Adjunct Professor, Center for Industrial Biotechnology, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India

Ramesh C. Ray, PhD, is an agriculture and food microbiologist, author, editor, and is currently serving as an adjunct professor in Industrial Biotechnology at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. He is a former distinguished member of the Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and Head of the Regional Centre, ICAR–Central Tuber Crops Research Institute at Bhubaneswar, India.