Dr Prabu Rajagopalan M.Sc. M.Tech., PhD, EPGCMM - IIM-K ,FSPCA

o Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures o Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth o Establish policies that promote company culture and vision o Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (Production, R&D, & Marketing, etc.) o Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication o Operation Management for Product developments and commercialization o Commercial Plant design and Construction, regulation, and forecast o Healthy Cross Functional strategy for business developments o Coordinate the Stakeholders (internal and external) and to communication. o B2B and B2C business development & Scientific Customer service managements o Demonstrate strategic thinking and implementation skills; proven analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable plans o Regularly study and conduct market research to determine the requirements of existing and future products to implement marketing plans and strategies for new products

Development of Nutra and Probiotic Products for commercial benefits. Identification of White space for new Product portfolio Fermentation Product and process development Process commercial validation and scale up

To coordinate the biotech and process related projects and validation of commercial feasibility of new products. In addition, development of the new product’s cost with the higher profit margin. • Enhancing production process operations, optimizing resource and capacity utilization, escalating productivity and operational efficiencies. • Managed and analysed large data sets from external research collaborators. • In-depth knowledge of manufacturing statistical analysis including process capability, yield & reliability. • Communicate with people from other disciplines and backgrounds to effectively troubleshoot tech- process and resources to make completion of the projects • Member of a Core Customer Team to help improve External and Internal Customer Relationships. Technology Achievements • Product and process development for the production of Lutein and Astaxanthin • Fast track of Silaging process for carotenoid production –Technology Marketing strategy Achievements • Commercialization of natural products and product formulations • New product formulation for the marketing competition • Market research and business documentation& development for future products

Development of the green process for petrochemical industries to replaces the current non-green process. In addition, enhancing the scale-up process, biotransformation, resource managements escalating productivity and operational efficiencies. Communicate with co-workers, other disciplines people and supervisor to effectively troubleshoot equipment and process issues. Technology Achievements 1. Green Process–Oil recovery from petroleum refinery sludge using surfactant technology. 2. Synthesis of magnesium-based biosurfactant Nanoparticles for industrial purpose. 3. Development of a cost-effective enzyme for lignocellulosic bioethanol production. 4. Development of a superior bioprocess for lignocelluloses bioethanol production. Publication and patents Achievements 1. Rajagopalan Prabu, Arindam Kuila, Raman Ravishankar, Peddy V. C. Rao, Nettem V. Choudary and Harshad R. Velankar, Microbial rhamnolipid production in wheat straw hydrolysate supplemented with basic salts.Royal society of chemistry Advances, 2015;5, 51642-51649. doi: 10.1039/C5RA05800G 2. Common microbial medium formulation for Rhamnolipid production- filled (HPCL) 3. Short time Bioremediation process for petroleum refinery soil and water - In preparation (HPCL)

Improvement of palm oil extraction rate through oil recovery from waste towards achieving 1. Improvement of industrial lactic acid production through strain and process development 2. A contribution of Project submission for project Grant from Malaysia government Grant Achievements for Academic Projects 1. Zero waste strategy by Biochemical and Microbial method (LRGS) 2. Bird nest protein purification by natural resources (FYP)

1. Development of new Capsaicin Transdermal Patches. • Contributed in drug isolation and extraction of the drug • Pharmacokinetics and dynamics studies • Performed PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, SDS–PAGE, Western blotting • Handled of bacterial strains, preparation of competent cells and bacterial transformation

Improvement of Aspergillus flavusLink S44–1 using a random mutational method for kojic acid production

Fermentation process optimization for Omega (ώ) –3 Oil productions from Thraustochytrids • Member of a Core Customer Team to help improve External and Internal Customer Relationships. • Understands the theory, concepts, and regulations behind biotech and biopharm processes.

• Understood the theory, concepts, and regulations (cGMP, GLP, SOP) • Operate GLC and HPLC for in–process analysis • Communicate with workers and supervisor to effectively troubleshoot equipment and process issue • Managed and analyses large data sets from external research collaborators • Gain knowledge of mechanical, scientific principles, processes and biopharmaceutical processing equipment • Review documentation and check all calculations (e.g. tickets, labels, equipment reading)

1. Strain and process improvement for Kojic acid production by Aspergillus flavus Link • Improvement of Aspergillus flavusLink S44–1 using a random mutational method for kojic acid production. • Effect of dissolved oxygen tension level on kojic acid production by mutated A. flavus G-MTDC-08. • Biotransformation of various sugar sources to kojic acid by cell bound enzyme system of mutated A. Flavus. • Enzymatic synthesis of kojic acid by enzymes cocktail extracted from mutated. Aspergillus flavus G-MTDC-8.

1. Strain and process improvement for gluconic acid production by Aspergillus niger RP–11. Aug 2006-Dec 2006, IIIM Jammu http://www.iiim.res.in/ 2. Strain and process improvement for RNA–R production and purification by from Streptomyces venezuelae. Jan 2007- May 2007, NCL Pune, http://www.ncl-india.org/