N VenkatachalapathyDr N. Venkatachalapathy is a Professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Chairman of the Working Group on Grain Sciences at the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, India. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree i Agricultural Engineering and Master of Engineering in Post-Harvest Technology from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and PhD from Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu. He is a Life Member of many professional bodies and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). His recent research work has been directed towards addressing farmers and primary processors' problems. This includes developing gadgets for value addition and increasing farmers' and processors' income. He has published more than 45 papers in international and national journals. He has also published a Book on Brown Rice in Springer. He is a reviewer for many international journals. Read More Read Less