I am currently the technical lead in India for the Automotive Emissions business for Commercial Vehicle and Passenger Car OEMs & tiers to support their Stage 4/ 5 & Euro 6 (BS-VI) after-treatment system designs. I was the technical lead for Automotive Fluids with the Automotive Aftermarket Division, I also led formulation and testing activities related to engine oil additives, motorcycle drive chain lubricants and cleaners, brakes, fuel injection cleaners for CDRe diesel engines, spray… Show more I am currently the technical lead in India for the Automotive Emissions business for Commercial Vehicle and Passenger Car OEMs & tiers to support their Stage 4/ 5 & Euro 6 (BS-VI) after-treatment system designs. I was the technical lead for Automotive Fluids with the Automotive Aftermarket Division, I also led formulation and testing activities related to engine oil additives, motorcycle drive chain lubricants and cleaners, brakes, fuel injection cleaners for CDRe diesel engines, spray lubricants and aqueous HVAC system cleaners. I have 5 Patents (2 granted), 2 International publications and have made multiple conference presentations in this field. Show less

I am currently the technical lead in India for the Automotive Emissions business for Commercial Vehicle and Passenger Car OEMs & tiers to support their Stage 4/ 5 & Euro 6 (BS-VI) after-treatment system designs. I was the technical lead for Automotive Fluids with the Automotive Aftermarket Division, I also led formulation and testing activities related to engine oil additives, motorcycle drive chain lubricants and cleaners, brakes, fuel injection cleaners for CDRe diesel engines, spray… Show more I am currently the technical lead in India for the Automotive Emissions business for Commercial Vehicle and Passenger Car OEMs & tiers to support their Stage 4/ 5 & Euro 6 (BS-VI) after-treatment system designs. I was the technical lead for Automotive Fluids with the Automotive Aftermarket Division, I also led formulation and testing activities related to engine oil additives, motorcycle drive chain lubricants and cleaners, brakes, fuel injection cleaners for CDRe diesel engines, spray lubricants and aqueous HVAC system cleaners. I have 5 Patents (2 granted), 2 International publications and have made multiple conference presentations in this field. Show less

I was responsible for the Technical functions including new product development, technical servicesin India and Asia Pacific region for the automotive aftermarket division of 3M. I liaison with the All India Sales and Technical force across the country, our Research facility at Minnesota, USA and at Bangalore, and our Marketing HQ. Also, Io Managed new product profitability and growth of the product line, product line positioning and feeding the Innovation pipeline for new products and… Show more I was responsible for the Technical functions including new product development, technical servicesin India and Asia Pacific region for the automotive aftermarket division of 3M. I liaison with the All India Sales and Technical force across the country, our Research facility at Minnesota, USA and at Bangalore, and our Marketing HQ. Also, Io Managed new product profitability and growth of the product line, product line positioning and feeding the Innovation pipeline for new products and help market expansiono Represented 3M and hold leadership roles in key technical societies and industry associationsto advance strategic goals, e.g. TSI, STLE, IDIADA, ARAI, ECMA and CAI.o was responsible for Product Life Cycle Management, publishing MSDS, technical literature &leaflets, raw material and finished product specifications.o Deciphered customer needs through plant surveys, evaluated competitor activity in the chosensegments, reviewed their product lines by benchmark testing to address any gaps in currentproducts and devised action plan to mitigate the same to make technical productrecommendations and create new business opportunities.o Lead product development for lubricant & fuel additives for the AOEM & Aftermarket business,conducting Tribological, analytical and performance testing on lab equipment; involved inconducting fleet field trials, collating market feedback and working closely with supply chain andglobal marketing groups. Show less

The responsibility when I joined this function was to set up a brand-new market for Automotive Lubricants, Functional Fluids laboratory for the Automotive Aftermarket Division of 3M. This job function also involved planning and setting up of a functional fluids laboratory & a state of the art Tribology laboratory having varied instruments to support new product developments for this business.o The equipment I had set up in these labs were truly world class and involved FTIR, SEM… Show more The responsibility when I joined this function was to set up a brand-new market for Automotive Lubricants, Functional Fluids laboratory for the Automotive Aftermarket Division of 3M. This job function also involved planning and setting up of a functional fluids laboratory & a state of the art Tribology laboratory having varied instruments to support new product developments for this business.o The equipment I had set up in these labs were truly world class and involved FTIR, SEM withEDS, 4 Ball Tester, Universal Tribometer with Pin on Disc, Rotary & Reciprocating tribometry,flat on flat geometries, Falex Ok load tester, scratch tester, optical 3D Interferometry, Linearcontact profilometer, DSC, TGA, surface & interfacial tension analyzer, goniometer for contactangle measurement, canon Fenske auto viscometer, High Temperature High Shear viscositytester, Nano-particle dispersion sonicator, 5 Gas emission analyzer, Euro 6 smoke tester, BoschECU scanner, flexible probe boroscope, surface table abrader apart from other lab equipment.o I also had to provide technical guidance to set up a production unit for blending oils andlubricants, apart from preparing bench mark manufacturing standards, conducting ISO & EHSaudits for vendor & toll manufacturers, preparing database for raw material & finished productstandard specifications, creating repositories for confidential bill of materials, MSDS of RM andFG goods, creating product leaflets and brochures, compiling product knowhow presentationsfor customers and sales managers apart from managing customer feedbacks, complaints, QCprocedures and sales returns. Show less

Technical Consultant ( Industrial and Automotive Lubrication ) - I had in-depth experience working in the Industrial Lubrication involving Mining, Cement & Power plants with filed experience at TATA Steels, UCIL, SAIL, Hindalco, Tata Power, Lafarge Cements etc. I dealt development activities for multiple Industrial Fluids like soluble cutting oils, hydraulic fluids, turbine Fluids, compressor Fluids and engine fluids. I piloted and led the Total Fuel & Lubricant Management (TFLM) projects for… Show more Technical Consultant ( Industrial and Automotive Lubrication ) - I had in-depth experience working in the Industrial Lubrication involving Mining, Cement & Power plants with filed experience at TATA Steels, UCIL, SAIL, Hindalco, Tata Power, Lafarge Cements etc. I dealt development activities for multiple Industrial Fluids like soluble cutting oils, hydraulic fluids, turbine Fluids, compressor Fluids and engine fluids. I piloted and led the Total Fuel & Lubricant Management (TFLM) projects for BPCL involving lifecycle management of fluid activities at HUL (Garden Reach, Calcutta), ZF (Pune) & Gonterman Pipers (Calcutta), I worked in the R&D lab on critical analytical & performance test equipment at Sewree Mumbai, qualifying base oils and testing finished lubricants, apart from condition monitoring & quality control. Show less

Hands on expertise in major downstream petroleum installation activities including Tank lorry loading & Wagon unloading gantry & Storage tank farm management; I also led the Maintenance Engineering function at the petroleum installation for 2+ years. I worked at the QA lab testing fuels including low aromatic Naptha, Furnace Oil, Kerosene, Gasoline & Diesel fuels with certified operating license on the CFR Engine. I also worked as the SAP solution manager (6.7Enterprise) in SD, PM modules… Show more Hands on expertise in major downstream petroleum installation activities including Tank lorry loading & Wagon unloading gantry & Storage tank farm management; I also led the Maintenance Engineering function at the petroleum installation for 2+ years. I worked at the QA lab testing fuels including low aromatic Naptha, Furnace Oil, Kerosene, Gasoline & Diesel fuels with certified operating license on the CFR Engine. I also worked as the SAP solution manager (6.7Enterprise) in SD, PM modules supporting SAP installation & role out. Show less