PAVITRA PRIYADARSHINI BUDDU

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Phone no: 630-***-****; Address: 2901. S King Drive, Apt #1905, Chicago, IL - 60616

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OBJECTIVE:

Looking for an opportunity to utilize my skills, knowledge and experience in the field of Food Safety & Technology and analysis for quality assurance of food to make significant contribution to the success of the food industry.

EDUCATION:

M. S. IN FOOD SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY

National Center for Food Safety & Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, IL May 2010

BACHELORS of ENGINEERING IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (B.E)

Acharya Institute of technology, Bangalore, INDIA June 2006

Course work

• Food analysis, Food Processing, Food microbiology, Food packaging, Industrial Management ,Microbiology Lab ,Food safety, Food Law regulations

SKILLS:

• HACCP & SQF certified.

• Knowledge of the ISO, FDA, USDA guidelines

• Aware of implementing GMP’s and GLP’s.

• Quality assurance and testing of food.

• Performs work on Safety procedures and HACCP guidelines.

• Knowledge on Consumer market research.

• Work experience in wet labs and dry labs.

• Hands on experience with moisture analysis, colorimeter, pH meter and other related equipments.

• Maintenance accurate and well organized records of the work conducted.

• Laboratory required skills on the computer; use of software related to lab studies, Windows XP, Windows 2000, DTP, C,MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point).

• Mathematical skills.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Diverse experience applicable to broad range of products, Food Manufacturing, Biotechnology and Power Plant Industries.

EXPERIENCE:

Food Safety Supervisor (September 2010-January 2011)

MC Entire Produce Columbia SC

Responsibilities included:

• Lead and monitor the sanitation crew for proper cleaning and sanitizing of the facility and the detail cleaning of equipments.

• Monitor the food safety requirements of the company and the production

• Monitor the requirements of the processed and the finished products.

• Lead a crew of 15 QA technicians for the QA department.

• Responsible for the chemicals used for cleaning of the equipments.

• Responsible for leading the QA technicians for ATP testing of the equipments and release of lines for production.

• Responsible for the ATP testing plan and the procedures.

• Responsible for environmental testing and follow up plan.

• Responsible for leading the GMP program and monitoring the GMPs .

• Supervise the team for the GMP application in the facility.

• Leading the QA technicians on HACCP program, GMP program

• QA auditing, assist the QA manager in the company annual audits.

• Responsible for writing the SSOPs for the sanitation program of the company

• Responsible for leading the microbial program for testing and procedures.

• Responsible for the safety issues in the company.

• Monitoring the pest control program.

• Manage the overtime of all employees.

• Experience with SPC charts and data analysis.

Graduate Research assistant (November 2008 - May 2009)

National Centre for Food Safety and Technology (In collaboration with U. S. FDA)

Responsibilities included:

• Worked on the characteristics of bacteria and its growth in different concentrations of solid and liquid foods so as to analyze its growth in food.

• Worked on the thermal resistance of the bacteria in solid foods and sugar solutions so as to get knowledge about the acceptable levels of growth of bacteria in different foods.

• Performed Gram stain, air viable monitoring ,viable surface sampling

• Development of prototypes for the experiments to be conducted.

• Recorded, analyzed and maintained the results of the experiments to estimate the growth of the bacteria so as to have knowledge about the conditions in which bacteria would be growing in foods.

• Following the GLP’s, SOP’s and all the safety procedures in the laboratory as per the regulations.

• Maintained all the stocks and laboratory materials and bottles fresh and stocked according to the dates.

Quality Assurance Supervisor (April 2006 - July2007)

Ambuja Food & Pharma Limited, India

Responsibilities included:

• Quality assurance auditing.

• Train employees to expectations and hold them accountable.

• Worked under the department of quality assurance and safety for the development of the company products.

• Testing of raw and finished goods

• Work at the inspection department for packaging, coding, filling and labeling.

• Moisture analysis and Ph measurement of the products.

• Monitoring product development, recommend development, Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product. Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of department and/or production crew.

• Monitoring the production department follows the guidelines for the production of safe product and meets all the regulatory guidelines.

• Ensure the safety procedures are followed in the manufacturing unit. Was responsible for the safe keeping of the product.

• Supervising the control panels, analyzing results.

• HACCP analysis application.

• GMP and GLP application wherever needed and supervising the team to follow them.

• Assurance of a safe product to the consumers by abiding to the regulatory guidelines. Followed the ISO guidelines as per the up gradation done by the regulatory authorities.

• Return of the good condition of the product after the analysis

• Lead for the group to perform the required duties.

• Control inventory by performing proper receiving and stocking including accurate cycle counting, processing merchandise transfers according to procedures, and reporting inventory problems to the Assistant Manager

• Was responsible for the safety packaging of the product without any damage

• Maintenance of the records on daily basis of the work done. Maintain department time and production records and ensure accuracy of it.

• Assessing the product specifications.

• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.

Research Assistant, (February 2006 - May 2006)

Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), INDIA

Responsibilities Included:

• Conducted research on antioxidant properties of green coffee.

• Development of prototypes for the experiments.

• Worked on the Antioxidant properties of Green coffee .Antioxidants are the substances used to reduce the spoilage of food due to rancidity thereby increasing the shelf life of food products.

• Worked on HPLC and UV-VIS and moisture analysis.

• Conducted various tests to check the percentage of the antioxidant activity of the constituents of the extract of green coffee and have arrived at a conclusion that green coffee constituents can be used as substitutes for the products used as antioxidants in food industry.

• Followed all the GLP’s and safety procedures as per the guidelines required.

• Recorded and analyzed the results to report the conclusion.

• Maintained complete and accurate record of the experiments conducted.

ACHIEVEMENTS & AFFLIATIONS:

• Promoted as Quality Assurance Team Leader from the position of Quality Assurance Supervisor at Ambuja Pharmaceuticals(March-2007)

• Awarded First Prize at the poster presentation at MONSANTO RESEARCH CENTRE Bangalore, INDIA

• Have won awards at the research centers and undergraduate college for intercollegiate presentations and competitions.

• Professional Membership holder of Institute of Food Technologists and International Association of Food Protection

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