Dr. Pandurang Gundappa Adsule
Present
Presently working as international consultant for Post-Harvest Technology for ADB for Government of Bangladesh.
Past
Monitoring of pesticide residues in exportable table grapes to EU countries, funded by APEDA.
Worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow-cum-Visiting Scientist at Citrus Research and Education Centre of IFAS under University of Florida in USA in 1982-83.
Underwent UNIDO’s training programme in export from Small and Medium Enterprises at Phuket in Thailand in 1988 and Grain Milling Technology in Moscow in the former USSR (1989).
Organized pilot trial of export of Indian banana shipment, a research trial to Dubai and studied marketing of these banana in Dubai market to decide technical feasibility and economic viability.
Carried various programmes for the promotion and development of Small Scale Agro Rural Food Processing units as Regional Deputy Director (Food Industry), Southern states.
Worked on evaluation of fruits and vegetable varieties for their suitability to processing purpose like canning, freezing, dehydration as Scientist at CISH, Lucknow.
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE:
Participated in several international workshops on monitoring of agro chemical residues in fruits and vegetables- USSR, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, USA etc.
PUBLICATIONS:
120 research publications out of which 40 publications are in foreign journals like Journal of Food Science and Technology, Journal of Chromatography, AOAC, Journal of Food and Agriculture etc.
Several research publications and technical /Extension bulletins, brochure and videos for the benefit of farmers in English, Marathi, and Hindi.
Education
BSc Agriculture.
MSc Horticulture, PG School, IARI, New. Delhi.
Ph.D., in First Class with Distinction in Horticulture at PG School, IARI, New. Delhi.
Received G.J. Award for highest C.G.P.A. among successful candidates in IARI.