
Dr Prakash Kondekar
Hon Director-Indian Institute of Naturopathy
Indian Institute of Naturopathy
India
Biography
Dr. Prakash Kondekar has completed MD (Homoeo) in 1964, BSc (Hons) LLB Doctor of Naturopathy, 1992, Ayurved Ratna FRSH (London) Bowtech (UK). He has been Hon Director-Indian Institute of Naturopathy since 1996. He has published 30 papers-in-medical journals. Visiting Faculty, Mumbai University. Since 2011, invited by AICR Washington DC 2003. INDIA-VIETNAM INVESTMENT ENGAGEMENT Ho-Chi-Minh City-2013, GFSI Barcelona, Spain. St Cloud University Minneapolis-Food Microbiology, 2013, Vienna Energy Forum 2015, Indian-Embassy-ROME 2016. Invited by National University of Natural Medicines-Portland, Bastyr University-Kenmore, AM Commerce, and North Texas, University, 2018. Purdue University in 2019. Conducted 450 Health Management Programmes India and 20+ in UK, USA, Germany, Mauritius, Vietnam, UAE, Austria, Abu Dhabi, Spain, Singapore.
Research Interest
Food, Medicine

Pani Prasad Kurcheti
Principal Scientist
Central Institute of Fisheries Education
India
Biography
Dr. K. Pani Prasad is result oriented with 24 years of experience as a Professor, researcher, scientist, extension and administration worker in areas of aquatic animal health especially in areas of development and use of disease diagnostics and control. More than 100 research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals with high impact factor. Presently working on projects as Principal Investigators: Aquatic disease surveillance project funded by NFDB, GOI; Networking project on Fish Health funded by ICAR, New Delhi; Development of nanotechnology-based diagnostic kit for detection of Betanoda virus in fish funded by CIFE, Mumbai; Network project on AMR with special reference to aquaculture and fisheries.
Research Interest
Aquaculture and Fisheries

Baher Effat
Professor
Food and Dairy Microbiology, National Research Centre, Egypt
Egypt
Biography
Baher Effat is a Research Professor of Food and Dairy Microbiology, National Research Centre, Egypt. Over 36 years of experience in Food and Dairy Bacteriology, he shared and supervised over than 6 Master and Ph.D Thesis in Food and Dairy sciences and more than 61 scientific publications in food and dairy microbiology, functional dairy products , probiotics and propionic acid bacteria and pathogenic bacteria and in Food and Dairy Products. He has shared in national and international programs and projects. He joined many international conferences and workshop, in addition to scientific activities. In addition he awarded for CAS-TWAS Visiting Scholar Fellowship From 03 Aug., 2006 to 31 October 2006.Training of young researchers and lecturers on many science-related subjects; including courses for: Microbiological Analysis of Food, Control of Bacteria, Contamination during Food Process and Isolation and Identification of Microorganisms. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several international journals. He also served as a member of the Organizing Committee in International Congresses.
Research Interest
Food and Dairy Microbiology, Functional Foods, Functional Dairy Products, Probiotics, Propionic acid bacteria, Pathogenic bacteria in foods and dairy products