Washington, 2 July 2015 R. Paul Singh, a distinguished
professor emeritus at the University of California, Davis, has been named as
the 2015 Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture
and Life Sciences World Agriculture Prize laureate.
The award was announced at the annual Global Confederation
for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences (GCHERA)
conference held at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon. He has helped
establish and evaluate food-engineering programmes at institutions throughout
the world, including in Brazil, India, Peru, Portugal and Thailand. He had
earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering form Punjab Agricultural
University. He had completed his doctorate from Michigan State University, US.
Presently he is Professor at University of California (UC), Davis and had
joined it in 1975. His research and studies on Airflow in complex systems:
helped to design innovative systems for the rapid cooling of strawberries. Food
freezing: helped to development of computer software generally used to improve
the energy efficiency of industrial freezers. His research group also had
created food- processing equipment under a NASA contract for a manned mission
to Mars. He also had contributed in establishing and evaluating
food-engineering programs at various institutions throughout the world
including in India, Brazil, Portugal, Peru and Thailand. "I'm deeply
humbled and honoured, upon receiving news of this award," said Singh. Formal
presentation of the award will take place Sep 20, during a ceremony at Nanjing
Agricultural University, Jiangsu Province, China.
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