Curriculum Vitae

General Information (a) Name: (b) Dr Prashant Shihora Address (Residential): 1st floor, Maa Apartment, Bh. BMC chamber, Opp. Barucha hospital, Nr. Vaikunth apartment, Subhanpura, Vadodara, Gujarat. (M) 08758268663 prashantshihora@yahoo.co.in Married Manager, Ashmi life sciences Pvt Ltd. Vadodara. (f) (g) Date of Birth: Area of Specialization: Academic Qualifications: Title of Ph.D. topic: 22nd October 1976 Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis. M.Sc., Ph.D. Bio-Active Heterocyclic Compounds As Potential Antimicrobial Agents.

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Seminars, Conferences, Symposia Workshops etc. attended

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

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. Chemito Technology Pvt Ltd. Nashik.

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

Corporate Experience
Nov 2011 to present. As Manager, ASHMI LIFE SCIENCES PVT LTD, VADODARA, GUJARAT, INDIA. Looking production activity at Vadodara Site. Since Sept 2009 to Nov - 2011 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 commercialization (7step process), Di butyl phosphate (2step process), Thiocyclam, 1-Bromo-4-flouroacetanilide (2step) & 1-Cyclopropyl(2fluorophenyl)ethanone (2 step). Also handled various types of reaction & SAP.

July 2002 to Sept - 2009, As Sr. Officer, R & D DEPARTMENT, EXCEL CROP CARE LTD, BHAVNAGAR, GUJARAT, INDIA.

Handled process & development projects of some 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 Looked towards indentation of all chemicals & instruments in SAP at R & D.

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.

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 course 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.

Patent / Paper Published

A Clubbed quinazolinone and 4-thiazolidinone as potential antimicrobial

agents Medicinal chemistry research (27 May 2011), PP. 1-10. doi:10.1007/s00044011-9674-5 Patent published under PCT Preparation of Triclopyr, Its Intermediate and Butoxyethyl ester .International Publication Number : WO 2010/023679 A2. 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. =====================================