Assistant Manager - Quality Assurance
SKM Egg Products Export (India) Ltd
Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months
Technical Manager - Biological Sciences (Microbiology) Laboratory ISO/IEC 17025:2005. Internal Auditor.
Quality Control - CCP, PRP, OPRP
SQE - PEM and Non-PEM
Food Safety Member
Internal Auditor FSMS ISO 22000:2005.
• Meeting the quality requirements of GLP/ ISO: 17025 NABL / EIC / EIA / APEDA / BRC / FSSAI, Corporate policies/guidelines and applicable regulatory guidelines, Readiness Corporate/Regulatory Compliance & safety audits.
• Leading the Team of Microbiologists Quality Control and Quality Assurance \[11 members\].
• Internal auditor and Food Safety Team Member of the company.
• As a Food Safety Team Member, have actively involved in the vendor approval process by auditing the proposed vendors of the company in the food safety point of view. New Product Development: Processes & QC/QA activities.
• Represented the lab during Certification bodies (ISO 22000:2005, ISO 17025:2005, BRC, HALAL, KOSHER); Customer SQEs (Mondelez Inc.; KFC; Britannia; Milka) and Regulatory (EIA, CII - Food Safety, PCB) audits.
• Well versed in the clauses of ISO 22000:2005, ISO 17025:2005 and BRC issue 7, Global Standard for Food Safety.
• Have sound knowledge in HACCP Principles, EU regulations and Codex regulations.
• Team player with problem solving skills (RCA to CAPA) for the growth of the company and customer delight.
• Has expertise in Pathogen Environment Monitoring \[PEM\] and Non-Pathogen Environment Monitoring \[NPEM\], GMP, GHP and its implementation. Leading the Internal Pest Management (IPM) Team.
• 5S - Team Facilitator to 5S; Sub Zonal Leader - QA; Active member in Management Improvement Projects \[MIP\].
• PEM / Food Safety / Hygiene- Coordinator / Trainer to the food handlers & new staff and review the productivity.
• Operation and maintenance of high-end instruments like LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, GC, HPLC & UPLC. Exposure in sample preparatory techniques like liquid - liquid extractions, solid phase extractions, Gel Permeation Chromatography.
• Pathogen Environmental Monitoring \[PEM\] Salmonella & Listeria control measures.
• Quality Checks for the authenticity of analysis; QC/QA Laboratory budget preparations. Regular Reporting to Chief Technical Officer & Managing Director during the Process Monitoring Committee \[PMC\] Meet.
• Validation/Qualification, maintenance, upkeep & related documentation for lab equipment and maintenance of reference standards and calibration of glassware.
• Development of methods, designing the protocol, validation of analytical methods, writing or review of validation reports & preparation of SOP’s. Well experience in Disinfectant selection, preparation and concentration optimization to control microbial issues. Trouble shooting, CAPA investigations, identification, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Out of specification (OOS), Out of trend (OOT) investigations and Trend Analysis-Control Chart for assigned field. Conducting the risk assessment for developing and preparing the safety protocols \[PRP, OPRP, and CCP\].
• Setting the specification for the instruments (Technical bit & negotiations), technical support in the procurement and set of Bioscience laboratory \[Microbiology/Biotechnology labs\] in accordance with ISO17025 as per NABL needs.
Major Responsibilities Accomplished: ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Microbiology Laboratory
• Technical Manager to NABL - Biological Sciences Scope. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Microbiology Lab - authorized to the Approvals & SOP preparations, Validations, Equipment’s - Internal Calibrations, Quality Checks \[QC\], Proficiency Tests (PT@FAPAS, UK), Inter-Lab Comparisons - ‘z’ score analysis (ILC), Uncertainty analysis, KRA’s.
Microbiology tutor and mentor for Master level students.
PG Research Guide
UG & PG Students Class Committee Member
ISO Coordinator
4 subjects achieved 100% pass and received Cash prize.
Technical Research Guidance / Co-Supervisor / Mentor / Support to thesis (2012-15)
Successfully Completed-Area of Research in Chemistry / Nanoscience / Medical Textiles / Microbiology / Biotechnology / Biochemistry / Bioinformatics. M.Tech., - 01; B.Tech., - 02; M.Sc., - 08; B.Sc., - 02.
1. Aravindh. S., et. al., (2014) Antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-biofilm properties of mango twigs published as chapter in the book ‘A treatise on modern trends in chemical sciences’ by VHNSN Publisher, ISBN 978-93-81723-25-8. (2014) No. 26: Page No. 143-149.
Central Sector Scheme-GOI
Govt. of India for Biotech Centre - FecB gene in Sheep breeds of TN
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai
IGCAR (DAE) Project- Development of Bacterial Surface layer based
ceramic membranes (Biocer) for lanthanide and simulated actinide
separation.
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology
AERB (DAE) Project- Bacterial biofilm, biofouling formation and
corrosion behaviour of fire water pipelines in Nuclear power plants.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Facilities (BARCF-DAE), Kalpakkam
Pondicherry University, Puducherry
LISPS - Library & Information Science Promotion Society, IGCAR,
BARCF, Kalpakkam
Conference management to IT - Knowledge Management
and Growth of India
Laboratory
Pharmaceutical Products Marketing\
Generic
Cardiac
Ortho
Diabetic
Pharmaceutical Products Marketing
Cardiac
ENT
Ortho
Ophthalmic
Generic
Microbiology &
Biotechnology
Agriculture Biofertilizer products
Agriculture Biocontrol products
(Part Time duty)
Course Work Papers: Nanotechnology, Instruments & Techniques, Environmental Biotechnology and Research Methodology. 1. R. Selvakumar, S. Aravindh, C. P. Kaushik, V. G. Katarani, Vidya. S. Thorat, Prema Gireesan, V. Jayavignesh, K. Swaminathan and Kanwar Raj, Screening of silver nanoparticles containing carbonized yeast cells for adsorption of few long-lived active radionuclides. Journal of Radio analytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2011, 288:629-633. DOI:10.1007/s10967-011-0997-y. 2. R. Selvakumar, S. Aravindh, Anuradha Ashok and Yekkuni. L. Balachandran. 2013. A facile synthesis of silver nanoparticle with SERS and antimicrobial activity using Bacillus subtilis exopolysaccharides. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 2013 (DOI:10.1080/17458080.2013.778425). 3. R.Selvakumar, S.Aravindh, Nazar Mohamed Mohaideen, C. Sabarinath, M. Ananthasubramanian, Studies on the effect of biotin and galactose functionalized Gelatin nanofibers on hep2 cell attachment and Cytotoxicity. Journal of Membrane Biology.2013 (Ms. No. JMBI-D-13-00073R1). 4. R. Selvakumar, S. Aravindh, J. Ravichandran, U. KamachiMudali, C. Anandbabu, Baldev Raj. Impregnation of S-layer protein isolated from extremophilic Bacillus licheniformis NARW 02 onto titanium phosphate ceramic enhances uranium removal from aqueous solution. Current Science, Vol. 106, No. 12, 25 June 2014. 5. S. Aravindh, R.Selvakumar, J. Ravichandran, U. KamachiMudali, C. Anandbabu, Baldev Raj. Extremophilic Bacillus cereus MVK04 isolated from thorium ore sample possesses Self-Assembled Surface Layer Protein on Cell Wall to resist extreme environments. Geomicrobiology Journal. http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ugmb UGMB-2014-0056.R1. July 2014. 6. R. Subramanian, M. Chandra, J. Manikandan, S. Aravindh. Antioxidant and anti-biofilm properties of Mango twigs. Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature. Print ISSN: 2231-1866 Online ISSN: 2231-1874.December 2016. 7. Dinesh, Veeran; Aravind, Selvaraj; Suriyaraj, Selvaraj; Rajendran, Selvakumar; Biji, Pullithadathil. Ultrathin Hexagonal MgO Nanoflakes Coated Medical Textiles and Their Enhanced Antibacterial Activity, Materials Research Express: la-2015-00987d, 17-Mar-2016. 8. Aravindh Selvaraj, Prabu Periasamy, Kalirajan Mohan, Indumathy Kumaravel, Rajendran, Efficacy of bacterial biopolymeric (EPS) liganded silver mesocage complexes for hexavalent chromium adsorption, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, ISSN:1018-4619,Volume 25, No. 12a/2016, Pages 6030-6037, December 2016.