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A proficient professional with over Ten years of experience in quality assurance.

About

Experienced Quality Assurance and control professional with a demonstrated history of working in the food & beverages industry. Skilled in Food & Beverage, ISO 22000, Quality Assurance, Quality Auditing, and Strategic Planning. Strong quality assurance professional with an MSc - Master of Science focused in Microbiology, General from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal.

Location

Kanpur

Work experience

QC Incharge at Sharp Mint Limited, Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos, Bhiwadi

Assistant Quality Assurance Manager at Mohani Tea Leaves Pvt. Ltd, Aug 2020 - Dec 2025 · 5 yrs 5 mos, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Quality Assurance Executive at Mahodar Beverage varahi group limited, May 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Chandīgarh Area, India, • Overall responsibilities of quality assurance and microbiology. • Perform routine utility monitoring and in-process testing in accordance with SOPs, safety, and GMP guidelines to support the release and stability of finished products, raw materials, in-process materials, and various components. • Actively participate with all agency plant inspections and audits • Involved in supporting or designing plant quality systems, audits, GLP's, risk analysis and spoilage investigations • Maintains laboratory equipment, orders supplies, prepares media, controls inventory and culture library • Solving quality issues and controlling to maintain less rejection level. Guide monitor and train QC personnel in their functions • Preparation of corrective & preventive action reports for customer quality issue • Implementation & guiding the techniques for 5S, Kaizen and ISO 9001:2015 • Monitor critical operating parameters for equipment and instrumentation to ensure standard operation. • Recognize, report, and document deviations from test methodologies, specifications, and alert limits. • Train new technicians in areas of expertise and act as a mentor for junior analysts. • Proven ability to work with minimal to no supervision in a lab setting, planning and prioritizing work schedule. • Responsible for day to day activities for quality control section, which includes inspection of products including raw material, maintenance of quality test records, Documents and calibration of equipment, etc

Senior Microbiologist at EPICU AGRO PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED, Jun 2012 - Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 11 mos, Ambala Area, India, • Assist for managing activities pertaining to quality control of starting materials, in-process checks and finished goods. • Support Quality Manager and Laboratory Management in the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the Quality Assurance System. • Microbiological analysis of raw materials, Raw water, Treated water, finished goods and in-process samples as per PAPL guidelines. • Performs environmental swabs of lines and person on a weekly basis as per PAPL guidelines. • Performs air monitoring in the facility on a weekly basis as per PAPL guidelines. • Reporting to QAM for raw and packaging materials consignments, overseeing approval of quality control documentation and all other activities necessitated by GMP guidelines. • Organize internal and external audits and maintain records. • Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives. • Actively participate with all agency plant inspections and audits. • Assist QA Manager in writing SOPs and methods. • Assist in system audits of ISO 22000 and to recommend necessary changes, modifications, and improvements to the Food Safety Management systems and to maintain internal audit records accordingly. • Coordinate for third party/ supplier audits. • Member of the Food Safety Team. • Member of the Internal Audit Team. • Calibration coordinator of plant for maintaining/performing calibration of instruments. • On line data submission of microbiological parameters on PAPL portal.

Education

MSc - Master of Science, Microbiology, General, Earthinators Climate School