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Tojo Vikas Biotech Pvt. Ltd.Director
Apr. 2016BangaloreTojo Vikas Biotech (since 2016), has pioneered fermentation and green chemistry-based specialty chemicals R&D and manufacture. Current responsibilities: Research & Development, Scale up, Tech transfer, Operations, Business Development, IPR & Regulatory Compliance, Resource management, technical strategy, M&A/Partnership. Key highlights:
● Led the set-up of all R&D centers and bio manufacturing units capable of producing combined 100 T/year output of biotech-based products. ● Pipeline products under development will add 400 Cr (USD 50 Mn) over five years on realization. Current commercialized products have already added 15 Cr+/year to turnover.
● Commercialized four natural chemical products: cis-3-hexenol, lactones (𝞭 and 𝞬), and sclareolide, and fragrance ingredient: ambroxide from green chemistry principles. ● Partnering with the regulatory bodies, and the Government of India to incentivize production of F&F molecules via green chemistry and biotechnology
● Winner of several grants and funding schemes including SIBRI, Seed Fund, totaling INR 50 lakh (USD 0.06 Mn)
● Woman led organization with a strong diverse team; team size of 33 resources across R&D and manufacturing ● Patented technology: A process for bio-transformation and production of delta lactones thereof: IN 316764, PCT/IB2019/051024
Tojo Vikas International Pvt Ltd.Director
Aug. 2015Delhi, IndiaTojo Vikas International Pvt Ltd is a INR 150+ Cr (USD 18 Mn) company in the global Flavour and Fragrance (F&F) business since 1999, specializing in the manufacture of essential oil, natural, aroma, and specialty chemicals. Current responsibilities: S&OP for fragrance chemicals, Project Management, develop sustainability goals and execute targets, Service agreements, Negotiations, GMP and Pharmacopeia Audit preparation, Contract Manufacturing liaison and empanelment, Product Development Key highlights:
● Responsible for fragrance chemical supply chain and operations including advance licenses, customs clearances, inventory management
● Project management: Bio-process unit set-up and expansion with unit operations, control strategy and PLC implementation, utilities, civil, electrical. Project value 16 Cr (USD 1.9 Mn) ● Responsible for developing and implementing the company roadmap for sustainable practices: ○ Energy: reduction, green energy adoption, and GHG mapping and reduction ○ Water: Evaluating water footprint and inventories, implementing zero-liquid discharge ● Evaluating and implementing strategic partnerships, contracts, service agreements, and M&A opportunities with leading players in the F&F space
● Successfully identified, negotiated, and empaneled contract manufacturers ● Guiding company efforts into high efficiency and novel extraction technology: added products contributing to company are likely to account for 30% of future business turnover
● Improvements in productivity and energy efficiency leading to efficient capacity utilization
Fractionation Research Inc.Engineer Intern
May. 2012 - Aug. 2012StillwaterProvided authoring assistance to topical report on structured packing models and correlations titled “Ability of FRI Structured Packing Correlations to Predict Literature Data.”
Oklahoma State UniversityTeaching Assistant
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2012StillwaterProvided grading and communication assistance to undergraduate and graduate courses. CHE 4843: Process instrumentation and control
CHE 5633: Stagewise Operations
ENGR 4010: Physical and Chemical Behavior of Petroleum Fluids
CHE 4002: Chemical Engineering Laboratory I: Unit Operations (Heat exchange, distillation, absorption). Implementation of safe practices, supervision of students, and filing term end safety report
Oklahoma State UniversityResearch Assistant/Lead Engineer
Aug. 2007 - Dec. 2014Stillwater, OKLead engineer for an alternative feedstock biofuel facility constructed to demonstrate sweet-sorghum bioethanol Key highlights:
● Design and Project Economics: Preliminary design with ASPEN and CHEMCAD. Subsequent hydraulic modeling and detailed design. Evaluated project NPV, provided URS for equipment, communicated with suppliers across United States.
● Process Safety: Conducted Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and HAZOP study, detailed over-pressurization calculations for rupture disk/pressure relief valve selection. Established fire-safety strategy
● Instrumentation: Selected, procured, installed, and calibrated all facility hardware for process monitoring and control including sensors and control valves for level, flow, pressure, and temperature loops using EMERSON instruments. Set up data acquisition devices and connections. Created DCS and user interface for process monitoring and control using LabVIEW.
● Commissioning and Operations: Provided start-up, steady-state, and shut-down support
● Analytics: On-site sample testing and in process monitoring of data. Offline chromatographic analysis of samples using HPLC and GC for ethanol, sugars, glycerol, and fusel alcohols. Fouling studies using deposit analysis using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).
Mistral Airconditioning Services Company Private LimitedSenior HVAC Design Engineer
Feb. 2007 - Aug. 2007New Delhi Area, IndiaResponsible for heat load calculations, pricing assistance, BOQ activities, and preliminary equipment selection
Hindustan Unilever LtdResearch Associate
Aug. 2004 - Feb. 2007Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaProduct development for Home and Personal Care within Unilever Key highlights: • Product development: Formulation testing for encapsulated surfactants, bio-based cleaning agents, flocculation chemicals. Including design-of-experiments, data analysis, lab and pilot scale trials
• Equipment design: Flow cell to quantify entrance and fluid property effects on particulate deposition
• Analytical expertise: Microscope, contact angle, zeta-potential, turbidity, reflectance and image analysis, spectrophoric measurements, TDS-pH
• Scientific projects: Studied surface properties specifically hydrophobicity and its role in particulate deposition and cleaning. Developed mathematical model for particulate deposition.
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