Principal Research Scientist ,EMEAI

Dow Silicones

Biography

Saugata Nad is R&D leader and Principal Research Scientist at Dow Silicones Belgium for the Home & Personal care business in the EMEAI region. Prior to joining Dow, Saugata was a Lead Scientist at Unilever Global Discovery & Design team for the Home & Personal care business based out of India with a short stint in the Netherlands. Chemical engineer by profession, Saugata has  16+ years of experience in Home & Personal care with special expertise on formulation design & development, colloid & interfacial science, product development for strategic growth areas & industry mega-trends, consumer insights, strategy and how to direct & design innovations so that these are commercially relevant. He has been associated with multiple product launches globally and has more than more 4 US Patents. He is the recipient of multiple global internal & external awards from the Industry.