Vasu Deva Email & Phone Number

Bangalore

Quality Manager: • Quality Management of inspection and certification body according to ISO 17065. • Carried out internal audits according to ISO 17065. • Successfully faced accreditation audits. Inspector & Evaluator: • Approved inspector and evaluator according to various organic agriculture Regulations & inspector of private labels in farm, smallholders, processing, wild collection and export activities. • Approved inspector according to NPOP-India, EU Organic Regulations, USDA-NOP, JAS-Japan, inspector for Demeter, Bio Suisse, Naturland, • Approved auditor according to Utz Certified, SAN/Rainforest Alliance, FSC, IMO Fair Trade & Social Standards and RHP Mark Product Control.• Carried out more than 275 inspections since 2001 in India, Sri Lanka & Nepal. Resource Development & Training: • Acquiring new clients, preparing offers, maintaining client data base, interaction with clients, technical support, public relations, editor of internal news letter, • Hiring staff, maintaining personnel file, training personnel and operators on various organic, social and environmental standards including Internal Control System for smallholder organizations.Planning: • Inspection planning and implementation, co-ordination with freelance auditors, group office, other certification bodies and clients.Other activities: • Carried out crop estimation surveys for chickpea and lentil in central India. • Carried out Life Cycle Assessment of Coirpith based substrate

Survey of sericulture farms in rain fed and irrigation conditions involving study of socio-economic aspects, farmer’s innovation documentation and analysis of soil, plant and water samples of different economic group of farmers across different conditions.

Bangalore

2. Department of Sericulture, University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS), Bangalore31.01.2000 to 11.08.2001Research Associate: • Survey of sericulture farms in rain fed and irrigation conditions involving study of socio-economic aspects, farmer’s innovation documentation and analysis of soil, plant and water samples of different economic group of farmers across different conditions.3. Forestry College, UAS, Bangalore.11.10.1999 to 29.01.2000 Assistant Professor (on contract basis)• Offered soil science courses to under-graduates4. Karnataka Forest Department, Bangalore10.05.1999 to 10.10.1999Research Assistant on assignment basis • The job involved collection, compilation and field verification of their research work on plus tree identification, selection of forest species and clones for specific purposes, nursery techniques etc.,5. Agroflux, Davanagere25.12.1996 to 30.06.1997Consultant • Worked with farmers on various issues related to agriculture especially on drip irrigation.