Chairman

Dr. Chindi Vasudevappa
Former Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM, Kundli
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Haryana
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural &
Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka

External Members

Prof. J.S. Thakur
Professor
Department of Community Medicine and
School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh - 160 012

Dr. Anil Dutt Semwal
Director
Defence Food Research Laboratory
Ministry of Defence, Siddarth Nagar
Mysore - 570 011

Shri Jagdeep Singh Marahar
Director
R&D Centre, Nestle India Ltd.
Nestle House, Jacaranda Marg M Block
DLF City Phase II, National Highway 8
Gurgaon - 122 002

Dr. Sudhir Nema
Chief Development & Quality Officer
Britannia Industries Ltd
Whitefield, Main Road
Bengaluru - 560 048

Agency Representative

Sri. Atul Saxena
Joint Secretary
Government of India
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Panchsheel Bhawan
New Delhi - 110 049

Sister Laboratory

Director
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Post Box. No. 06
Palampur - 176 061

Director

Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh
Director
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
Mysuru - 570 020

DG's Representative

Dr. Meenakshi Singh
Chief Scientist
Technology Management Directorate
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
New Delhi - 110 001

Secretary

Dr. Vikas Singh Chauhan
Chief Scientist & Head
Plant Cell Biotechnology Department
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
Mysuru - 570 020