Dr. Yakindra Timilsena is a Food Scientist with twenty-three years of experiences in food and agriculture sector with major focus on research and development, quality assurance, food safety and regulatory affairs. He is currently working in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Dr. Timilsena has a PhD in Food Science and a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice.
Dr. Timilsena’s research interest and expertise expands to food chemistry (proteins and lipids), food engineering (microencapsulation) and functional foods (bioactive peptides) and phytochemicals (saponins). He has an interest in alternative proteins including plant proteins and hybrid proteins, healthy eating, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Dr. Yakindra Timilsena is a Food Scientist with twenty-three years of experiences in food and agriculture sector with major focus on research and development, quality assurance, food safety and regulatory affairs. He is currently working in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Dr. Timilsena has a PhD in Food Science and a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health Practice.
Dr. Timilsena’s research interest and expertise expands to food chemistry (proteins and lipids), food engineering (microencapsulation) and functional foods (bioactive peptides) and phytochemicals (saponins). He has an interest in alternative proteins including plant proteins and hybrid proteins, healthy eating, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Dr. Raju Adhikari has 29 years of R&D experience at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He has over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and owns 28 patents (H index 39, citation > 9300).
He is one of the co-inventors of Elast-Eon and NovoSorb and Synthetic Heart Valve biomedical platform technologies and an inventor of sprayable biodegradable polymer technology (TranspiratiOnal). He is an Adjunct Assoc Professor, at STEM Hub, RMIT University, and is the director of the start-up company CRAM-Responsive Materials Pty Ltd. Victoria.
Dr. Adhikari is the founding president of the Nepali Association of Victoria (NAV) and Federation of Nepalese Association of Australia (FeNCAA), Help Nepal Network Australia (HeNN), President of the South of Asian Community Link Group (SACLG); He is also the Founding Chair of the Nepal Science Foundation, and Skill Knowledge and Innovation (SKI) Committee, SK&TT Dept NRNA, Director of Global Research, Emotional Well-Being Institute, Geneva. Dr. Adhikari serves on the Board of Eastern Volunteers, and Regional Advisory Council of the VMC, Victoria, and Advisory of the New and Emerging Communities Policy Advisory Committee, EECV.
I enjoy planning vibrant, nutrient-rich meals that are both a treat for the palate and the body. Every trip to the grocery store is an exciting journey for me because I get to choose from a variety of whole meals and fresh, organic veggies. I support kitchen experiments and would like to take a proactive role in the world of food.