Dr Dikshitkumar Khamar

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About me
Head of Scientific Excellence at Sanofi
Education
- Liverpool John Moores University
  2008 - 2012
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Crystallization, Polymorphism, Formulation, pharmaceutical charracterization
- Waterford Institute of Technology
  2022 - 2024
  Executive MBA Managment
  Executive MBA course in SETU Waterford previously known as WIT.
- University of Strathclyde
  2007 - 2008
  MSc Pharmaceutical analysis Merit
  - Wet chemistry analysis: mainly HPLC, UPLC, GC, Mass, validation, method development, various titrations, NMR, spectroscopy techniques, solid state characterization
- Gujarat University
  1999 - 2001
  D Pharm Pharmaceutical science
  - Completed with first class from M.N. College of Pharmacy, Khambhat affiliated with Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
- Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
  2001 - 2004
  B Pharm Pharmacy
  - Graduated with distinction and gold medal from NET pharmacy college, Raichur; affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi Uni of Health Science, Banglore, India.
Experience
- Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited
  May 2005 - Sept 2005
  Production Chemist
  - Manufacturing of oral drug products, Managing production lines, operators management. Preparation of Batch Manufacturing Records. Troubleshooting for any technical issues and communication with colleagues in QA and QC department for various mfg. deviations.
- Astra Zeneca
  May 2008 - Sept 2008
  MSc Internship
  Investigation of crystal growth methods for live AZ compounds
- Liverpool John Moores University
  Sept 2008 - Mar 2012
  Researcher
  Effect of hydrate formation and processing induced transformation affecting quality of pharmaceutical drug molecules. Development of 'Bio simulator' for lungs formulation studies (Pulmorphix).
- University of Limerick
  Apr 2012 - Apr 2015
  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  - Lead experimental researcher in SFI (Science Foundation Ireland) project to investigate nucleation and crystallization of pharmaceutical drug molecules- Project management, liaison with collaborators, purchasing equipment and reports writing, mentoring-coaching PhD students and Junior Postdocs. - Experimental SME, Research related to nucleation, crystallization, polymorphism, PAT, and physico-chemical characterization of pharmaceutical compounds. - Received Young scientist – gold medal from crystallization community of UK-Ireland Show less
- SUN PHARMA
  Apr 2015 - Jun 2016
  Research Scientist_Operations
  - To act as a change agent and to apply lean and six sigma tools to improve the process capabilities of various drug products - After Action Reviews (Lesson learnt), Gemba investigation, DMAIC tools- Training to >100 personnel in LSS methodologies, stopped batch failures for flagship product, acquired black belt
- Sanofi
  Jun 2016 - now
  - New Product Introduction, technical development scale up of different modalities across lyophilized and PreFilled syringe platform: fusion protein, monoclonal antibodies, nanobodies, enzymes, hormone etc.- Life cycle management and CI for complex biologics- Manufacturing support for troubleshooting, product-process assessment, audit positions- Network, external manufacturing liasion for tech transfer, small-medium molecules & biologics- Project managment, prioritization, portfolio liasion, strat planning, - CMC, DS, manufacturing, Quality, Validation, regulatory stakeholders liasion- Capex-Opex, lab management, Strategic transformation initiatives, Innovation projects lead- Audit readiness and technical writing for regulatory documents, optimization of commercialization efforts- People management-development, SMEs development, bespoke training programs for the site and for the network sites- Academic collaborations, supervision, tehnical white papers, publications- Diversity and Inclusion forum lead Show less
  - Senior Directior, Head of Scientific Excellence, MSAT Injectables
    Jul 2024 - now
  - Director, Head of Analytical Science & Technology
    Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
  - Manufacturing Science Manager, DP MSAT
    May 2020 - Jun 2022
  - Interim Manufacturing Science Manager, MSAT
    Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
  - Team Leader, Manufacturing Science
    Jan 2019 - Oct 2019
  - Senior Scientist
    Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
  - Development Scientist
    Jun 2016 - Apr 2018
Licenses & Certifications
- Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt
  ASQ
  Oct 2015
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Dr Dikshitkumar Khamar
  Innovation Award For Outstanding work for patients Sanofi Industry Affairs 2018 Delivered by head of Sanofi IA
- Awarded to Dr Dikshitkumar Khamar
  BACG Young Scientist Award 2015 British Association for Crystal Growth (BACG) Jun 2015 This is an annual award given to the young researcher based in UK/Ireland for the significant research work carried out in the field of crystallization. I received this reputed award in 2015.
- Awarded to Dr Dikshitkumar Khamar
  Overseas Research Students Award Scheme, ORSAS Higher Education Funding Council for England (hefce) Sep 2009 This was an award to high-quality international students to undertake research in UK by providing the difference in fees charged to overseas students.