Jayesh Tekchandaney

About Me

Jayesh R. Tekchandaney is the Technical Director of Unique Mixers & Furnaces Pvt. Ltd (www.uniquemixer.com). He has over 12 years of experience in the selection and design of Industrial Mixing Equipment. His company offers the complete range of Mixing Equipment, besides mixing consultation and testing facilities. Tekchandaney holds a Bachelors Degree. in Chemical Engineering from University of Mumbai, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, USA. He earned a Diploma in Business Management from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Bombay.

Phone – (91-22)-2580 1214, 2582 2385

Email: jayesh@uniquemixer.com

My Experience

Unique Mixers & Furnaces Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.uniquemixer.com/)

Director Projects, Jan 2003 onwards

1. Directing, Managing, Monitoring the Technical Operations ( Design, Quality Control, Production Progress, Infrastructure Development) at Unique Mixers & Furnaces (UMF) and Unimix Equipments (UE). Reporting to Management.
2. Head of Purchase Department at UMF, UE. All purchase related activities.
3. Marketing of UMF, UE products and services. Communication with Clients.
4. Management Representative – ISO 9001, 2000. Responsible for the Quality Management System.
5. Exports – Logistics

Gharda Chemicals Ltd (http://www.gharda.com/)

Engineer, Technical Services, Oct 1998 to Dec 2000

• Carried out the Scheduling, Planning and Implementation of a time critical, chemical plant capacity augmentation project as a part of the 4 member critical tasks team. Successful completion within the 45 day plant shutdown period resulted in an increase in production capacity from 50 TPM (Tons per Month) to 80 TPM, and an increase in the annual company turnover by $4.6 million.
• Carried out a manufacturing cost based feasibility analysis for in-house processing of agrochemicals and implemented the same, translating into annual savings of $42,000.
• Optimized operating parameters of hydraulic, pneumatic prime movers resulting in approximately 30% decrease in energy consumption, which translated into annual savings of $19,000.
• Designed and Commissioned process system for production of 20,000 liters/day of Pesticide formulation.
• Assumed responsibility as a Production Engineer during Start Up phase of a 15 tons/day Continuous Isomer Fractionation system.
• Recommended and implemented suggestions for improvement of productivity, quality, environment, safety and workforce morale as a member of the operation enhancement team.
• Coordinated Project activities with participating departments and equipment suppliers.
• Prepared and presented techno-commercial proposals for new projects’ approvals and for subsequent approval of proposed factory plans by government organizations for safety and environmental considerations.
• Implemented and standardized ISO 9001 procedures for the department.

The Pennsylvania State University

Teaching Assistant

• Managed a web based homework delivery system for 3000 undergraduate students.
• Instructed 150 students for two undergraduate level courses in Physics

Research Assistant

• Conducted a pilot study for understanding consumer preferences for utilizing the web as a tool for online product customization. The research focused on the effects of symbolic and functional web design elements on the Consumer’s Perception of brands. ( http://www.ebrc.psu.edu/publications/papers/pdf/2002_01.pdf )
• Designed and carried out a detailed study based on the observations made during the pilot phase. The study was conducted on 45 research subjects and spread over websites of 10 companies each of which offered online product customization.

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