Santhosh Kumar S

About Santhosh Kumar S

I am a Dynamic and Detail-Oriented Food Technologist offering 10+ years of experience in the Food & Beverages Industry. Over the years of my experience, I have gained wide expertise in food products development, food safety, ingredients, and food manufacturing processes. I am adept at market research & awareness, customer interaction, safety within the supply chain, PQRS (Product Quality Rating System), and multilingual biochemistryMy career accomplishments include analyzing quality control, quality assurance, and measuring the crop quality of cereal, grains, and instrumentation. I have extensively contributed to developing new food product, and offered analytical support for the process enhancements. Additionally, I possess hands-on experience in evaluating the products physically, chemically, and sensory process based on technical development for new products concepts, creative problem-solving, and wide exposure on multiple projectsI have earned my Master of Science with specialization in Biochemistry from the University of Davangere, and a Bachelor of Science with specialization in Biochemistry/ Food Science and Nutrition/ Zoology from the University of Mysore With around a decade of experience, I have been highly productive with a resourceful, and quality-driven nature and delivered excellence throughout my professional growth. I strongly assure you, I will be great value addition in bringing success to the organization with my superior leadership, organizational, collaboration, communication, and interpersonal skillsPlease review my attached resume for additional details regarding my expertise and career achievements.

Experience

1. Senior Research Associate

   ITC Limited

   Jan 2013 — Present · IN

   Playing a vital role in the Research & Development activities at lab scale, product development process, quality management system, Product Quality Rating System (PQRS), experimental designs, laboratory set up and proceduresExecuting the food products commercialization for the food services and marketsA key player in drafting prototypes, executing shelf-life studies and analytical tests, evaluating sensors, managing the cost improvement statistics, and products efficientlyProfound knowledge in analyzing the scope, conducting tests, compiling data from experiments/procedures, drafting reports/results, interpreting data to define conclusions, and providing recommendations for further processesHandling the projects efficiently and achieving the results within the specified timelinesContributing a major part to the product development and Quality Control of Ready to Eat (RTE team)Executing proximate analysis for all food products and offering analytical support for all ITC food products. Demonstrated experience in conducting quality audits and shelf-life studies for RTE Foods productsGenerating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and calibration schedules to different areas of the entire facilitiesDeft at setting up the laboratories/ techniques, working on equipment’s/calibrations, handling the quality management process as per ISO 19001, managing the quality system/GLP as per ISO 1400, NABL, EHS, and obtaining laboratory accretion as per ISO 17•••••20Maintaining the calibration & maintenance of lab Instruments regularly (daily/monthly)Managing product development benchmarks and activities to meet the customer requests, and achieve a high degree of customer satisfaction Researching the market to assess the demands of the potential customersStrong knowledge of the latest development in the food processing industries

Education

• University of Mysore

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry food and nutrition

• Davangere University, Davangere

  Master of Science - MS, Biochemistry

• Govt high school V C Farm Mandya.

  Higher secondary school, High School/Secondary Certificate Programs

• V.C. Farm Govt high school Mandya

  Yuvarajas Science college mysore, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  2005