Harjinder Singh Bhatti profile

Summary

A senior professional with over two and half decades of rich technical, business, customer interface and leadership experience gained via undertaking roles of increasing responsibilities (both in the home country and internationally) with premier Indian, Multinational (Swiss & German) specialty chemical organizations.
Academic training as a synthetic organic chemist augmented in an industrial setting. Enthused by value creation at the intersection of innovation, technology, strategy & business.
Successful track record of delivering tangible results and positive contributions towards - revenue generating product launches, business growth, new business/innovation area launches, open innovation, building & nurturing external technology partnerships/acquisitions, internationalization of research, organisational building & development of highly professional (regional/global) research, technology & innovation teams.
Currently, self-employed & helming i3 (i-Cube- Ideate, Innovate, Implement), a venture offering data/insight-based advisory on critical issues concerning innovation-driven future business opportunities, innovation management, market entry, new and existing products, technology landscaping and angel investing decisions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the chemical’s arena.

Work Experience (1)

Managing Director

Independent Consultant, Chemical Industry

January 2018 - Present

Navi Mumbai

Innovation and Research Consultant
Assisting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and innovation-driven organizations in making informed strategic decisions with the help of data, insights and analytics about competitive environment, market and technology outlook in Chemicals/Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals/ Medical Devices/Alternate Energy/Nutrition/Materials/Personal Care.

Analysing your processes to offer advisory on Ideation, Innovation management, Open innovation; Outside-in perspective; Identifying new markets and geographies for growth; Turning early-stage innovation prospects into opportunities to ensure long-term business success vis-à-vis partnerships, new markets, new products for future growth.

Suggesting technology road-maps, adjacent areas of growth and in-licensing opportunities. Helping identify, initiate, build and strengthen commercial and value-add partnership relationships.

Comprehensive Suite of Specialisations:
Consulting on building and operating R&D facilities in India (You can leverage my deep expertise and experience to commercialise early R&D projects)
Trouble-shooting R&D and plant processes
Toll manufacturing
Technology transfer
Partnerships with academic institutions
Country-entry strategies
Internationalization of research

Academic Studies (1)

Ph.D

University Department Of Technology (UDCT)

January 1992 - January 1996

Organic Chemistry

Thesis : "Synthesis of Heterocyclic Disperse Dyes”
Research Advisor: Prof. S. Seshadri
Research work laid emphasis on the synthesis of heterocycles and other useful intermediates like, Benzo[b]thien-3-(2H)-ylidenecyanoacetate,S,S-dioxide, 3- aryl-2- methyl-6-nitro-4(3H)-quinazolinone, o-Chlorobenzoylacetic ester.
The chromophoric potential of these economically viable intermediates was exploited by subjecting them to a variety of synthetic transformations via the classical Knovenagel, Vilsmeier-Haack, Friedel-Crafts arylation, Gewald, Hantzsch’s and Diazotization reactions. Structural elucidation via modern spectroscopic techniques (IR, FTNMR) was an inherent part of the research. Application Testing, colour properties of the dyes in solution as well as on polyester were studied. Disperse dyes were assessed for pick up, sublimation and light fastness by application on polyester by the HTHP dyeing process.
The doctorate research resulted in four single author papers and a review in internationally peer reviewed journals [Color. Technol; 120 (3) (2004) 101-107; Synthetic Communications; 35 (7) (2005); Org. Prep and Procedures Intl; 36(2) (2004)170- 173; Dyes & Pigments; 62 (1) (2004) 83- 92; Color. Technol; 120(4) (2004) 151-155]