Experience

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  Devsynthesis India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Director

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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  Amar Chemistry Pvt Ltd

  • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Deputy General Manager

    • Aug 2020 - May 2021
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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  Anant Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd.

  • Ambernath

  • Advisory Consultant

    • Mar 2014 - Aug 2020
    • Ambernath

    Project and synthetic feasibility for incoming requests for quotes/proposals, route scouting and selection for the synthesis of pharmaceutical impurities as reference compounds. Training of laboratory personnel in key aspects of organic chemistry and spectroscopy as well as other facets to improve productivity, quality of work and shorten turnaround.

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  Blue Circle Organics Private Limited

  • Ambernath

  • Independent Chemistry Consultant

    • Mar 2015 - Jun 2016
    • Ambernath

    Development of an economical, robust and scalable route for the large scale synthesis of Xray contrast media

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  Evotec

  • Thane

  • Research Group Head

    • Jul 2010 - Oct 2013
    • Thane

    • Hit and lead expansion and optimization for medicinal chemistry• Multi-step, small molecule synthesis from milligram to kilogram scales• Design and synthesis of large libraries for HTS as well as diverse focused libraries for hit/lead finding and optimization

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  Nycomed Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

  • Japan
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Manager

    • Jul 2009 - Jun 2010

    Heading synthetic chemistry support, library synthesis and central purification and analysis departmentsSetting up of the combinatorial and library synthesis group in India Design and synthesis of non-commercial, drugable building blocks and libraries for the Nycomed corporate compound collectionProject management and coordinating with medicinal chemistry project groupsMember of the senior leadership team for the Mumbai site

  • Senior Research Scientist

    • Mar 2006 - Jun 2009

    Design and synthesis of non-commercial, drugable building blocks and libraries for the Nycomed corporate compound collectionSetting up of the library synthesis group in India

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  Wockhardt

  • Research Scientist

    • Jul 2004 - Feb 2006

    • Supporting the anti-infectives initiative through synthesis of new chemical entities, reference molecules and large scale synthesis of key intermediates

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  Brown University

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • Dec 2001 - May 2004

    • Understanding the cell recognition process using synthetic glycolipids• Synthesis of sulfated galactose synthons for presentation on solid/dendrimer surfaces• Boronic acid-based carbohydrate sensors

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  Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

  • Research Scientist

    • Aug 2001 - Nov 2001

    Development of economical synthetic routes for plant-scale synthesis of APIs

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Madison, Wisconsin Area

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

    • Aug 2000 - Jun 2001
    • Madison, Wisconsin Area

    • Synthesis of novel b- and g-amino acids to decipher folding propensities in biopolymer mimics