Prakash Bhagwant Bhalavi
Senior Manager
Mumbai
Summary
Versatile Senior Manager specializing in Marketing strategy for new Technologies and new businesses as well as in core research of membranes. Skilled at Membrane, Battery and solvent extraction research and also in making strategy for planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. Innovative and goal-oriented Management professional committed to deliver excellent results. Multi-tasking Manager well-known for creating new ideas for better business. Demonstrated process and marketing expertise, including developing process of converting low value to high value streams, membrane separation process and developing new business opportunities via accessing the market in EVs, Battery, Smart Cities, LNG, Hydrogen and solar cookers.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager (Marketing Strategy)
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
06.2020 - Current
- Developing Marketing strategies for Marketing division on future fuels and technologies such as Hydrogen, LNG and EV, Carbon finance
- Prepared IndianOil's first Hydrogen Marketing study report including techno commercial viability of different Hydrogen production process, transport and storage process and financial modelling of refueling station
- Prepared New Business opportunity study in Indian Smart Cities for fuels, non fuels and waste to energy business.
- Explored Business opportunity study in EVs for IndianOil including Charging station and swapping station
- Developed Business plans for commercialization of IndianOil's Indoor Solar Cooing System which was unveiled by Hon. Prime Minster of India
- Developed studies on forecasting the fuel demand due to penetration of EV/CNG vehicles for IndianOil
- Prepared LNG strategy brief for IndianOil marketing division including data on LNG infra structure of India, geographies, industries t o target and strategy on auto LNG business and current landscape. also studied financial modelling of LNG station and the TCO of Buses.
- Developed Marketing strategy for leveraging carbon credits for offsetting the scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, marketing premium fuels and lubes, making the plants Net zero.
- Prepared study to see the affect on fuel demand due to National scrapple policy
- Prepared study on affect of Delhi deregistration of vehicles on fuel demand
- Monthly report on Macro economic parameters including IIP, PMI, gst, Eway bill, Traffic stats on Railway, Port and Air, .CPI, WPI, vehicle sales, Fuel consumptions power scenarios.
- Prepared reports on Metal air batteries, Indian Inverter market, Telecom towers and Disinfectant spray during covid times.
- Supported Hydrogen proposals for IndianOil for estimating the project cost
Research Manager
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
04.2015 - 05.2020
- Granted US Patent on Process for molecular separation of hydrocarbons using nanopore membranes - a process to remove impurities such as Asphaltenes, metals sulfur etc from Crude
- Granted Indian Patent on Process for molecular separation of hydrocarbons using nanopore membranes
- Granted US patent on Process for high purity hexane and production thereof- a process to convert low value stream to high value product such as cyclohexane, methylcyclopentane and pure iso-heptane and food grade hexane.
- Granted Indian Patent on Process for high purity hexane and production thereof
- Worked on Metal air battery- Aluminum Air battery cell synthesis and performance evaluation, developed filter to increase the performance.
- Worked on Carbon Nano Tube synthesis pilot plant.
- Headed designing and developing new labs for departments foe new R&D Campus
Deputy Research Manager
IndianOil Corporation Limited
04.2011 - 03.2015
- Worked on synthesis of polymeric membranes for hydrocarbon separations
- Designed, commissioned and operated the first membrane pilot plant for IOCL R&D for Hydrocarbon separation including crude and lube feed.
- Conducted various studies on different type of crudes, light and heavy crudes for impurities separations, achieved promising result in terms of removal of metals, Asphaltene and sulfur.
- Worked on developing hydrogel to prevent intermix of fuels in pipeline transport.
Research Officer
IndianOil Corporation Limited
09.2007 - 03.2011
- Worked on Operation of deasphalting pilot plant involving dual mode solvent process
- Worked on Operation of solvent extraction pilot plant to remove aromatics from hydrocarbon using co-solvent
- Worked on developing Adhesive for hydrocarbon based membrane separation
- Worked on synthesis of polymeric membranes and evaluation for different hydrocarbon streams
Education
Master of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Institute of Technology Bomabay
Mumbai 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology
Nagpur 04.2001 -
Skills
Strategy development
Techno-economical analysis
Financial modelling
Market analysis
Research and development
Database creation
Advanced excel
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Database Development
Business Development
Carbon finance
Timeline
Senior Manager (Marketing Strategy)
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
06.2020 - Current
Research Manager
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
04.2015 - 05.2020
Deputy Research Manager
IndianOil Corporation Limited
04.2011 - 03.2015
Research Officer
IndianOil Corporation Limited
09.2007 - 03.2011
Master of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Institute of Technology Bomabay
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology - Chemical Engineering
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology
04.2001 -
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