Experience

National Food Laboratory - Chennai [Official]

• India
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  New Delhi and Southern Region, INDIA Experience: 5. National Food Laboratory - Chennai (January 2023 to present) 4. Southern Regional Office (May 2022 to January 2023) 3. Science & Standards Division (October 2021 to May 2022) 2. Quality Assurance Division (February 2020 to October 2021) 1. Codex Alimentarius Division (September 2019 to February 2020)



Export Inspection Council of India ( Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. Of India), New Delhi

• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Joint Director [EIA - Mumbai]

  • Dec 2016 - Sep 2019

  Mumbai, INDIA Incharge of Export Inspection Agency (EIA) - Mumbai and it's sub-Offices located in the western States (Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa) of India. EIA - Mumbai is the biggest among all EIAs in India in terms of number of sub-Offices under its jurisdiction, services provided to the exporters and revenue generated from such services.



Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies, Kochi

• India
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Faculty [Dept. of Food Science & Technology]

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2016

  Kochi, INDIA



MACFAST (Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla)

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Professor [Food Science & Technology, School of Biosciences]

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2015

  Tiruvalla, INDIA Head of the School of Biosciences @ MACFAST



Toc H Institute of Science & Technology

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor [Dept. of Science & Humanities]

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2013

  Arakkunnam, INDIA



Dalhousie University - Faculty of Agriculture [former: Nova Scotia Agricultural College, NSAC]

• Postdoctoral Fellow on Sabbatical [Dept. of Plant Food and Environmental Sciences]

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2011

  Truro, CANADA Project: Developing a SMART (Senescence Modulated Abscission Regulated Technology) tree for improving the needle retention and keeping the quality of post-harvest Christmas tree [Balsam Fir: Abies balsamea] kept on a stand.



Politecnico di Milano

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Consultant [Dept. of Physics]

  • Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

  Milan, ITALY



Groupe ESA, Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture d'Angers

• Postdoctoral Research Engineer [GRAPPE]

  • Nov 2007 - Jan 2009

  Angers, FRANCE GRAPPE: Groupe de Recherche en Agroalimentaire sur les Produits et les Procédés



KU Leuven

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher [MeBioS Division]

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2008

  Leuven, BELGIUM Funded by COST ACTION 924 [European Cooperation in Science and Technology].



Agricultural Research Council, CRA [Unità di ricerca per i processi dell'industria agroalimentare]

• Doctoral Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher [Dept. of Postharvest Technology]

  • Jul 2004 - Oct 2007

  Milan, ITALY CREA IT: Ingegneria e Trasformazioni agroindustriali



Wageningen University & Research

• Netherlands
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher [Horticultural Supply Chains Group]

  • Feb 2007 - Mar 2007

  Wageningen, NETHERLANDS Funded by COST ACTION 924 [European Cooperation in Science and Technology].



Volcani Center

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Researcher [Dept. of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce]

  • Jul 2003 - Dec 2003

  Beit-Dagan, ISRAEL



Central Institute For Subtropical Horticulture

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate [Division of Postharvest Management]

  • Jul 2001 - Jun 2003

  Lucknow, INDIA https://cish.icar.gov.in/



Kendriya Vidyalaya

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Instructor

  • Oct 1997 - Mar 1998

  Malleswaram (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India