Dr. C. Anitha is alumni of Maharani’s Science College for Women, Mysore. She received her Master's from the University of Mysore and was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 2003 from the University of Mysore with the title “Impact of ICDS on the beneficiaries from Mysore District – a Study”. She started her career as a Temporary lecturer in the Department of Home Science, Maharani’s Science College for Women, Mysore. Further, joined PG Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Mysore, Mysore, and later Yuvaraja's College, University of Mysore, Mysore. Her field of specialization is Community Nutrition. To her credit, she has more than 30 publications in peer reviewed National and International journals, authored 04 articles in refereed book, ADOLESCENT HEALTH-A Transdisciplinary Perspective, 01in Research on ICDS An overview, Volume 3, p 215, National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, New Delhi, 2009, 01 in Sahakara weekly magazine, samputa-36, sanchika- 42-43, March 19, 1995, pp-17. Published by the Karnataka State Government, Mahamandala, Bangalore. 02 science articles Hereditary and Hormones in Kannada encyclopaedia, published by KSOU, Mysuru, 2012, 01 in Swasthya, Arogya Bharathi, Mysuru Chapter, Karnataka Monthly news, samputa-01, sanchika- 03, September 2020. She has presented 89 papers at national and international conferences. One student under her supervision has been awarded a Ph.D. degree from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. She has guided a number of M.Sc. students for their dissertation work and continues to be active with the research team. She has chaired and co-chaired many academic sessions in national and international conferences, served as a rapporteur in conferences, and organised conferences and seminars. Dr. C. Anitha has put in more than 27years of teaching and research experience in the field of Food Science and Nutrition. In addition to this, she has been appointed as Principal Investigator, E-Content Development, Karnataka State Open University, Mysuru. Presently, she is working as the Associate Professor and Chairperson, Department of Studies and Research in Food Science and Nutrition, Karnataka State Open University, Mukthagangotri, Mysore.

A Senior Professor (Academic Level-15) of Dairy Science & Food Technology, Prof. Dinesh Chandra Rai, had been the Founding Head of the Department of Dairy Science & Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has the credit to start B.Tech. and M.Tech. programs in two disciplines i.e., Dairy Technology and Food Technology, in the newly created department. He also headed the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying for two tenures at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He was also the Vice-President of the University Sports Board (USB), BHU, for two tenures. After doing his B.Sc. (Agriculture) degree from Gorakhpur University (1984), Prof. Rai did his M.Sc. (Dairy Science) from BHU (1986) as a Gold Medallist. He completed his Ph.D. in Dairy Technology from BHU (1992). He has 32 years of rich experience in teaching and research. With 193 research/technical papers published in National and International journals, 4 Edited Books, 5 co-authored books/manuals, 34 chapters in edited books, 14 technical articles in Hindi, Prof. Rai has so far supervised 26 Ph.D. and 52 M.Sc. students. Prof. Rai is a Fellow of the Indian Dairy Association, 2023; National Academy of Dairy Science (India), 2019; U.P. Academy of Agricultural Sciences (UPAAS), 2019; Bioved Research Society (FBRS), 2014; Society of Applied Biotechnology (FSAB), 2012; and Society of Environmental Sciences, India (FSESc), 2009. Prof. Rai is the recipient of the SAB Award of Excellence in Food Biotechnology, 2012. He had also been awarded the ICAR Best Teacher Award, 2012-13, and is the Editor of four refereed Journals. He conferred the Bihar Kesari Sammaan 2025 by the Bihar Intellectual Forum, Patna. As a Commonwealth Academic Fellow at the University of Reading, UK (2009-2010), Prof. Rai has worked under the world’s prestigious Commonwealth Academic Fellowship program of the Commonwealth commission of the UK. In the last 25 years, Prof Rai visited 20 countries of five continents on official invitation. He visited Cornell University and Tuskegee University of the United States as a Visiting Professor under AIP programme of USAID in 2011 to work jointly for developing novel approaches for instruction in emerging areas of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) deputed him for the Training on Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) at Ohio State University (USA) in 2019.