Dr. V.V.Sreenarayanan Ph.D.
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Dr. V.V.Sreenarayanan, Principal did his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from N.S.S. College of Engineering, Palghat in 1968 and M.Sc. (Engg.) degree in Production Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, in 1975. Later in 1983, he obtained his Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from I.I.T. Kharagpur.

He worked at the College of Agricultural Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in various capacities in teaching, research, and extension activities, for more than three decades in that, he served as Dean (Ag. Engg.) for about nine years. He developed many improved Post-harvest and Food Processing equipment which were released by TNAU to the farming community and entrepreneurs.

Dr. Sreenarayanan has guided 10 Doctoral (Ph.D.) theses, 19 Masters (M.E (Ag.)) theses and 15 under students (BE / B.Tech.) Project Works, while serving at TNAU. He published/ presented 195 research/ popular articles in various National and International Journals/ Conferences. He worked as a Visiting Researcher during 1994-95 at the University of Manitoba, Canada, and also undergone training in the emerging areas of Food Engineering at the McGill University, Canada.

Dr. Sreenarayanan was the recipient of the Best Researcher Award of TNAU in 1995 for his outstanding research contributions in post-harvest and food processing. He received Kejriwal award in 1999 for the Best paper published in the Indian Food Packer. His paper on “Conduction Parboiling of Paddy” was adjudged as the Best Poster Presentation during the IV International Food Convention held at CFTRI, Mysore in 1999. Dr.Sreenarayanan was conferred with Fellow by the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers in 1998.