Ramesh C RayRamesh C. Ray, Ph.D., is an agriculture and food microbiologist, author, editor and is currently serving as an adjunct professor in industrial biotechnology at Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA), deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. He is a former dstinguished member of Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and Head of the Regional Centre, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute at Bhubaneswar, India. Dr. Ray has over 45 years of research experience in agriculture, food, and industrial microbiology. He has published around 250 research and scientific articles including 80 book chapters, edited and co-edited 26 books, and co-authored three books. Dr. Ray was a visiting professor and scientist at several universities and research institutes in India and abroad and a consultant on sweet potato with the International Potato Center (CIP). He was a guest faculty member in Applied Microbiology at Utkal University, India, from 2000 to 2010. Dr. Ray is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, and the National Academy of Biological Sciences, Chennai, India. His name is included among the top 2% of scientists in the world (in the year 2020-2024) in the database prepared by Stanford University. Read More Read Less