CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : PRAGASS. S

DATE OF BIRTH : 26-01-1962

FATHER’S NAME : A. SUNDARAMANI

ADDRESS : **/*, ******* ****,

II CROSS-, NEHRU ROAD,

NEW GUDDADAHALLI,

MYSORE ROAD,

BANGALORE – 560 026.

KARNATAKA.

INDIA.

Mobile: 988*******

E-Mail : adm8a6@r.postjobfree.com

adm8a6@r.postjobfree.com

MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED, HAVING TWO CHILDREN

RELIGION : CHRISTIAN

PASSPORT DETAILS:

Passport Number : Z5017848

Place of issue : Bangalore

Date of issue : 29-06-2018

Date of expiry : 28-06-2028

QUALIFICATION : M.Sc(Applied Chem)

Exam Passed Year of Passing Name of Univ./ Board Divn.

/Class

S.S.L.C

PUC

B.Sc. (Chem.)

M.Sc( App.Chem)

1978

1979

1982

2009

Board of Sec. Edn.

Madras Univ.

Madras Univ.

Kuvempu Univ.

First

First

First

First

EXPERIENCE:

Name of the Instn. Designation Year of Working

1. Deejay Hatcheries

Bangalore

Chemist Jan1985- Sep

1987

2. TTK Pharma (Foods)

Bangalore

Food Chemist Oct 1987- Mar

1988

3. Hindustan Lever Ltd.,

(Animal Feeds Divn.)

Bangalore.

Lab In-charge

Mar 1988- Mar

1999

4. Bangalore Test House(ISO/NABL

Accredited Analytical Laboratory

Bangalore.)

Deputy Manager

Jan 2000- May

2010

5. Lonestar Alpha Laboratories,

(Chemical &Environmental lab)

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Lab-Supervisor May 2010 – Jan

2011.

6. Lonestar Technical Services,

(Analytical Chemistry Lab)

Dubai, U.A.E

QA Officer May 2011-

Feb 2012

7. Quality & Accuracy Analytical

Laboratory, Bangalore

(ISO /NABL Accredited Lab)

Quality Manager Mar 2013-

Mar 2016

8. Ramaiah Advanced Testing

Laboratory, Bangalore

(ISO /NABL Accredited Lab)

Chief scientific

officer

Apr 2016 –

Dec 2019

NATURE OF WORK:

1. Ramaiah Advanced Testing Laboratory (Analytical lab& ISO 17025/NABL accredited)

Heading the chemistry lab

Preparation of Quality manual and records as per the QMS of ISO 17025/NABL accreditation

Training of chemist and other staffs

Business development

Preparation and maintenance of all records and documents related to the ISO 17025 QMS

Handling of purchase of lab equipments,glasswares and chemicals

Preparing quotations as per client’s requirement

Checking and signing the final test reports

Attending customer’s complaint

Inter-action with customers for business development 2 Quality & Accuracy Analytical Laboratory (ISO/NABL accredited Laboratory), Bangalore

Overall in charge of the laboratory function

Preparation, review of Quality Manual and other records related to the ISO 17025 quality Management System

Training the chemists and other laboratory staffs

Business development etc.

3. Lonestar Technical Services (Analytical Chemistry & Environ Lab, Dubai)

Preparing& reviewing of SOPs for water and soil analysis as per APHA & EN test methods

Training the chemists for water analysis by wet method and metals by AAS

Maintaining the quality records as per ISO 17025 quality system

Member of the internal audit team

4. Lonestar Alpha Laboratories, Muscat (Chemistry&Environmental laboratory)

Heading the chemistry lab and reporting to MD

Training the new chemists for water and soil analysis as per APHA &EN test methods

Handling of purchase of lab equipments,glasswares and chemicals

Preparing quotations as per client’s requirement

Checking and signing the final test reports

Attending customer’s complaint

Inter-action with customers for business development

Release of test reports within the time as required by the clients 5. Bangalore Test House (ISO / NABL ACCREDITED ANALYTICAL LABORATORY, Bangalore):

Heading a quality testing team

Testing of Food products, animal feeds and feed ingredients for proximate analysis(Protein,Moisture,Fat,Fibre,Total ash),and mineral mixture for Calcium and Phosphorous by wet analysis, Aflatoxin by Thin Layer Chromotography.

Testing of Drugs and Ayurvedic medicines(Raw material,Finished product) for minerals and heavy metals like Pb,Cd,As,Ni,Cu,Zn,Au,Mo,Cr,B etc., as per USP/BP/IP by using AAS.

Testing of Trace elements/minerals/Heavy metals by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in Foods,Feeds and feed ingredients like Pb,Cd,Hg,As,Sn,Zn,Cu,Mn etc., as per PFA/AOAC methods.

Testing of environmental samples like water,effluents,soil,sludge,Packaged Drinking water etc for minerals and heavy metals by AAS as per pollution control board norms, APHA and Bureau of Indian Standards.

Sample preparation for AAS by using Microwave oven digestion system AAS Instrument Handled Details:

Manufacturer name and Model:

1. Analytik Jena AG, Germany.

novAA 400G (with Auto sampler, Hydride generator, Graphite Furnace) equivalent to ICP

2. Electronic Corporation of India Ltd. India.

AAS 4141, Flame (Air-C2 H2 : C2 H2 – N2 O)

Attended training programme on Internal auditing (ISO 9002, ISO 17025)

Familiar with Documents control as per ISO, NABL quality system.

Member of the Internal audit team.

6. Hindustan Lever Ltd (Animal Feeds Division),Bangalore – QA Lab

Testing of raw materials like Cereals,oil cakes/Deoiled cakes, soyabean extractions, fish meal, meat meal etc and finished products for proximate analysis(protein, fat, fibre, total ash, sand/silica, moisture),Non-protein nitrogen, Urea nitrogen, adulteration test for castor seeds contamination, Urease activity and minerals like Ca,P by wet method and other minerals by using spectrophotometer .

Testing of feed ingredients and finished products for Aflatoxin and ochrotoxin by TLC method

Worked in the QC Lab involved in the quality parameters of the products and the process.

Responsible to train the Chemists from all over the Country.

Taken up Quality improvement Project to ascertain the quality of the finished products.

Involved in the process of Total Quality Management to develop processes to assure the quality.

Conducted Chemist Workshop to introduce newer methods of analysis.

Conducting quality awareness programme for production floor staffs

Checking of batches in the production floor for the composition of raw materials as per the formulation

Clearance of raw materials for production on FIFO (first in- first out) basis

Checking the batches in the mineral mixture production floor for the composition of chemicals and vitamins

Assist to conduct area sales meeting

Attend customer complaints regarding quality parameters

Checking of packaging materials and finished products for packaging weight, sensory parameter like smell, color and grit size

7. TTK Pharma(Foods),Bangalore.

Worked in the QC Lab involved in the developement of new products and process parameters.

8. Deejay Hatcheries,Bangalore (Feed testing laboratory):

Testing of raw materials like Cereals,oil cakes/Deoiled cakes, soyabean extractions, fish meal, meat meal etc and finished products for proximate analysis(protein, fat, fibre, total ash, sand/silica, moisture),Non-protein nitrogen, Urea nitrogen, adulteration test for castor seeds contamination, Urease activity and minerals like Ca,P by wet method and other minerals by using spectrophotometer .

Worked in the production floor looking after the Quality Assurance parameters.

Checking of packaging materials and finished products for packaging weight, sensory parameter like smell, color and grit size

Testing of feed ingredients and finished products for Aflatoxin by TLC method

Responsible to train the Chemists

Regards,

(S.PRAGASS)

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