Experience

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  Adani wilmar limited

  Aug 2004 - Dec 2005

  Production engineer

  • Worked with Adani Wilmar Ltd whose renowned product is FORTUNE-Edible Oil as Production Engineer for 16 months• Meet out daily production target of 1000 TPD in compliance with quality. Handled a shift of more then 100 manpower. Responsible for shutdown and annual maintenance also.• Monitoring and controlling of process using SCADA control system through PLC operations.• As a member of local Process Innovation and Design team, done with a project on “Optimization of Utilities consumption and heat recovery”. Show less

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  Unilever

  Dec 2005 - Jun 2017

  Worked as aroma concentration SME and played a lead role in developing, designing, installation and commissioning of a Natural Tea Aroma distillation unit for different applications & geographies.Key Responsibilities-• Developing & Implementing new product & technologies for Unilever tea business.• Testing hypothesis and designing experiments. Working on product prototyping and tasting.• Developing deeper category consumer understanding to enable process and product delivery of consumer relevant attributes. Partnering with brand teams on generation of new ideas to keep category innovation pipeline healthy• Managing multiple Innovation projects, sharing early prototypes with internal stakeholders. Preparing technology brief and CAPEX proposals, planning and driving implementation schedules & timelines .• Conducting pilot scale trials for product testing and sample preparation for large consumer trials. Sensorial evaluation of product through expert tasters and naïve consumers• Collaborating with external parties including academic institutions and external consultants to deliver state-of-the-art technology.Achievements-• Designed a novel process of volatiles capture for leaf tea & Hot Instant Tea. I have been granted 4 patents (https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Anudeep+Rastogi) on same technology. Lipton Clear Green Natural in Europe and Lipton GoRyoKu in Japan variant was launched using same technology.• Led the process of design to deploy of 1st commercial novel manufacturing of volatiles capture and concentration unit for Unilever Kenya.• Rewarded twice as “outstanding contributor to Unilever R&D”• Established a complete tea processing pilot plant in Assam. Flexible design to accommodate four different technologies in a compact plot plant Show less Exploring new technologies from the idea stage to proof of principle. New technology scoping & designing conducting bench scale experiments and analysis• Exploring opportunities of new product through novel technological interventions to support business with competitive edge. Conducting DOE based experiments to test hypothesis and establishing variable-effect matrix. Novel Instant tea process was designed & implemented• Supporting front end engineering with detailed process design and engineering that includes heat and mass transfer details of each stream, equipment and line sizing, utility design. Installation, commissioning and optimization of the same.• Technology scale-up to commercial level. Basic and detailed engineering of commercial level plants e.g energy and material balance, PFD, P&ID verification, equipment sizing and data sheet verification is done for novel process of volatiles capture and concentration unit installed at Kericho, Kenya Show less • Detailed process design to pilot scale level that includes heat and mass transfer details of each stream, equipment and line sizing, utility design. Installation, commissioning and optimization of the same.• Scale-up to commercial level. Basic and detailed engineering of commercial level plants e.g energy and material balance, PFD, P&ID verification, equipment sizing and data sheet verification is done for novel process of volatiles capture and concentration unit installed at Kericho, Kenya. Same technology is transferred to Unilever Premium Export, Ceytea, Sri Lanka. • Played a lead role in developing, designing, installation and commissioning of a Natural Tea Flavour distillation unit for Unilever Kenya. • Played a lead role in establishing a complete tea processing pilot plant in Assam. Flexible design to accommodate four different technologies in a compact plot plant. Responsible for complete functioning of pilot plant.• Having a good knowledge of process controls. Modifications of control panels and implementation of HUL-Electrical Safety Standards have been done at pilot plant in Assam. Show less

  • Assistant R&D Manager – Process/Product Development

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  • Asst. Research Scientist

    Sept 2010 - Jul 2014

  • Research Associate

    Dec 2005 - Sept 2010
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  The coca-cola company

  Jun 2017 - now

  • Anchoring the product commercialization process from idea to implementation - scoping, to prototype selection, manufacturing process assessment, reviewing stability studies, driving the product approval process and rollouts with bottling partners. Acting as Product Approval Coordinator in Picasso (product life cycle management tool) for the INSWA Business Unit.• Working along with cross functional team members (R&D, QSE, SRA, Packaging, Quality, Process Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations & Bottling partners), anchoring the process of product commercialization and ensuring new products are commercialized complying with Business Unit timelines.• Networking with internal & external stakeholders to ensure compliance with KO standards, policies and regulation for the all the categories are built in commercialization process.• Resolving challenges in the commercialization process and proactively implementing a plan to address the same, including risk assessment, establishing SC for new ingredient, process mapping, preliminary capex estimates etc.• Partnering with other sub functions within technical, internal stakeholders (Marketing, Legal & Supply chain) and external stakeholders (Juice suppliers, ingredient suppliers, flavor houses, etc) to build flexible & cost effective supply chain network and ensuring business continuity.• Leading the routines with SC and CPS (Business Unit Pipeline planning) for Beverage Base planning. Actively participating in SC, CPS and Bottling partners routines (S&OP, Niche planning) providing inputs for Synergies/Salvage planning of existing ING with Niche/Existing Products. Coordinating with CPS, SC, QSE & R&D for SL extensions avoiding write offs. Show less

  • Technical Operations Lead South West Asia

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Technical Operations Manager

    Apr 2021 - May 2023

  • Manager New Product Commercialization

    Jun 2017 - May 2023