About the Staff



Testing and evaluation is one of the most important part of materials utilization in various industrial applications. Material specification, material characterization, material behavior and its performance evaluation is the first step in any utility application. It is also important to qualify materials being supplied by various vendors. Material analysis and its certification is another important aspect, required frequently by industry. Paint testing & its certification has become an important industrial requirement.
It is a responsible job which requires correct knowledge of the subject, knowledge of various paint standards and their right use in evaluation of paint properties.
KHANNA PAINT TESTING LABORATORY (OPC) PVT. LTD. (KPTL) is the new name given to Surface Engineering & Coating Consultant as per the requirement of NABL as registered entity. It was initiated by Qualified academician & experienced personnel’s in the field of Corrosion & Coatings Science Prof. A. S. Khanna is having 27 years of experience in a prestigious education institute, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, as well as working in several International Laboratories. After retirement from IIT Bombay, he decided to extend his services to help industry in creating a state of the art testing and evaluation facilities with consultancy and advisory component also. Now Prof. A. S. Khanna is The Director of this company.
The testing lab is located at Kailash Industrial Complex, Vikroli (West). It has all basic facilities of paint testing, paint performance evaluation, mechanical properties of coatings, weathering and chemical properties evaluation at reasonable cost.
I am looking forward to your support and cooperation to make this dream come true.

Rajkumar V. Kanajiya

2003 - 2018

Technical Incharge for Paints & Coating laboratory, Metallurgy Department, IIT Bombay, under Prof. A.S.Khanna

2017 - till date

Laboratory Incharge - Surface Engineering & Coating Consultant

Practical Experience in almost all paint characterization and evaluation of various tests, including chemical, mechanical and weathering.

  • Worked with all kind of paints and coating testing equipment's such as paints viscosity by Ford cup and Brookfield viscometer, Density, Volume solid, WFT, DFT and Mechanical tests : Cross hatch adhesion, Pull-off Adhesion , Taber Abrasion, Scratch resistance, Impact, Holiday Detector etc. Experience on using UTM machine to determine the tensile properties, Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength, Peel test, bond test tear & shear test of thin coating films. Cathodic Disbondment testing and its evaluation. Operated Salt spray testing equipment's, Humidity, QUV Accelerated Weathering tester, Xenon Arc.
  • Experience on working on shot blasting machine for surface preparation and measuring surface properties.
  • Special expertise on measuring the properties of Aluminum Composite Panels used for various Facade in buildings. .
  • Can operate Potentiostat, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for measuring Corrosion rate. Also worked on SCC, Multiphase dynamic loop etc.)
  • Gained enough experience working with and helped almost 50 students of Ph.D & M. Tech in their experimental works in the lab
  • Certified level 1 Course on Paint coating inspection & Quality Control from SSPC India.
  • Associated with SSPC India in the organization of Annual International Conferences, Technical Lecture programs and training programs.

Rakesh Kanojiya

2017 – Till Date

Administrative - Surface Engineering & Coating Consultant

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION :

S.S.C - Maharashtra State Board
H.S.C - Maharashtra State Board
B.Com – Mumbai University

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION :

Operating systems MS – DOS, Windows, Operating knowledge of MS Office package, Tally