Experience

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  TUV SUD SOUTH ASIA PVT LTD

  • Bangalore, India

  • DY.GENERAL MANAGER - GLOBAL CHEMICAL COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS SOUTH ASIA REGION

    • Nov 2011 - Present
    • Bangalore, India

    REACH compliance evaluation of leather, leather products, Automotive Components, Textile, Ready made garments, Electronic & Electrical equipments, Toys, Stationery Products & other articles for export to Europe.Responsible for Operations, Sales & Marketing of REACH & RoHS Compliance as per EU, China & India regulations.Evaluation of automotive components for heavy metals, SoC testing & other hazardous substance testing as per ELV directive of European Union & GADSL.Responsible for development of sales strategy & business plan.Toy testing as per different parts of EN 71, ASTM & IS : 9873.RoHS Compliance of Medical Devices as per Recast RoHS Directive 2011/65/EUREACH Compliance of Medical Devices as per European Union regulation.Training to Corporates on RoHS & REACH Implimentation as per EU directivesConducting Technical Awareness programmes on REACH , RoHS, ELV, MSDS, Toy regulation as per ASTM, EN 71 & BIS 9873

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  Intertek India Pvt Ltd

  • Bangalore

  • Business Manager - EU Chemical Regulations

    • Nov 2006 - Nov 2011
    • Bangalore

    Responsibe for Technical Support, Sales & Business development of hazardous substance evaluation services related RoHS, ELV, REACH SVHC, and Phthalates as per directives of European Union & other applicable countries including US. : Close coordination with overseas labs such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, US for necessary global support for Chemical Compliance.: Contact person for Intertek India for RoHS compliance services, Toy testing as per EU & ASTM requirements & REACH SVHC support. Conducted RoHS & ELV compliance training programmes to corporates such as BOSCH, LG, VIDEOCON, MOSER BAER, COFFEE DAY, APPLICOMP India, HALONIX etc.Handled China RoHS & Green Leaf Certification of products independently in coordination with overseas offices of China & Sweden.Recipient of Certificate of Merit & Cash award in “Intertek as One” (IaO) Cross Divisional Sales concept. Received the award from Intertek Group EVP, Mr. Paul Yao, Hong Kong & Mr.Rajesh Saigal - Country Manager - Intertek India

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  Shiva Analyticals India Ltd- Bangalore

  • Bangalore, Karnataka, India

  • Manager - Environment & Chemical Regulations

    • Aug 2005 - Oct 2006
    • Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    Roles & Responsibilities: Sales, marketing & technical coordination of various analytical services like RoHS compliance as per EU directive, ELV testing of automobile components & other hazardous substances, environment & pollution monitoring, metal testing, Environmental Impact Assessment, Indoor air quality studies.Achievements: Successfully initiated new environment & pollution monitoring related services like EIA etc.Was active team member responsible for Initiating new analytical services like RoHS, ELV & Phthalates testing as per European Union directive requirements & technical support for testing.Participated as a speaker in International Conference on Challenges & Opportunities in Electronics Manufacturing & spoke on RoHS Compliance conducted at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Received a Momento Of Appreciation from the organizer COMPONEX ELECTRONIC INDIA. Participated in International conference & presented papers at Delhi on ELV Directive sponsored by Electronics Today Participated in workshop & presented papers at Pune on RoHS Directive sponsored by NETPEM , Nagpur & CII Papers on RoHS compliance as per European Union Directive published in NETPEM journal & can be seen on Internet Also. Papers on ELV compliance as per EU directive published in leading magazine “Electronics Today”.

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  Shriram Institute For Industrial Research

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Senior Analytical Chemist

    • 1988 - 2005
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Roles & Responsibilities : Analytical testing of environmental parameters, pollution studies, efficiency study of pollution monitoring equipments, testing of pharma products as per IP, BP, USP, Paints, Cement, Gold, Silver & other consumer products as per BIS standards. Analysis of Drinking water, Feed Water, Process water, D.M.water, Wastewater as per APHA, AOAC, ASTM and BIS specifications.Leq noise monitoring studiesEnvironmental data generation with respect to meteorological parameters. Operation of Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Varian make. I was heading environment lab for a period of 5 years, identifying & development of new business streams. Successfully handled several Environmental Impact Assessment Study projects executed across the country as project & site incharge.Attended training course on Environment Management System – ISO 14001 conducted by Centre For Electronics Test Engineering , Electronics City , Bangalore