Saravanakumar

Junior Chemist with hands-on experience in FSSAI-compliant food testing laboratories. Skilled in proximate analysis, food adulteration detection, physicochemical testing, laboratory documentation and LIMS management. Experienced in operating UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Flame Photometer, and pH Meter with a strong focus on quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and food safety.

Junior Chemist - Analytical Technology Laboratory

(2025-05 - 2026-06)

• Food analysis as per FSSAI standards
• Testing of spices and condiments, dairy and dairy products, fruits & vegetables, cereals and cereal products, oils & fats, sweet & confectionery, alcoholic beverages
• Adulteration detection in food samples
• Handling UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Flame photometer, pH meter
• Lab documentation and QC procedures
• Maintain LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)
• Nutritional parameters: Moisture, ash, fat, protein, carbohydrate, energy
• Spices and condiments: Dean and starks distillation method, volatile oil, non-volatile ether extract, alcoholic soluble extract, water soluble extract, ASTA colour
• Dairy and dairy products: Milk fat, SNF, milk protein, acidity, adulteration tests
• Oils & Fats: Acid value, peroxide value, saponification, Reichart meissl test, Polenske value
• Cereal and cereal products: Acidity of extracted fat, acid value, gluten
• Fruits & Vegetables: TSS (Total soluble solids), acidity, total nitrogen content
• Sweet & Confectionery: Total sugar, reducing sugar, sucrose, sulphated ash, acid insoluble ash
• Beverages: Coffee, tea (water soluble ash, aqueous extract, iron fillings, alkalinity of water-soluble ash, crude fibre)
• Alcoholic Beverages: Alcohol content, volatile acids
• Added colouring matter using column chromatography
• Honey product: HMF, specific gravity, sucrose, reducing sugar, free acidity
• Proximate and physicochemical analysis using titration, gravimetric methods, and Kjeldahl method
• Operation of UV-Visible spectrophotometer, flame photometer, and pH meter
• Measurement of total soluble solids using refractometer

M.Sc. - Chemistry (General chemistry) - PSG. College of Arts & Science (2025)

B.Sc. - Chemistry - CBM. College (2022)