Area of Expertise: Grain Science & Technology, Food fortification; Functional foods, Nutraceuticals

Also worked as Head, Grain Science & Technology, PhD Co-Ordinator & Radiological Safety Officer Areas of Research & Expertise-Food Safety & Analytical Quality Control; Nutrients & Nutraceutical Analysis; Bioactivity assays; Biochemical and health effects of grains; Setting up food testing labs. Food fortification; Functional foods; Nutraceutical ingredients. Value addition to rice, millet, maize grain and by-products through biotechnology and thermal processing; processing line for instant grain products.

Achievements:-

• Handled 54 projects which includes GAP-14; Sponsored-13; CSIR Mission-5; TSP-3, MLP-19, with 16 as Principal Investigator
• Published 50 papers; delivered 35 invited talks and presented 40 posters in conferences
• Given guidance for 9 PhDs, 20 post graduates, 20 project assistants; Teaching faculty of AcSIR
• Developed process for 13 nutri grain products and transferred technology to 17 industries.
• Organized 10 national training programs on food analytics, nutri-cereals and rice processing.
• Given scientific opinions on analytical test reports of thousands of food samples from port/states/legal.
• Generated external cash flow in organisation through food testing and projects.

Scientific Committees: FSSAI Scientific panel on cereals & pulses; BIS, Panel on specifications for fortified rice kernels; Nutri-Breakfast for children; FSSAI food analysts exam board, BOE of the PhD thesis in number of universities.

Societal activities: Former Vice President AFST(I), CFTRI-Ed-Society, President SBC(I)

Recognitions: Awarded International Nutrition Foundation & Kraft Foods-USA, Visiting Scientist Fellowship; Johns Hopkins University Overseas PDF; IUBMB Indian Scientist Award; UGC Research Fellowship; Best Technology transfer award; Best R&D Dept: award; Oral paper and poster paper awards.