“Best Agrolife Ltd. Strengthens R&D Team with Experienced Experts for its Subsidiary Best Crop Science Pvt. Ltd.”

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a significant move to bolster its research and development (R & D) capabilities, Best Agrolife Ltd. (BAL) (BSE: BESTAGRO 539660), a leading agrochemical company in India, has brought on board a team of highly experienced R & D experts for its wholly owned subsidiary, Best Crop Science Pvt. Ltd.

The newly appointed team comprises Dr Rajendra Kharul, Dr Uday Gokhale, Dr Rajendra Jagdhane, and Dr Mahadev Patil. All four are highly experienced PhDs and post-doctorates from reputable foreign and Indian institutes in Synthesis Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering.

Dr Rajendra Kharul, a PhD in Organic Chemistry from NCL, Pune and a Post-doctorate from the University of Canada, has over 20 years of experience with Zydus Cadila. He will serve as the General Manager of the R & D department of the company. Kharul’s extensive experience includes patent-bursting, design, synthesis of New Chemical Entities (NCEs), and progressing these NCEs through various stages of drug discovery.

Dr Uday Gokhale, a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Post Graduate from Poona University, has published 10 patents and over 20 publications in leading scientific journals. With 35 years of experience in companies like Ciba Geigy, Glaxo, Sharda Crop, and Sajjan India, he will be associated as Director-Analytical Chemistry with BAL.

Dr Rajendra Jagdhane, a PhD in Organic Chemistry from NCL, Pune, and a Post-doctorate from the University of Canada, has over 10 years of experience with Glenmark Pharma. Dr Mahadev Patil, a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Bangalore University and Post-doctorate from the University of Finland, has a total experience of 10 years with Redox Scientific. Patil will be recruited as Assistant Manager R & D.

Pramod Narayan Karlekar, MD, Best Crop Science Pvt. Ltd., said, “BAL is focused on building a team of highly experienced and passionate R & D experts for robust chemical synthesis R & D and large-scale manufacturing of agrochemical intermediates. The company believes that the strength of the R & D is the combined experience and passion of the team driven by the objective of creating new chemistries not done so far in India. This way, the company is committed to helping the noble objective of ‘Make In India’ in a major way.”

BAL recently appointed Lalit Kumar Sharma as the Head – Quality Control and R & D of its another wholly owned subsidiary, Seedlings India Pvt Ltd.

Best Agrolife Limited is listed among the top 15 agrochemical companies in India. It is a research-based company focused on bringing world-class and cost-effective crop solutions in the form of novel agrochemical formulations to the agricultural industry to improve crop productivity. BAL has 7,000 MTPA and 30,000 MTPA technicals and formulation manufacturing capacity, respectively, through its three manufacturing plants in Gajraula, Greater Noida, and Jammu & Kashmir. BAL currently has more than 5200 distributors in India. It retains an impressive portfolio of 400+ formulations and more than 100+ technical manufacturing licences.

A recipient of the ‘Outstanding Innovation In Crop Solution’ award at PMFAI-SML Annual Agchem Awards 2023, BAL recently received a patent for the term of 20 years for its in-house developed novel sugarcane herbicidal combination of Ametryn+2, 4-D+Halosulfuron methyl.

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