Formal Education:
1962: Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati
1976: Post Graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Work Experience:
Approximately 50 years in manufacturing sector of which ~ 48 years in petrochemical industry.
Diverse experiences in production, product management, marketing, market development advertising, sales, business development, corporate planning and industry affairs.
Handdeled initial development of markets for commodity plastics like PE, PP, PVC and ABS.
Also developed markets for engineering and specialty polymers like PC, PBT, PEI, mPPO in India.
Prepared perspective plans for Petrochemical industry for Government during 80s.
Launched Polypropylene business for Reliance Industries Limited in 1996
Handled product management function of PVC at Reliance Industries Limited.
Superannuated from Reliance Industries Limited as Sr. Executive Vice President.
Mentored newly formed Sustainability team at Reliance Industries Limited

Academic Experience:
Guest lectures at MSU, Vadodara, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and NID, Ahmedabad
Visiting faculty at SVU, Mumbai, for M.Sc. Polymer Science taking classes on Sustainability from the beginning of the course.
Member of the Board of Studies for M.Sc. Polmer Science and Academic Council of the University.
Adjunct Professor at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.
Past Chairman, Indian Institute of Packaging, an autonomous institution under Ministry of Textile and Commerce, Government of India.

Voluntary Engagements:
Honorary Secretary, Indian Center for Plastics in the Environment (ICPE), a non-profit, non-partisan voluntary organization established by industry in January 1999.
Edited “ET Polymer”, a trade magazine from Times of India Group as Honorary Editor at the early stage (~3 years).
Member of editorial board of “Polymer Communique” a trade magazine of the plastic industry.