Involved in Teaching and Evaluation at UG and PG levels for over three decades.

Executed Research and Consultancy projects with funding from national and international agencies as well as industry. Supervised Research projects of MSc, BTech, MTech, MS (By Research) and PhD students, some of which have led to research publications in peer reviewed journals and to filing of patents.

Research interests

Millet fermentation, bacteriocins, prebiotics, probiotics, polyphenols, traditional fermented foods, fermentation and sensory studies on stevia, recombinant vaccine in Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV).

Patents filed 7, Patent granted     1

Publications

Papers published in international peer reviewed journals - 58

Citation Index: 2191, h-index:  26, i10-index: 36

Dhanupriya, food tech specialist and experienced techno business consultant for food and agriculture segments.

Her area of expertise are in the food, beverage, food ingredients business consultancy, market research, enabling research partnerships and collaborations. She holds double Masters in Food technology and Technology Management and bachelors in Biotechnology.
Co-convenor of Network of professionals in food and nutrition (NetProFaN) for Chennai and volunteers to spread awareness on food science and tech as part of Eat Right India mission.

Riyaz aka Riyazuddin comes with over 9 years experience in food safety & Auditing.

He has worked with reputed organization like compass foods, Waycool foods, etc. Over these years he has conducted 50+ audit for FSSAI schedule IV, 50+ audit for slaughterhouse, catering units manufacturing units & 20+ audit for food safety and halal. He has conducted 10+ trainings for food safety ad halal. He holds a bachelor degree in microbiology and masters in food processing. 

Active members of AFSTI past 3 years.