Quality Control Manager
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name : Dr. TUKARAM PANDHARIPANDE
Fathers Name : Narayanrao Deorao Pandharipande
Date of Birth : 23rd December. 1963.
Nationality : Indian
Passport No. :G 5008031 (Valid up to 06th Sep., 2017)
Address : Diamond Building - 2F,
Jaycee Nagar, Curti,
Ponda,
GOA- 403401
INDIA
e- mail : ****************@*****.***
Linkedin : http://in.linkedin.com/pub/dr-tukaram-Pandharipande/39/910/a73
Contact : +91-982*******
Educational Qualifications:
Title Year University Subjects
B.Sc. 1985 Nagpur University Botany, Zoology, Chemistry.
(India)
M. Sc. 1987 Nagpur University Zoology with Entomology sppecialization.
Ph. D. 1991 Nagpur University Insect Tissue and Cell Culture.
(India)
Post-doctoral 1992 Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Tech. Japan. Insect Tissue and Cell Culture.
Doctor of Agric. 1995 Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Tech. Japan. Insect Tissue and Cell Culture.
Research Experience:
M. Sc. Dissertation:
In vitro cultivation of hemocytes and ovarian tissues of the dessert locust, Schistocerca
gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae).
Ph.D. Research:
Establishment of fat body cell line from Mythimna sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its
utilization for in vitro propagation of Nosema locustae (Protozoa: Microsporida).
Post-doctoral Research:
Acetylcholine esterase activity of insect cells in culture.
Doctor of Agric. Science:
Establishment of continuous cell lines from the silkworm, Bombyx mori and their
characterization.
Teaching Experience: (1 year).
Apr. - 1992 to Mar. - 1993.
Teaching assistant:
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Industrial Work Experience: (12 years).
1) Aug. - 1999 to Jan. - 2007:
R & D Officer
Sisco Research Laboratories Private Limited, Mumbai.
The responsibility was to establish manufacturing facility for dehydrated microbiological
media of International Standards and high quality.
During this period responsibilities handled included-
Designing the manufacturing facility for dehydrated microbiological media.
Handling of purchases.
Installation of Class 100,000 Air Handling System, air conditioners and
dehumidifiers.
Selection and installation of production machineries.
Establishment of Quality Control Laboratory.
Production and Quality Control of raw materials and finished products.
Recruitments of technical and non-technical staffs.
Handling of manpower.
Maintaining raw material inventories and Monitoring of environment.
Preparing required documentation.
Technical marketing by visiting the customers.
Successful handling of customer queries and complaints.
Designing attractive price-lists, product labels, etc.
All documentation as per ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation and facing its audits successfully.
2) Feb. - 2007 to Aug. - 2012:
Production Manager- DCM
Merck Specialities Private Limited, Goa.
The responsibilities included-
To establish and maintain a world class manufacturing facility for dehydrated
microbiological media of International Standards and high quality.
The selection and installations of Production machineries and establishment of
Quality Control Laboratory successfully.
Production, R & D, Quality Control of raw materials and finished products, Quality
Assurance.
Establishing Regulatory Certification System for raw materials and finished products
of animal origin.
Preparing required documentation.
Recruitment of technical staff.
Handling of manpower.
Maintaining raw material inventories.
Monitoring of required environment in the manufacturing facility.
Technical marketing by visiting the customers all over India, handling queries and
complaints.
Periodic trainings of microbiology sales and marketing staff.
Developing customized products.
Editing manual for culture media products.
Designing product labels.
Vendor qualification, In-puts to raw material vendors for quality of materials and
various regulatory systems.
Developing Indian Vendors for Merck- India and Merck- Germany, especially for raw
materials of animal origin.
Documentation as per ISO 9001: 2008 accreditation and facing its audits successfully.
Handling customer visits to the facility and satisfying their queries.
Awards and Honors:
Recipient: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada- Senior
Research Fellowship for Ph. D. (Jun. - 1987 to Apr. -1990).
Recipient: Monbusho Scholarship (Govt. of Japan) for Post-doctoral Research and
Doctor of Agric. Science. (Jan. - 1991 to Mar. - 1995).
Guest Lecture (Oct. - 1991): Address to Annual General Conference of Japanese
Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology. (The lecture has been published by
Insect Pathology Research Society, Japan, Proceedings No. 61: pp. 2 – 5, 1992).
Winner: The first Japanese language speech contest for foreigners in Fuchu c ity,
Tokyo, organized by Tokyo Musashi Fuchu Rotary Club, Tokyo (May, 22 nd – 1993).
Languages known:
ENGLISH
HINDI (Indian National Language)
MARATHI (Mother tongue)
JAPANESE
URDU
Extra curricular activities:
Study of Butterflies.
Collection and study of currencies and coins all over the World.
Publications:
Pandharipande, T. N. (1990-91). Butterflies of Nagpur city, Central India
(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). J. Res. Lepidoptera, 29(1-2): 157- 160.
Khurad, A. M.; Raina, S. K. and Pandharipande, T. N. (1991). Establishment of
pupal fat body cell line from Mythimna convecta and its susceptibility to Nosema
locustae (Microsporida). Proc. VIII Intl. Conf. Invertebrate and Fish Tissue
Culture (M. J. Fraser, Jr. Ed.). Anaheim, California, USA. : pp. 26-35.
Khurad, A. M.; Raina, S. K. and Pandharipande, T. N. (1991). In vitro propagation
of Nosema locustae using fat body cell line derived from Mythimna convecta
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). J. Protozoal. 38: (6): 91s-93s.
Pandharipande, T. N. (1992). Establishment of fat body cell line from Mythimna
sp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its utilization for in vitro propagation of Nosema
locustae (Protozoa: Microsporida). Proc. Insect Pathol. Res. Soc. Japan, No. 61:
pp.2-5.
Pandharipande, T. N. (1994). Two new continuously growing cell lines from the
silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Appl. Entomol. Zool. 29 (4):
604-607.
Ohbayashi, H.; Pandharipande, T. N.; Mitsuhashi, J. and Sato, K. (1997).
Acetylcholinestearase activity of insect cells, in particular flesh fly cells, cultured
in vitro. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 32 (1): 22.
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