Profile Details

Create Project

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

USD 200 /hr

★★★★★

☆☆☆☆☆

Hire Vandita S.

India

USD 200 /hr

Natural Product Chemist with 25 years industry experience in Dietary Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Food, Drug Discovery

Profile Summary

 Expertise in Development of innovative, green & cost effective products & processes for Nutraceuticals, Dietary supplements, Cosmetics, FMCG and New Drug Discovery for global markets.  Acumen in selection of products with focus on its technical capability potentiality for commercialization, patents evaluations & cost estimations  Rich experience in development & implementation of new technologies, encompassing conceptualization of innovative technology platforms, design of extraction, isolation & enrichment & production of new extracts, molecules and product & process development towards cGMP manufacturing  Excelled at Research & Development of new methods & products; excellence in managing R&D operations & modifying existing ones based on the requirement  Insightful experience in undertaking R&D initiatives and optimizing resource & capacity utilization to meet deadlines; hand-on various process analytical tools  Proficient in facilitating method development & validation including rigorous testing of the methods to ensure that they are precise, accurate, reproducible, "foolproof" & specific to product  Excellence in transforming quality function into a robust quality unit that delivers maximum output with zero defects & driving capability improvement of processes, systems & people through implementation of quality pillars  Excellent scientific methodologies experience presented by assessing & interpreting complex data sets to set direction & draw rational conclusions as well as initiate & propose new research ideas / patents  Completed ISO certification for Analytical Science Centre in Praj Matrix, held position of Management representative for the same.  Expertise in development of new drugs from botanicals & filing of Investigational New Drug Applications.  Adept in handling teams  Product Management Certificate from Indian School of Business.  Postgraduate Certificate in Product Management being pursued from Kellogg School of Management

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Food Chemistry
• ★ Investigational New Drug (IND) Application Writing
• ★ Herbal Products
• ☆ Agricultural Chemistry
• ☆ Green Chemistry
• ☆ Food Additives
• ☆ Food Sensory Analysis
• ☆ Food Preservation
• ☆ Food Safety
• ☆ Flavor & Fragrance Chemistry
• ☆ Food Testing
• ☆ Plant-Based Protein
• ☆ Vegetarian & Vegan Nutrition
• ☆ Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Viticulture & Enology/Wine Production
• ☆ Non-GMO Products
• ☆ Product Evaluation
• ☆ Material Sourcing
• ☆ Reverse Engineering
• ☆ Stability Testing
• ☆ Shelf-Life Testing
• ☆ Quality Assurance & Quality Control (QA/QC)
• ☆ Product Validation
• ☆ Product Compliance
• ☆ Concept Development
• ☆ Product Launch Support
• ☆ Packaging Design
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Meta-Research
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Technology Scouting
• ☆ Fact Checking
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Gray Literature Search
• ☆ Presentation Design
• ☆ Photography & Image Editing
• ☆ Process Design
• ☆ Instructional Webinars
• ☆ Skills Training
• ☆ Regulatory Writing
• ☆ CMC Documentation
• ☆ NDA/BLA Applications
• ☆ Nonclinical Study Documentation
• ☆ Healthcare Communications
• ☆ Patient Education Materials
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Cochrane Reviews
• ☆ Medical Copywriting
• ☆ Cosmetic & Skincare Formulation
• ☆ Hair Care Product Formulation
• ☆ Personal Care Product Formulation
• ☆ Nutraceuticals
• ☆ Supplements
• ☆ Essential Oils
• ☆ Consumer Products
• ☆ Innovation Management
• ☆ Management Information Systems
• ☆ Project Management
• ☆ Corporate Governance
• ☆ Risk Management
• ☆ Six Sigma
• ☆ Public Relations
• ☆ Management Consulting

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Data Visualization, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Vice President Extraction Research

Omniactive Health Technologies

September 2013 - May 2022

Chief technologist

Praj Industries

March 2010 - September 2013

Senior Director, R&D

Indigene Phamaceuticals

November 2007 - March 2010

Assistant Director, New Chemical Entity Research

Lupin Limited

November 2000 - November 2006

Senior Development Scientist

Dabur

July 1996 - November 2000

Visinting Scientist

Marine Chemistry Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

February 1994 - March 1996

Development Scientist

Dabur Research Foundation

January 1993 - February 1994

Education

Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry

Central Drug Research Institute

August 1986 - January 1993

M.Sc. Special Organic Chemistry

LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY

July 1984 - August 1986

Certifications

• Post graduate Certificate in Product Management

  Northwestern Kellogg

  April 2022 - Present

• Product Mangement

  Indian School of Business

  February 2022 - Present