Dr. Dattatreya M. Kadam is Principal Scientist (APE) and Head HCP (Ad. Ch.) at ICAR-CIPHET (GoI), Ludhiana who is actively involved in research and development activities of Agricultural/Food Process Engineering. Presently working on a cutting edge Nano technology projects. He obtained his B. Tech (Agril. Engg), M. Tech (PAS) and Ph. D (Engg) from CAE Raichur (UAS, Dharwad), PAU, Ludhiana and IARI, New Delhi, respectively. He has published more than 35 research papers in National and Internationally reputed journals, 2 booklets, 15 book chapters, 7 bulletins, 4 extension leaflets, 13 popular articles and filled 2 patents. He is working on design and development of agro-processing based machines/equipments, tools and value added food products. Prepared many workable project profiles to encourage upcoming entrepreneurs and youths to come forward and establish food processing industries. He has received many awards such as The Young Engineer Award; Young Scientist Award; Prestigious BOYSCAST FELLOW; Mother Teresa Sadhavan Award; IFCON 2013 BEST POSTER award; Host Scientist for 'CV Raman International Fellowship for African Researcher; ICAR-CIPHET Silver Jubilee Best Scientist Award. He has undergone an advanced research training on Developed biodegradable biopolymers embedded with nanoparticles at Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A. as DST's BOYSCAST Fellow award. He has vast experience to handle ITMU (IPR), Business Planning and Development (BPD), Agri-Business Incubation (ABI). He is Officer In charge of Post-Harvest Machine and Equipment (PHME) Testing Centre at ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana approved by Mechanization & Technology Division, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.
