunities in field failure issues for warranty cost reduction, collation and analysis of field failure data  Involving in Component level & Vehicle level Test design & conduction of tests and implementation  Exposure in information security management system (ISMS) processes (ISO 27001) Selected Achievements:  Pioneered in development of friction reduction and crash protection technologies for Automotives Performed friction reduction in engines by surface texturing; created & Developed novel process for surface texturing of Engine components based on photolithography and achieved 2-3% increase in fuel efficiency at engine tests  Conceptualized the utility of Aluminium foam for crash and energy absorption in automotives  Addressed Field failure issues in tippers and trucks which resulted in reduction of warranty cost Identified alternate material and validated with 3x life improvements  Championed in the utility of Natural fibre composites for automotive applications for cost and wt reductions Developed jute fibre reinforced polyester composite wind deflectors for trucks with 18% weight reduction & 20% Cost reduction and successfully validated in lab scale and in field testing.  Investigated on utility of Self Reinforced Polypropylene for Automotive components. Demonstrated & Developed thermoformed Self-reinforced PP component  Successful Validation of vehicle components in component level fatigue testing at 3G conditions.  Championed the development of Roadmap for Automotive Materials & “System Simulation Tools” for vehicle systems  Organised Materials Conclave involving at an organizational level for development of future vehicle materials Show less

Project officer

• Mar 2002 - Mar 2005

 Worked on DST- funded project “Processing and performance evaluation of Nylon composite gears”  Mentored B. Tech. & M. Tech. students and Coordinated student projects in gear & polymer tribology  Managed & Coordinated lab equipments /instruments/ Daq systems - Purchases and maintenance  Designed, Developed & Validated test rigs for Evaluation of Polymer/Sintered gears- Power Absorption and Power re circulation gear test rig Pin-on-drum & Pin-on-disk tribometers  Developed Nylon 6 - Nanocomposites & Characterized for its mechanical & tribological properties  Developed a Viscoelastic model for Nylon 6 Nanocomposite materials  Published papers in reputed journals and presented at various International and National Conferences  Organization committee member in the Indo-Japan Conference on Damage Tolerant Design and Materials Dec’04 conducted at IIT Madras Show less