Years in food quality & plant operations
Food Safety Management · Honey Systems
Gyan Chandra
Quality systems, plant operations, and honey value chains — built across FMCG floors, national missions, and audit rooms.
- 10+ years in quality
- 16 states assessed
- Lead Auditor ISO 9001 & BRC
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Indian states visited for Honey Mission
Honey processing units assessed
People led in QC / QA teams
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A quality professional who treats honey as a system, not a slogan.
I am a result-driven food safety and quality management professional with more than a decade in the FMCG sector. My work sits at the intersection of plant operations, audit readiness, and the honey value chain — from hive produce to finished, compliant product.
I specialise in quality assurance: audits, corrective action, safety process design, and the documentation that makes those systems survive inspection. I research production trends to keep sanitation and product integrity current, and I liaise directly with manufacturing when a line, a lot, or a complaint needs a decision.
As a PCQI and Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015, FSSC / ISO 22000, BRC and HACCP, I have taken organisations through EIA, BRC, FDA and True Source audits. Academically I hold a Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology, with applied work in enzyme and fermentation technology — including a recognised project on optimisation and partial purification of alpha-amylase from agro-industrial waste using Aspergillus sp.
Finished product must meet the standard of the company — not the hope of the shift.
Operating principle
STN-02 // INSTRUMENT BANK
The toolkit that keeps a plant honest.
Food safety systems
HACCP, BRC Global Standard Issue 8, FSSC / ISO 22000, PCQI, lot preparation, sanitation programmes.
Plant operations
QC/QA leadership, inspection points, equipment reliability, predictive maintenance, process enhancement.
Audit & compliance
Lead auditor practice, EIA / FDA / True Source readiness, documentation control, CAPA and complaint trends.
Honey value chain
Processing unit assessment, beekeeper programmes, hive produce quality, organic honey plant setup.
Science base
Biotechnology, food technology, enzyme and fermentation, raw-material specification with suppliers.
Continuous improvement
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, defect reduction, workforce skill planning, change catalysis on the floor.
Certifications & credentials
- BRC Global Standard for Food Safety Issue 8 Lead Auditor
- ISO ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor
- FSSC FSSC / ISO 22000:2005 Lead Auditor
- PCQI Preventive Controls Qualified Individual Certified
- HACCP Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points Professional
- LSS Lean Six Sigma Green Belt ICGB
- DA Deloitte Australia — Data Analytics Job Simulation
- AI AI Fundamentals & Ecosystem Mastery Crash Course 1.1
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From the lab bench to national honey missions.
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Ranchi, Jharkhand
Independent Consultant
Self-employed
Advising on food safety systems, honey quality, and plant-level quality management. Continuing field knowledge work through BeesGyan — beekeeping education for practitioners and beginners.
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Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh
Senior Associate Manager
Dabur India Limited
Quality leadership inside one of India’s defining FMCG houses. Three years and five months holding the line between process, product, and the standards the brand is judged on.
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Mumbai
Consultant — Honey Mission
KPMG India · Ministry of MSME / KVIC
Evaluated implementation of the Honey Mission — the national programme executed by Khadi & Village Industries Commission to expand honey and hive produce, and to strengthen pollination. Reported to KVIC Head Office, Mumbai after state-level assessments with officials and beneficiaries: good practice, gaps, challenges, and unique local methods.
- 16 states visited
- 17 processing units assessed
- National Beekeepers Meet, Pune
- World Bee Day 2019 & 2020
- Quarterly news bulletin
- Soft-skill training
- Awareness creatives
- Dedicated website support
- 3 KVIC appreciation letters
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Agra
Quality Manager
Ganpati Natural Products
Led a team of more than 25 supervisors, executives, operation assistants and production staff. Owned QC/QA and internal audits end to end — from conceptualisation and installation to testing, equipment maintenance, inspection points, quality records, complaint trends, and CAPA for defect reduction. Coordinated daily with Production, Engineering and Customer Service.
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Bhiwadi
Quality Head
Organic Honey LLP
Stood up the Bhiwadi unit from inception to production: recruited the team, wrote QC plans and work instructions, obtained final inspection approvals, and ran predictive and preventive maintenance. Supervised manufacturing against national and international standards. Managed a team of over 15 and owned internal/external rejection and customer complaints.
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Ludhiana
Analyst — QC & QA Executive
Shakti Apifoods Pvt. Ltd.
Coordinated plant quality control, technical support, in-house procedures and specifications. Specified raw-material quality with suppliers, set health and safety measures, prepared management and technical reports, and supported technical staff as a catalyst for performance improvement.
STN-04 // FIELD RELAY
Knowledge that leaves the plant and reaches the hive.
National programme
Honey Mission evaluation
Two years inside KVIC’s Honey Mission: state visits, processing-unit assessments, beneficiary interviews, and reporting that distinguished genuine practice from paperwork. The work supported India’s Sweet Revolution — more honey, more hive produce, stronger pollination.
Research
Alpha-amylase from agro waste
Optimisation of production and partial purification of alpha-amylase from agro-industrial waste using Aspergillus sp. — a biotechnology project recognised during the engineering years, and still the scientific instinct behind process questions on the floor.
Public education · Free training
7-Day Beekeeping Training
National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) · Trainee Handbook 2025-26
A free training module for new beekeepers, written to the official 7-day NBHM syllabus and integrated with oilseed production clusters. English and Hindi. One lesson a day, a closed-book quiz each evening, certificate at 70% overall.
Trainees leave able to place and manage colonies for oilseed pollination, protect bees from pesticides and pests, harvest quality honey and wax, and use NBHM / cluster schemes for income — not subsidy alone.
- 7 days · 7 quizzes
- Apis mellifera & Apis cerana
- Mustard, sunflower, sesame, groundnut
- English & Hindi
- Certificate at 70%
- 01 - Introduction to Beekeeping & Oilseed Linkages
- 02 - Bee Biology & Colony Organization
- 03 - Equipment & Apiary Establishment
- 04 - Colony Management & Crop Pollination
- 05 - Diseases, Pests & Natural Enemies
- 06 - Honey, Wax & Value-Added Products
- 07 - Economics, Schemes & Cluster Benefits
Public education · Film
BeesGyan
Beekeeping knowledge for everyone — bilingual lessons on colony structure, Indian honey makers, modern extraction tools, and the NBHM beginner curriculum. Companion films to the 7-day handbook, published for practitioners who need the craft explained without theatre.
Watch on YouTube
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Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Biotechnology
Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology
Matriculation
C.N. Raj High School, Ratu
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