Yuvaraj Kokane

# Lab integration # SOP Preparation # Team Handling # Documentation # Calibration of instruments. # Training team# #QualityLeadership #TeamDevelopment #DigitalQualitySystems #ContinuousImprovement #CrossFunctionalCollaboration Responsible for all above activities. • Commissioned quality labs, infrastructure, and equipment, collaborating with lab integrators and facility teams. • Implemented ISO 17025-based lab management system • Implemented supplier quality management, internal/external audits, and regulatory compliance processes to ensure high-quality material delivery and robust lab performance. • Developed and executed lab testing procedures aligned with technological needs, including Calibration, MSA (R&R, Linearity, Stability), and LIMS integration for data accuracy and traceability. • Championed continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, Poka-Yoke, FMEA, and cost-saving initiatives to foster a zero-defect, high-performance culture. • Supported new product launches through accurate quality evaluations and mentored teams to build capability, drive development, and reduce measurement variation. • Coordinated audits, ensured GMP compliance, reduced variation in measurements • Developed lab procedures, ensured timely and accurate results • Promoted continuous improvement via Lean, Six Sigma, MSA, FMEA • Visited China for Business Trip (Tech Transfer & Raw material inspection purpose)

• Reviewed and approved critical QMS documents including SOPs, STPs, MSDS, COA, QM, CAPA, FMEA, OOS, OOT, vendor audits, and Capex planning, ensuring regulatory compliance and audit readiness. • Supervised a team of 15 chemists and officers, managed staff training, work allocation, and cross-functional coordination for QC, R&D, and NPD initiatives. • Operated, calibrated, and maintained analytical instruments including ICP-OES and OES, developed methods for precise elemental analysis. • Developed and validated Fire Assay methods per IS 1418 for Gold Dore and Fine Gold, including separation and testing of Pb, Cu, Sb, Ag for high-accuracy results. • Lead quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives, resolved critical quality issues, and performed comprehensive quality risk assessments.

Catalyst Synthesis & Process Design: Development, optimization, and scale-up of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts using Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, and Ruthenium, ensuring high activity, selectivity, and cost efficiency. Catalyst Lifecycle Management: End-to-end experience in screening, activity testing, stability evaluation, recovery, refining, and purification of precious-metal catalysts with strong yield improvement and sustainability focus. Fire Assay Operations: Expertise in sampling and analysis of Gold and Silver Dore using standardized Fire Assay techniques with precision, compliance, and traceability. Wastewater & Effluent Monitoring: Analysis of precious metals and base metals in wastewater streams; establishment of compliant discharge norms and recovery strategies aligned with environmental and ESG requirements. Advanced Synthesis Work: Skilled in organometallic salt and complex synthesis, reaction optimization, precursor purity improvement, and method standardization to support R&D and scale-up. Catalyst - Synthesis, Screening, Testing, Designing, Recovery, Refining & Purification of precious metals like Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Ruthenium Sampling and analysis of Gold and Silver Dore by Fire Assay Waste water analysis for all Precious metals and base metals Synthesis - Organometallic salts and complexes Instrument Handled - XRF, Oven, Surface Area Analyzer, Dryer, Vacuum Pump, pH meter, Balance Handled Team of 15 peoples.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements Carbon-Supported Catalyst Development: Designed, synthesized, and optimized Pt/Pd/Ru/Ag/Au carbon-supported catalysts for battery materials, pharma intermediates, and fine chemicals. Precious Metal Catalysts, Salts & Complexes: Developed high-purity organometallic salts, homogeneous/heterogeneous catalysts, and specialty metal compounds with consistent activity and lifecycle performance. Precious Metals Refining & Purification: Led refining of spent catalysts, ores, and residues using hydrometallurgical/pyrometallurgical routes; improved recovery through impurity profiling and ICP-based process corrections. Production Management: Managed large-scale catalyst and metal-salt manufacturing with strong adherence to ISO, GMP/GLP, and EHS standards. Improved batch reproducibility, cycle time, and overall efficiency. Metal Accounting & Asset Control: Ensured accurate reconciliation, WIP tracking, and inventory control with best-practice systems to reduce metal loss and enhance traceability of high-value assets. Leadership & Team Development: Guided and mentored a 15-member Gen Y & Gen Z team of engineers/chemists; implemented structured training, competency mapping, and disciplined shift-performance systems. Analytical & Quality Excellence: Led assay development and characterization using XRF, ICP-OES, BET, TGA, fire assay; strengthened quality frameworks aligned with ICH, ISO 17025, and customer audits. Process Optimization & Cost Reduction: Applied Lean, FMEA, and RCA tools to boost yield, reduce metal losses, and optimize cost per gram of catalyst. Technology Transfer & Scale-Up: Executed lab-to-plant scale-up of catalysts, metal salts, and Li-ion additives ensuring safety, reproducibility, and compliance. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked with R&D, Production, QA, Supply Chain, and Senior Management to align technology priorities with business goals.

Sampling, Analyzing - Packaging, Raw Material, Finished Products Analytical Method Development, Analytical Method Transfer, Routine & Non routine, Stability Section Operation & Calibration - Dissolution Apparatus, HPLC, GC, TOC, Analytical Balance, Conductivity meter, AAS, UV Spectrophotometer, pH Meter, KF Apparatus SAP QM

Responsible for end-to-end Quality Control operations covering raw materials, intermediates, in-process stages, finished APIs, and packing materials. Ensured strict compliance with cGMP, GLP, ICH Q2/Q3, and regulatory audit requirements (USFDA, MHRA, EDQM). Spearheaded method development, method validation, and troubleshooting for key analytical procedures. Hands-on expertise in HPLC, GC, UV-Visible Spectrophotometry, KF (Coulometric & Volumetric), IR, Polarimetry, Dissolution, and Wet Chemistry techniques. Led routine and non-routine testing, impurity profiling, assay determination, residual solvent analysis, moisture estimation, and stability study evaluations. Strengthened data integrity by implementing ALCOA+ practices, ensuring traceability and zero-error documentation. Managed electronic records, chromatographic data systems, and instrument calibration/qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ). Actively collaborated with Production, R&D, and QA to resolve deviations, OOS/OOT, change controls, CAPA, and process optimization challenges. Trained and mentored Gen Y & Gen Z team members through practical case-study-based learning, while maintaining clear reporting and compliance expectations for senior management.