Preeti Birwal, PhD, is currently working in the area of nonthermal food preservation, fermented beverages, food packaging, and technology of millet-based beer. She has served at Jain Deemed to be University, Bangalore, as member of board of examiner and placements. She has participated in several national and international conferences and seminars. She has delivered lectures as a resource person on doubling the farmers' income through dairy technology in a training sponsored by the Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. She has also delivered keynote lectures at international conferences. She has delivered many guest lectures. Dr. Birwal has organized one national conference and acted as an advisory member and coordinator for global and international conferences. She has received several awards, such as for Young Women Scientist, Young Researcher Scientist, and Outstanding Scientist by various organizations. She was named outstanding reviewer of the month for the journal Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science. She has 23 research and review papers, 12 edited international books, 22 book chapters, about 43 popular articles, and seven conference papers, 65 abstracts, and two editorial opinions to her credit. She has successfully guided five postgraduate students for their dissertation work. She is serving as external examiner for various Indian state agricultural universities. She is also serving as editor and reviewer for several journals. She is a life member of IDEA, USFN, InSc, VDGOOD,CoAE, and ISDS. Dr. Birwal graduated with a bronze medal (2012) in Dairy Technology from the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. She earned her master's (2014) in Food Process Engineering and Management from NIFTEM, Haryana; and her PhD (Dairy Engineering) from ICAR-NDRI, Bangalore. She is recipient of MHRD (2008), Nestle India (2009), GATE (2012-14), UGC-RGN fellowships (2014-18). She has successfully completed AUTOCAD 2D & 3D certification.
Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. DMegh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico and was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 55 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 130 books.
Baldev Singh Kalsi, is actively involved in the field of food engineering research. His master's degree focused on preservation of juices using ultrasound and in combination with thermal or/and pressure. He is currently working in the area of ohmic heating-assisted extraction of valuable components from agricultural produce. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has won a Best Oral Presentation Award at the 55th Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) and International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Agricultural Engineering Education, Research and Extension, Patna, Bihar; and a Best Poster Presentation Award at the VIIth International Conference on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences (GRISAAS-2022), Birsa Agricultural University, Jharkhand, India. He is the recipient of a University Merit Scholarship during his master and PhD degree programs. He has two research papers in international journals, one accepted book chapter, two popular articles, and six abstracts, to his credit.
