Somnath Das

About Somnath Das

Hi All,I am Somnath. I am currently working as Senior Research Scientist with 15+ years of organizational experience in Research & Development of Consumer Products, Materials Design and People Management. I have expertise in designing and deploy of novel functional materials in a plethora of consumer goods and adept with data driven/oriented tools and methodologies.I am also keen on Occupational Safety and Health- having been the Site Safety Coordinator and have trained employees across Unilever India in Workplace, Chemicals and Behavioral Safety practices. I hold professional certifications from IOSH, National Safety Council and Du Pont. I completed my Professional Certification in Data Science from IIM Kozhikode. I pursued by master\'s in business administration (Executive) with Marketing and Leadership Strategy dual specialization from Narsee Monjee. Prior to this, I completed my master\'s in chemistry with Inorganic Chemistry specialization from University of Calcutta. I am Associated with Unilever Global R&D – Beauty and Wellbeing & Personal Care S&T Team. I am a Subject Matter Expert in Formulation design, Materials Chemistry, Good Laboratory Practice, People Management, Data driven decision making and Forensics through analytical Tools. I have skills in implementing high impact products in Consumer domain through a combination of Wet Chemistry Computational tools with subtle leverage of key external partners. I have insightful knowledge of: Project Life-cycle Management R&D, New Product Development Data visualisation- Tableau, Power BI, MS ExcelDigital Enablers- Pipeline Pilot, KNIME, Marvin, R New Method development, Method Validation, Analytical Method Development Safety and Regulatory Compliance People Management/Training & Development I am a data enthusiast and passionate about working towards integrating my data analysis skills with domain expertise to make sound strategic recommendations for consumer products, product claims, compliance and safety.You can reach out to me on: d••••••••@gmail.com (+91••••••••68

Experience

1. Senior Research Scientist (Home Care)- Hygiene Ecosystem, Advocacy and Future Mixes

   Unilever

   Mar 2024 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

Education

• University of Calcutta

  M Sc, Chemistry

  2004 — 2006

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Leadership &Strategy and Marketing

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

  Professional Certificate in Data Science for Business Decision Making, Statistics, Machine Learning, Predictive Modelling, Natural Lanuage Processing

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Executive Programme in Project Management (EPPM- B1), Project Management

• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)

  IOSH Managing Safely Certification, Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician

  2020

• University of Calcutta

  B Sc. Chemistry, Chemistry

  2001 — 2004