Santosh Kharde
MSC Seed Technology & MBA (SCM)
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Taking Care of Total Lab Quality & Plant Quality and Maize Cobs drying Operation. Conducting total seeds testing activities like Physical Purity Germination, Moisture, Vigor, & Genetic Purity as per ISTA Standard Protocol Analysis all Lab results and all standard lots clear for processing and packing
Experience
Senior Quality Assurance Officer - Limagrain France Base Seed Company
(2025-04)
- Taking Care of Total Lab Quality & Plant Quality and Maize Cobs drying Operation.
- Conducting total seeds testing activities like Physical Purity Germination, Moisture, Vigor, & Genetic Purity as per ISTA Standard Protocol
- Analysis all Lab results and all standard lots clear for processing and packing
- Training new lab members on seed testing method and new equipment handling
- Maintain the quality inventory.
- Prepare marginal lot's to Blending plansfor packing
- Clearance standard lots for packing
- Super wise maize cobs from arrival to shelling QC clearance
- Sampling allstageslotslike Raw, SR, CO & Revalidations
- Market Complaint Handling.
- Equipment & lab manpower resources management
- Data Management in SAP
- Implemented new technologies and methodologies for enhanced accuracy in seed testing measurements
- Conducting new experiment and trial
- Problem Solving related quality & find out the root Cuse
Executive Quality Assurance - JK Agri Genetics Limited - Hyderabad
(2023 - 2025)
- Planning and conducting Standard Seed Germination Test for all field and veg crops
- Conducting Field Emergence Test
- New seed testing protocol implementation
- Taking Seedling Evaluation counting all field crop and veg crops as per ISTA Standards
- Planning and conducting Vigor Test (AAT, Cold Test, RET, Cool Test)
- Execute seed viability test (Tetrazolium test) to support business
- Equipment Calibration (Mini & GAC 2100 Moisture meter)
- Resources planning like (Germination paper, chemicals.. )
- Checking New Stock paper testing
- Taking care of Instrument maintenance and calibration every year
- Timely QC Results communicate to processing plant for seed packing
Seed Technologist (Lab in-charge) Seed Quality Lab - Gubba Seed Quality Lab (NABL Accredited) - Hyderabad
(2021 - 2023)
- Perform routine lab testing with accurate and timely recording of test results in ERP
- Solving Clint complaints
- Taking care of all the technical aspects of Lab
- Evolution of seedling -: (All Filed Crop and Vegetable Crop)
- Cold Test for Maize Crop
- Moisture test -: Hot Air Oven Method and GAC Machine
- AAT Testing
- Seed Dormancy break testing
- T Z Testing
- Cold Test
- Physical Purity Testing
- FET Test (All Filed Crop and Vegetable Crop)
- Equipment Calibration (Moisture meter)
- Maintain all NABL Documents
Seed Analyst Quality Assurance - MAHYCO Seeds Pvt. Ltd - Jalna, Maharashtra
(2018 - 2021)
- Perform routine lab testing with accurate and timely recording of test result in SAP
- Evolution of seedling -: All Filed Crop and Vegetable
- Moisture test -: Hot Air Oven Method and GAC Machines
- Paddy ODV testing
- AAT Testing
- Purity Testing
- FET Test (All Filed Crop and Vegetable Crop)
- Perform field crop & Veg. crop and ISTA Sampling
- Packaging Monitoring
- Trait purity testing by ELISA test method-: Gene Cry1Ac, Gene Cry2Ab and HT gene testing, Result entered in SAP
- Genetic Purity Testing by electrophoresis: Vertical and horizontal electrophoresis, SDS page, IEF electrophoresis
- Implemented and optimized new seed testing protocols to enhance lab
Education
MBA - Supply Chain Management - EIPS (2023)
MSc - Seed Technology - PVP college Pravra Nagar, Pune University (2018)
BSC - Seed Technology - PVP college Pravra Nagar, Pune University (2016)
HSc - New Arts, Science, Commerce College Kolhar BK Ahmednagar (2013)
