1. ANIL PILLAI
Mobile: +91-9819299638
E-Mail: pilani09@gmail.com
Senior Level Assignments: Business Development / Research & Development
- Expertise in promoting the concept of bioconversion / bioremediation / bio-treatment of any kind of wastes through the use of
potential biological systems
- Skills in using the potential of microbes to either detoxify the toxic industrial wastes or to produce value added Nutraceutical /
Biomaterials
SKILL SET
Research & Development
Business Development
Laboratory Operations
Project Management
Team Management
Training & Development
Process Improvement
Scale-Up Operations
Vendor Development
Technology Transfer
PROFILE SUMMARY
• A competent professional with 22 years of rich & versatile experience in Research
& Development and Business Development
• Currently associated with High Performance Products Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
as Director - R&D and Business Development
• Proficient in spearheading Research & Development activities involving setting up,
calibrating, etc. for Microbial based bio fertilizer, bioremediation of industrial waste
and bioconversion of municipal Solid waste to organic rich manure
• Skilled in developing the scalable processes from laboratory to commercial scale at
manufacturing site within given cost, accuracy, quality & time parameters
• Hands-on proficiency in developing:
o Microbial Cultures towards liquid and solid waste management
o Biofertilizer/biopesticide, Microbial Nutraceuticals and Polysaccharides
• Successfully handled isolation of microbes for Xanthan production and
development of biochemical based antioxidants and odour control agents for
petroleum based oil and lubricants
• Proud to be involved in isolating & identifying microbes useful for production of
microbial nutraceuticals, biofertilizers and bio-treatment of industrial wastes (solid
and liquid wastes)
• Possess good communication, analytical and inter-personal skills
ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Jul’14: High Performance Products Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as Director - R&D and Business Development
Aug’09-Jun’14: Chembond Chemicals Ltd., Navi Mumbai as Senior Manager - R&D and Bioremediation
Sep’07-Jul’09: Geneseek Inc., USA as Country Manager – India
Dec’06-Jun’07: Pharma Base (I) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as Senior Scientist – Nutraceuticals
Key Result Areas:
Managerial:
• Spearheading day-to-day research activities and resolving procedural problems for timely completion of objectives; setting up,
calibrating, operating & maintaining a variety of laboratory equipment as specified by the requirements of study
• Steering functions related to seminars, etc. for creating brand awareness
• Supervising new technical concept development
• Accountable for identifying and sourcing out suppliers for chemicals

2. • Framing result-oriented business generation plans & policies for attainment of pre-designated profitability/ revenue estimates
• Identifying, collecting, processing, analysing & cataloguing data according to established protocol, procedures & standards;
characterising all lab prepared compounds, documentation, data management and report presentations
• Identifying areas of bottlenecks & breakdown and non-conforming products; taking steps to achieve zero accident & customer
complaints through the application of troubleshooting tools like root cause analysis
• Implementing operational techniques for cycle time reduction & identification of opportunities as well as executing cost saving
techniques to achieve substantial reduction in quality expenditure
Functional / Technical:
• Leading scale up of bench scale research to plant scale implementation
• Heading the set-up of pilot plant production facility (erection and commissioning) for specialty chemical manufacture
• Managing isolation, characterization and cultivation of bacterial and fungal cultures in pure form; isolation and characterization
of bioactive components for application in petroleum based oil and lubricant industries; isolation and purification of microbial
by products and microbial enzymes and isolation and application of microbial systems for biotreatment of industrial wastes
• Anchoring operation of Fermentors at Plant Scale and operating Analytical Instruments like Gas Chromatograph and
Spectrophotometers
• Physico- Chemical analysis of Soil, Bio fertilizer & Effluents
• Hanlding isolation, purification and identifying microbes and exploiting their potential
towards production of biofertilizer, nutraceuticals, bio treatment of waste - for either
waste minimization / treatment / degradation and bioconversion of Agriculture waste and
Domestic waste to organic rich manure
• Developing:
o Microbial System for Bioconversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Bio-Organic Manure
o Bio-based antioxidants and biochemical based odour control agent for petroleum based oil
and lubricants
o Water based odour control agents for institutions and ETP and STP
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Jun’96-Dec’06 RG Spech Chem Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai as Scientist - Bioremediation & Bioconversion
May’93-Jun’96 Excel Industries Ltd., Mumbai as Research Assistant - Bioremediation
SEMINARS ORGANISED
• Seminar for Industries on:
o Integrated Water and Waste Water Treatment in Dec’13 at Tarapur
o Biological Waste Water treatment Solutions at Ankleshwar in Dec’12
TECHNICAL LECTURES
• Delivered the following Lectures:
o Bio-Remedial Solutions for Waste Water Treatment at Indian Chemical Council’s Annual Conference, Oct’13 at
Ankleshwar
o Microbial Waste Water Treatment Solutions for Industrial Effluents at Indian Environment Associations ENVIROVISION 2013
at Surat in Nov’13
EDUCATION
1999 M.Sc. (Microbiology) from University of Mumbai
1993 Diploma in Industrial Analytical Chemistry from Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
Date of Birth: 9th January 1972
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi & Malayalam
Address: C-2/1/0:4, Sector – 15, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400703, India
Current Address: Flat No. 3, BENHUR CHS, Plot No. 4, Sector -19, Nerul, Navi Mumbai - 400705, Maharashtra
ANNEXURE
Thesis: Microbial Degradation of Organo-Phosphorus Pesticide Waste

3. • The work involved the development of a biological method for the detoxification of a pesticide intermediate sludge, generated
during the manufacture of O, O – diethyl thio phosphoryl chloride (DTCI). DTCI is used in the synthesis of Quinolphos, Diazinon,
Dursban and Dyfonate. Disposal of this highly acidic/ toxic material creates environmental pollution if left untreated
• A microbial system was developed for the degradation of this highly toxic compound
• The microbial treatment study clearly brought out that DTCI sludge which is highly toxic, could be effectively detoxified and
safely disposed off as landfillers without any environmental hazard
KEY PROJECTS HANDLED
• Development of Microbial based biofertilizers
• Isolation of bioactive molecules from fungus
• Development of biobased Anti-oxidants and odour control agent for petroleum based oil and lubricant industries
• Developed Microbial formulation for reduction of COD and Ammonical Nitrogen in High TDS effluents
• Developed Microbial formulations for biodegradation of:
o NitroToulene (NT)
o Di Nitro Benzene (DNB)
o Para Di Aniline (PDA)
o Nitrophenols
o Methanol
o 2,4 dichlorophenoxy Acetic Acids
o Benzyl chloride, DVA-amide, DVA Triethylamine, Tetrachloro butyric acid
o Niacinic Acid, Sodium Nicotinate and Niacin Amide
o Benzene derivatives, Formaldehyde, Ortho-Nitro-Aniline, ortho anisole, Dichloro Benzidine Dihydrochloride
o Synthetic Pyrethroids
• Bioconversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Bio – organic Manure
• Bio Conversion of Wood Chips Waste to Bio – organic Manure through delignification using lignin degrading Bacteria
• Development of Microbial System for degradation of Organic load from a mixed effluent generated in a pesticide manufacturing
unit
• Microbial Pulping of Bagasse in Paper Industry
• Development of mixed microbial system for degradation of free formaldehyde form Waste effluent
• Microbial degradation of Polymeric Tar generated during the manufacture of Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), a Rubber Chemical
• Biosorption of Chromium using Microbial System
• Microbial conversion of Hexavalent Chromium to Trivalent Chromium
• Decolorization of Dye effluent using a mixed microbial culture
• Microbial Desulphurization of Coal
• Microbial treatment of Asbestos dust
• Isolation of antifungal agent from a fungal species
• Bio-treatment of Distillery and Textile effluents
• Microbial Degradation of Lignin
o Bio degradation of Lignin is a very important renewable source of aromatic carbon and breaking the lignified tissue through
microorganisms is challenging by itself
o A mixed consortium of bacterial culture was developed and used to study the bioconversion of matchstick wastes to rich
organic manure
• Removal of Organic Load from a Mixed Effluent with Monocultures and Mixed Cultures
o The effluent from one of the industries, involved in manufacture of Agro Chemicals, had intermediate products having
cumidine, permethric acid, cypermethric acid, 2 chlorobenzene and by products like Dimethyl urea and O – Nitrocumene
o Primary treated composite effluent stream on treatment with mixed bacterial cultures showed about 62 to 66% drop in
BOD and about 43 to 56% drop in COD
• Removal of Lignin as a pre-treatment of Bagasse before Pulping
o Cellulose fibres are the most important raw material used in the manufacture of paper. Cellulose in trees is encrusted with
lignin which must be removed.; the unwanted lignin in the wood adds to the operational cost and also disposal problem
o The microbially treated bagasse showed a 70% drop in Kalson’s lignin. The pre-treatment process has a great advantage of
bringing down the cost of pulp production
• Removal of free Formaldehyde

4. o Free formaldehyde is generated in the effluent during the manufacture of phenol-formaldehyde resins. If left untreated
in effluent, free formaldehyde could lead to ecological imbalance; using the property of certain autotrophic bacteria to
metabolise free formaldehyde, a mircrobial system was developed to treat the effluent
o Reduced the presence of free fromaldehye by 85% with the use of this microbial system
• Microbial Treatment of MBT – Tar
o Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) is an important Rubber chemical, it is a polymeric waste, insoluble in water, generated
during the manufacture of mercaptobenzothiazole
o The only method for disposing it so far has been the expensive incineration; with the use of microbial system a
biotreatment method was developed
o With bio – treatment, this difficult product could be converted to free flowing material, soluble in water, thus making
disposal easier
• Biosorption of Metal
o The property of microbes to absorb metals from solution was exploited and a system was developed wherein about 90%
reduction in the concentration of metal ions in the solution was achieved
o In case of chromium, the hexavalent chromium was further converted to the non-toxic trivalent chromium with the use of
selective microbes
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS ON MICROBIAL EFFLUENT TREATMENT
Client : Aarti Industries Ltd., Jaghadia
Scope : Reduction of COD in Effluents from the streams of:
• NitroToulene (NT)
• Di Nitro Benzene (DNB)
• Para Di Aniline (PDA)
Results Achieved :
• 90% reduction in COD after 7 days
Client : Asahi Songwong, Dwd
Scope : Suitability of microbial treatment process in reducing the ammonical nitrogen in the Primary treated
effluent received from Asahi Songwon in a continuous batch process.
Results Achieved :
• Registered 55 - 60% reduction in ammoniacal nitrogen with hydraulic retention time of 5 days
Client : Balkrishna Kraft, Kalyan
Scope : The aim was to develop an effective biotreatment process for addressing the problem of COD in a paper
industry effluent expected to have cellulose and various other organics contributing to COD.
Results Achieved:
• Achieved about 93% reduction in the COD values with a retention time of 2 days
Client : BILT, Chandrapur
Scope : To reduce the colour and COD in the paper mill effluent through biotreatment.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced 87% case of COD and 75% reduction in colour within 5 days
Client : BPCL, Mumbai
Scope : To carry out the bioaugmentation studies on the effluent received from BPCL, Chembur for reduction of
Ammonical Nitrogen.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced the Ammonical Nitrogen by 77% with 3 days HRT
Client : CETP, Ankleshwar
Scope : To treat and establish a continuous batch reactor for treatment of CETP, Ankleshwar effluent.
Results Achieved :
• 60% in TDS (probably the TDS was contributed by organic salts), 77% in NH3, 76% in NO2, 72% in COD and around 86% in case of
Copper (biosorption & bioaccumulation)

5. Client : Gharda Chemicals, Dombivili
Scope : To reduce the COD value of primary effluents (generated during manufacture of Insecticides and
pesticides) containing Benzene like derivatives to below 250ppm.
Results Achieved :
• Successfully reduced the COD by 93%
Client : GNFC, Bharuch
Scope : To reduce the colour and COD from the effluent containing Nitrophenol from their TDI Aniline plant.
Results Achieved :
• Achieved 60% reduction in COD and about 90% reduction in colour
Client : GFSC
Scope : The project aimed at reducing the COD in the effluent containing methanol through biotreatment.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced the COD by 91% with a hydraulic retention time of 5 days
Client : Gulshan Polyols, Jagadia
Scope : To reduce the COD below 250ppm in the given effluent generated during manufacture of Sorbitol from
Corn.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced the COD to less than 125ppm from an initial of 987ppm (87% reduction) and Amm. N2 was reduced to below 100ppm
from an initial of 950ppm (89% reduction)
Client : Heubach Colors Ltd, Ankleshwar
Scope : To demonstrate the suitability of microbial treatment process in reducing the ammonical nitrogen from
the Primary treated effluent generated during the manufacture of CPC blue pigment.
Results Achieved :
• Reductions in Ammonical Nitrogen by 50 to 55%
Client : Isagro Asia Agrochem, Panoli
Scope : To reduce the COD below 250ppm in the given effluent generated during the manufacture of Synthetic
Pyrethroids and Agro Chemical Formulations, Solvents, Intermediates, Cupric Chloride, Sodium Bromide, Sodium
Sulphate, and Butachlor.
Results Achieved :
• Registered 91% reduction in CODwith a Hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 4 days; it was observed that during this process of
biotreatment the Ammonical Nitrogen had also come down below 50ppm
Client : Meghmani Organics Ltd., Dahej
Scope : To reduce the COD from the effluent generated during the manufacture of 2,4- Dichlorophenol.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced COD by 55%
Client : PRIA CETP
Scope : To reduce the COD in the inlet and outlet effluent collected from PRIA CETP.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced COD by 78%
Client : Rallis (I) Ltd., Ankleshwar
Scope : To bring down the COD of the primary treated effluent generated during the manufacture of Fungicide
Triazole, to below 1000ppm.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced COD by 93% with a HRT of 7 days
Client : Rallis (I) Ltd., Lote, Chiplun
Scope : To reduce the COD from 2,50,000ppm to less than 70,000ppm having very high TDS (1,30,000ppm) being
generated during the manufacture of an Organophosphate insecticide.
Results Achieved :

6. • Reduced COD by 75% and successfully established the process of biotreatment for treatment of 40KL/day of this very difficult to
treat effluent
Client : Rallis (I) Ltd., Dahej
Scope : To reduce the COD of the effluent containing a TDS of around 95,000ppm, generated during the
manufacture of Herbicides Metribuzin and Pendimethiline.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced COD by 90% during the trials conducted at lab, also in plant operation registered about 55 to 60% reduction
Client : Spectrum Ethers, Nasik
Scope : To reduce the COD in the effluent generated during the manufacture of Phorate, an organophosphorus
insecticide.
Results Achieved :
• Reduced 60% in COD with 1 day HRT
Client : Sun Pharma, Ankleshwar
Scope : To reduce the COD in Primary treated effluent and High COD effluents collected from Sun Pharma,
Ankleshwar containing a mixture of process effluent along with 1-2% solvents (methanol, toluene, acetone,
hexane, etc.).
Results Achieved :
• Reduced 70% COD in case of High COD effluent with a hydraulic retention time of 5 days
Client : UPL Unit - 2, Ankleshwar
Scope : To reduce the COD in the effluent generated during the manufacture of an organophosphorus pesticide
having high TDS and COD.
Results Achieved :
• Registered 96% reduction in COD with 10 days HRT
Client : UPL, Vapi
Scope : To study the possibility of biotreating the different streams of effluent containing Benzyl chloride, DVA-
amide, DVA Triethylamine, Tetrachloro butyric acid and some non-reportable high boiler impurities being
generated, during the manufacture of broad spectrum pesticides.
Results Achieved :
• Achieved 60% reduction in COD