K. T. Achaya

K. T. Achaya
Born(1923-10-06)6 October 1923
Kollegal, Chamarajnagar, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka, India)
Died5 September 2002(2002-09-05) (aged 78)
Occupations
  • Oil chemist
  • food scientist
  • nutritionist
  • food historian
  • food writer

K. T. Achaya (6 October 1923 – 5 September 2002) was an oil chemist, food scientist, nutritionist, and food historian.[1]

He is the author of Indian Food: A Historical Companion, The Food Industries of British India, and A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food.[2][3]

Early life and education

K. T. Achaya was born on 6 October 1923 in Kollegal, in the Mysore kingdom, (now part of Karnataka). After graduating from the University of Madras in 1943, he worked in the Indian Institute of Science for the next three years. He did his PhD work in T. P. Hilditch's lab at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.[3]

Career

Achaya researched on cottonseed processing and castor oil derivatives in Regional Research Laboratory in Hyderabad for 22 years starting from 1950. During this time, he published 150 publications and acquired 11 patents. In 1971, he became the executive director of Protein Foods and Nutrition Development Association of India in Mumbai. In 1977, Achaya moved to the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, as a consultant to the United Nations University (UNU) Programme for advanced training in Food Science and Technology for fellows from developing countries. He retired from CFTRI in 1983 and wrote several books after his retirement.[3]

Books

K. T. Achaya published several books on oil milling and food history of India.[3][4]

  • Oilseeds and Oil Milling in India: A Cultural and Historical Survey (1990)
  • GHANI: The Traditional Oil Mill of India (1993)
  • The Food Industries of British India (1994)
  • The Story of our Food (2000)
  • The Food Industries of British India (Oxford University Press, 1994)
  • Indian Food: A Historical Companion (Oxford University Press, 1994)
  • A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • The Illustrated Foods of India, A-Z (Oxford University Press, 2009)

References

  1. ^ Sen, Mayukh (1 June 2018). "KT Achaya's pioneering scholarship on Indian food". The Caravan. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Changes in the Indian menu over the ages". The Hindu. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Life’s history ends for a food scientist-historian-An obituary of K. T. Achaya
  4. ^ "Worldcat search". WorldCat. OCLC. Retrieved 2 June 2013.

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