Dr. Kshirod Kumardash, Ph.D. is working as Professor in the Department of Food Processing Technology, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda, West Bengal, India. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam. Dr. Dash completed his B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, OUAT, Bhubaneswar; M.Tech. in Dairy and Food Engineering from IIT Kharagpur; and Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Dash has obtained his Post-Doc from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He has guided several postgraduate and doctoral students and published more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters in edited volumes. He is a life member of different professional bodies in India and a member of IFT, USA. The research interests of Dr. Dash include Food Process Engineering, Unit Operations in Food Processing, Fluid Mechanics, Heat and mass transfer in food processing. Other aspects of his career can be found on the site https://www.gkciet.ac.in/faculty/13Dr Mudasir Ahmad Malik is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Processing Technology, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology Malda West Bengal. He has completed his B. Tech in Food Technology from Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora and M. Tech and PhD in Food Engineering and Technology from Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Longowal. He has a number of international publications in the field of Food Technology in reputed peer reviewed journals. He has worked on buckwheat starch during M Tech program and sunflower proteins isolates during PhD program. He has participated in number of national and International conferences related to Food Technology. He is currently working on the utilization of food wastes from food industries for the development of value added products. He has worked in number of universities of the country before joining the current institute. He is expert in food engineering, food chemistry, fruit and vegetable and cereal and pulses. https://www.gkciet.ac.in/faculty/15.