Oil Field Chemist - oil well cementing and addmixtures

Creative and meticulous science professional with more than two years of industrial experience. Posses the ability to work independently and in team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

1) VOLGA ORGANICS (P) LTD., Maharashtra, India.
Designation: - Lab Chemist. (From 2004-2006)

2) KANCOR INGREDIENTS LTD, Kerala, India.
Period: - 9th January 2006 to October 2006
Designation-Executive Trainee.

Works Involved: -
(a) Essential Oils Department: Analysis and Gas Chromatographic profiling of Essential oils, customer support & blending of essential oils.

(b) Quality Assurance Department: Analysis of Spices (pepper, cassia, etc) & other natural products (turmeric, paprika, chilly, fenugreek etc) from raw materials to its oleoresin extract.

PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

(a) Synthetic product development: Product much cooler than menthol from natural menthol crystals. Multistep Reactions also involve Grignard Reaction, Carboxylation.
Product: N-ethyl-p-menthane-3-carboxamide

(b) Fractional distillation of essential oils: Component separations/ isolation/ enhancement of active components such as Saffrole free Nutmeg Oil , Enrichment of AITC content in Mustard Oil, Pepper Oil fractions, Enrichment of Geraniol in Palmrosa Oil which includes chemical reaction.

(c) Trial and process development: Extraction of green ginger, green chilly,
fenugreek and roasted paprika in Pilot Plant.

(d) Preparing matching samples of oleoresins / essential oil flavors against
target / customer specifications.

3) SREE GOKULAM FOOD AND BEVERAGES (P) LTD, Chennai, India.
Period: November 2006 to June 2007 (Resigned job for further studies)

Works involved:
 Managing the functioning and operations of the factory for the production of packaged drinking water as per IS 14543.
 Planning and execution of production schedule, effective manpower handling and preparing daily reports.
 Preparation of checklists, implementing and practicing systems for getting certifications like ISO 9001:2000 and HACCP.
 Correspondence with Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS).

Masters in Industrial Chemistry - Joint Program offered by Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany and National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

Course Profile: Subjects studied include Chemical Technology, Building and Construction Chemicals, Chemical Business Administration, Production Planning, Materials Chemistry, Industrial Marketing, Catalysis,

Internship and Thesis: Currently undergoing Masters Thesis (September 2008 to February 2009) in the Department of Construction Chemicals in Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.
Topic: Oil well Cementing and Fluid loss admixtures (polyethyleneimine in combination with acetone formaldehyde sulphite) for better zonal isolation and prevention of gas migration in oil wells.


Bachelors in Industrial Chemistry University of Kerala, India. 2002 passed with 88 %

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

1) Undergone Internship in Oil Well Cementing Laboratory. Technical University of
Munich (TUM), Germany.
2) Undergone training in Spectrophotometric Methods of Analysis from Advanced
Training Institute (Govt. of India), Mumbai.
3) Undergone training in Analysis by Gas Chromatography from Advanced Training Institute (Govt. of India), Mumbai
4) Undergone Industrial Project work in Indian Rare Earths (India) Ltd., Kerala (Govt. of India)

LABORATORY SKILLS
1) Proficient Instrument Handling: High Temperature High Pressure Filtration Cell, Consistometer, DLS, TOC, GC, HPLC, Rheology, Spectrophotometers etc.
2) Effective documentation and analysis entry through ERP system.




Languages Known : English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam & German (Beginner)
Special Interests : Playing Chess & travelling.