Affiliations

    Professional Appointments

  • Appointed as the Member of the Governing Council, Fluid Control Research Institute, Palakkad for a period of 2 years as per OM No. 8(2)/2017-PE.VIII(e-13571) dated 12 March, 2026.
  • Member of the Committee to examine and provide recommendations on terms for renting CSIR-Innovation Complex Mumbai (C-ICM)'s Incubation Lab and Office space and drafting guidelines to facilitate innovation-centered activiities by incubatees as per the OM No. AB CSIR/74/2026-CSIR-ICM dated 22 January, 2026.
  • Member of the Board of Governors of AcSIR, October 21st, 2025.
  • Member of Scientific Team for the Examination of Report of High Powered Committee on CSIR Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations, October 13th, 2025.
  • Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, October 6th, 2025.
  • Member of the Expert committee constituted by the Thirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board, Tirupati to give suggestions to modify the specifications of commodities in marketing Department as per the Roc.No. TTD-34022/4/2024-PROCUREMENT SEC, dated February 15, 2025.
  • Expert Member of the Department Advisory Board, Deparment of Food Technology, Thangal.
  • Kunju Musaliar Institute of Technology (TKMIT), Kollam, Kerala, as per letter dated February 14, 2025.
  • Co-Chair of the ICC Scientific Advisory Committee on Health (SACH), International Coconut Community (ICC), Jakarta, Indonesia as per letter A.32/006/2025 dated January 7, 2025.
  • Member of the Board of Governance of Association of Rubber Innovation and Start-up Entrepreneurship (ARISE) promoted by Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute (IRMRI).
  • Nominee of the Chancellor for the committee constituted by Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University to make recommendations of the appointment of Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi
    • University as per the notification no.GS5-3611/20222 dated June 28, 2024.
  • Academia Member in the ‘Futuristic Space Research’, Sectorial Expert Committee on Biomanufacturing constituted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, vide the OM No.BT/SpaceBio/01/2023, dated July 18, 2023.
  • Research Council Member of CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur vide CSIR vide OM no. 19A/RC/(CSIR CMERI)/CPD-2023 dated July 10, 2023.
  • Member of Research and Development Committee of the Indian Rubber Board nominated by DG CSIR vide email dated November 14, 2022.
  • Member of the Board of Management of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Department of Space, w.e.f. from November 11, 2022.
  • Member of the Governing Council of ISRO - National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Department of Space, Office Order no. DS_8C-28011/3/2017-DS (Sec.VIII), Department of Space, Government of India.
  • Member of the Board constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for the selection of food analyst under provisions of the Food Safety and Standards Act.
  • Member of the Technical Advisory Board of Foundation for Authentic Food of India (FAFI).
  • Member of the ‘State Biotechnology Board’ established by the Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the Board of Directors constituted by the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu for the promotion of food processing and agri-export promotion in Tamil Nadu vide Letter no. 26025/ AM3(2)/ 2021-3, dated February 2, 2022.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Rajmata Vijayraje Sciindia Krishi Vishwa Vidhyalaya – Agri Business Incubation Centre at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, since October 2020.
  • Member of the 'Technical Board' of All India Food Processors’ Association Journal 'Indian Food Packer'.
  • Member of the Research Advisory Board of Tamil Nadu food grains marketing yard, Sikkandarchavadi, Alanganallur Road, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member Secretary of the Board of Management of NIFTEM-T (formerly IICPT and then IIFPT), in the capacity of the Director of the Institute (2016-2022).
  • Member of the Board of Management of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K), in the capacity of the Director of NIFTEM-T (2016-2022).
  • Member of the Governing Body of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
  • Member of the Advisory Board for Indian Technology Congress Summit on Agri Engineering Innovations held at NIMHANS Convention Center, Bangalore on August 10, 2017.
  • Member of the Advisory Board for Indian Journal of Research in Food Science and Nutrition, published by Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous) at Erode, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Tiruchirappalli Agribusiness Incubator (TABI) established by the Tamil Nadu Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (TNEDII), Government of Tamil Nadu, since December 2017.

    • Appointments as a Member of Prestigious Committees & Panels

  • Member of the Advisory Committee for the Third International Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMST 2026) organised at the IIST campus, Thiruvananthapuram during 19-21 November 2026.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee of the conference on Analytical Science and Technology 2026 at Kochi, Kerala during September 18-19, 2026.
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, National Institute of One Health (NIOH), Nagpur as per the OM no. NIOH/PM-ABHIM/NGP-2026-02-15 dated 11 February 2026.
  • Nominated by CSIR for participation in the 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC49) to be held at Geneva, Switzerland during 6-10 July, 2026 via OM no. AB CSIR/148/2026-ISTAD-CSIR HQ dated 17 February 2026.
  • Ambassador of Government Higher Secondary School, Udumalpet, Tiruppur for the School Ambassador Programme, an initiative by School Education Department, Government of Tamil Nadu launched on 30 January, 2026.
  • Member of State-Level Working Group for State's Quantum Science & Technology Initiatives in Tamil Nadu, chaired by the Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu as per the G.O. dated 29.1.2026.
  • Patron to the 31st Indian Convention of Food Scientists & Technologists (ICFoST) held in coordination with AFST (I) -Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India in NIFTEM, Thanjavur on the theme INDULGE: “Innovation in Nutrition, Dietetics, Upcycling and Local foods on Gastronomic Engineering” from 18 - 20 December, 2025.
  • Member of the Board of Governors of AcSIR dated October 21st, 2025.
  • Member of Scientific Team for the Examination of Report of High-Powered Committee on CSIR Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations dated October 13th, 2025.
  • Invited to Serve as Member of Jury Panel for Final Evaluation of Proposal for MoFPI-DPIIT Start Up Challenge at NIFTEM-T Campus Hybrid mode, September 1st and 2nd,2025.
  • Advisory committee member for the national conference on "Innovations in food engineering for sustainable technology - IFEST at Malda West Bengal 2025 during August 29-30, 2025.
  • Dynamic Panelist for the KSCSTE (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment) R & D Summit 2025 on the theme "Scaling R & D for Impact-Collaborations that Work" at Hyatt Regency, Thiruvananthapuram on August 07, 2025.
  • Expert Committee Member of the Scientific Panel on Data Structing and Data tools constituted by FSSAI as per the Office Order from FSSAI dated July 23, 2025.
  • Joined the CSIR delegation led by Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, to meet the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu and explore collaborative opportunities between CSIR and the Government of Andhra Pradesh on July 21, 2025.
  • Chairman for the 13th meeting of the Expert Committee for the Research and Development (R&D) component scheme for the Food Processing Sector under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) during June 11-12, 2025.
  • Member in the CSIR working Group constituited for the National meet on "Leveraging Space Technology & Applications for Viksit Bharat 2047 as per the mail from Honourable DG, CSIR dated June 09, 2025.
  • Expert member for CSIR's Extramural Research Grants Committee in the area of Engineering Sciences as per the email received from CSIR Headquaters dated June 06, 2025.
  • Expert member to participate and shared transformative ideas at the Brainstorming Session on "Kerala@2047" held on June 06, 2025, organized by Vijnana Bharati in association with RGCB.
  • Member for the Task Force committee constituited by CSIR-IIIM for CSIR’s Phytopharmaceutical Mission – Phase III as per the letter from RMBD & IST Division, CSIR IIIM dated May 20, 2025.
  • Patron for the National Conference on Emerging Vistas in Chemical Engineering (EVINCE 2025) held on May 16, 2025 at Hotel Hyatt RegencyThiruvananthapuram organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Trivandrum Regional Centre (IIChE-TVRC) in association with Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
  • Advisiory committee member for the Bio Connect Kerala - 2025 as per the GO(Rt)No.461/2025/ID dated April 30, 2025.
  • Member of the National Advisiory Board for the Critical Metals Congress CRITMET 2025
  • Member of the Committees of Committee on Technology Pavilion, and Committee on Content Development & Session Finalization for successful organization of World Food India (WFI)2025 constituted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India as per letter File No. WFI-20/1/2025-World Food India, dated February 25, 2025.
  • Expert member of the bilateral Scientific Committee CEFIPRA in the domain of Waste Management and circular economy.
  • Chairman for the review committee for review of CSIR Patents for the FY 2024-25 for the CSIR-Ecology, Environment and Sustainability theme as per the OM no. Thematic review of IP Portfolio-IPU/2024-25 dated January 31, 2025.
  • Member of the Task Force committee to implement the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative for Phase III (2025-30) programmes with CSIR-HRDC as the Nodal Coordinator as per the OM No. CSIR HRDC/SDP-3/2024 dated January 17, 2025.
  • Member of the Committee to develop the pathway for CSIR@100 as per the OM No Pathway Cte.CSIR@100/DGED/2025 dated January 14, 2025.
  • Theme Director for the theme Ecology, Environment and Sustainability (EES) of the CSIR Theme Verticals as per OM No.6/1/TD/2019-RPPBDD/2024-TMD dated December 7, 2024.
  • Member of the Sponsored Schemes Research committee of CSIR vide letter no. D.O.NO 60(CTE)/24-EMR-II dated July 11, 2024.
  • Departmental Core Member in the CSIR Assessment committee nominated by the Director General, CSIR via OM no. 1-2(5)(22-23)2023-RAB dated February 6, 2024.
  • Member of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Haryana under the provisions of rules 71A(a) of the rules and bye laws of ICAR society vide office order F.No. AS/12/22/2023-IA.I dated May 3, 2023.
  • Chief Co-ordinator and Nodal for India International Science Festival IISF-2024 held at Guwahati in November 2024 as per OM no 6-9(155)/2024-E.III dated August 13, 2024
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  • Mission Director of India’s 1st Integrated mission mode project – CSIR National Mission on ‘Sustainable Packaging Solutions for Net Zero Future’ as per OM No. 4/1/Packaging/2024-IMD dated 23 July 2024.
  • Member in the advisory committee of 31st Swadeshi science congress and oblige dated June 28, 2024.
  • Convenor of the committee to make recommendations for the appointment of Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam as per the notification dated June 28, 2024.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Technology for food safety’ at the India Food Conclave 2024 held at Bengaluru on June 21, 2024.
  • Committee Member to revisit the guidelines of Performance Mapping of Scientists (PMS) as per the office order no. 5-1(44) /2008-PD dated December 4, 2023.
  • Panellist on ‘Agro and Food Processing: Unveiling Fresh Opportunities’ organised as a part of Global Investors Meet (GIM) held at Chennai on January 7-8, 2024.
  • Advisory Committee Member of the International Conference ‘Asia-Australia Regional meeting, PPS-2023 held at Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam during November 29 - December 2, 2023.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for International Conference on Science, Technology, and applications of RARE EARTHS (ICSTAR2024) organised jointly by the Rare Earth Association of India (REAI) and Indian Institute of Metals, Trivandrum Chapter (IIM) held in Kovalam during August 21-23, 2023.
  • Session Chair Member for the International Conference on Mighty Millets scheduled on August 7, 2023, at MSSRF, Chennai on the session titled ‘Research & Development Innovations in Agricultural Mechanisation and Post-Harvest Processing Technologies in Nutri Cereals’.
  • Organising Committee Member for the Global Food Event - ‘World Food India-2023’ organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), vide OM No. P-12024/1/2023-PC dated July 31, 2023.
  • Research Advisory Committee Member of ICAR – Central Citrus Research Institute, Maharashtra vide Office Order No. HS/7-1/2018-1A. V dated March 8, 2022, issued by the Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
  • Member of the Panel Discussion on Future of Chennai Region’s Sunrise Industries – Advantage Chennai Region at the CII Chennai Zone Annual Day Public Session ‘Building the Growth Drivers of Chennai Region’s Economy and its Future’ organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Chennai on February 25, 2022.
  • Member of the ‘Selection Committee’ for the selection of members of food authority in Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) constituted by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare by OM (File No. P15025/309/2015-FR dated December 29, 2021.
  • Member of the Hindi Advisory Committee constituted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) vide Office Order No. S-12012/1/2017-Hindi, dated December 28, 2021.
  • Panel Member for the discussion on ‘Changing technology in food processing’ at the 2nd edition of SMARTec Initiative India 2021 conducted during December 3-15, 2021 on December 10, 2021.
  • National Advisory Committee Member at Golden Jubilee International Conference on ‘Global Perspectives for Food Security in Crop Protection to be Centre for Plant Protection Studies’ organized by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore from December 8-10, 2021.
  • Steering Committee Member for the 2nd edition of SMARTEC INITIATIVE INDIA organized by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) from October 8-28, 2021.
  • Member of the Panel constituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the session on ‘Future Trends in Food Processing Technology’ at the 17th India Innovation Summit ‘Crafting our Future – Innovation for the Next World’ on September 17, 2021.
  • Member of the Panel constituted by National Cooperative Development Corporation for the consultative discussion on Fruits and Vegetable cooperatives on September 13, 2021.
  • Expert Panelist for the ‘Mini consultation on food processing towards better nutrition’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on August 18, 2021.
  • Chairman of the Technical Committee on food products under Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for food processing industry constituted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, vide OM dated June 17, 2021.
  • Member of the Panel constituted for the formulation of Indian standard on specifications for fortified rice kernels constituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Government of India.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Global Challenges in Food Safety and Indian Perspectives’ in the World Food Safety Day – Food Safety Conversation organized by Food Safety Works on June 9, 2021.
  • Advisory Committee Member for the International Conference on ‘Sustainable Approaches in Food Engineering and Technology (SAFETy-2021)’ at Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India conducted during June 24-25, 2021.
  • Chairman for the Committee of Technical Experts to deliberate on the promotion of use of millets in ready to cook (RTC)/ready to eat (RTE) products constituted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India.
  • Expert Committee Member to review proposals received under the ‘European Green Deal Call – 2020’ constituted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
  • Member of the Project Appraisal Committee constituted by the Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business (Government of Tamil Nadu) as a part of the implementation of Tamil Nadu Food Processing Policy – 2018.
  • Panelist for the review of National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali constituted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.
  • Jury Member in the India Australia Circular Economy (I-ACE) Hackathon – (a bilateral initiative for promoting and rewarding innovative circular economy solutions) organized by Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) and Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACICs), NITI Aayog during February 8-11, 2021.
  • Expert Member of ARISE-ANIC screening and selection committee nominated by Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India constituted by MoFPI-OM dated February 5, 2021.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Building strategies: Stakeholder collaboration for optimizing technology interventions and creating new business opportunities at India’s 1st virtual processed food R&D Expo organized by FICCI and MoFPI, Government of India on January 21, 2021.
  • Member of the Committee for technical monitoring of virtual processed food research & development expo 2021 constituted by the MoFPI, vide OM dated January 7, 2021.
  • Convener of the Committee to appraise Common Incubation Facility proposals from states/Union territories under the PMFME scheme constituted by the MoFPI, vide OM dated January 4, 2021.
  • Organizing Committee Member for 4th International Conference on Food and Nutrition, on the theme ‘Immunity, Nutrition and COVID-19’ organized by Bioleagues Worldwide Pvt. Ltd. held in Singapore from September 23-24, 2021.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Food Processing Machinery and Technology’ organized on the sidelines of the Agro-food Processing Virtual Summit – 2020, organized by the Agrovision Foundation on December 15, 2020.
  • Member and Convenor of the Expert Committee for reviewing the curriculum course content prepared by NIFTEM/IIFPT and training material developed under the capacity building component for PM-FME scheme constituted by the MoFPI, vide OM dated November 4, 2020.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Job Search and Career Growth’ organized by ACTECH Alumni Association, Anna University, Chennai on October 31, 2020.
  • Panelist for the virtual discussion on ‘Food Processing Sector, its challenges and opportunities, course of growth and way forward & Aatmanirbhar Bharat ARISE ANIC challenges for MoFPI’, organized by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog on October 23, 2020.
  • Panelist for the discussion on ‘Food Safety and Nutritional Security’, held on the sidelines of ‘Vertical 16 – Agro Economy and Food Security’ at Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigynik Summit (VAIBHAV) organized by CFTRI, Mysore, IIT, Kharagpur, IARI, New Delhi and ICAR-IIHR, New Delhi on October 19, 2020.
  • Chairman of the Technical Committee to support capacity building and research for the PMFME scheme constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated October 13, 2020.
  • Member of the Committee to assess the requirements for common incubation centers to be setup under PMFME scheme constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated September 21, 2020 and modified OM dated October 15, 2020.
  • Chairman of the Sub-committee for shortlisting candidates for the Project Management Unit (PMU) of PMFME Scheme constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated September 17, 2020.
  • Member of the Award Committee / Cell constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated August 21, 2020.
  • Member of the Project Execution Committee for the centrally sponsored PMFME scheme constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated August 13, 2020.
  • Member of the Committee for capacity building and research under the PMFME scheme constituted by MoFPI, vide OM dated July 24, 2020.
  • Advisory Committee Member for the International Conference on Recent Trends in Food Process Engineering Sector (SRMIST) organized during December 10-11, 2020 (Virtual mode).
  • Co-Chairman of the expert group on improving agricultural supply chain in the North Eastern region constituted by the NITI Aayog.
  • Chairman of the Technical Committee to support capacity building and research for the new centrally sponsored PMFME scheme approved by MoFPI, vide OM dated October 13, 2020.
  • Member of the Committee to assess requirements of common incubation Centres to be setup under the PMFME scheme approved by MoFPI, vide OM dated September 21, 2020.
  • Member of the Organizing Committee for ‘3rd International Conference on Food and Nutrition’ organised by BioLEAGUES Worldwide during November 20-21, 2020 at Malaysia.
  • Member of the Committee for Capacity Building and Research under the PMFME scheme constituted by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, since July 24, 2020.
  • Member of the ‘Research Advisory Committee’ at the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Haryana for three years from July 2020.
  • Member of the India-Denmark Joint Working Group (JWG) on ‘Food Processing’.
  • Member of the drafting team for formulating ‘Draft guidelines for evaluation of nano-based agri and food products in India’ constituted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
  • Member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Tamil Nadu Panel on Agri and Food Processing.
  • Member of the Scientific Panel on Cereals, Pulses & Legume and their Products (Including Bakery) constituted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
  • Inter-Ministerial Expert Committee Member to frame ‘Guidelines for evaluation of nano-based agri and food products in India, constituted by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, since 2019.
  • Expert Member to participate in the brainstorming meeting on ‘Food fortification and newer technologies to improve the bioavailability of nutrients’ by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, since 2019.
  • Expert Member of the MSSRF research group formed to undertake a study on ‘Market infrastructure, value addition and logistics in the context of the larger policy goal of doubling farmer’s income’.
  • Member of the Expert Group of CSIR Mission on ‘Food and Consumer Safety Solutions (FOCUS)’, since December 2017.
  • Principal Member of the ‘Sectional Committee of Food & Agriculture Department in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)’ for the scope of food grains, allied products and other agricultural produce.
  • Member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, for considering the R&D proposals received under the scheme of ‘Research and development in the processed food sector’, since September 13, 2017.
  • Member of the Indo-Italy Joint Working Group on Food Processing, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India.
  • Member of the Monitoring Committee for the CSIR Mission mode project ‘Development of affordable technologies for quality milk assessment’.
  • Expert Member for the formulation of food processing policy for Tamil Nadu State Government in line with the draft model food Processing policy developed by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India.
  • Member of CII, Tamil Nadu State Council 2018-2019, Agri, Food Processing and Millet Panel.
  • Expert Member of the Agriculture Biotechnology Task Force, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
  • Member of the Academic Council of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore.
  • Member of Ph.D. thesis viva-voce examination of Ms. Alfa Sarita Mohanty (CSIR-IIMT, Bhubaneswar) held on February 27, 2020.
  • Organizing Committee Member for the 2nd International Nutrition and Food Technology Conference (iNutrition 2020) held during August 5-7, 2020 at London, United Kingdom.
  • Selection Committee Member for the recruitment of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor in NIFTEM, Haryana.
  • International Advisory Committee Member for the 10th Asia Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2019) held during December 14-17, 2019.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for the ‘International Symposium on Spices as Flavours, Fragrances, and Functional Foods (SYMSAC-X)’ held at ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi, Kerala from May 6-9, 2020.
  • Member of the Advisory Council for Kerala Agri Development and Sustainable Producer Company (KADS PCL).
  • Monitoring Committee Member to review the progress of NCP and FBR projects funded under the ‘Agriculture Nutrition Biotech’ theme constituted by CSIR.
  • Committee Member for the finalization of entries on MyGov for impactful intervention suggestion under the MoFPI scheme.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee of the International Conference on ‘Advances in Chemical, Food and Bioprocess Technology (ACFBT-2020)’ organized by Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Punjab, held during February 26-29, 2020.
  • Member of the Internal Committee for Desk/Internal review of the Scheme for Human Resources and Institution - Skill Development (SHRISD) of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India.
  • Selection Committee Member for the recruitment of superannuated professor post at NIFTEM, Kundli.
  • Advisor for the ICFoST XXVII by AFST(I) on the theme of ‘Raising Agro-processing & Integrating Novel technologies for Boosting Organics Wellness (RAINBOW-2019) conducted at Tezpur University, Assam during December 18-20, 2019.
  • Organizing Committee Member of the 2nd International Conference and Expo on Food and Nutrition (ICEFN-2019) held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during November 7-8, 2019.
  • National Advisory Committee Member for the National Conference on ‘Health Wellness through Nutrition and Nutraceuticals - 2019’.
  • Scientific Committee Member of the International Conference on ‘Whole Grain Technology’ at the Food Processing Technology Department at AMET University, Chennai during August 21 22, 2019.
  • Member of the Selection Committee for the promotion of teachers of NIFTEM under Career Advancement Scheme (CAS).
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for the 33rd National Convention of Agricultural Engineers & National Seminar on ‘Commercial Crops Processing and Value Addition’ organized by The Institution of Engineers (India).
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for the National Conference on ‘Food Processing and Preservation: Biochemical Principles, Quality & Safety (FPP-2019)’ organized by Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the National Steering Committee for PGP College of Agricultural Sciences.
  • Scientific Committee Member of the 19th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology–2018.
  • Member of the India Local organizing committee of the 19th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology–2018.
  • International Scientific Committee Member of International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF 13) held during September 23-26, 2019.
  • Advisory Committee Member for the International Conference on ‘Role of Agricultural Engineering towards Global Food Security’, held at Bengaluru during April 11-13, 2019.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee of the National Conference on ‘New Horizons in Food Processing Technology and Nutrition (NHFPTN -2019).
  • Member of the Governing Council of Anjalai Ammal Engineering College, Koyilvenni, Thiruvarur.
  • Expert Panelist for the discussion at Investors’ conference on supply chain management scheme for fruits, vegetables, and other perishables in Krishnagiri & Coimbatore District of Tami Nadu, organized by NITI AAYOG, Chennai on September 20, 2018.
  • Expert Panelist for a discussion at the sustainable meet for ‘Operation Green’ to promote Farmer Producer’s organizations (FPOs), agri logistics, processing facilities and professional management under the chairmanship of Honourable Minister of Food Processing Management at New Delhi on May 15, 2018.
  • Member of the Standing Committee of Government e-Marketplace (SCOGeM).
  • Expert Member of the Strategy Workshop on ‘Harnessing Full Potential of A1 & A2 Milk in India’ Organized by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences’, New Delhi.
  • Member of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for evaluation of proposals received by the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR).
  • Member of the Academic Council of Kongu College of Engineering, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the Stakeholder Consultation Meeting to draft the ‘Food Processing Policy of Tamil Nadu’ held at Agricultural Marketing and Agri-Business, Guindy, Chennai on March 28, 2018.
  • Chairman of the Advisory Committee for B.Tech. Food Technology course, Department of Food Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Selection Committee Panelist on the ‘Recruitment & assessment board’ for the selection of scientists held at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, India during February 19-20, 2018.
  • Panelist for the ‘India Food Forum 2018’ inaugural session on ‘Food Start-ups and innovation Convention’ held at Goregaon, Mumbai on January 19, 2018.
  • Member of the Task Force on Food Processing Sector constituted by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, since July 24, 2017.
  • Expert Member for the ‘Meeting on nutritional supplements in sports: a dope-free model’, organized by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on June 29, 2017.
  • Expert Member for the brainstorming meeting at DRDO HQ-New Delhi on ‘R&D activities focused to the food requirement of services and paramilitary forces’, organized by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) of DRDO, Mysore on May 18, 2017.
  • Member of the Lab Equipment Purchase Committee for setting up a regional food testing laboratory at IID-Nalbari, Assam.
  • Member of the Committee to discuss on ‘Development of food processing infrastructure in organic production clusters in the northeast region and Testing & certification of organic products’ at IIFPT and NIFTEM, organized by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) at New Delhi on April 7, 2017.
  • Member of the Empowered Committee for strengthening and upgradation of food testing laboratories, established by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
  • Member of the Project Approval Committee (PAC) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) for the component of setting up/upgrading food testing laboratories under the scheme for quality assurance.
  • Member of the Technical Scrutiny Committee (TSC) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) for the component of setting up/upgrading of food testing laboratories under the scheme for quality assurance.
  • Participant in the National Round Table on Innovation in public service delivery on the sidelines of the third Festival of Innovation (FOIN) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, during March 4-10, 2017.
  • Participated as the Director, IICPT as a Member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the MoFPI held at Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi, on December 16, 2016.
  • Member of the National Advisory Committee for the National seminar on Trends and Innovation in Food Processing Technology: Prospects and challenges (TIFPT 2017), organized by the Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University during February 2017.
  • Panelist for the brainstorming session ‘National skill plan in food processing sector’, on the sidelines of national skill plan for 2017-22 in the food processing sector, organized by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) at New Delhi on January 24, 2017.
  • Member of the Technical Committee for the establishment of packaging unit, Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives (TANII) on ‘Ultra high-density orcharding and modern method of fruit cultivation’, at Horticulture College and Research Institute, TNAU, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of Technical Committee for the purchase of packaging unit, Tamil Nadu innovation Initiatives (TANII) on ‘Washing sorting and grading plant (packaging unit) of 1 ton per hour capacity for fruits’, at Horticulture College and Research Institute, TNAU, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on ‘Sustainable utilization of tropical plant biomass: Bioproducts, biocatalysts and biorefinery’ (SutB4) organized by the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, TNAU, Coimbatore, November 2016.
  • Member Convener of the Executive committee of IICPT as Director, IICPT (2016-2022).
  • Selection Committee Member for the award of ‘UGC-BSR Research fellowship’ for the Chemical Engineering Department, Anna University, Chennai.
  • External Expert Member for approving the draft proposal for ‘Benchmarks of Food Processing Technologies’ by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), New Delhi.
  • External Examiner for the Ph.D. (Biotechnology) course, Department of Biotechnology, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
  • External Member for the Ph.D. selection committee for 2014-15 academic admissions of Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
  • External Examiner for the M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) course, Department of Chemical Engineering, A.C. Tech, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
  • External Examiner for the M.Sc. (Food Technology) course, Department of Studies and Research in Food Technology, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka.
  • External Examiner for the B.Tech. (Food Technology) course, Department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai affiliated to Anna University Coimbatore.
  • External Expert Member for the Doctoral Committee of Department of Food Process Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
  • Member of the Board of Studies for B.Tech. & M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) courses of VIT University, Vellore (since 2016).
  • Member of the Board of Studies for B.Tech. & M.Tech. (Biotechnology) courses of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu (2016-2017).
  • Member of the Board of Studies for M.Sc. (Food Technology) course of the University of Mysore (since 2013).
  • Member of the Board of Studies for B.Tech. (Food Technology) course of Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai affiliated to Anna University Coimbatore (since 2009).
  • Member of the Board of Studies for B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) course of Periyar Maniammai University, Thanjavur (since 2015).
  • Member of the Board of Studies for ‘Food Processing and Preservation’ at the American College, Madurai (Academic year: 2015 – 2016).
  • Board of Examiner for M.Sc. (Food Technology), University of Mysore, Karnataka.
  • Board of Examiner for M.Sc. (Food Technology), CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, Karnataka.
  • Board of Examiner for PG diploma in Food Quality Control, DFRL, Karnataka.
  • Convener of CSIR-CFTRI open day programme from September 2014.
  • Expert Committee Member of the ‘Trade committee in food processing sector’ (2013).
  • Research Guide for PhD-Biotechnology, University of Mysore.
  • Research Guide for PhD programmes in Engineering Science and Biological Science, Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research AcSIR, CSIR.
  • Research Guide for PhD-Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
  • Member of the Management Council of CSIR-CFTRI (from January 2012 to December 2013).
  • Coordinator of the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), at CSIR-CFTRI, (September 2012 – April 2016).

    • Editor/ Editorial Board Member of Journals

  • Life member of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI) (LM 2527)
  • Life Member of the Bose Science Society (M566/BSS/2019)
  • Life Member of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (LM:11373)
  • Life Member of the Indian Society for Spices (Registration No. 179/1993)
  • Life Member of the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India), AFST(I)
  • Member of Institute of Engineers (MIE: M-142208-6)
  • Member of the Association of Microbiologists of India
  • Member of the Society for Biological Chemists
  • Member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago
  • Member of the Academic Council of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

    • Editorial Assignments in SCI Journals (Present Appointments)

  • Lead Guest Editor for the Special Issue proposal to the American Chemical Society for the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Editor of Coconut Research and Development Journal (CORD)
  • Associate Editor of Food and Bioprocess Technology, Springer Nature (Impact Factor: 5.3)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Packaging Technology and Research, Indian Institute of Packaging, Delhi in collaboration with Springer (Impact Factor: 2.17)
  • Editorial Board Member of Journal of Food Process Engineering, Wiley (Impact Factor: 2.7)
  • International Editorial Advisory Board, Drying Technology (Impact Factor: 2.7)

    • Editorial Assignments in SCI Journals (Past Appointments)

  • Editorial Board Member of Sustainable Food Processing (Specialty Section of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems; Impact Factor: 4.7)
  • Guest Editor, Wiley – Journal of Food Process Engineering – Special Issue on International Conference on Recent Advances in Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT’18) (Impact Factor: 1.703)
  • Associate Editor of International Journal of Food Engineering, De Gruyter (Impact Factor: 1.6)
  • Academic Editor, PLOS ONE (Impact Factor: 2.74)
  • Editor of Journal of Food Science and Technology, Springer (Impact Factor: 2.6)
  • Editorial board member, Specialty section of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Editorial Board Member of Journal of Food Science and Engineering, David Publishing Company, Libertyvilles, USA
  • Editorial Board Member of Food Science Journal (Academy Science Society)
  • Editorial Board Member of International Journals of Applied Nanotechnology
  • Editorial Board Member of Computational Biology Journal
  • Editorial Board Member of Current Updates in Nanotechnology