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• Responsible for all activities in Microbiology Department.• Microbiological Analysis of Water.• Preparation, Maintenance & Qualification of Microbial Culture Media.• Maintenance, Sub culturing and Identification of Microbial Standard Cultures like- E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella boydii, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Clostridium sporogenes, Micrococcus luteus, Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans up to genus level.• Environmental Monitoring of the aseptic area by different techniques as Active Air Monitoring, Passive Air Monitoring, Surface Air Monitoring by Swabs and RODAC plate.• Microbial Limit Test for Raw Materials & Finish Product.• Test for Sterility.• Bacterial Endotoxin Test by Gel-clot, Kinetic Turbidimetric and Chromogenic method.• Test for Particulate Contamination in Parenterals Preparations by Light Obscuration Particle Count Test. • Microbiological Assay of Antibiotics by Diffusion Method and Turbidity Method.• Lactic Acid Bacillus Assay.• Preservative Efficacy Test.• Lyophilisation of Microbial Reference Culture.• Microbiological testing and method validation of New Drugs for approval in India by Drug Controller General of India. • Knowledge of GLP, cGMP, TGA Guideline, WHO Guideline, NABL.

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