Kalidas Shetty
American food scientist
Kalidas Shetty is a noted food scientist and professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a recipient of the Jefferson science fellowship. Currently he serves as Associate Vice President for International Partnerships and Collaborations and Professor Plant Metabolism and Food Security at North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. He is the author of a significant number of books on food science. He holds at least four patents and has been editor of several reputed agricultural publications.
Personal life
Shetty was born in a Tulu-speaking Bunt family in Jayapura near Chikmagaluru, India. He is the eldest of four sons born to N Ramanna Shetty and Ganga Shetty. He is married to Geeta Shetty. They have two sons---Varun and Vishal.
Education
Shetty studied at Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore and in M.G.M.college, Udupi. He earned a Bachelor of Science in agriculture in 1983 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. He received an M.S. in bacteriology in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1989 at the University of Idaho.
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