B Dayakar Rao
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B Dayakar Rao is an Indian
Agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...
Economics scientist, who works as Principal
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at the Indian Institute of Millets Research.


Biography

Rao was born in Warangal. He obtained both his Bachelors and master's degree (Agri. Economics) from PJTSAU, Hyderabad and obtained a PhD (1991) from NDRI, Karnal. He worked briefly at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Institute (IIHR), Bangalore, where he worked on Betel vine, before he joined IIMR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad in 1993.


Awards and honours

Rao is a Fellow of National fellow of Dairy sciences. He has received the Innovative Scientist National Award under SIRIDHANYA: Millets Awards 2018 at the International Trade Fair on Organics and Millets He was honoured for his contributions towards the development of millet value chains, value added products and entrepreneurship development and Best Food Processor Award by FICCI, Hyderabad in 2014. He is known for his value added aspects for creation of Ready to eat/cook (RTE/C) products from millets so as to transform the idea of millets being a poor man’s crop in the consumer’s mind. He has more than 50 publications in national and international journals and author of 12 book/book chapters. He holds the position as PI of NAIF-ABI project and PI of Centre of Excellence o
Sorghum processing and Value addition
under NFSM sponsored by DAC, GoI.


See also

* Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University *
Indian Council of Agricultural Research The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports to the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture. Th ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, B Dayskar Indian agricultural economists 20th-century Indian economists People from Hanamkonda district 1963 births Living people