Millets and Millet Starch: Chemical Composition, Functional Modification, and Applications Nutri-cereals from Farm to Fork and Beyond

Dr. Jaspal Singh is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Chemistry, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, India. He has done his Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry from Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar. Dr. Singh is a double post graduate; M.Sc. Chemistry from IIT, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India and M.E. in Polymer Chemistry from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. He is engaged in research work related to chemical kinetics, synthesis of drug, polymer science basically in emulsion and emulsion paint technology. He is recipient of GATE 96, 98, NET (UGC-CSIR) 2000. He has over 15 years of research/academic experience, over 66 publications in reputed international/national peer-reviewed scientific journals and supervised 6 successful Ph.D’s. Dr. Singh has visited several research laboratories and industries. He has chaired various technical sessions, organized several conferences, delivered invited talks and presented more than 60 research papers in national/international conferences. Dr. Singh has authored 4 books credited for his research work. He is actively working as convener Indian Science Congress (Haridwar Chapter). He is running research project funded from Uttarakhand Science Education Research Centre as Principal Investigator.

Dr. Mayank Kumar Malik is presently working as Assistant Professor (C) in Department of Chemistry, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, India. He is Associate member of Royal Society of Chemistry, London. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry from Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, India. Dr. Malik has also done Post Graduate Diploma in GIS & Remote Sensing with distinction from C.C.S. University, Meerut and PGDBA from Anna Malai University, India. Dr. Malik has also worked as Research Assistant (Project) in Uttarakhand Council of science and technology sponsored research project, at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), India. He has over five years of research/ academic experience, over 13 national and internationally published book chapters. He has 15 publications in reputed international peer-reviewed scientific journals, presented over 25 research papers in national/international conferences, published many articles in newspapers, acted as resource person and delivered 3 invited talks. He has one Indian patent published in his research kitty. He has received best paper presentation award conferred by Association of Pharmacy Professional (Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chapter) and excellence award for outstanding performance in research conferred by IPGA (Uttrakhand State Branch). His research interests include millet science; starch structure, functionalities and modifications; starch transitions in pharmaceutical and food/non-food industry; and the thermal, rheological properties of bio-polymers.