Permanent Address:                                                                                                          A/36, Srijani, M.G.Road, Thakurpukur, Joka,

Kolkata-700104, West Bengal

Mobile. : 09433231904, 09433497252, 09681692968

Residence: (033) 24537367

E-mail:  ritwik.bhattacharya9@gmail.com

RITWIK BHATTACHARYA

OBJECTIVE:    To acquire professional attitude in an industrial back drop and gain technical as well as administrative skill & acumen for running Food, Beverage and IMFL companies.

AGE:                            23+

LANGUAGES:           English, Hindi, Bengali

EDUCATION:

YEAR             EXAM                              UNIVERSITY/BOARD              DIVISION

2001       AISCE (Xth)                                          CBSE                                1ST Div.

2003      A.I.S.S.C.E (XIIth)                                 CBSE                                1ST Div.

2006      B.Sc. (hons.)Microbiology          University Of Calcutta                2ND Class

2008      M.Sc. Microbial & Food             Punjabi University, Patiala         2ND Class

                       Technology

2010-11  Post Graduate Diploma in          Indira Gandhi National               Enrolled for

                 Food Safety & Quality            Open University (IGNOU)         2010-11 sesion

                     Management

INDUSTRIAL VISIT / TOUR & CONFERENCE:

1.         Visit to ‘East India Pharmaceuticals, Kolkata’ (2005).

2.         Tours of B.D.M. FOODS, Una, H.P, a close view of fruit juice proceesing, pickling, dehydrated foods, spices and canning (2006).                                                                                                              

3.         National conference on “FOOD & NUTRITION SAFETY, FOOD &       BIOTECH INTERVENTIONS” organised by Sant Longwal Institute of

 Engineering & Technology (SLIET), Longwal, Punjab

4.         Botany educational excursion to kalimpong (WB), on hilly angiosperms (2005).

5.         Trip to BAJAJ HIND SUGAR FACTORY & DISTILLERY, Saharanpur: got an overview of sugar production & industrial distillation process for absolute alcohol production- (2007)

6.         Participated in ICFOST 2007, HEALTH FOODS (GOLDEN JUBILEE YEAR), organised by AFSTI, IIT (Kharagpur), CFTRI (Mysore) & DFRL (Mysore) on health foods.- 07.  Also Attended ‘AAHAR, 2008’ in New Delhi.

ON JOB TRAINING: Undergone 6 weeks long training at UNITED SPIRITS LIMITED, BHADRAKALI (SHAW WALLACE). During training I worked in alcohol bottling plant, quality control, DM plant & office dealing with excise duty (2007)

WORK EXPERIENCE:     

1. Worked as ‘Production and Quality control assistant’ in Grover Vineyards, Bangalore till December, 2008. I was Looking after quality control of raw materials procured, finished products, process parameters, GMP and general analytical tests involving biochemical, chemical, organoleptic as well as microbiological status of the wines.
2. Working as ‘Assistant Production Manager’ in MPS Food Products ltd.(an FMCG) In spices division, looking over total automation of plant, FFS, Pulvarizer, Tray Dryer etc and labour management according to production plans, since Feb, 2009.
3. Working as an ‘Advisor, R&D team’ for development of Lab Information Management System (LIMS) for Food Labs in industries and in independent labs, under ChickPea Technical Solutions, USA,since October 2009.

PROJECT:  Institute: Dolphin (P.G.) College of Life Sciences, under Punjabi University, Patiala.

Project Title: ‘Cider wine production using different yeast strains & comparing their efficiency, testing their antimicrobial activity towards E.coli’.

Duration: 6 months (2007-08). (Project paper has since been accepted by reputed journal ‘FOOD AND BEVERAGE WORLD’).

PROCESSES & EQUIPMENTS:

• Alcoholic fermentation, distillation, bottling, blending, QC. & R&D in IMFL plants.
• Milk and milk products, cheese production.
• Food microbiology, spoilage and culture characteristics.
• Recombinant dna technology involved in food processing industries.
• Sugar production technology.
• Total quality management and NCBI.
• Food engineering and mechanism of gas liquid chromatography (GLC). 
• General wine analytical tests: volatile acidity using Cash-Still apparatus, Free & total SO2 using Aspiration method, Bento test for Preotein, dissolved Carbon di-oxide test using Carbodosieur, Temperature stability Tests, Cold Stability in Cellar tanks, Microbiological Tests, Acidity Tests, Malo Lactic fermentation tests using Chromatography,  Reducing sugar using Rebelein method
• I have experience of handling the following Instruments and equipments: Bench-top fermenter (10 ltr), Ph meter, spectrophotometer, refractometer, gel electrophoresis kit, HPLC, centrifuge, PCR, staining techniques, water quality testing, antibody sensitivity test, immunodiffusion, TLC etc.
• Powder spices production, planning, GMP implementation & maintenance, machine handling, labour management & troubleshooting, to improve production quality and standard.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES:

$.  Served as public relations officer and was lead singer for musical band “Cyanide”

$.  Passed certificate course in multimedia, web page publishing (adobe photoshop, flash,       dreamweaver, html) and ms-office from Pentasoft (IBM approved)

$.  Passed 4th year in fine arts from Sarva Bharatiya Kala Parishad(1998).

$.  Participated in inter school / College sports (from D.A.V. Public School, K V. & my college) in cricket and football.

$.  Swimming:  in Indian Life Saving Society (ILSS).

$.  Former member of ‘The Statesman’ weekly ‘The Voices’ club, served as coordinator on various functions, and contributed by composing articles / essays.

$.  Was ranked 7th in ‘inter school Discovery & Bournvita Quiz Contest, Calcutta – 1999

VOLUNTEERY ACTS:

< Passed Pratham Sopan from ‘Bharat Scouts and Guides’. Served as a patrol leader in    various volunteering activities in the city, in excursions, competitions.

< Worked as a PRO with an Event management company ‘Emazination’

AWARDS:

> Stood 7th in ‘1st NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD, 1999’, 13th  rank in India

> Came 1st in scholarship competition by ‘TATA INFOH & GUIDELINES’ in Kolkata.

PERSONAL PROFILE:

1. Father’s name:          Mr. Dipak Kumar Bhattacharya

2. Mother’s name:        Mrs. Papiya Bhattacharya

3. Date of birth:            09 – 01 - 1986

4. Sex:                          Male

5. Martial status:           single