National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Chandragiri Nagaraja Rao Ravishankar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2015

Born in Chandragiri, Karnataka, India on 20 April 1963. Educated at College of Fisheries, Mangalore, UAS, Bangalore for B.F.Sc. 1984; M.F.Sc. 1986; Ph.D. 1990; Certificate Course on "Managing Sustainable Projects and Programmes" at Development and Project Planning Centre, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, 1997; Certificate Course on HACCP at Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, London, UK, 1997; Post Graduate Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture, University of Hyderabad, 2013.

Scientist, 1991-96; Scientist-Senior scale, 1996-2000; Senior Scientist, 2000-2008; Principal Scientist, 2008 onwards; Head, Fish Processing Division, and Head-in-Charge, Engineering Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, 2011-2014. Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi, Kerala, 2014-2022); Director and Vice-Chancellor, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (2022-2025).

Awards/Honours: University Gold Medal for securing First Rank in PhD (Fish Processing Technology) - University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore; HACCP Merit Certificate, Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene, London, UK; TCT Award in Fish Processing Technology, Department for International Development, UK; Dr. L.C. Sikka Endowment Award of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi for the Biennium 2019-20; ICAR Team Research Award, 2002; K. Chidambaram Memorial Award, Fisheries Technocrats Forum, Chennai; Best Indian Fisheries Scientist, PFGF, Certificate of Appreciation from DG, ICAR - For establishing Incubation centre and commercialization of fisheries technologies, NAIP; National Award for Best Agri-Business Incubator for the year 2013 during AgriTex 2013; SKOCH Order of Merit Award for qualifying amongst Top 30 transformational innovation projects in India, 2017; SKOCH Evergreen Platinum Award 2018 and Order-of-Merit for initiatives on `Green, Clean and Affordable Energy: Multi-purpose Solar Conversion System'; Indian Agribusiness Excellence Award 2018;`Low Cost Technology Award' from AFSTI for contribution towards development of best low cost technology in the field of Food science and Technology or allied areas; Future Kerala Educational Excellence Award 2018; EduNext Excellence Award for Research and Development 2018;Kerala State Energy Conservation Commendation Certificate 2018, Govt. of Kerala; Kerala State Renewable Energy (Akshaya Oorja) Award and commendation certificate in appreciation of the achievements towards research and innovation initiatives on renewable energy resources; During the tenure as the Director, ICAR-CIFT won the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2018 for the third time.

Fellow: Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India); Society of Fisheries Technologists (India); Karnataka Science & Technology Academy

Research Areas: Post Harvest Technology of Fish, Fish Processing and Packaging Technology, Food Science and Technology, Food Safety, Agri-business Management, Intellectual Property Rights

Address: Apartment No. 31121, Prestige Jindal City, Tumkur Road, Manjunatha Nagar, Near Chikkabidarakallu Metro Station, Bengaluru 560073, Karnataka; [Tel: Cell: 9446474368; Email: cnrs2000@gmail.com]

Member Executive Council 1 Jan, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2024; Shri L.C. Sikka Endowment Award 2019-2020