Dr. Koushik Seetharaman - Ontario Cereal Industry Research Council and Professor in the Food Science Department, University of Guelph, Ontario Canada
The Ontario Cereal Industry Research Council (OCIRC) is a not-for-profit organization with a growing membership of leading Ontario companies that support research into cereal grains and applications of grains produced primarily in Ontario or for the benefit of Ontario industry.
Current industry members of OCIRC include:
- Coasun Inc.
- General Mills Canada Corporation
- Griffith Laboratories
- Hyland Seeds Division
- Kraft Canada Inc.
- New Life Mills Limited
- Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board
- Rich Products of Canada, Limited
- Purato Canada Inc.
The Agricultural Adaptation Council, and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs include government agencies committed to funding OCIRC and a Cereal Technology Chair.
As an OCIRC member Coasun Inc. support the recently appointed Industry Cereal Technology Chair, Dr. Koushik Seetharaman and Professor in the Food Science Department and the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Since assuming the chair position in 2007 Seetharaman has formed a formidable, world class research group at the University of Guelph exploring cereal science with an emphasis on Ontario hard and soft wheat.
Coasun’s Application Specialist, Brittany Huschka is partly supported by an important OCIRC program that helps to train and develop highly qualified personal knowledgeable about Ontario’s cereal crops and their application in industry. Huschka is currently completing an MSc. degree with Dr. Seetharaman.
More information about joining OCIRC can be obtained by contacting Dr. Koushik Seetharaman at kseethar@uoguelph.ca
The website for the Ontario Cereal Industry Research Council (OCIRC) is: www.ocirg.org
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