Senior Lead Auditor and Trainer with over 32+ Years of Experience in the field of Third-party Audits and training in the areas of Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment, Hazard Analysis, and Critical Control Points. Qualified Internal Auditor following ISO 17021. Registered Principal Auditor with IRCA with # 01198871.
Over 12 years of experience in Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Pharmaceuticals, Combined Wastewater treatment Plants and Hazardous waste Management Facilities.
Over 18+ years of experience of third party Auditing and training with Certification Bodies such as RWTUV, TUV Rheinland Group, BSI- MEA, LRQA-MEA and GMCSPL- India.
A postgraduate in Dairy Science specialized in Dairy Chemistry. Worked in a Dairy unit for 15 years and come out as a Joint Director (Dairy Technologist) at Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), the second-largest and successful cooperative in the country. He has worked in all different departments of the Dairy industry, involved in the training of milk producers’ for clean milk production and good hygienic practices. Training DCS staff in collecting, testing, and handling milk, testing milk for adulterants, ensuring hygienic transfer of milk to main dairy / CC, and handling BMC / AMCUs. At the Dairy level, overall handling of milk from receiving till dispatch of fluid milk, manufacture of milk products, product development, automation of milk and milk products accounting systems. Played a lead role in establishing management systems like Quality and Food Safety, maintenance, and leading the organization for certification and maintenance.
Being a Joint Director / General Manager managed a District level union with more than 250 crore turnover/year during 2005-06.
Having 12 years of experience in third-party auditing and 3 years of work experience with the Food control authority – a legal body of the county of UAE as an IMS expert specialized in food safety. Worked with various certification bodies as full-time employees in India and abroad like Germanischer Lloyd certifications, TUV Rheinland India Pvt. limited, TUV Nord Middle east. Also worked with various other certification bodies as an external auditor with BSI, TUV India, TUV Sud, and Lloyds Register (LRQA) as a lead auditor. Well experienced in auditing and training.
B.V.Sc, PGDRDM, PGDDT and HDCM with more than 36 years‟ experience; rural development through organising milk cooperatives, women cooperatives, training members on cooperation, modern animal husbandry practices, fodder development, clean milk production, bringing about process improvement in the end to end value chain from producer to the consumer to ensure availability of safe and quality of milk and milk products. Quality thrust with ISO 22000 lead auditors training. Market research for new product release, market survey for product launch, sampling survey, procurement and marketing of milk and milk products, Business development with second largest cooperative in the Dairy sector in India, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF).
Worked as Director at Mother Dairy, A Unit of KMF at Yelahanka, Bangalore since March 2019 through April 2020.
Managing Director in Dakshina Kannada coop.milk producers Union Ltd, Mangalore from 2.10.12 to 28.2.2019
Has published many articles on cattle disease and its control, cattle breeding, clean milk production in News papers and „Ksheera sagara‟ a KMF in house magazine for farmers.
Demonstrated strong capabilities in developing and managing the robust milk procurement and marketing team.
A self-starting enterprising leader who can build and lead the team with strong analytical, problem solving & organising abilities to achieve the organisational goal.
Lead Auditor ISO: 14001, ISO 9001, Internal Auditor NABL ISO/IEC 17025, as a committee member, audited all industries in Jeedimetla industrial area, prepared a report under Australia aid project, and submitted to APPCB (Raw materials used, products manufactured, water, power, coal consumed, and wastewater generated, and quantity sent to JETL).
He was trained in Australia on Hazardous waste analysis and Management.
Undergone four-day training on Laboratory Quality Management Systems and Internal Audit in 2018
Successfully conducted R&D to reduce Ammonia in the treated wastewater.
Stream characterization of wastes and Dairy waste treatment study for Effluent Treatment Plant Complete knowledge of Anaerobic and Aerobic treatment processes ISO/IEC: 17025 for laboratory quality by NABL.
We establish the total laboratory at Dabaspet (Near Bangalore), Monitoring QA/QC of landfill construction, Lisioning with KSPCB and GTZ (German consultants) and clients.
Training laboratory staff implemented Quality systems as per ISO/IEC: 17025 and accredited by NABL in 2010.
HSE professional having three decades of hands-on experience in the field of Health & Safety, and Environment. He specializes in Design, Engineering, execution, commissioning, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, improving operational performance, modification, and up-gradation of existing wastewater treatment plants and wastewater recycling projects, especially for Bulk Drugs and Pharmaceutical industries, textiles, tanneries, etc. and up to the capacities of 5500kl/day.
He has implemented many water conservation, waste minimization, and waste recycling projects. His other areas of specialization are EHS compliance management, Consent management, Environmental due diligence, and sustainability.
Lead Auditor, Trainer, and QHSE specialist with 19+ years of experience in Operations (manufacturing) and Services for multiple organizations, leading the QHSE in the Manufacturing sector and performing QHSE Audits. I am skilled in Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, and Energy management system assessment, development, and implementation in Civil construction, Architecture, Electricity Transmission & Distribution, Electrical Cable Manufacturer, Chemicals, Fabrication, and Other Manufacture Industries.
It was an outstanding feat to complete the assessments over 750+ person-days (3rd party assessments) covering Education, Fabrication, Chemical, Forging, Electrical, Engineering, Facility Management, Catering, Design & Construction, and Leading IT Companies around the globe.
We will engage other subject matter experts as required by the project to achieve the results.
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