Parimala K.R Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, KA, IN

• Align with the Commercial organization to understand the support, capabilities and competencies required from the lab to defend the market share and focus on expansion and penetration.
• Identify Must-win-battles and set goals to the lab team in that direction to deliver results.
• Hire, train, and continuously coach the team to streamline the lab operations, enhance speed and agility. Setting their Business targets, IDP, timely performance evaluation and prepare them for next roles.
• Identify scope to adopt digital tools/platforms that could aid in better workflow streamlining and enhance productivity.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Develop & validate lab scale enzyme screening assay mimicking the unit operations in mill, and Conduct pilot plant trials at customer site to prove enzyme efficacy in improving yield.
• Regularly coordinate with scientists to understand the goals, priorities, allocations & work status and conduct Daily stand-up meetings for work & resource alignment –LEAN mindset.
• Train new joiners and Interns on Domain knowledge, Lab Operations and Tools/Technologies for their skill enhancement to contribute productively towards research activities. Regular Literature review and knowledge share.
• Developed & trained customers on quicker xylanase assay method.
• Collaborated with customers to facilitate them run commercial enzyme trials to see OER benefit that helped sales realization.
• Challenged the experiment findings to identify root cause and work with the team to ideate on solutions for technical challenges.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Work closely in collaboration with FMCG partner at the partner’s site to meet common goal.
• Responsible for planning, designing, and conducting trials to assess the potential of enzymes in different applications and establish proof-of-concepts – Tea processing, Starch extraction platforms, Juice application.
• Preparing the Standard Analytical method, EOP documents, reviewing them and training people.
• Determining analytical parameters and analysing the results using statistical tools and techniques
• Presenting project updates and key findings regularly to internal, external stakeholders & partners
• Conducted initial screening and Identified enzyme molecules as potential products.

Bangalore

• Responsible for Lab scale and plant scale yeast propagation and yeast handling processes
• Responsible for microbiological assessment of the raw materials, product and Plant hygiene KPI
• Conducted analysis of raw materials, packaging materials and final product for different quality parameters and compliance with the set standards
• Carrying out 5 Why analysis, troubleshooting techniques to correct the process deviations (In Quality Assurance lab, brewing and Packaging).
• Responsible for implementing 5S, Visual Performance Management system (VPM), Statistical Process Control systems (SPC), Laboratory management system in production lines.
• Undertaking Gap analysis report preparation, finding the root causes and preparation of action plan using QC tools while training shop floor workers

Msc, Food Technology, 3 / 3 Cgpa

Activities and Societies:Publication: “Effect of hydrocolloids on the rheological, microscopic, mass transfer characteristics during.

B Sc, Agriculture And Allied Sciences, 8.83 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: Member of Mandya agriculture college Alumni associationUniversity gold medallist in academics Represented.

12Th, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology

Activities and Societies: House leader Chief prefect of the school Member of Bharath Scouts and Guides movementAwarded "Rashtrapati award".

Education record

B Sc, Agriculture

M Sc, Food Technology