Dairy Processing: Advanced Research to Applications

Jagrani Minj, PhD  (Dairy Microbiology), is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE, USA. She worked as a research associate and as a senior officer in the dairy industry for 9 months and 10 months, respectively. She has published a number of research papers, book chapters and technical articles. She has also received best oral presentation awards at conference. She holds a B. Tech. (Dairy Technology), and M. Tech. and PhD (Dairy Microbiology). During her professional career, she has received various prestigious fellowships, including an Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Junior Research Fellowship (ICAR-JRF), University Grant Commission-Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC-RGNF), an institutional fellowship, and currently has a National Overseas Scholarship for her postdoctoral research work.

Aparna Sudhakaran V., PhD  (Dairy Microbiology), is an Assistant Professor of Dairy Microbiology at Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University at the College of Dairy Science and Technology, Kerala, India. She has 6 years’ experience of teaching dairy microbiology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is the recipient of numerous academic awards, including Gold Medal for B.Tech., Divisional Topper for M.Tech. and PhD; AIR-1 in the Entrance Examinations for PG and PhD; Fellowships like the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship, ICAR Senior Research Fellowship, ICAR Junior Research Fellowship and KAU Merit Scholarship. She also received the ICAR-sponsored ‘Best Teacher Award’ from the institution in 2016-17, as well as a ‘Young Investigator Award’ from the Probiotic Association of India (2018), best paper award for an article published in Indian Dairyman (2012), and 4 awards for best poster/oral paper presented at professional conferences.

Anuradha Kumari, PhD  (Dairy Chemistry), is an Assistant Professor of Dairy Chemistryat Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She holds a B. Tech (Dairy Technology), and M.Tech. and P.h D (Dairy Chemistry). She worked as a Senior Research Fellow for a year, and worked in the dairy industry for 10 months. Her research interests include functional foods, detection of artificial sweeteners, use of food by-products and product development. She has published more than 11 papers in leading national and international journals, as well as review articles, book chapters and popular-science articles, and she has also attended 8 international and national conferences. She is an editorial board member of various national and international research journals. She received an award for the best poster at a national conference.