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HARSHITHA PAKALAPATI

HARSHITHA PAKALAPATI

VISAKHAPATNAM

Summary

MSc Biotechnology graduate with practical experience in industrial quality control and analytical testing from a corn wet milling project at Vijaynagar Biotech Limited. Seeking an R&D or QC role to utilize my technical, analytical, and process optimization skills in biotechnology.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

QUALITY CONTROL INTERN

VIJAYNAGAR BIOTECH LIMITED
05.2025 - 06.2025
  • Performed quality control analysis during corn wet milling from raw maize to finished products.
  • Conducted physical & chemical tests (moisture, pH, acidity, protein, fat, SO2, viscosity, solubility, ash, sieve retention).
  • Ensured batch-wise compliance with industry standards and documented analytical reports.
  • Gained exposure to complete industrial process flow (cleaning, steeping, milling, separation, drying, packaging).

FINAL YEAR PROJECT

GITAM University
02.2026 - 04.2026
  • Extracted plant secondary metabolites using Soxhlet extraction with methanol and chloroform
  • Performed phytochemical analysis (phenolics, flavonoids, tannins) using UV–Vis spectrophotometry
  • Evaluated antioxidant activity using DPPH assay (high activity in methanol extract)
  • Conducted antimicrobial testing against Bacillus subtilis and Aspergillus niger using agar well diffusion method
  • Identified bioactive compounds using LC–MS (positive and negative ion modes)

Education

MSC - BIOTECHNOLOGY

GITAM DEEMED UNIVERSITY
Visakhapatnam, India
05-2026

BSC - BIOTECHNOLOGY

GITAM DEEMED UNIVERSITY
Visakhapatnam, India
04-2024

INTERMEDIATE -

BHASHYAM MEDEX
Guntur, India
04.2001 -

School -

BHASHYAM PUBLIC SCHOOL
Visakhapatnam, India
05-2019

SKILLS

  • Teamwork
  • listening and communication
  • Quick learner
  • Teamwork
  • Time management

Timeline

FINAL YEAR PROJECT

GITAM University
02.2026 - 04.2026

QUALITY CONTROL INTERN

VIJAYNAGAR BIOTECH LIMITED
05.2025 - 06.2025

INTERMEDIATE -

BHASHYAM MEDEX
04.2001 -

MSC - BIOTECHNOLOGY

GITAM DEEMED UNIVERSITY

BSC - BIOTECHNOLOGY

GITAM DEEMED UNIVERSITY

School -

BHASHYAM PUBLIC SCHOOL
HARSHITHA PAKALAPATI