Ajai Prakash Gupta

Dr. Ajai Prakash Gupta is a senior officer with over 35 years of experience in analytical chemistry, pharmaceuticals, food safety and herbal products. He currently serves as Director (Deputation), at FSSAI, New Delhi, and is also associated with CSIR–IIIM, Jammu.

Dr. Gupta has made significant contributions to laboratory accreditation and quality systems and is a NABL Assessor for ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO/IEC 17034:2016. He is a J & K FDA-approved Quality Control expert for pharmaceutical and herbal products.

At the international level, Dr. Gupta is actively engaged with AOAC International (USA) as a Member of Expert Review Panels and Working Groups, contributing to the development and review of analytical methods for dietary supplements, contaminants, pesticides, heavy metals, acrylamide, ethylene oxide, and botanical identity verification etc.

Dr. Gupta has authored 136 peer-reviewed publications, 13 book chapters, and 5 patents, with an h-index of 37. He is a reviewer for leading scientific journals in analytical chemistry, pharmaceuticals, food chemistry, and natural products etc.