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Canada

Central Testing Laboratory Ltd

• Performing the following microbiological analysis for water, food, dairy, feeds and agricultural samples ensuring proper quality testing and documentation complying the regulatory standards - Pour Plate for Yeast and Mold count, Total coliform and Standard Plate count.- Total coliform/Fecal coliform by membrane filtration technique- Total coliform/E.coli by enzyme substrate method Quantitray/2000 (IDEXX)- SimPlate Method (IDEXX) for Heterotropic Plate Count- Use of 3M petrifilms for Aerobic count, Rapid Yeast and Mold count, E.coli, Rapid coliform, S.aureus, Enterobacteriaceae.- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method for quantification of mycotoxins (Aflatoxin, T2, Zearalenone, Ochratoxin, Fumonisin, Vomitoxin), Salmonella, antibiotics and allergens.- Neogen Reveal 2.0 to detect Listeria and E.coli 0157:H7, and Neogen Agri-Screen Pesticide Detection Kit to detect pesticides.- 3M Molecular Detection system to detect Listeria, Salmonella, E.coli 0157 following Health Canada Methods.• Preparing new Standard Operating Procedures for Laboratory Use along with its verification and validation by evaluating data.• Ensuring proper operation and maintenance of laboratory equipment and instruments by proper cleaning, calibration and validation on regular basis.• Performing daily scale weight traceability and weekly pipette verification.• Recording the temperature of incubators, water bath, room and reagent refrigerators on daily basis.• Monitoring environment check of the microbiological work area by doing monthly air checks and swabbing of the working benches.• Preparing media and reagents for carrying out microbiological tests and sterilising them using autoclave.• Ensured proper documentation work as per ISO 17025 and maintained Good laboratory practices.• Conducted water testing for pH, electroconductivity, total solids, total chloride and salts.• Performed starch analysis in different samples using ELISA method.

Vadodara Area, India

 Conducted Microbial limit test procedures of about 30-40samples/day as per United State Pharmacopeia (USP) and European Pharmacopeia (EP) for raw materials, intermediates and finished products to determine if the samples should be accepted or rejected depending on their microbial level Performed various validation procedures such as method validation, instruments validation, disinfectant validation and ultraviolet light validation, ensuring accurate conditions for testing to be carried out Executed various water testing’s like potability ratio (PR), pathogens by membrane filtration technique, most probable number (MPN) for drinking water samples as per International Standards (IS) Administered the swab test of personnel and equipment at plant level as well as monitored the air by the plate exposure method as per Food Safety and Environmental (FSE) Policy to avoid contamination  Stored and maintained the viability and productivity of different cultures for research purposes Utilized various microscopy techniques such as gram staining, spores staining etc. Maintained all equipment, instruments and their records, certifying appropriate working conditionsWORK ACHIEVEMENTS Promoted to independently supervise the Micro Lab for a 6 month period Obtained the same results that were observed by comparison with International Laboratories like MaryPaul Lab and Procter and Gamble Lab

Vadodara Area, India

 Created laboratory documents and carried out standard operating procedures enabling proper results to occur Performed Total Bacterial Count, Total Yeast and Mold Count, reporting the results to the quality control manager for further action  Analyzed effluent water to determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD) and total dissolve solids (TDS)WORK ACHIEVEMENTS Independently set up a new -Microbiological Lab for the company. Promoted to the position of Technical Person microbiological testing section. Approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Microbiological testing for Castor oil and its derivatives categories products.

Master'S Degree, Microbiology, General, First Class

Activities and Societies: DISSERTATION WORK ON : Protein structure prediction by Homology Modeling in the Department Of Biosciences.

Bachelor'S Degree, Microbiology, General, First Class