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S.MUTHU KUMAR

104,Nehru street,choolaimedu high road,Chennai - 600 094.
E MAIL - baboomaha@usa.net
Phone no:044/4720172

PASSPORT NO:T458167/Dated 04.01.1995

PROFILE

Experienced Microbiologist,having good knowledge in Fermentation & analytical
aspects of Microbiology,documentation,Validation etc.

EMPLOYMENT

i) LECTURER - April 1993 to Feb 1996

Swathy Educational soceity,Madurai
Took classes in Microbiology for DMLT & Nursing students.

ii) MICROBIOLOGIST - Feb 1996 to March 2000

J.K.PHARMA CHEM,Cuddalore,Bulk manufacturers of Penicillin - G
An ISO 9002 certified company.

O Handling, maintenance and preservation of specialised strains
O Screening, Natural selection & mass multiplication of production
cultures.
O Sterility, Viability, productivity testing and scaling up of inoculum for
large scale fermentation.
O Microbiological and physical analysis during Fermentation
O Monitoring clean room facilities
O Standarisation of growth parameters in Fermentation.
O Supplying of seed cultures for production & stock maintenance..

Achievements

O Successfully handled three well known commercialised Industrial
strains of Penicillium chrysogenum sps.

a) Cultures obtained from ICN Galenicka, Yugoslavia
b) Cultures obtained from Panlabs, Taiwan.
c) Cultures obtained from Gnosis Italy (for Pen-G) and cultures
for Pen-V
d) was an ICG member of ISO co-ordinating group.

iii) JUNIOR EXECUTIVE (MICROBIOLOGY) April 2000- present

ORCHID CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS LTD ALATHUR. An ISO 9002 & 14000 certified
company.

Largest producers of many class of Cephalosporins( oral & sterile products.)

a) Sterility testing of sterile products by manifold & Steritest canister (Millipore)method.
b) Particulate matter testing of sterile products, visual, microscopy & LBPC using Hiac/Royco instrument USA.
c) Performing Endotoxins test for sterile products, water samples by advanced
method of LAL test by Kinetic Turbidometric method( Charles River Endosafe - USA)
d) Pathogen analysis of oral products and for sterile inputs (Bio-burden test), water samples
(potable water)
e) Performing CFU tests by membrane filtration & pour plate method for water
samples
f) Growth promotion test, Bacterial identification tests
g) Environmental monitoring of sterile production plants- Surface Air sampling, contact plates, Petriplate exposure, personnel monitoring.
h) Validation of water systems of Purified water, WFI,
I)Validation of PSG, autoclaves,
j)Performance qualification of sterile class area (particle counts-Hiac/Royco particle counter-USA, air velocity, Hepa filter integrity test)in sterile plants.
k) Documentation as per USP Standards.
l)

EDUCATION

1988 - 1991 B.Sc, Zoology, Madurai Kamaraj University.
1991 - 1993 M.Sc Microbiology, Madurai Kamaraj Unversity.

˜ Scored the 5th rank in the University.
˜ Did a project in Medical Microbiology for two months & presented a
paper at the association of Microbiologists of India (AMI-33rd
conference) held at Goa 1992.Entitled "The effect of Microflora in the quality of stored blood".

PERSONAL

Male, born to A. Subramanian, 29 years old & unmarried Indian.

STRENGTHS

Hard working, Planning, Mature, Energetic & Ambitious.