An extremely sound broad-based technical understanding of the laboratory sector has made Mr. Sridhar Manja a key contributor in creating TCR Engineering Services into a quality oriented state-of-the-art laboratory. With strong understanding of QA principals (NABL and ISO/IEC 17025) and excellent inter-personal skills, Mr. Manja has provided the edge to complete projects on time, within budget and with quality. His patience, business ethics and conduct has ensured that TCR's QA standards are never compromised.

Mr. Manja has over 29 years of analytical experience in material testing with expert knowledge in Analytical Chemistry, materials identification of organics and inorganic materials. He has extensive experience in problem solving and method development for non-routine testing and possesses superb knowledge of classical and instrumental method of analysis.

As a quality assurance manager, Mr. Manja ensures that the TCR laboratory stays compliant and accredited to all applicable standards including NABL, BIS and ISO 17025. He develops and maintains the Scope of Accreditation including conducting internal quality audits on calibration processes and correct test procedures. He also assists in conducting a technical audit on the technicians performing all material testing services. Mr. Manja facilitates as a point of contact and escort for customer and regulatory audits.

Mr. Manja has advanced knowledge of chemical sciences, especially analytical techniques and instruments with good decision making skills. He ensures accurate results reporting from all analytical instruments including the Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Spectrometer, Automatic Combustion based Carbon and Sulfur determination, and Glow Discharge spectrometer.

Mr. Manja also performs Material Certification including Unknown Material Identification and Trace Element Analysis on Powdered Metal, Chips/Shavings and Solder Alloys (Tin/Lead), Coating Weight and Identification, Quantitative & Semi-Quantitative Analyses including Density of Powdered Metals. He also supervises the conduct of Restriction of (certain) Hazardous Substances (RoHS) testing using the Portable XRF and ICP spectrometers.

Mr. Manja is Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Mysore University.