Santosh Kharde

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

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

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)