Dr. K. Prasad had completed his Masters’ and is continuing his PhD at Division of Food Science and Postharvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012. Under the guidance of Dr. R. R. Sharma, he was the first researcher in India to screen Indian mango cultivars for the incidence of lenticel browning. His Masters’ research findings have been published in journals of national (Indian Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Indian Journal of Horticulture) and International (Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Journal of Food Science and Technology) importance. His scientific notes and short communications have been published in national (ICAR-Indian Horticulture, ICAR-News) and international (Springer and Elsevier) publications.
Dr. K. Prasad Research interests are Postharvest Technology of Horticultural crops, Fresh fruit handling, Processing of Horticultural crops.