Abhijeet Malhotra Email and Phone Number

Over the last 30 years Malhotra Organic has emerged as a Specialty Chemical Manufacturing company that is steadily expanding its manufacturing base and adding new product to its portfolio. The firm is market leader for its Benzyl Alcohol and is proud to introduce itself as one of the largest manufacturers of Food and Pharma grade Benzyl Alcohol in India and South East Asia with an installed capacity of over 1000 Metric Tons per Annum.The firm currently caters to more than 200 customers in domestic and international markets.Our tagline “Fuelling pharma” focuses on providing finest grade raw materials to our pharma clients so that they can manufacture quality pharmaceutical products by excelling in the fields of research, regulatory and manufacturing. Our products have earned us a market reputation for their properties like consistency in purity, high effectiveness to deliver, better shelf life and accurate composition complying with all standard pharmacoepia norms. We endeavor to please every client and stakeholder through focus, hard work and honesty.As the CEO of the company I am responsible for Managing overall Plant Operation at the unit with a focus on sustainable growth strategy for the company taking care of all marketing, procurement, and Global distribution and sales activities.For more information visit www.malhotraorganic.com

Lead Angels is India’s first privately owned angel network with the aim of improving early stage investment outcomes. The team accomplishes this by providing professional assistance to investor-members in company evaluation and the portfolio companies in their operations.Our members are successful entrepreneurs and professionals across diverse sectors who wish to identify and support high potential entrepreneurs. The network has grown rapidly and current has chapters in Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Managed North India Operations of the organisation, undertaking the following responsibilitiesa) Sourced 100+ potential investment opportunities through focused sector researches in Fintech, Media and Consumer space; Evaluated Business & Financial model, Competitive landscape, Scalability and Plausible Exit.b) Successfully pitched and executed deals worth $500,000 to our Angel Investors; prepared Comprehensive Review report, negotiated termsheet, led financial& legal due diligence, SHA Execution & Fund Disbursement.c) Managed Investee Companies by identifying synergy and potential business relationships within portfolio and nurture company’s growth by working closely with promoters on MIS, Recruitment and next round financing.

To tap business opportunities in this new online environment we make available the large and diversified network of 100,000+ business owners, decision makers, investors, mentors, service providers, events & social media at VENTURE GARAGE, the domain expertise and knowledge of the management team…to build a successful venture.I worked as Investment Analyst in Venture Garage where I worked with early stage businesses in the area of fund raising , go-to-market and tech handholding.a) Provided Advisory support to startups; Refined Pitchbook & Financials, Built strong value-added relationships with Angel Investors, VC firms and Family Offices by assisting them in identifying potential deals.b) Successfully closed an acquisition deal worth $5 Million; Prepared IM and Detailed financial model byForecasting the three statement; Computed Enterprise Value using DCF and Comparable Company Analysisc) Spearheaded the Business Development and Strategy initiatives for the overall growth and scaling of the organisation by introducing the Garager's program catering to Incubation and Mentorship of Disruptive startups

• Forged strategic tieups with 32 Venture Capitalists and 300+ Startups to organise Startup Cricket League• Led a team of 100 members to raise finances (account surplus) and create strategic partnerships for the cell.• Partnered with Amazon Web Server to provide promotional credit worth USD 1000 to 20 IIT Delhi Startups• Mentored 20+ Ecells in terms of structure and strategy, event planning, panel discussions, b-plan competitions

Events and Operations Director• Conceptualised and organised first ESummit hosting 75+ corporate dignitaries, 10+ workshops and competitions.• Partnered with leading media houses and did a thorough SEO/SEM analysis of website to boost cell's outreach.• Organised Startup Showcase (Competition cum pitching event) with total prize money of 10 lakhsExecut

Pitched Sponsors for EDC events Esummit 2015, Startup Grind, Startup talks and Panel Discussions.Organised Startup Weekend, held first time in India by Google for Entrepreneurs and Startup Job Fair.

• Process Scaleup of Atmoxetin HCl from pilot plant (10kg/month) to commercial production (400kg/month).• Prepared extensive Activity sheet with Equipment Mapping and Designing using Excel and Aspen plus• Worked on commissioning new plant and reduction in ETP load via recycling solvent streams.

Prizes Activity Head for RDV 2015

• Scaled up production of Cefaclor from 110kg to 115kg per batch by using purified Second crop.• Improved Bulk Density of Cefaclor from 0.42 to 0.46 by optimizing agitation in Precipitation and Hydrolysis • Reduced steam consumption for MDC distillation by preheating through methanol vapors via tube exchangers

Recovered Dichloromethane in ESCTM production, optimized Ethyl Acetate flow rates in Finasteride plant.Reduced process time for toluene distillation in Cetirizine production by preheating through process streams.Integrated Aspen Exchanger Design to estimate fouling and exchanger area to optimise MDC recovery.

Performed Lab scale Dean-Stark Azeotropic Distillation with cyclohexane entrainer to separate IPA in water.Compared case-by-case basis for optimizing Solvent Recovery for Vacuum or Entrainer basedDistillation.Designed Distillation tower for azeotropic IPA in water mixture in MATLAB and simulated in Aspen Plus.