ANANDKUMAR THANKI

Determined and well-rounded individual with more than 11 years working as Scientist within Pharmaceutical industry. Sharp and focused professional offering skills in Analytical method development, validation, method transfer and characterization for drug Substance and drug Product.

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.

• Scientist-IV, United States Pharmacopoeia India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 09/01/23, present, Reference standard qualification, Characterization report, and Certificate of analysis preparation., Mentoring a group of 8 scientists for the reference standard qualification and troubleshooting of analytical techniques., Test protocol and report preparation for method development and validation activity., Team Lead for the dissolution performance qualification standard (DPVS) Collaborative study and new formulation development team for Analytical testing support., Technical communication with customers for queries., Technical data review and project release., Working on the harmonization of USP general chapter .
• Scientist-III, United States Pharmacopoeia India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 10/01/20, 06/30/23, Reference standard qualification, Characterization report, and Certificate of analysis preparation., Reference standard testing using various analytical techniques., Performing method development and validation activity., Performing project approvals for collaborative testing.
• Assistant Manager, Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (ZYDUS Group), Ahmedabad, 12/01/17, 09/30/20, ADL (OSD), 12/01/17, 09/30/19, Method development and validation for solid oral drug products., Method development for Bioequivalence study., Regulatory Documentation., CQA (DQA), 09/01/19, 12/31/20, Review of development Laboratory notebook., Review of Method development report and Method validation protocol., USFDA Compliance.
• Executive, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Vadodara, 08/01/14, 12/31/17, Method development and validation for Drug Products and Drug Substance., Mass Spectroscopy analysis using hyphenated techniques.
• Research Associate, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Vadodara, 04/01/14, 08/31/14, Method development and validation for Assay and Related Substances., Stability sample analysis and data compilation.
• Apprentice, Sanofi Synthelabo India Ltd, Goa, 05/01/13, 04/30/14, Method development and validation for Dissolution., Stability sample analysis and data compilation.

• Liquid chromatograph equipped with various detectors.
• UPLC systems (Waters, Shimadzu, Thermo Scientific)
• Ion-exchange chromatography.
• X-Ray diffractometer (Panalytical)
• DSC (TA, Mettler Toledo)
• GC-MS (Shimadzu and PerkinElmer)
• LC-MS (Waters, AB Sciex)
• ICP OES (Perkin Elmer)
• CHNS Analyzer (PerkinElmer, Thermo Scientific)
• Dissolution Apparatus (USP: Type-I, II, III, and IV)
• UV Spectrophotometer and FT-IR.

• Attended workshop on PREFORMULATION AND DRUG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT - INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVES, 03/10/12
• Attended international workshop on BIOAVAILABILITY AND BIOEQUIVALENCE, 08/08/12 - 08/09/12
• Attended international workshop on PHARMACOKINETICS AND DRUG METABOLISM, 08/10/12 - 08/11/12
• Workshop on Quality by Design (QbD) at Sun Pharmaceutical Training Academy, 12/01/15

• Positive Attitude toward work and Team members.
• Quick Learner and ability to grasp ideas and apply them for positive outcomes.
• Ability to utilize available resources effectively.

• Father's Name: Shantilal Thanki
• Date of Birth: 09/28/88
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Sports Man of the Year award in 2007-2008.
• Member of College cricket team which secured runners-up place in National Pharmacy League T20 tournament held at Manipal University of Pharmaceutical Sciences in March 2012.
• Chairperson IPA-Student forum Karnataka local branch at Belgaum (04/01/11 - 04/30/13).
• Runner up in Alembic badminton league-2014.
• Completed half marathon at Vadodara International Marathon Run 2016.
• Runner up in Sun Pharma badminton league 2016.
• Member of ZYDUS-PTC cricket league 2018 winning team.
• Awarded with SKHITIJ award by Zydus PTC for timely and successful product development.
• Completed 50 km Cyclothon, organized by Zydus Wellness at Ahmedabad 2020.

• Cooking
• Sports