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SJV Formulations Consultancy

Consulting and support in agrochemical formulation technology & household pest control products

Mission statement

SJV Formulation consultancy endeavours to provide quality services to develop best performing and stable agrochemical and household formulations to customers. We are experts in providing cost effective solutions and to resolve challenges in formulations during shelf life, application and production.

We have expertise to develop surfactants for agrochemical formulations, mainly blends of non-ionic and anionic for emulsifiable concentrates, microemulsions, suspension concentrates and cationic and non-ionic surfactants for soluble liquids. Studying their characteristics and optimizing their dosages.

We are working to provide biological solutions to promote organic farming and reduce the dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

We also have expertise in providing services in the field of quality certification and training. Process and System engineering, New Product development Compliance Risk management ,Regulatory, continuous improvement.

About

SJV Formulations Consulting is an enterprise founded and owned by Ruchi Sharma & Harsh Vardhan and specialized in supporting companies, research institutions and authorities in matters related to formulation of crop protection products, household pest control products, surfactant developments and characterisation, quality control and preparing technical dossiers.

Profile (Formulation expert)

Dr. Harsh Vardhan is a renowned professional in developing and resolving critical problems in formulation of crop protection products, household pest control products, surfactant development & characterisation, application of products and providing technical services of customers.

During his career of 27 years working in Research & Development with various multi-national and Indian companies, he has acquired extensive knowledge in formulating a wide range of pesticides that includes insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides etc and developing surfactants for the formulations. He has developed several successful market products and has re-formulated many products to meet new regulatory requirements and cost effectiveness to meet market requirements.

He is qualified in agrochemicals & pest management from University of Delhi in 1993 and PhD in Microemulsions.

Fields of expertise (Formulations) Planning, project management, timelines and execution of product development, formulation development that include but not limited to:

  • Formulation Recipe
  • Selection of raw materials
  • Formulation studies as per CIPAC
  • Review and assessment of physical data
  • Shelf life studies
  • Preparing technical dossier for registration
  • Quality control and
  • Production support

Development of formulations

We provide consultancy to develop and performance criteria for all major types of crop protection formulations such as Emulsifiable concentrate, Suspension concentrate, Suspoemulsion, Microemulsion, soluble liquid, Soluble liquid, and Wettable powders formulations.

Household pest control formulations developments and establishing performance criteria like liquid vaporizer, aerosol, coil, bait etc.

Surfactant Development

We provide consultancy and technical knowledge on development of surfactants for agrochemical formulations, their physical and performance studies and selection criteria and optimization of dosage. Surfactant is the key component to stabilize pesticides in water and also acts as adjuvants.

Training courses in formulation technology

We offer training courses in formulation development in the field of crop protection, household pest control products and surfactant development characterisation and testings.

 These courses are suitable for chemists who are relatively new in formulation or for more experienced chemists who have not developed a specific formulation type yet.  Courses can be held at your company and presentations can be provided on site along with demonstrations.

Bio products consultancy and marketing

SJV formulation consultancy has separate entity with SJV Biotech Pvt Ltd that is providing consultancy and marketing of Bio products to increase the crop productivity and support organic farming and sustainability, particularly but not limited to crops such as:

Fruits and vegetables
Wheat and paddy
Sugarcane
Coffee

Bio products include the use of Bio stimulators, bio fertilizers and bio pesticides to increase crop productivity, provide natural source instead of chemicals and help in providing better crop health and nutrients to the plants. Bio product market is growing by 7 % each year and government encouragement to use organic products more as compared to chemical products. This is good use of concept of Integrated pest management.

Profile (Regulatory expert)

Dr.Uttam Krishna QA, QC, Regulatory Expert – Pharmaceuticals , Food, Feed, Nutrition , Pesticides , FMCG

QA , RA Professional with 23+ yrs of experience in multinational companies includes reengineering of quality , Regulatory systems, successful negotiations with FDA and other regulatory agencies, team building, and building site , Business units , QA/QC departments from ground up.

Field of expertise

  • Process and quality system engineering
  • Regulatory Compliance and Dossier Submission f
  • Risk management
  • FDA Audit readiness
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Process Yield remediation
  • Vendor Management and Supply quality
  • cGMP compliance
  • Coaching and Training – QMS

For Industries :
Agrochemicals ,FMCG, Pharma ,Chemcials ,Laboratory Pharmaceuticals

Mission statement

Achievements: *Coordinated more than 100 successful GMP audits by Regulatory bodies and overseas customers which includes: * Approval Inspection by USFDA for Medical device , Nutrition Food, Feed , Pharma* GMP Audit by UKMHRA for Sterile and Non- Sterile Dosage forms ,FIAA( Australian Code of Practice for Animal Feed Ingredients )

  • GMP Audit by WHO (Geneva), TGA ,ANVISA-Brazil, MCC-South Africa,
  • AFSSAPS (France) ,NADFC-Indonesia ,NDA-Uganda , MOH-Ukraine, INVIMA-Columbia, NAFDAC-Nigeria ,GCC for Sterile and Non- Sterile Dosage forms, Thai FDA , ASEAN CPB , NPCB , HSASingapore , BfArM
  • Good Distribution and warehouse Practices: Inculcating newest trend and effective implementation of GDP, GWP and GDTP practices across ASEAN .Introduction of Voice picking and light picking for Health Care, Pet food, FMCG and Food products in the region
  • Approval and compliance with regards to FDA 510(k), MDD directives ,ISO13485, ISO14971,21 CFR 820 and 211,
  • Validation and development of online NIR QC methods as a PAT tool ,SQL, equivalency study done NIR versus HPLC ) , mfg sites, warehouse controls and operations . Cycle time reduction 40% -endorsed by USFDA forum on QA innovations, Received Quality Sustainability Award by ASEAN CPB Year 2014, 2015 and in 2016 ,Received Quality Innovation Award : 2016 , 2017