Chemical Engineering Business Development, Process Design, and Operations Consultant

Expertise

• Market research of green chemicals.
• Well versed with ChemCAD.
• Field experience in production and project.
• Green chemicals, Polymers, perfumery chemicals, ethanol and derivatives.
• Basic Engineering of 20 TPD biodiesel plant.
• Basic engineering of revamp of molasses to yeast plant.
• Basic engineering of 10 K TPA, maleic anhydride plant.
• Market research report on green chemicals, maleic anhydride.
• Cost estimation of catalyst project.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Project Manager, Present

• New business opportunity for products.
• Research on the derivatives products.
• Research on market demand, government policy and competitors.
• Finding the Technology supplier and contacting them. Preparing RFQ for the technology supplier.
• Preparing the financials of the project and estimation of the profitability of the project.
• Preparing business plan.
• Coordination with clients.

Petron Scientech Inc., Princeton, NJ, Director Business Development, 2014 - 2016

• Oversaw this technology company, a leader in ethanol to ethylene, technology offers, ethylene to ethylene oxide, and mono ethylene glycol technology. Included; maleic anhydride technology and formaldehyde technology.
• New business opportunity in India of products offered by firm.
• Research on market demand, government policy and competitors.
• Finding the technology supplier for other ethylene/EO/MEG derivatives and evaluating the technology.
• Preparing RFQ for the technology supplier.
• Coordination with engineering company and key equipment suppliers, (Aker Solutions, Jacobs, UHDE, Techint and Technimont).
• Preparing business plan, including the financials of the project and estimation of the profitability of the project.
• Coordination with clients.
• Other technology evaluated: BDO, LDPE, Glycol Ether, Ethanol from Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol.

Consulting Specialist, 2009 - 2010

• Basic Engineering for Maleic Anhydride of capacity 10,000 TPA with fixed reactor and batch distillation, and with continuous distillation.
• Basic Engineering for 20,000 TPA alcohol to ethylene plant.
• Basic Engineering of Catalyst Regeneration plant at Russia for Porocel Catalyst Ltd, based on technology studied from existing plant at Singapore.
• Cost estimates of the Catalyst plant for Porocel Catalyst Ltd, USA.
• Cost estimates and proposal for Maleic Anhydride plant in Iran, based on Petron Technology.

Country Manager, Mumbai, India, 2006 - 2008

• Spearheading the Business Development, Project Marketing, coordination with clients, Project Planning and coordination activities to augment business profitability.
• Fore fronted search of international market for MEG with alcohol producing countries mainly India, Mauritius, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia and China.
• Identification of client and interaction with client, during tenure interacted with Modi Sugar, Somaiya Organics, Essar, Reliance, Bajaj Hindisthan, JBF Industries, Garden Silk, Bombay Dying, Finolex, Ashoka Organics, and several others.
• Interaction with Engineering companies mainly - Chemtex, Jacob, Akar Solutions, and others.
• Preparation of proposals and assistance in business conceptualization.
• Market search and update on Ethanol, Ethylene, EO, MEG and other derivatives of Ethylene and EO.

Tanay Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India, Director, 2009 - 2017

Tanay Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India, Director, 2009 - 2017

• A trading company of used plants, for engineering services and trading of chemicals.
• Market research on solar manufacturing in India, mainly - polysilicon, solar wafers, solar cells.
• Market research of fine chemicals, ethylene derivatives, petrochemical products and polyolefin.
• Technical audit of following plants - expandable polystyrene, polypropylene, HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene), formic acid, methyl amines, tomato paste manufacturing, ammonia, methanol, phenol/acetone, and recycled PET plant.

Process Design Projects

• Business conceptualization and Consultant for Solar Power plants, UFLEX Ltd., in Norway.
• Technical audit of Propylene plant (capacity 170,000 TPA) at Ineos Bombale, Norway.
• Technical assistance to Develop Products, Meerut, India to set up the 60 TPD, PET recycling plant.
• Arrange technology of Ethyl Acetate for one client at Mumbai, India
• Basic Engineering for 20 TPD Bio Diesel plant for Sun Bio System, Nevada, USA.
• Basic Engineering and cost estimates for revamping and capacity expansion of A B Mauri (I) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai for their existing units at Sikandrabad (UP) and Chiplun (Maharashtra). A B Mauri is a part of British group and pioneer in Molasses to Yeast.
• Technology Tie up for Phenol/Acetone technology with Polimeri Europa, Italy.

Uflex Ltd., Deputy General Manager, Project and Business Development, 2008 - 2009

• Head of Business Development and company - ordination of the Bio Fuel division, focusing manufacturing of MEG, EO and other derivatives from green route.
• Heading a team, evaluating the business opportunity of Corn to Alcohol to Ethylene and derivatives mainly EO and EO derivatives, MEG and LDPE, in China, and India.
• Interaction with possible partners in China, including corn suppliers like COPCO, SINOGRAIN and other local bodies
• Prepared the Techno feasibility report for "Alcohol to Ethylene to EO/EG", at China with SWOT Analysis.
• Technical audit of the Corn to Alcohol Ethanol plants (dry Miling), and check the viability of the operations. Capacity of the plant were: 150,000 TPA (600 KLPD), product used for fuel alcohol and Potable purpose at Heyang, China. And, 50,000 TPA (200 KLPD), Fuel alcohol plant at Tianjin, China.
• Market survey of corn availability, import/export, and price trend in China.
• Market survey of EO and EG, including manufacturers, import, demand and price trend in china
• Evaluations of the possibility of other bio products, mainly Poly lactic Acid, with respect to the available resources and uses.

Vamshi Chemicals Ltd., Mumbai, India, Head of Process, 2001 - 2006

• Heading the Process design department and lead the team for Technology sourcing.
• Basic Engineering of several perfumery products mainly - Dihydromyrcenol, Terpineol, Iso E Super, Menthol processing and DMO processing.
• Basic Engineering of MEA (Mono Ethyl Amine), DMA and TEA (Tri Ethyl Amine),
• Studied different technologies, few are - Use of Plasma reactor for MSW, LCM technology for Methanol of capacity 500 TPD, Studied Formic Plant at RCF Thal, Benzoic Acid, Formaldehyde with FeMo Catalyst.
• Assistance in basic and detailed engineering of 120 TPD Ethyl Acetate plant at Asansol (W.B.)

National Agro Chemicals Ltd., Sangrur, India, Works Manager, 1995 - 2001

• For this manufacturer of agrochemicals, mainly Monocrotophos (MCP), and 2,4 D Ethyl Ester; executed company turnover increases 4 times in tenure.
• Demonstrated excellence in implementation of Basic ERP systems.
• Streamlined production by applying ERP tools and better utilization of resources.
• Process optimized for better quality, more productivity, lesser man power and lesser cost. Production capacity rose to 3 times without induction of new equipment's or any other major investment.

Morepan Laboratories Ltd.,Parwanoo, India, Senior Chemical Engineer, 1993 - 1995

• Supervised the operations of this bulk drug manufacturing company with main products in: Ampicillin, Cloxacillin, Amoxycillin, Omeprazole, Cisapride and Loratadine.
• In charge of Pilot plant, new Projects and ETP
• Scale up the production process of Omeprazole from lab scale basis to commercial scale, through pilot plant
• Pilot run of Cisapride and Loratadine.
• Solvent separation column was designed, so that solvents coming out from process can be recycled.
• Introduced the safety system.
• Established the system for use of Liquid Nitrogen for cooling in reaction process.

Camphor & Allied Products, Bareilly, India, Plant Engineer, 1992 - 1993

• Provide project support for the manufacturing perfumery bulk chemicals with more than 135 products developed.
• Heading one section and supporting the projects.
• Assistance in redesign the high purity column.
• Plant trails for continuous terpinol manufacturing technology.
• Reduced the solvent consumption in beta pinene resin.
• In house design the column and change from batch to continuous with side draw of product.

Grasim Ind. Ltd., Nagada, India, Process Engineer, 1987 - 1990

• Production Shift supervisor for one of the largest manufacturer of rayon in India and Asia.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Simulation software: ChemCAD, ASPEN, Design -II, AutoCAD, MS Project
• Microsoft software and internet

Languages

• English
• Hindi

Education

• B. Tech. Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur (UP), India