President

Dr. Parthiban Muthukumarasamy

National Operations Coordinator
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa ON, Canada

President Elect

Dr. Ravin Gnanasambandam

Senior Scientist
Land O'Lakes Inc., Arden Hills, MN

Past President

Ms. Neera Tulshian

President
IAM International Inc., Lebanon, NJ

Secretary

Chithra Panchapakesan

Product Development Manager
MARS Snack Food, Hackettstown, NJ

Treasurer

Dr. Vishal Jain

Member 1

Dr. Anand Subramanian

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Washington State University (USDA-ARS-HCRL Worksite), Parma, ID

Member 2

Dr. Anuradha Prakash

Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Chapman University, Orange, CA

Member 3

Jairam Vanamala

Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Member 4

Navam Hettiarachchy

Professor
Department of Food Science
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Member 5

Neetu Motwani

General Mills, Golden Valley, MN

Student Liaisons

Ms. Meera Iyer

Graduate Student
Department of Food Science and Technology
Cornell University, Geneva, NY

Mr. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Poreddy

Graduate Student
Department of Food and Animal Sciences
Alabama A & M University, Normal, AL

Honarary Advisory Board

Dr. Arti Bedi

Research & Development Manager
Land O'Lakes, St. Paul, MN

Dr. Kathiravan Krishnamurthy

Research Assistant Professor/Engineer
National Center for Food Safety and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, Summit-Argo, IL

Dr. Rakesh Singh

Professor and Department Head
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Dr. Ramakishan Rao

National Program Leader
USDA-CREES, Washington DC

Dr. Syed Rizvi

Professor
Department of Food Science,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY