Biography:

Professor JB Prajapati is a Dairy Technologist with Ph.D. in Dairy Microbiology. He served at the Faculty of Dairy Science for 40 years and retired as its dean in 2020. He is a renowned probiotic food scientist, with over 400 publications. He is the founder of Swedish South Asian Network on Fermented Foods and have organized several conferences and training programs to promote fermented foods for health and nutrition. He is widely travelled across the globe and receipt of several awards for his research work. At present he is serving as the Chairman, Indian Dairy Association (West Zone), Mumbai.