Phoenix-Jaivahini is an engineering and technological consultancy company for chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences-based processes and products. We offer highly superior & advanced, cost-effective, sustainable, integrated, foolproof, process-intensified technological solutions to the process industry We offer turnkey solutions for your total processes or even part processes that are critical. We offer all solutions right from conceptualization to commissioning

Jaivahini is a life sciences company that wants to boost the health of individuals by offering products that are synthetic chemical-free, either be it, direct plant produce or processed plant produce. We believe, flora connects beautifully with fauna and there is an excellent symbiotic relationship. The initial idea was to develop and manufacture synbiotic products, which are a combination of both prebiotics, in our case, “extracts from organically grown plant produce” and probiotics, “good gut bacteria”. The uniqueness of our approach is to have the right blend of specific prebiotics (natural plant extracts) with specific probiotics (bacterial strains) that eventually will either prevent or cure a specific health problem. Our focus is on providing excellent quality plant produce, clean air plants, processed plant produce, natural plant extracts, and health products produced by a combination of natural plant extracts and good gut bacteria (probiotics).Product for Improving the Shelf Life of perishable plant produce (VeggieP): Phytochemicals are extracted from plant produce, which is perishable. Fruits and vegetables are also perishable stuff and they taste great when they are fresh. Globally, the average loss of perishable stuff is ~50% (nearly 1.6 trillion USD) during storage. Refrigeration, the most prevalent storage technique, will slow down the decay and ripening time but refrigeration comes at a cost. Vegetables and fruits lose their taste due to prolonged refrigeration. Jaivahini Organics has developed a new product (VeggieP) that improves the shelf life of fruits and vegetables by 7 days to 25 days without refrigeration. VeggieP along with refrigeration will further increase the shelf life of vegetables/fruits/other plant produce correspondingly.

Led and mentored teams involved in Technology Development, scale-up and cost improvement initiatives for petrochemical and specialty chemical products. Led the teams involved in Technology Development initiatives based on Process Intensification and QbD methodology. Accomplishments Led the Process Intensification Laboratory expansion initiatives in SABIC, Bangalore Developed a novel, “S&QbD” (safety and quality by design) methodology for SABIC R&D and introduced it for process development of one of the top polymer products of SABIC.  Designed and fabricated a novel tubular flow, a process intensified reactor for managing safe oxidation reactions using both air and oxygen on pilot plant and commercial-scale operations. Successfully led a team involved in the development of end-to-end, process-intensified technology (lab technology) for one of the polymers, which was invented by GE/SABIC. SABIC is the global leader in this polymer.  Led the team that had conceptualized the process based on which, experiments were performed. There has been a total CAPEX reduction of 63% and OPEX reduction of 30% based on process design calculations. The process would give an annualized cost benefit of more than 100 million US dollars once commercialized. Was head of the “API Team” involved in the process development of 4 APIs (two in-house and two outsourced) for NUSANED, which is a SABIC company. Led a team, which had developed a novel crystallization process for metallocene that had given a cost advantage of more than 30% for the process.  Submitted 5 patent disclosures along with other inventors, for the novel processes developed that gave a distinct cost advantage of a minimum of 10%, compared to the old or running commercial processes.

General Manager (Head and Coordinator), Business ExcellenceLed a team of people involved in coordinating all cost improvement and manufacturing excellence initiatives in the site. Involving in productivity improvement of running chemical commercial processes through QbD methodologies, DFSS, Lean manufacturing and Six-Sigma tools. Playing a lead role in training and implementation of stage-gate processes, QbD and design of inherently safe processes across all the locations of Jubilant Pharma that are involved in New Product Development (NPD) of chemicals, APIs and finished dosage forms. Leading the team involved in successful implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in API manufacturing facility.Accomplishments Successfully developed the stage-gate process for NPD of APIs.  Involved in the training and implementation of the stage-gate processes as well as QbD for NPD of APIs across all Jubilant Locations. Was involved in coordinating the cost improvement initiatives that fetched savings of more than 1000 million Indian rupees through cross-functional team, Green Belt/Black Belt projects in the site, Created an excellent continuous improvement culture by getting more 100 people trained as Green Belts in the site.  Developed and got successfully implemented, comprehensive operational excellence strategy for a Jubilant pharma site in Montreal, Canada.  Developed a novel “Overall Plant Effectiveness (OPE) enhancement strategy” with embedded dynamic OPE tracking and Low Cost Automation (LCA), for the site that is going to fetch minimum savings of Rs 10 crores/annum. Developed along with team a “daily delivery performance tracker” equipped with CAPA output sheet (integrated with dynamic OPE tracking), the objective of which is to improve productivity and On Time Delivery (OTD) performance. Developed novel technologies through QbD approach for three of the running API commercial processes of Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd,

Head (DGM), Process Safety & Technology Transfer:Headed both the Central Process Safety Laboratory and Technology Transfer departments.Accomplishments Excellently made use of process safety, development / scale-up tools, DSC, reaction calorimeter and on-line particle size analyzer (Lasentec) for development of highly safe, efficient and robust technologies for commercialization.  Performed complete process safety & scale-up studies, process design and was later involved in successfully scaling-up of safe chemical processes for the production of at least “55” bulk actives and intermediates.  Successfully led a team of chemical engineers that transferred technologies of at least 30 bulk activities to commercial operating facility. Resolved successfully a large number of scale-up problems related to reactions, mixing, separation & purification and drying processes. Worked congruently with process RnD teams in reducing the overall cost economics of the processes developed in laboratory by 25% (average), before going for commercialization. Performed duties efficiently as the chief-coordinator for the process safety management (PSM) committee, across whole of OCPL. Developed and scaled-up crystallization processes for at least 20 compounds. Successfully developed for twelve chemical compounds, crystallization processes for getting desired crystal morphology and particle size distribution. Used sophisticated on-line tool, Lasentec for the development. Played a champion role for implementing QbD in the API / product life cycle. Developed comprehensive safe operating procedures for powder processing operations. Developed a robust, generalized hierarchical procedure for complete technology transfer in process R&D, right from process evaluation to commercialization with special focus on process safety, design of safe processes, process integration and technology transfer.

Group Leader, Process Safety, Process design & Scale-up engineering Led a group of chemists and engineers involved in process evaluation & optimization, process scale-up and technology transfer for manufacture of bulk actives and intermediate chemicals for US and Europe markets. Accomplishments Optimized, designed and scaled-up processes for the production of at least “NINE” bulk actives. The improvement in economics for all processes combined was at least 15% and the reduction in the development cycle time was at least 50%. Set-up the Process Safety, Scale-Up and Optimization Lab, consisting of a team of technocrats focusing on chemical process hazard evaluation, process design, process scale-up / scale-down and optimization. Successfully applied reaction calorimetry in various projects for all the above-mentioned activities. Successfully led the team during installation and commissioning of Process Safety, Scale-up & Optimization lab. Developed various crystallization processes. Had worked on almost all types of crystallization processes on commercial scale.

Led a group of chemists and engineers involved in technology development (process development, Scale-up engineering & technology transferring) for manufacture of petrochemicals, bulk actives and specialty (performance) chemicals. The group also was involved in process improvement of the running commercial processes of Aarti Group.Accomplishments Developed a new process for the production of Vitamin B3 and successfully applied it on the commercial scale. The new process modified the old process running for 25 years and improved the overall economics by at least 15%. Was instrumental in re-starting the Vitamin B3 plant that was almost closed down. Developed, optimized, designed and scaled-up a process for production of one of the quinolones. The commercialized process had incorporated in it excellent separation techniques that made the process very economical & intensified with improvement in economics being at least 20%.  Developed a world-class process for the production of n-butyl benzenesulfonamide (plasticizer). Designed Short Path Distillation process for plasticizer recovery. Made remarkable improvements in processes for production of various bulk actives & intermediates.

Senior Technologist & Project LeaderLed a team of technologists who worked towards the development of safe processes for the production of petrochemicals and Bulk actives.Accomplishments Developed, designed, integrated and scaled-up the process for production of an antiprotozoal drug.  Worked on the development of inherently safe chemical processes for production of various specialty chemicals and bulk drug compounds.  Excellently developed a robust generalized scrubber design model for absorbtion of NOx gases and commercialized it.

Group Leader, Separation Technology Group Led a team of engineers & chemists that formed the Separation Technology Group (STG), whose main objectives were, development, design and commercialization of separation processes & technologies in the context of overall technology development of various petrochemical products.Accomplishments Innovated and developed a commercially feasible, unique, generalized and dream economic crystallization process for various dicarboxylic acids, a breakthrough in crystallization research. Among those diacids are present, two monomers which have huge demand in the polymer industry. Developed and designed a novel liquid-liquid extraction process for excellent separation of the organic by-products and the catalyst, as a part of the production of diacids by homogenous catalytic oxidation. Developed an innovative distillation process for the recovery of catalyst without permanent deactivation, as a part of the production of diacids, which are of huge demand in the market. Performed complete process design & integration during scale-up of at least two continuous processes for the manufacture of petrochemicals. Performed consulting work for various chemical industries.

 Proposed various mechanisms and developed mathematical models for drop breakage in stirred vessels. Developed models for micro-emulsions and micellar systems. Proposed mathematical models for gluconic acid fermentation process.