In Memory of Dr Manoranjan Kalia "a great teacher, father, husband and a friend" 

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Dr. Kalia was interim Vice chancellor of HPKV university and Dean of College of Home Science.  He joined the University in November, 1979 as Associate Professor-cum-Principal Investigator of the All India Coordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Technology in Horticultural crops in the Department of Pomology and Fruit Technology.  Prior to returning to India, he was Director of Research and Quality Assurance in Akron Ohio, USA.  He was the product of the Ohio State University, USA, where he earned his Doctorate in Food Science and Technology in the year 1973.

 

Dr. Kalia was a member of many distinguished scientific societies and authored five text books and edited another five books. He has guided over two hundred M. Sc. and Ph.D. scholars.