Curriculum Vitae

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Dr Prashant Shihora 101, Soham Residency, Parishram Society, Nr Alembic Store, Subhanpura, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. (M) 08758268663. prashantshihora@yahoo.co.in Married Production Manager (API), Farmson Pharmaceutical, Nandesari, Vadodara. 22nd October 1976 Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis & Process development.

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Academic Qualifications: Title of Ph.D. topic: attended

M.Sc., Ph.D. Bio-Active Heterocyclic Compounds As Potential Antimicrobial Agents. Seminars, Conferences, Symposia Workshops etc.

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a) Laboratory safety training programme b) Management and use of chemistry database and patent literature c) Validation in chemical analysis for quality assurance d) An approach to analytical instruments commonly used in chemical industries e) Patent Awareness f) Modern trends in Nanotechnology and supramolecular assemblies g) Indian Science Congress-2005 h) Bioactive heterocycles and drug discovery paradigm(Including one day International Symposium on Resent Trends in Drug Discovery) i) Understanding reaction mechanism j) Seminar on the Current Trends in Natural Sciences k) Seminar on Patent Awareness l) Advances in pharmaceutical sciences

Green circle consultants pvt ltd. Ahmedabad Department of Chemistry, Saurashtra University, Rajkot. Vishwa bharti education & cheritable trust, Hyderabad Department of Chemistry, Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar Patent Information Centre, Gujarat council on Science & Technology Nirma University Campus, Ahmedabad. Nirma University Campus, Ahmedabad. Saurashtra University, Rajkot.

Department of Chemistry, Saurashtra University, Bhavnagar Faculty of Science, Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar Dr.P.Ganguly, Advisor Vision IPR, held at Bhavnagar University B.V.Patel PERD Centre, Ahmedabad.

m) G.C. Customer Training Programme n) Good Laboratory Practice

Chemito Technology Pvt Ltd. Nashik. Dr.P.S.Ramnathan, Director, Corporate Analytical Operation of Gharda Chemical. held at Transpek Industry Ltd, Baroda.

Corporate Experience
Since Apr-2012, As Production Manager API division. FARMSON PHARMACEUTICAL, NANDESARI, VADODARA. Working in Paracetamol (API) manufacturing facility having leading almost 100 people team. Production capacity : 28 Ton/Day.

Sept 2009 to Nov-20011, As Research Scientist, R & D {Custom Research and Manufacturing Services (CRAMS)} PI LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH LTD, UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA. (Division of PI Industries Ltd.) Handled process & development project of product like Tolfenpyrad up to Commercial scale (6 step process), Di butyl phosphate(2 step process) & Thiocyclam. Also handled various types of reaction & Product transfer to Kilo lab & Pilot plant.

July 2002 to Sept - 2009, As Sr. Officer, R & D DEPARTMENT, EXCEL CROP CARE LTD, BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT, INDIA. Handled process & development projects of some new products like TRIAZOPHOS, IMIDACLOPRID, TRICLOPYR BUTOXY ETHYL ESTER, FENPYROXIMATE, PROFENOFOS, CHLORPYRIPHOS (Solvent less process), TRICLOPYR METHYL ESTER, TRICLOPYR ACID, L-2-AMINO BUTANOL etc. Handled various types of instruments like HPLC, G.C., DOUBLE BEAM U. V. SPECTROPHOTOMETER, BROOKFIELD VISCOMETER, KARL FISCHER, POLARIMETER, BOILING POINT & MELTING POINT APPRATUS etc. Developed analytical methods of new products (Technical as well as intermediate steps) of GLYPHOSATE, TRIAZOPHOS, IMIDACLOPRID, TRICLOPYR BUTOXY ETHYL ESTER, FENPYROXIMATE, PROFENOFOS, TEBUCONAZOLE, CHLORPYRIPHOS (Solvent less process), TRICLOPYR METHYL ESTER, TRICLOPYR ACID, L-2-AMINO BUTANOL etc. Worked in enhancement of the IMIDACOPRID TECH purity & yield at plant level.

Feb To Jun 2002, As Trainee Supervisor, C.C.SHROFF RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MUMBAI.

Worked in synthesis of new products like TRIAZOPHOS, IMIDACLOPRID, FENPYROXIMATE, PROFENOFOS etc. Established analysis method of new products (Technical as well as intermediate steps) of TRIAZOPHOS, IMIDACLOPRID, FENPYROXIMATE, PROFENOFOS, CHLORPYRIPHOS (Solvent less process) etc in U.V., G.C. & HPLC.

Aug - 2000 To Jan 2002, As Assistant Chemist, MEDINEX LABORATORIES PVT.LTD, BHAVNAGAR. Worked in Tablet manufacturing department, where I have also operated some Instruments like HPLC, GC, UV, FRAGILITY TEST APPRATUS and DISSOLUTION TEST APPRATUS etc.

Mar - 1998 To Apr 2000, As Part Time Production Chemist, NATRAJ CHEMICALS, CHITRA, BHAVNAGAR.

Additional Qualifications
I have accessed Chemical Abstracts through STN web on Internet, I have also surf on internet for E-journals available through INFLIBNET network and many other journals and references which are freely available on net. I have done Diploma in computer management in Datapro Infoworld Ltd., Bhavnagar authorized training centre of MICROSOFT. I have worked on the scientific computer programs for literature and patent search & Chemistry Softwares like Chem4D draw, Chem Sketch, Chem Win, CS Chem Draw Ultra, SciFinder Scholar, Scopus, Micropatent, Discoverygate.

Patent / Paper Published

A new hybrid approach and in vitro antimicrobial evaluation of novel 4(3H)quinazolinones and thiazolidinone motifs N.C. Desai *, H.V. Vaghani, P.N. Shihora, Journal of Flourine chemistry-2013. N. C. Desai, P. N. Shihora and Amit Dodia A clubbed quinazolinone and 4thiazolidinone as potential antimicrobial agents Medicinal Chemistry Research, DOI: 10.1007/s00044-011-9674-5. Patent published under PCT Preparation of Triclopyr, Its Intermediate and Butoxyethyl ester .International Publication Number : WO 2010/023679 A2. N. C. Desai, P. N. Shihora and D. L. Moradia Synthesis and characterization of new quinazolines as potential antimicrobial agents Indian J. Chem. B 46 (2007), p. 550.

Poster Presentation
Quinazolone as potential antimicrobial agents International symposium

on Recent Trends In Drug Discovery organized by Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. =====================================