Dr. Sadashiv Nimbalkar

Biography

Dr. S. S. Nimbalkar, Director and Quality Manager, is a Ph.D in Microbiology. An alumnus of Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) Pune, he has been the recipient of the S.P. Agharkar Gold Medal conferred upon him for his Ph.D. dissertation. He is working as a associate referee of ICUMSA (Subjects – Plantation White Sugar & Microbiology) & Member of Food & Agri. Committee of Bureau of Indian Standards. As a Quality Manager he has been responsible for implementing the stringent ISO/ IEC 17025 Quality system to the functioning of Maarc Labs and to keep the laboratory upgraded and updated with the global trends. Dr. Nimbalkar is having rich experience in the field of microbial sugar losses and Dextran problem in sugar processing. He introduced a novel concept of setting microbiological laboratories at sugar factories site and training the staff for microbiological analysis. He has visited to sugar industries in Pakistan, Sudan, Bangladesh especially for training the personnel for sugar analysis and quality system.

Research Interest

Dr. Nimbalkar's interactive with Indian sugar industry to guide them in following areas • Quqlity control lab set-up of sugar and water analysis • Assessment of sugar factories to make them competent for supplying their sugar to institutional buyers . • To train the personnel on sugar quality ,water quality ,boiler water problems and quality of cane with respect to dextran formation . • He has visited more than 300 sugar factories in India for training and consultancy purpose . • Dr. Nimbalkar, with his consistent efforts converted model of Sucroscan in automatic Sucroscan Classic model .This innovation ranked Maarc Labs in the recipients of prestigious Harimalini Joshi Award from Marahtta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture .(MCCIA).in 2015