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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Rituparna Banerjee, MVSc
Dr. Rituparna Banerjee is presently a scientist in the discipline of livestock
products technology at the ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat,
Hyderabad, India. Dr. Banerjee is primarily involved in research pertaining
to meat science and technology. She has been awarded the prestigious Smt.
Mira Mallik Gold Medal for securing the highest marks in the BVSc and
AH course by the West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences.
She is the only candidate to qualify on an All-India basis as a Scientist in
Livestock Product Technology for Agricultural Research Service under the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 2015. She has published 21 peer-
reviewed research articles in international and national journals, three book
chapters, five lead/invited papers, and 24 abstracts. She is associated with
organizing training programs in microbial quality for meat food safety and
value added meat products. She was trained in the fields of microbiology,
chemistry, and technology of dairy functional foods and nutraceuticals and
food quality and safety. Dr. Banerjee is also associated with five professional
societies related to meat science and the effective dissemination of knowledge
in the field of packaging of meat products. She also participated in several
seminars and symposiums on meat science and food safety and has presented
papers on these aspects.
Arun K. Verma, PhD
Dr. Arun K. Verma is currently working as a scientist in livestock prod-
ucts technology at ICAR-Central Research Institute for Research on Goats
(ICAR), Makhdoom, Mathura, India. He is a graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru
Krishi Vishwavidyalay, Jabalpur. He obtained his MVSc and PhD degrees
from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, in Live-
stock Products Technology. He worked as an Assistant Professor (Livestock
Products Technology) at Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences, Univer-
sity, Nagpur, and later joined the Agricultural Research Service as a scien-
tist in 2010. He has been working with functional meat products and food
safety and traceability associated with goat products. He has 25 national and
international peer-reviewed research papers, ten popular as well as review