About Us
At Food, Adroit, we are a team of team of tenured professionals in food Industry set out to help business leaders solve their business problems. On every assignment, we approach the business from the management perspective. We start by asking the right questions, and then dig deep to design unearth the right programs based on our expertise, experience gained by years of hands on industry experience, consulting and certification experience at some the leading certification agencies.
Our active participation in regulatory forums and industry forums like AFST ensure our advice is current and well-grounded in the current economic and regulatory environment
We don't settle for quick fix solutions, and our solutions are practical, and in line with the organization vision and mission. We make sure these decisions get translated quickly into action and that the in-house team can sustain the momentum into the future.
About Our Founder: SUBHAPRADA NISHTALA
- Food Safety & Regulatory Expert specializing in Processed Foods.
- President, AFST(I), Mumbai Chapter.
- Director Incharge, ITCFSAN ( jointly set up by FSSAI& EIC).
SubhapradaNishtala is an accomplished senior executive with 22 years of experience in food safety and quality operations in Food Processing Industry across organizations including Coca-Cola India and Al Kabeer Exports. An alumnus of CFTRI Mysore, her experience includes a rich mix of audit and training delivery, frontline factory operations, quality assurance and compliance. She has managed Senior leadership positions in Corporate sector with responsibility for manufacturing, Operations, Regulatory and New Product development She is passionate about food safety and sincerely believes that food science professionals need to contribute to building awareness and solutions. She works towards driving awareness and implementation of the relevant principles of life sciences, and physical sciences, as well as of a wide variety of other topics, including nutrition, preservation and storage techniques, processing unit operations, bio-processing, waste management, distribution and supply chain management, food laws and regulations. .
She currently holds the honorary position of President of AFST(I) Mumbai Chapter Visiting Faculty for Post Graduate Programs at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and 5 other leading Post Graduate Colleges.
EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE RECOGNITIONS
- AFST(I) National Coordinator for FSSAI BHOG and FOSTAC program.
- Recognized for competence in global food safety standards, risk assessment and knowledge of regulatory requirements, by the Food Safety Standards Authority India (FSSAI) and involved in review of new standards and competence building for Senior FDA personnel.
- National Level Resource Person, FOSTAC, FSSAI.
- Recognized by FDA, Maharashtra for contribution to the Clean Street Food Hub certification at Chowpatty and the Swasth Bharat Yatra 2018.
- Member of the advisory council of the Bhavans Research Centre and Board of Studies member for various academic institutions
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- FSSAI AFST(I) Food Safety Professional of the Year 2020
- First Prize in the US Consulate sponsored Green Hackathon 2018
Solution developed was for reuse of multi laminate packaging material in developing truck tarpaulins which have an impact of reducing the temperature build up during transportation of fresh fruits and vegetable, die to the Aluminum film properties. A 15% improvement in life of brinjal was demonstrated.