PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

2016	Elected as Phi Tau Sigma Food Science and Technology Honour Society Lifetime membership award - Phi Tau Sigma the Honour Society of Food Science and Technology, USA
2016	International Dairy Foods Association Research Award in Dairy Foods Processing - International Dairy Foods Association, USA
2016	Institute of Food Technologists Fellow award- Institute of Food Technologists, USA
2015	Lushan Friendship medal - People’s Government of Jiangxi Province, PR China
2015	National Dairy Research Institute Dr. K.K. IYA Memorial Oration award - Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India
2014	American Dairy Science Association Fellow award - American Dairy Science Association, USA
2013	Institute of Food Technologists Certified Food Scientist award - International Food Science Certification Commission, USA
2013	American Dairy Science Association Distinguished Service Award- American Dairy Science Association, USA
2011	Keith Farrer award of merit - Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Australia
2009	William C. Haines Dairy Science Award presented-California Dairy Research Foundation, USA
2008	Loftus-Hills silver medal - Dairy Industry Association, Australia
2005	Vice -Chancellor’s Medal for Excellence in Research – Victoria University, Australia
2004	Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Fellow award- Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Australia
2003	Marschall Rhodia International Dairy Science Award – Danisco, USA
2001	Best academic staff -Faculty of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Australia
2000	Best academic staff Faculty of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Australia
1999	American Dairy Science Association Foundation Scholar Award - American Dairy Science Association, USA
1980-1982	USAID Scholarship (for M.Sc. studies at S. Dakota State University, USA)
1974-78	Colombo Plan Scholarship (for B.V.Sc. & A.H. studies at Rajendra Agricultural Univ., India)

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
Fellow of American Dairy Science Association
Professional Member of the Institute of Food Technologists
Professional Member of Dairy Industry Association of Australia

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Editor, LWT-Journal of Food Science and Technology (2016-).
Associate editor, Journal of Food Science (2010-)
Associate editor, International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics (2014-)
Editor – International Journal of Dairy Science (2005-)
Editorial board of Journal of Dairy Science (2001-2003)
Editorial board of Bioscience and Microflora (2002-)
Associate editor for ASEAN Food Journal (2002-2006)
Editorial board of International Dairy Journal (2004-2016)

REVIEWER FOR RESEARCH PAPERS FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS

Journal of Dairy Research
Journal of Food Science
Journal of Dairy Science
International Dairy Journal
Food Microbiology
ASEAN Food Journal
International Journal of Microbiology
Australian Journal of Dairy Technology
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Netherlands Milk and Dairy Journal
Food Australia

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Chair, Fellow award selection committee, ADSA Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 24-28, 2017.
Committee Member of the International Dairy Foods Association Research Award in Dairy Foods Processing - International Dairy Foods Association, USA, 2017.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, March 08, 2017.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and not to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Sept., 27, 2016.
Conduct of a workshop on “Developing international relationships”. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, June 26, 2016.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and not to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, March 08, 2016.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and not to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. National dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India, February 22, 2016.
Organizer of the symposium and Chair of the session entitled ‘Advances in bacterial exo-polysaccharides: from production to applications in dairy foods and health, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015.
Conduct of a workshop on “Developing international relationships”. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, July 1, 2015.
Organizer of the symposium and Chair of the session entitled ‘Dairy foods consumption, gut microbiota and human health, ADSA Annual meetings, Kansas City, MO, July 20-24, 2014.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and not to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, March 11, 2015.
Conduct of a workshop on “Developing international relationships”. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, December 5, 2014.
Conduct of a workshop on how to publish and not to publish and how to increase citations and h-index. Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, August 13, 2014.
Organization of a symposium and chair of the session entitled ‘Dairy foods consumption, gut microbiota and human health, ADSA Annual meeting, Kansas City, MO, July 20-24, 2014.
Chair of a session of the 5th IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of fermented milk, Melbourne, Australia, March 3-7, 2014.
Chair of a session of the International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 6-7, 2013.
Committee Member of the IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk, Melbourne, Australia, March 5- 7, 2014.
Managing guest editor, International Dairy Journal for the special issue ‘Advances in Dairy Biotechnology and Safety’, Sept. 2012- Sept. 2013.
Committee member, Food Science and Biotechnology symposium, International Conference for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ICCMB3), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Dec.8-10, 2012.
Committee member, 1st International Dairy Biotechnology conference, Shanghai, PR China, Sept. 24-25, 2012.
Co-chair for judging contest for young scientist award presentation at the International symposium on probiotics for human health – New innovations and emerging trends, New Delhi, August 27-28, 2012.
Chair, International Scientific conference - Probiotic and prebiotics, Kosice, Slovakia, June 12-14, 2012.
External examiner for the Food Science and Technology program, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, June 18-24, 2012.
Committee Member of the IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk, Tromso, Norway, June 7-11, 2010.
Advisory board, Technical Program, National symposium on Future of Biotechnology in India, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, W. Bengal, January 8-9, 2009.
Chair, International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 11-12, 2009.
Chair, Technical Program, Dairy Foods Division, American Dairy Science Association, July 2009
Chair, Graduate paper competition, Dairy Foods Division, American Dairy Science Association, 2008
Co-Chair, Technical Program, Dairy Foods Division, American Dairy Science Association, 2008
Chair, International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 14-16, 2007.
Chair, Graduate paper competition, Dairy Foods Division, American Dairy Science Association, San Antonio, TX, 2007
Secretary, American Dairy Science Association, Dairy Foods Division, San Antonio, TX, 2007
Advisory board, International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 14-16, 2007.
Chair, session at Conference of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists India, Hyderabad, India, Nov. 16-17, 2006.
Committee Member of the International Dairy Federation Dairy Science and Technology week, Scientific and Technological Challenges in fermented milk, Sirmione, Italy, 15-19 May 2006.
Principal Guest Editor for International Dairy Journal for a major IDF conference on ‘advances in technology of fermented milks”, Sirmione, Italy, May 15-19, 2006.
Chair, session at the IDF Dairy Science and Technology week, Scientific and Technological Challenges in fermented milk, Sirmione, Italy, 15-19 May 2006.
Co-Chair of the Committee Member at the IDF Dairy Congress, Shanghai, China, Oct. 16-21, 2006.
Chair, session at the International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 17-18, 2005.
Member of the technical programs on probiotics at IDF conference held in Bruges, Belgium, September 8-12, 2003.
ADSA Award Committee for the Danisco International Dairy Science Award, 2004-2006.
Chair of a session at the 10th World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 30 – Dec. 3, 2004.
Committee Member of the IDF conference on ‘Influence of technology on quality of fermented milks’ held in Kolding, June 6-8, 2002.
Co-chairperson of the International Dairy Federation Action Team ‘Influence of technology on quality of fermented milks’.
Organizer and chair of a session on ‘probiotics and prebiotics’ at 9th World Congress of Clinical Nutrition (WCCN), London, June 23-27, 2002.
Technical Program Committee Member, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) conference, Melbourne, August 24-27, 2003. Also, organized a technical session on professional development and chaired the session.
Chair-technical session at the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) conference, Brisbane, July 25-29, 2004.
Guest Editor for International Dairy Journal for a major work initiated by IDF on ‘bioactive substances in milk and colostrum. This work was published in British J. Nutrition 84 (Supp. 1) S3-S10.
Member of the International Dairy Federation Standing Committee now known as Action Team on ‘technology on quality of fermented milks’.
Member of the International Dairy Federation Standing Committee now known as Action Team on ‘bioactive peptides from milk and colostrum.
Chaired a session at the International Dairy Federation’s workshop, Anand, India, December 4-8, 1997.

COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

Functional Foods
Food Microbiology, postgraduate course
Commodity Processing 1, postgraduate course
Commodity Processing 2, postgraduate course
Dairy Science and Technology, postgraduate course
Food Microbiology, undergraduate course
Food Chemistry and Analysis, undergraduate course (until 1995)
Food Technology 1 (Preservation technologies), undergraduate course
Food Technology 2 (Dairy Technology), undergraduate course
Process Engineering 2 (UF), undergraduate course

HKU

Meat and Dairy Science
Introduction to Food and Nutrition
Process Processing and Engineering