Ts. Dr. Shanmugaprakasham Selvamani Email and Phone Number

Also teach Chemistry and Fundamental Science for secondary school students

▪Designed and established modular-type indoor farming system to produce pesticide free crop varieties.▪Designed, set up, and integrated control systems based on IoT to streamline indoor farming operations▪Developed and implemented crop management protocols to optimize crop yields and quality.▪Developed fermentative byproducts to support growth and disease prevention in crops▪Developed SOP and implemented quality control measures to ensure consistency▪Lead the production team to meet GMP and HACPP compliance.

- designed and developed a pilot scale kombucha tea/pineapple vinegar fermentation platform.- Set-up the fermentation facility and operation procedures- Optimized and successfully preserved the microbial inoculant (SCOBY) of the fermentation for a successful kombucha fermentation process.- Formulation and preservation of microbial inoculants- Advising the production team on quality assurance and GMP, HACPP compliance.

Manage upstream process from inoculum preparation, medium preparation with buffers and solvent, assemble and disassemble bioreactor (5L to 1500L), able to troubleshoot and monitor bioreactor operations individually. (industrial projects for large scale cultivation)

Involved in development of new varieties of grey oyster mushrooms for local cultivationInvolved in Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP): New Pleurotus Pulmonarius Hybrids: From Lab To Production In A Mushroom Farm Setting At Semi-pilot Plant Scale, 2014 - 2016Attended Mushroom Cultivation Workshop at Shanghai, China on November 2016

Prepare Effective Microbial (EM) consortium and performed viability testing and pilot scaling for bioremediation at local sites