National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Venkateshwarlu Gudipati
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in Nakrekal, Telangana, India on 15 May 1962. Educated at Zilla Parishad High School, Nakrekal, Telangana 1975-77; Government Junior College, Miryalaguda,Telangana, 1977-79; Nagarjuna Government Degree College, Nalgonda, Telangana, 1979-82; Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, 1982-92; Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark, 2002-03; University of Massachusetts, USA, 2009; B.Sc. 1982; M.Sc. 1985; Ph.D. 1992.

Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru,1994-99; Senior Scientist, 1999-2007 and Principal Scientist, 2007-2014, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai; Assistant Director General (Eduucation Quality Assurance Reforms), Education Division, ICAR, New Delhi, 2014-21; Joint Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, 2021-24.

Awards/Honours: Shri AnantulaBuchiraja Lingam Gold Medal Award by Kakatiya University, 1986; CSIR Fellowship, 1986; Best Teacher Award by Dr Hiralal Chaudhuri Fisheries Foundation, 2006; Best Scientist Award by Dr Hiralal Chaudhuri Fisheries Foundation, 2007; DBT Overseas Associateship Award, 2009; Best Paper Award by 20th All India Congress of Zoology, 2009; Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam Award for Outstanding Teachers of ICAR, 2013; Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professor at Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland in 2013 and 2014; Best Scientific Paper Award by Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) in 2014, 2016 and 2018; Member, Board of Editors, Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2014-17; Nodal Officer, Netaji Subhas ICAR International Fellowships, 2014-2021; M. S. Swaminathan Award for the Best Inidan FisheriesScientistby Professional Fisheries Graduates Forum, 2015; Prof Jiwan Singh Sidhu Award from Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India), 2015; Fulbright-Nehru Award, 2019; Nodal Officer of ICAR for implementation of National Education Policy-2020.

Research Areas: Marine lipids, Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, Quality Assurance in Education

Address: Former Joint Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Man, Hyderabad 500030, Telangana; Flat No. A-504, Accurate Wind Chimes, Opposite to HP Petrol pum, Narsingi, Hyderabad 500089, Telangana; [Tel: Cell: 9599766313; Email: venkateshwarlu.icar@gmail.com]