Divakar Rao

Honours in Agriculture & Animal Husbandry from G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar in 1971; University merit scholar; Topped the batch; Two gold medals from President V V Giri

M Sc in Food Technology from CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore in 1973; UN-FAO merit scholar

Six years in private sector food/dairy industry in UP & Punjab; three years in NDDB Mother Dairy Delhi project; Two years as project lead in KMPL, Dharwad, completed a 7 crore milk product plant project with spray drying facility; Twelve years doing dairy development on Amul patternin KMF; Four years processing fruits & vegetables and developing food park concept & agri-business strategy in KAIC; Five years as head of biotechnology sectoral development functions of GoK; Fifteen years as Member of Vision group on Biotechnology of GoK & still continuing; Fourteen years developing policy & strategy for bio-energy development for GoK & still continuing