NAVNEET KUMAR TOMAR
Process Engineer, Technology Transfer, Project Management
Barnala
Summary
Experienced chemical engineer specializing in technology transfer, scale-up, and process engineering. Currently leading the Technology Transfer & Kilo Lab Team at IOL Chemical & Pharmaceutical Ltd. Passionate about driving innovation and efficiency in chemical processes. Proven track record of successfully implementing new technologies and optimizing production processes for maximum output.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2024
2024
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Associate Manager (Project Management, Technology Transfer, Operational Excellence)
IOL Chemical & Pharmaceutical Ltd.
01.2022 - Current
- Planning and scheduling R&D project activities and find out the critical process path and focusing on the activity of critical path to meet the timeline.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams including R&D, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance to ensure project goals were met.
- Oversaw R&D trial progress, including Kilo & Pilot Scale, Plant selection, and data management, resulting in the successful completion of project.
- Involving some pharmaceutical projects from initiation to delivery, managing project timelines, resources, and budgets.
- Assisted in managing project timelines, ensuring tasks were completed on time and within scope.
- Implemented risk mitigation strategies to ensure project timelines and deliverables were met without compromising quality.
- Conducted regular project reviews meetings and retrospectives to identify areas of improvement and streamline project workflows.
- Identification and project feasibility study for cost Effectiveness and operability.
- Constantly monitoring and reporting on progress, risks to all stakeholders, identifying issues and bottlenecks and performing root cause analysis.
- New Product scale-up, what-if studies, negative experiments planning.
- Leading Scale-up activity during tech-transfer from R&D to Pilot and Pilot to Commercial.
- Product development activity at lab scale, Impurity optimization, Yield Improvement, Cost reduction through Engineering Expertise.
- Equipment Mapping, Power /Volume Calculation and equivalence to Commercial scale mixing.
- Initiated process improvements based on thorough analysis of internal operations data resulting in enhanced productivity levels.
- Managed cross-functional projects, ensuring timely completion and alignment with company objectives.
- Led team meetings regularly to discuss progress updates, identify challenges or roadblocks, and provide guidance towards successful project completion.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on strategic planning efforts, aligning departmental goals with overarching company objectives.
- Enhanced team productivity by implementing efficient project management strategies.
- Successfully managed multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously while maintaining strict deadlines ensuring optimal resource allocation.
- Optimized workflow processes to reduce bottlenecks and increase overall effectiveness.
Research Scientist (Technology Transfer) API division
Mankind Research Centre
05.2019 - 12.2021
- Identification of Scale-up parameters in process and using it to scale up on commercial scale.
- Process Solvent selection for new product, solvent quantity optimization by using reaction kinetics.
- P/V, Vent size calculation, Agitator and Filtration equipment selection.
- Selection of vendor from the kilo lab’s experiment data.
- Guiding the plant team, technical support team for new products delivery as per management timelines.
- Study of different parameters of crystallization based on kilo lab batches.
- Preparing Basic engineering package and responsible for commercialization of a new molecule.
- Coordinate with plant and supply-chain for the RM delivery and testing on time with respect to Gantt chart.
- Batch size selection and leading the validation in plant.
- Successfully validated 3 new products from R&D scale to Kilo lab Scale and further in plant Scale.
- Optimized solvent at the time of validation by applying reaction kinetics and reduced the cost of the project by 14%.
- Successfully met all project deadlines for 3 years in a row.
- Yield improvement of Valsartan by 10% in Plant against R&D and kilo lab.
Sr. Officer (Technology Transfer)
Amoli Organics Pvt. Limited
03.2017 - 05.2019
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) Layout, Piping, and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID).
- Process Query generation and discussion on given process for plant feasibility.
- To observe the lab demonstration batches for new product, old product improved process and further development.
- Preparation of lab demonstration reports and plant trial reports for process improvements.
- Preparing plant equipment layout and carrying out modifications as per process.
Production Engineer
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals LTD.
11.2014 - 03.2017
- Utility Selection.
- Raw material consumption ratio, debottleneck Constraints to increase plant capacity.
- Manage plant activity including production & maintenance.
Education
Project Management -
IIM -Rohtak
B-TECH - Chemical Engineering
Bharti Vidyapeeth University
Skills
Operations management
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Rampal Singh
- Date of Birth: 01/29/91
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Accomplishments
* By using Enzyme Green chemistry with the timeline delivery of a new assigned product which was successfully validated with 20times scale up from Kilo Lab to Pilot plant with GMP.
*Plant transfers an old product from Unit-03 to Unit-10 ontime and successfully completed the validation campaign in Feb-23 against the given timeline which was March-23
* Received the IOL Champion award for process improvement & validation by using Enzyme 100% desired isomer using green approach (Ist Time in IOL).
Timeline
Associate Manager (Project Management, Technology Transfer, Operational Excellence)
IOL Chemical & Pharmaceutical Ltd.
01.2022 - Current
Research Scientist (Technology Transfer) API division
Mankind Research Centre
05.2019 - 12.2021
Sr. Officer (Technology Transfer)
Amoli Organics Pvt. Limited
03.2017 - 05.2019
Production Engineer
Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals LTD.
11.2014 - 03.2017
B-TECH - Chemical Engineering
Bharti Vidyapeeth University
Project Management -
IIM -Rohtak
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