Prabhat Kumar MandalDr. Prabhat Kumar Mandal was born in 1967 in West Bengal, graduated as a Veterinarian from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kolkata, in 1991 and did his MVSc & PhD majoring in Livestock Products Technology from Indian Veterinary Research Institue, Bareilly, India in the year 1993 and 1996, respectively. He is a recipient of National Scholarship from Govt. of India, (1984-1991) during High School and Under Graduate studies. He was awarded Junior Research Fellowship (1991-1993) and Senior Research Fellowship (1993-1996) during Master's and Doctoral studies by Indian Veterinary Research Institute. He worked for a short period (1996) as Scientist (ARS) in Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India and then joined as Assistant Professor from September 1996, in Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pondicherry. He was promoted as Associate Professor in March, 2005 and Associate Professor, Senior Grade from March, 2008. Dr. Mandal is engaged in teaching (UG & PG) and research on different areas of Meat Science and Technology/Livestock Products Technology since last 20 years. He is teaching several UG and PG courses related to LPT and guiding PG students. His research achievements include development of chicken meat balls from spent hen meat, utilization of blood protein isolates in sausages and cakes, development of value added poultry products utilizing edible byproducts, development of low fat restructured chicken block and using gizzard and natural preservatives. He worked as Visiting Professor in Hankyong National Univrsity, South Korea and Konkuk University, Seoul from March, 2008 to February, 2010. He has been involved in projects like "Purification and characterization of a protease as meat tenderizer", during his stay in South Korea. Presently he is working on development of functional meat foods with natural preservatives. Dr. Mandal has more than 100 publications in his credit. Dr. Mandal is founder member and Treasurer of Indian Meat Science Association (IMSA). He was Associate Editor, Journal of Meat Science published by IMSA since 2003-10, Managing Editor from December 2010 and Editor from July 2011. He was Joint Organising Secretary of the 1st National Symposium (2003) of IMSA. Presently Dr. Mandal is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Meat Science, American Journal of Food Science and Technology and Chief Editor, Animal Products Technology an advanced reference book. He is 'Regional Editor' of, Asian Journal of Animal Science, Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, American Journal of Food Technology and Asian Journal of Poultry Science. Read More Read Less