Shruti Upadhyay
Scientist
Mumbai
Summary
An inquisitive and enthusiastic R&D professional with nearly 7 years of experience in the personal care category within the FMCG sector. Skilled in formulation development, blending a passion for science with in-depth research to create innovative products that address evolving consumer needs. A proactive solution-oriented learner seeking new opportunities to apply my expertise in dynamic team, with a focus on delivering impactful products and contributing to business growth.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Scientist
Godrej Consumer Products
05.2024 - Current
- Spearhead end-to-end product development and innovation in hair category, with a focus on the Indian and African markets.
- Part of research group wherein adding value to consumer experience by bringing ideas to innovation funnel that would not only be disruptive in nature but can also be optimized and scaled for future growth.
- Lead patent drafting, FTO analyses, patent defense and opposition reinforcing the company's intellectual property strategy.
- Manage tech transfer, documentation , claims and product stability from inception to launch, ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Collaborate with external partners and institutes to create exclusive, proprietary platform technologies for hair category.
- Collaborate with CFTs and manage project to meet time- sensitive deadlines.
R&D Scientist
Godrej Consumer Products
10.2022 - 04.2024
- Independently responsible for new product development, renovation of existing products as per business need.
- Worked extensively on natural and synthetic dye free hair color (Permanent) with deep chemistry understanding to build new technologies to cater consumers need.
- Responsible for tech transfer, documentation stability studies of new products from idea inception to product launch.
- Working closely with CFTs and support when needed.
- Managed multiple tasks and met time-sensitive deadlines
Research Scientist
Dabur India Ltd.
04.2018 - 09.2022
- Responsible for end-to-end development of innovative, new products and improvisation of existing products of skin care and cleansing category for premium and mass market.
- Successfully developed and launched different leave on and rinse off products starting from product conceptualization t
- Involved in tech transfer of skin care products.
- coordinate with different vendors for RMs, work on documentation part for launch of FG and worked closely with CFTs.
Analytical Chemist
Bureau Veritas Consumer products ltd.
03.2017 - 03.2018
Education
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
Central University
Rajasthan 07.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry Hons.
Delhi University
New Delhi 07.2010 - 06.2013
Skills
- Adapt quickly to new insights and align strategically to address unmet consumer needs
Highly organized with good attention to details
Strong ability to thrive in fast paced environment
Collate and present results in terms of oral presentation
Quick leaner and good team player
Accomplishments
- For extraordinary contribution beyond normal role expectation to create significant business impact.
- Awarded on the basis of a written competitive test conducted jointly by CSIR and UGC (University Grants Commission) at the national level.
Eureka Award 2022 (Dabur)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR - JRF) - India- 2017
Publication In European Journal of Organic Chemistry
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201700021
Timeline
Senior Scientist
Godrej Consumer Products
05.2024 - Current
R&D Scientist
Godrej Consumer Products
10.2022 - 04.2024
Research Scientist
Dabur India Ltd.
04.2018 - 09.2022
Analytical Chemist
Bureau Veritas Consumer products ltd.
03.2017 - 03.2018
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
Central University
07.2014 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry Hons.
Delhi University
07.2010 - 06.2013
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