PROFILE SNAPSHOT
Currently working as a Director-Scientific Affairs (Former: Senior Scientist) with MKTS Global Pvt. Ltd.
Expertise as pioneer for a startup Nutraceutical company and nominated for International Innovative
Researcher Award 2020. THROZEN herbal lozenges developed from formulation to market launch
stage and product proven efficacy published in International Journal as single author. THROZEN
lozenges are available in market now
Well acquainted in interdisciplinary fields such as Nutraceuticals, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Expertise in new product development and process development
Well acquainted with analysing cause of product and process failure and its troubleshooting
Experience in nutraceuticals, beverages, probiotics, food microbiology, enzymes, biotechnology,
biofertilizers
Expertise in documentation of Patents, Product Marketing scripts, clinical trials protocols, SOP’s,
Business Plans, critical control points in batch profiles which affect the production yield, establishing co-
relation between R&D trials and production batches performances
Expertise in training research associates and junior scientists at R&D and production team at Plant
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Jan’19 till date As “Director-Scientific Affairs” in MKTS Global Pvt. Ltd. (Nutraceutical company)
Roles:
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for International Patent filing and country-wise patent application
Documentation for Product Marketing, Technology transfer and finances for scientific/product
development
Financial detailing for production cost, packaging cost, final product manufacturing cost and selling
price
Active involvement in marketing/launch plans
Presenting/explaining product details to product distributors
Sole coordinator of MKTS with contract manufacturing company, trademark-patent (IPR) team,
analytical and clinical trial conducting company
Monitoring problems encountered during production, packaging, transportation as well as at retailers
end and troubleshooting accordingly
Published an International research paper as a “sole author” on behalf of the company for THROZEN
Nominated for RULA and IJRULA International Award as “Innovative Researcher 2020 in
Nutraceuticals”. Results awaited till 26th January 2020
Incharge for new Nutraceutical/Ayurvedic/Herbal/Wellness/Healthcare product (beverages, lozenges,
herbal tablets, oral mouth dissolving strips, HotSip, sugarfree chewable tablets) design, formulation
development and developing its prototypes at different contract manufacturing sites in my presence
Continued to perform all previously performed Senior Scientist responsibilities and also trained Junior
Scientists
Nov’17 till Dec’18 As “Senior Scientist” in MKTS Global Pvt. Ltd. (Nutraceutical company)
Roles:
Incharge for new Nutraceutical/Ayurvedic/Herbal product design and formulation development
Products developed within 1 year timespan include herbal cough drops (variants include sugar free
cough drops, cough strips and hot sips for cough), fruits-vegetables extracts containing health care juices
and dietary supplements, blood pressure sugar free tea, bone fracture healing herbal tablet and prostate
healthcare herbal tablet. Clinical trials of cough drops has been successfully completed and prototype of
rest all products are ready for analytical and stability studies. Antiaging tablet and cream is in R&D
developmental stage
Responsibilities in New Product Development (NPD) stage include intense literature survey, formulation
design and development, selecting authenticated raw material suppliers, prototype development at R&D
scale, outsourcing authenticated contract manufacturing sites and getting product development at plant
level under my supervision and finalising packaging material for these products
Incharge for Intellectual Property Rights (Patent and Brand name registration) of new products (Patents
filed and trademarks applied for 5 products)
Responsible for managing and supervising contract manufacturing of all developed products at initial
trials and production level and optimising process involved at both R&D and production scale
Responsible for managing and supervising outsourced stability-analytical studies and clinical trials for
new products developed
Responsible for overall Product development progress and performance of this company right from its
early startup stage
April’17 to Sept’ 18 Biotech (Autonomous) Department of Ruia college as Professional Expert in
Board Of Studies (BOS)
Roles:
Syllabus revision
Upgradation of B.tech and M.tech syllabus as per Industrial standards
Suggesting new add-on courses as per Industrial standards
May’14 to Nov’17 As Research Scientist in Zytex Biotech Pvt. Ltd. (Biotech, Nutraceuticals, Food,
Probiotic and BioAgri products manufacturing company)
Roles in R&D:
New product and formulation development using my PhD research work for developing formulations at
commercial scale
Worked on Nutraceutical products like nutraceutical enzyme Nattokinase (degrades fibrin and improves
blood flow) developed by Bacillus technology and bacteriologically produced biopolymer for skin and
haircare
Probiotics, nutraceuticals, biofertilizers and enzyme application based strain maintenance, containment
in-charge, microbiological fermentation process optimization, making vials and slants for production
campaigns, easy to perform culture identification technique standardization, enzyme analysis and
metabolite detection protocol standardization
Setting criteria’s for approval of such probiotic, nutraceutical and biofertilizer strain vials/slants for
plant production batches along with SOP’s, stability study data and proper documentation
(reports/records).
Worked with bacteriophage to troubleshoot mutation induced in the probiotic bacterial strain.
Isolation of phage resistant probiotic mutants with lysis resistance and high yield performance at Plant
fermenter level
Establishing relation in lab scale and fermenter scale performance of the cultures.
Additional responsibilities like lab design, comparing quotations & selection-installation-maintenance of
lab equipment’s.
Roles in Production Plant:
Coordinating with Plant in terms of culture supply as per campaign
keeping track of culture performance at Plant level, detailing results, maintaining strain master list and
providing productivity/performance report of supplied slants/vials to Plant
Detailing fermentation batch performances at Plant level and finding out critical control points in batch
profiles which affect the yield
Trouble-shooting reasons for failures in batches and coordinating with Manufacturing Head, Production
Manager and Directors.
July’09 to March’12 Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai as a Research Associate (in
Nutraceutical & Food field)
Roles:
Worked on a project entitled “Preservation and Processing of Fruits and Vegetables by Using Sustainable
Technologies” sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Commission for Science and Technology, Govt. of Maharashtra,
under the guidance of Prof. Smita S. Lele.
Worked on shelf-life studies of Ready-to-drink and Ready-to-eat dehydrated vegetable products and its
raw materials, along with making annual project progress and completion reports.
.Developed business plan with financial analysis for commercialization of dehydrated ready-to-drink &
ready-to-eat food products
Feb’09 to July’09 Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai as a Project Assistant (in Nutraceutical
& Food field)
Roles:
Worked on a project entitled “Preservation and Processing of Fruits and Vegetables by Using Sustainable
Technologies” sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Commission for Science and Technology, Govt. of Maharashtra,
under the guidance of Prof. Smita S. Lele.
Worked on shelf-life studies of Ready-to-drink and Ready-to-eat dehydrated vegetable products and its
raw materials, along with making annual project progress reports
July’08 to Feb’09 Abhinav Degree College as a Lecturer in Microbiology Department
Roles:
Conducted lectures and practical’s at FY, SY and TY BSc
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
PH.D. in Biotechnology from Institute of Chemical Technology Matunga, Mumbai in 2015
Post Graduate Diploma in Chemical Technology Management (PGDCTM) from Institute of Chemical
Technology Matunga, Mumbai in 2013 with “Distinction”
MSc in Microbiology from Khalsa College Matunga, Mumbai in 2008 with “First class”
BSc in Microbiology from Khalsa College Matunga, Mumbai in 2006 with “First class”
COURSES / CERTIFICATION
Hands-on training & Observer ship for 3 months in Microbiology Department in S. L. Raheja Hospital,
(Mahim) and worked on project entitled, “Isolation and Differentiation of Candida dubliniensis from
Candida albicans using CHROMagar and Pal’s agar” (Research published).
Attended Laboratory Safety Workshop organized by Department of Chemistry for 2 days & supported by
Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), ICT.
Observer ship training in clinical Pathology Department in KEM Hospital for 7 days.
Observer ship training in Department of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics in Jaslok Hospital for 3
days.
AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
International Publication as a Single Author (https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/a-
singleblind-randomized-clinical-study-of-throzen-cough-lozenges-formulation-for-the-treatment-of-
sore-throat-and-cough-108569.html)
Nominated for RULA and IJRULA International Award as “Innovative Researcher 2020 in
Nutraceuticals”
Delivered presenation as an Invited Speaker on “Probiotics and Nutraceuticasl” in Seminar organized
by Biotech Department of Ruia college on 11th Feb 2017
Invited as a speaker for many International Conferences in 2019-20
Elected as Professional Expert in BOS of Biotech (Autonomous) Department of Ruia college in April
2017
Invited as a reviewer for International Journal Articles in 2019-20
Invited as External for conducting viva of B.Tech (Food biotech) students at D.Y.Patil college, Belapur in
2017 and 2018
Participated in the International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICBB-2014) held at
Pune from 1st to 2nd Feb 2014 and won 2nd prize for poster presentation titled “Microbiologically
induced calcite presentation using B. pasteurii for strengthening civil engineering structures”
Only student to score SGPA score: 10 and Grade: AA in Semester IV of Post Graduate Diploma in
Chemical Technology Management (PGDCTM) for making a business plan & presenting it and one
amongst the only two candidates to score a distinction in this course
PUBLICATION DETAILS
International (Published) : 2
International (Accepted) : 1
National (Published) : 1
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 20th November 1985
Languages Known: English, Marathi, & Hindi
Passport: Valid Passport India
Address: B-702, Evershine Meadow, Jasmine Mill Road, Mahim East, Mumbai 400017