Former Director (Additional Charge), CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, Former Director, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) Thanjavur (Formerly IIFPT), Anandharamakrishnan Chinnaswamy, commonly referred as Anandharamakrishnan is an Indian scientist and academician, having expertise in Chemical Engineering and Food processing.

[1] "The award would inspire me and my team in NIIST to make more meaningful contributions for the further advancement of science in India, and also for the benefit of society at large.

This ARK® system is designed to study the particle breakdown and digestive pattern of the cooked white rice in our alimentary canal.

[8] This ARK® system simulates the physiological conditions of small intestine and records the level of absorption of micro nutrients and nanoformulated bioactive compounds present in foods.

Recently, this ARK® system has been used to predict the glycemic response curve similar to that of in-vivo human blood glucose level.