Our People

Dr. Muhammed Majeed, Chairman

Dr. Muhammed Majeed, moved to USA in 1975 he obtained Doctorate in Industrial Pharmacy from St. John's University in New York.

Dr. Majeed has promoted several research oriented pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical companies, both in India and U.S.A. Quality and Innovation form the hallmark of the manufacturing units in India, for which they have gained national recognition.

To fill the increasing need for research-oriented development in the field of aromatic and specialty chemicals in India, Dr. Muhammed Majeed, a successful entrepreneur, promoted the establishment of Organica Aromatics.

Mr. K. Sivaprakash, Director

He completed his Masters Degree in Applied Chemistry from Cochin University of Science & Technology. He then worked with SmithKline Beecham and Reckitt & Colman at their R&D centers as a product development scientist where he gained valuable knowledge and experience in the field of Pharmaceuticals and Aroma Chemicals.

He joined Sami Labs Ltd. in 1994 and initially worked in various capacities on the product development and manufacturing of a range of chemicals and herbal extracts. He is the responsible person for bringing up this setup successful in establishing the aroma chemical business.

Dr. Rattan Sood, Director

He did Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. After completing his degree he worked as post doctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison USA for three years. Has over 35 years of industrial experience working in four leading multinational pharmaceutical companies. He was head of R&D divisions in Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline where he gained extensive expertise in process development and other drug monomers used in high speed combinatorial chemistry for discovery of new drugs. During this association with multinational companies he gained valuable experience in making R&D a business driven process linking projects with present and future business of the company.

For the past 4 years he has been associated with synthetic R&D department of Sami Labs as Senior Consultant. In Sami Labs he is involved in process modification, development of synthesis of chiral molecules for export and synthesis of new polypeptides for cosmetic applications. He is now associated with Organica Aromatics as Senior Consultant in optimisation of manufacturing process of existing aroma chemicals and development of new fragrance chemicals.

Dr. R. Mahesh, President - Business Development

Dr. R. Mahesh, is the President - Business Development of Organica Aromatics. He hails from Chennai, obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Chennai, and got his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Tulane University, New Orleans, USA in December 1992.

He returned to Chennai and joined Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation (SPIC) in their Pharmaceutical R&D division as a Scientist in June 1993 where he was involved in research and development of processes for drugs and drug intermediates.

In October 1996 he joined Bush Boake Allen - BBA [now called International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF)]. He was with them for 7 years of which he spent 3 1/2 years in their R&D developing processes for Specialty Aroma Chemicals. He was also involved in new molecule research for which he obtained two International Patents filed in the US in 2002 for a new class of molecules, which will eventually enter the perfumers' compendium. He spent the other 3 1/2 years as their Sales and Marketing Manager (Aroma Chemicals), involved in promoting specialty aroma chemicals both in the domestic and export market.

He left Organica Aromatics in September 2008 to join Agilent Technologies (the world's largest company in the Test & Measurement Space) as the Country Manager for their Food Segment which was part of a new global science based marketing initiative. He returned to Organica after three years at Agilent.

Dr. Mahesh holds 4 US Patents (3 with IFF and 1 with Organica), and all these patents are for New molecular research in Aroma Specialty Chemicals.

Dr. Ajax K. Mohamed, Vice President - Sales

Dr. Mohamed received his MPhil and PhD degree in Chemistry from AMU, Aligarh, India. He travelled to Germany in 1998 to join George August University, Göttingen as DAAD fellow for post doctoral research and later on continued to do research work at Goethe University at Frankfurt. Later on he joined as a sales and marketing manager for an international company. Dr. Mohamed has over 10 years of experience in research and development and six years in sales and marketing. Before joining Sabinsa he was heading the business consulting unit of a Frankfurt based consulting company.

Shaheen Majeed, Marketing Director

Marketing Director Shaheen Majeed knows Sabinsa from the ground up. When he was just 17 years old Shaheen began in the warehouse of the company his father founded in 1988, followed by a stint in customer service. He then handled a variety of sales positions, which included Tri-State region sales, California Sales Manager, and Latin American Business Development, a responsibility he still handles in addition to his role as Marketing Director. Shaheen has also managed Contract Manufacturing, been Cosmetic Marketing Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO. He is also spearheading the company's expansion of their functional foods offerings.

In his spare time Shaheen earned a BA in Economics from Rutgers University, NJ and an MBA in Business Management from Keller Management School, CA. Additional Certificates from Executive MBA courses & schools attended includes:

• Asian Institute of Management, Makati City, Philippines, 2001: Family Owned Business
• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2005: Marketing Strategies in a Competitive Environment
• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2005: Strategic Thinking & Implementation

In February 2009 Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine names him one of 40 under 40 notable members of the industry. In March 2009 Shaheen was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American Herbal Products Association.

Aaron Bhadra, Manager - Organica Aromatics Corporation, USA

Aaron Bhadra studied at the University of Georgia and graduated with a degree in Consumer Economics and minor in Biological Sciences. After graduating, he joined Sabinsa Corporation USA in New Jersey as a Market Research Analyst. Aaron is the Manager of Organica Aromatics Corpoation USA and is in charge of the activities of the organization in the North American Region.