Organization
ICAR-IIMR
Country
India
Scientist / Researcher
Dr. B. Dayakar Rao
Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIMR | Millet Processing and Value-Addition Leader
Bridge between research, processing technology and millet entrepreneurship.
Millet Relevance: Helped make millets market-ready through processing, product development, value addition, entrepreneurship training and technology commercialization.
Key Contributions
- Associated with ICAR-IIMR’s work on millet utilization, processing technologies, value-added products and entrepreneurship development.
- Played a major role in startup incubation and market-oriented millet product development through IIMR/Nutrihub-linked systems.
- His work addresses a critical problem: millets must be convenient, tasty, safe and commercially viable to reach modern consumers.
- Strong profile for the portal’s entrepreneurship and value-chain section.