Hosahalli Ramaswamy

Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy in 2014
Born	(1950-11-13) 13 November 1950 (age 74) Bengaluru, India
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Swamy
Alma mater	University of British Columbia; Central Food Technological Research Institute
Known for	Food processing; Thermal processing; High pressure processing;
Awards	Hind Rattan Award; Pride of Canada; Marvin Tung Award; ICEF-12 Life Time Achievement Award
Scientific career
Fields	Food processing
Institutions	McGill University
Doctoral advisor	Marvin A. Tung, University of British Columbia
Doctoral students	Michèle Marcotte

Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy (born 13 November 1950), also popularly known as Swamy, is a Canadian food scientist of Indian origin, Professor of Food Science at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and a visiting professor at Zhejiang University, China and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.^{[citation needed]} Currently, he is the President of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology.^[1][2] He is also the editor of the Journal of Food Engineering.^[3]

Biography

Ramaswamy was born in Hosahalli, India. He completed his bachelor's degree from Bangalore University in 1970. In 1972, he completed his M.Sc. in Food Technology from Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India. In 1978, he moved to Canada and took a M.Sc. & Ph.D. from University of British Columbia in 1979 and 1983 respectively. He joined McGill University as an assistant professor in 1987, was promoted to associate professor in 1992 and then full professor in 2002.^[4]

Supported by funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation, he has established a first-of-its-kind high pressure technology pilot plant facility on Macdonald Campus of McGill University.^[5]

Professional work

Ramaswamy's early research led to the demonstration that heat transfer distribution, not temperature, is a performance indicator of overpressure cookers. He has been active in developing guidelines for heat penetration testing for process validation in food processing industries. His current research includes the evaluation of storage stability of packaged nuts, dried fruits, seeds and mixes through moisture sorption & stability isotherms, and accelerated storage tests, and the application of pulsed ultra-violet light treatment for decontamination and quality protection of frozen repackaged fruits

He is author of the textbook Food Processing - Principles and Applications,^[6] published in 2009 and now being used as a textbook in many food science departments at universities in North America. He is the editor of several books, and has published 400 peer-reviewed scientific papers,^[7] His work has been cited over 6000 times, with his H-index being 34.^[8]

Awards and honors

• 1999 W.J. Eva Award by the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology^[9]
• 2002 John Clark Award of Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering,^[10] Fellow of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India)^{[citation needed]}
• 2007 President's Award of Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology^[11]
• 2014 Marvin A. Tung Achievement Award of Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists^[12]
• 2014 Hind Rattan (translated to English as "Jewel of India") award by Government of India.^[13]
• 2015 Life Time Achievement Award of International Association of Engineering and Food.^[14]

References

1. "2015/2016 CIFST Incoming President's address". CIFST. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
2. "Slate of Directors and Officers 2015/2016". CIFST. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
3. "Dr. Ramaswamy's biography at ICEF". ICEF. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
4. "2013 Fellow of the Institute". CIFST. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
5. "2013 Fellow of the Institute". CIFST. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
6. Ramaswamy, H.; Marcotte, M (2004). Food processing: principles and applications. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Pub. p. 194. ISBN 0-8138-1942-3.
7. "Profile of the 2013 Fellow of the Institute". CIFST. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
8. "Researchgate Ramaswamy profile". Retrieved 28 November 2015.
9. "W. J. Eva Award Recipients". Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
10. "John Clark Award Recipients". Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
11. "CIFST President's Award Recipients". Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
12. "Marvin A. Tung Award Recipients". Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
13. "H. S. Ramaswamy - Hind Rattan Award". McGill University. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
14. "ICEF12 Lifetime Achievement Awards" (PDF). International Association of Engineering and Food. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

External links

• Hosahalli Ramaswamy publications indexed by Google Scholar