Rice Science: Biotechnological and Molecular Advancements

Deepak Kumar Verma is an agricultural science professional and is currently a PhD Research Scholar with specialization in food processing engineering at the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. In 2012, he received a DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD study by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) of the Ministry of Science and Technology by the Government of India. He is currently doing research on “Isolation and Characterization of Aroma Volatile and Flavoring Compounds from Aromatic and Non-Aromatic Rice Cultivars of India.”

Prem Prakash Srivastav, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in West Bengal, India. He teaches various undergraduate- to PhD-level courses as well as guides many research projects at the PhD, master’s, and undergraduate levels. His research interests include the development of specially designed convenience, functional and therapeutic foods; extraction of nutraceuticals; and the development of various low-cost food processing machineries. He has published research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals.

Altafhusain Nadaf, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at Savitribai Phule Pune University in Pune, India, a position he has held for the past 13 years. His area of expertise is the biochemistry and molecular genetics of scented rice. His research accolades include being awarded the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 India4EU II scholarship to teach at the University of Bolgona, Italy, as a Visiting Professor in 2014 as well as earning the DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship to work as a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. He is currently working as a reviewer for many international journals and has more than 50 research papers published in similar peer-reviewed entities.