Dr. Debabrata Rautaray is Vice President and Chief Product Development & Innovation Officer in Chemicals, DCM Shriram Ltd. He obtained Ph.D. in Material Science (Nano Technology) from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. With prior experience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston and at Ohio State University, USA, he has 18 years of rich experience in industry, driven product commercialization (driving new products from idea to market launch), and stage and gate project management for product development.

He focus on building sustainable new businesses for his organization and leading a cross-functional team for product pipeline for new businesses. He has published more than 33 international peer reviewed papers during academic career and inventor of more than 30 patents (filed+granted).