Prof. (dr.) John David
Professor
Department of Dairy Technology
Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
India
Biography
Prof.(Dr.) John David is a vibrant university professor in SHIATS University, Allahabad(INDIA), in the field of Food and Dairy Technology, having a teaching experience of 23 years. He is a passionate research worker having more than 150 research publications in his credit. Prof. David has guided 50 M.Sc / M.Tech and 10 Ph.D. theses. He is a first class post graduate in Dairy Technology, Seed Technology and Business Administration. He has a flair for writing technical books and already written 7 books of national and international repute in the field of Food and Dairy Technology. Prof. David participated in many national and international conferences and presented research papers. He is an expert in Business Administration too. Prof. David is a regular examiner in number of universities namely, Allahabad Central University, PUSA Agricultural University, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Bihar Agricultural University, Chitrakoot University, U.P. Rajarshi Tandon University etc. An orator having proficiency in 10 different languages and a versatile expert for Food and Dairy Technology in All India Radio and Television(Door Darshan) programmes. He is a life member of several professional bodies like, IDA, DTSI, BRS, AGRO-BIOS, Intensive Agriculture and Progressive Research Journal etc. Several of his articles appeared in Hindustan Times, Times of India and other Indian dailies. Prof. David held many post of recognition like Registrar, Chairman, Editor and Research Coordinator in several committees of university. He is an international speaker for Food-Nutrition and obesity and presented paper at different international platform. Prof. David is Editorial Board Member of International journal of Food Engineering and Journal of Modern Agricultural Science & Technology, New York. He has been bestowed with Young Scientist award in the year 2006 for his excellent research in the field of Food and Dairy Technology. In the year 2014, he has been honoured with “National Pride” (Rashtriya Gaurav) and “Gem of Education” (Shiksha Ratan) award. In the year 2015, he has been awarded with “Best Educationist”, “Golden Citizen”, “National Pride of Education” (Rashtriya Vidya Gaurav) and “Bharat Vidya Vibhushan” award for his distinguished service to the nation in educational field. He has been awarded as “BEST TEACHER” by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2014-15.
Research Interest
Field of food and Dairy Technology.