Dr. Hosahalli Ramaswamy
Foreign Fellow, Elected 2019
Born in Hosahlli, Shimoga, District, Karnataka State on November 13, 1950. B.Sc. 1970 (Bangalore University), M.Sc. (Food Technology) 1972 (CFTRI), MSc 1979 and PhD 1983 (Food Science0 (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Professor, Department of Food Science, McGill University, Canada from June 1, 2002 to date
Associate Professor, Deptartment of Food Science, McGill University, Canada, 1992 2002; Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, McGill University, Canada, 1987-92; Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow Okanagan Dried Fruits, OK Falls, Canada, 1986-87; Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University Canada, 1983-86; Ph.D. student and teaching assistant from September 1 1978 to May 31, 1983; Scientific Researcher and PhD student, CFTRI, Mysore from 1974-78; Production Manager, KAMCO Fruit Factory Sirsi, NK, Karnataka, 1972-1974
Awards/Honours: Fellowship of Royal Society of Canada; Life Time Achievement Award of International Union of Food Engineers (IAFE, ICEF); Fellowship of International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST); Fellowship of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India); Fellowship of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST); Fellow of Canadian Society of Bioengineering (CSBE); W.J. Eva Award for CIFST, Canada; Outstanding Alumni (Central Food Technological Research Institute) (CFTRI); John Clark Award of Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE); President’s Award of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST); Merit Pin and Marvin Tung Award (IFTPS) (Highest Award of Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists, Washington DC, USA
Research Areas: Food Science, Food Processing, Process Engineering, Process Development and Evaluation
Address: Professor, Department of Food Science, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Belevue, Quebec, Canada, H9X3V9;; [Tel: Off. 01-514-398-7019; Cell: 01-514-608-9587; Email: hosahalli.ramaswamy@mcgill.ca]
