Scientific Advisory Board

Chairperson - Dr. Kaushik Banerjee

Director, ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune

President, India section of AOAC

Dr. Kaushik Banerjee is the Chairperson of the newly formed Executive Committee, a National Fellow (ICAR) and Director at ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune.
He is a recipient of Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London.
Dr. Banerjee has widely published in peer-reviewed journals and served as a Member of the AOAC Expert Review Panel.
His research involves safety evaluation of agrochemicals and developing strategies to minimize agrochemical residues in crops at harvest.
He has significantly contributed in developing the analytical competence of the food testing laboratories across India and implementing trace level residue monitoring systems in compliance with international guidelines.
Dr. Banerjee’s current area of research predominantly focuses on the development of LC-MS and GC-MS based residue analysis methods for the estimation of food and environmental contaminant

Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator

Member Secretary of the Society for PBTI

Director, Punjab State Biotech Corporation

Dr Ajit Dua is the CEO of Punjab Biotechnology Incubator (PBTI), which is the FSSAI’s Referral Laboratory and National Reference Laboratory for Sweets and Confectionery including Honey.
She has been recognized with the prestigious State Award by the Government of Punjab.
Dr Dua is a member of various international and national standard setting bodies such as ISO, BIS, and FSSAI.
She has served as the Chairperson of the Scientific Panel of FSSAI on Sweets, Confectionery, and Sweeteners including Sugar and Honey.
Dr Dua’s research group has introduced Nuclear Techniques as a regulatory tool for Food Authenticity in India and is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria on Honey authenticity.
She is also empaneled as Lead and Technical Assessor with NABL

Director, Centre of Excellence in Unani Medicine (Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology)

Head of the Department of Food Technology at Jamia Hamdard in New Delhi.
Professor in the Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
40 research projects
Organized numerous seminars and workshops on herbal drugs and botanicals, including two international conferences (IASTAM 2022 and SFEC 2020).
Guest and Associate Editor at Frontiers in Pharmacology
Special Editor at J AOAC International, and a Member Expert at USP Botanical Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines Expert Committee, among other prestigious positions.

Associate Professor & Head of Department, NIFTEM

Dr. Komal Chauhan is an accomplished academic and researcher in the field of food science and nutrition.
Doctorate in Food Science and Nutrition from Banasthali University, Rajasthan. Gold Medalist and scholarship holder at Masters level
Over two decades of teaching and research experience
Associate Professor in Nutrition at NIFTEM.
Published and presented several papers in National and International Journals and conferences
Worked on projects sponsored by UNICEF, UGC, DST/SERB/MoFPI, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, MP Govt, WCD Govt. of Kerala
Areas of research include Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Nutritional Biochemistry, and impact of nutrition on malnutrition and non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity.

Deputy Managing Director, NDDB CALF Ltd

Deputy Managing Director of NDDB CALF Ltd., a multi-disciplinary testing laboratory and proficiency testing provider located in Anand, Gujarat.
Crucial role in making CALF an NRL and Referral laboratory for Milk & Dairy products, and setting up an accredited testing facility for honey.
With 29 years of experience in analytical science, he specializes in residue testing of mycotoxins, veterinary drugs, pesticides, environmental contaminants, and heavy metal residues, as well as general and nutritional parameters of food and agricultural products.
He is a member of the Scientific Panel of Method of Sampling and Analysis of FSSAI and various Bureau of Indian Standards Committees.
He is also a member of the International Dairy Federation Standing Committee on Analytical Methods on Additives and Contaminants.

OSD, CBRTI, Pune

Impressive academic and professional background in bee botany and honey research
Ph.D. on mellifera honeys from all geographical zones of India and over 50 published research papers
Contributed significantly to the beekeeping industry in India through preparing floral calendars, developing pollen collection and preservation methodologies, and carrying out royal jelly collection, presentation, and product development
Active member of advisory boards and scientific panels, involved in shaping policies and standards related to beekeeping and honey production in India
Exceptional expertise in bee flora and valuable bee products recognized by the Governor of Uttarakhand
Demonstrates dedication and passion for the industry, cementing her position as a valuable contributor to the field of bee botany and honey research.

Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur (IISER BPR)

Member of the NMR Society & has done independent work on honey testing.
Specializes in developing tailored NMR spectroscopy methods to pinpoint metabolic signatures in tissue and biofluid isolates across pediatric and adult disorders.
His research involves a multidisciplinary approach, including MRI, tractography, metabolic imaging, artificial intelligence, and metabolic modeling.
Dr. Tiwari’s group focuses on deciphering noninvasive structural and metabolic associates of genetic and epigenetic events in patients with brain disorders, such as glioma and dementia.
The group uses rodent model systems and tumor cell-lines to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of cancer initiation and progression.
Developing novel metabolic models to generate in vivo metabolic maps across the whole brain tumor mass to understand tumor heterogeneity.
They extensively employ the ‘Radiogenomics approach’ to extract texture and tumor-relevant features predictive of glioma aggressiveness and genomic markers to improve clinical management.