Greases and oilcLubricant Scientist with 6 year experience

To strengthen the Lubricants area by continue research work in the field of greases and oil lubricants.

1. Presently working at the interface of R&D and business of company. More than five year working experience in product development of lubricating greases of different type of soaps.
2. Excellent experties in development of sulphonate complex greases, non-soap and solid lubricant greases for high temperature applications.
3. Experience for planning and execution of research projects which includes - identification of raw materials, development of products and processes for the production at pilot scale and propose to customers for trial with the help of technical service team.
4. Experience of APQP, PPAP documentation and complete process required for ISO/TS 16949 certification.
5. Experience of quality control of speciality grade lubricants of our company and complete documentation process required for the product approval from Indian Railways.
6. Participate in trials and visit to industrial customer sites for proper implementation of projects and support to the Balmer Lawrie lubricants business.
7. Imparting technical support to Balmer Lawrie technical, marketing and R&D colleagues related to tribotesting and troubleshooting of lubricants.
8. Excellent knowledge to develop the superior or equivalent product to competitor products by analysing competitor products or field samples.

Indian Oil Corporation Limited, R&D Center, Faridabad, Haryana
Research Associate: (11th Jan., 2010 – 4th June, 2010)
1. Involved in method development and analysis of liquid hydrocarbon products and intermediates according to national and international specifications and standards.
2. Working experience with the group of Dr. S. K. Puri, in synthetic chemistry.

EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENTS:
1. Four year working experience on different petrochemical and lubricating field instruments i.e. Four Ball EP Tester, SRV Tester, Automated Viscometer, Brookfield Viscometers, Grease Life Tester, Grease Oil Leakage Tester, High Temperature and High Shear Viscometer (HTHS), Mini Rotary Viscometer (MRV), SRV, FZG, V2F, KRL test rigs, Cold Crank Simulator (CCS), TAN/TBN by potentiometric titrator, Flash Point apparatus, Pour Point Apparatus, Foaming Stability tester, Oxidation Stability tester, Air Release Value Apparatus, Demulsibility apparatus, Rust Test apparatus, Penetrometer for consistency measurement etc.

Qualification Board/University Discipline Year of Passing Percentage /Grade
B. Sc. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Chemistry 2001 63.56
M. Sc. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur Organic Chemistry 2003 69.70
M. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) Modern Methods of Chemical Analysis 2006 8.8 CGPA
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) Polymer Chemistry and NMR Spectroscopy 2010 9.0 CGPA
Ph.D. Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Vinyl Copolymers and Terpolymers by NMR Spectroscopy.

1. Presented the papar entitled “Lubrication in Mining Draglines” in seminar at Northern Coal Field Ltd. Singrauli.
2. Presented the paper in Lubricating Grease Conference organized by NLGI-india Chapter at Chandigarh on 2-4 Feb., 2014 and awarded as ‘Best Paper Award,.
3. Presented the paper entitled ‘Lubrication in Mining Equipment’ in annual meeting 2014 of NLGI USA held at P.G.A. national Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA on 14th-17th June 2014.
4. During Ph.D. thirteen research papers has been published in international Journals of polymer chemistry and NMR Spectroscopy.
5. Three posters on research work has been presented in different conferences and two workshops on NMR spectroscopy has been attended.
FELLOWSHIP/AWARDS:
6. Senior Research Fellowship (Department of Science and Technology, India), July 2006 – July 2008.

1.Characterization and Optimization of Poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-styrene) Synthesized by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization, A. S. Brar, Ashok Kumar Goyal, Eur. Polym. J. 2008, 44, 4082.
2.Poly (acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate-co-methyl acrylate): Synthesis and Stereosequence Distribution Analysis by 2D NMR, A. S. Brar, Ashok Kumar Goyal, Sunita Hooda. J. Polym. Sci. Pt. A: Polym. Chem. 2009, 47, 25.
3.Two Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Acrylate Copolymers, A. S. Brar, Ashok Kumar Goyal, Sunita Hooda, Pure & Appl. Chem. 2009, 81, 389.
4.Microstructure Determination of Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate-co-methyl acrylate) Terpolymers By 2D HMBC, Sunita Hooda, Ashok Kumar Goyal and A. S. Brar, J. Mol. Str. 2009, 920, 424.
5.Stereochemical Elucidation of Complex α-Methyl and β-Methylene Carbon Resonances in Poly(2-Hydroxy Ethyl Methacrylate-co-Methacrylonitrile) by 2D NMR, Sunita Hooda, Ashok Kumar Goyal and A. S. Brar, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2009, 111, 2381.
6.Structural Investigation of Poly(methyl acrylate) by 2D HMBC NMR, A.S. Brar, Ashok Kumar Goyal, Sunita Hooda, J. Mol Str., 2008, 885, 15.
7.Stereoregularity Evolution of Methyl acrylate and Vinyl acetate Copolymers by 2D NMR Spectroscopy, A.S. Brar, Ashok Kumar Goyal, Anal Ganai, Sunita Hooda. J. Mol. Str. 2008, 888, 257.