Mani Kumar Badvela

Mani Kumar Badvela currently serves as the Product Development and Innovation Center Manager at Tetra Pak since March 2020. Prior to this role, Mani worked as a Scientist at Kemin Industries from February 2008 to November 2019, focusing on the research and development of clean label, natural, organic, and synthetic food ingredients to ensure the freshness and safety of various food products. Earlier experience includes positions at GSK, where Mani was an Assistant Manager in Central Quality and supervised microbiological quality assurance for ready-to-drink nutritional health beverages and malted milk foods. Mani holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from Iowa State University, as well as master's degrees in Food Safety and Technology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and Dairy Microbiology from the National Dairy Research Institute, along with a Bachelor of Technology in Dairy Technology from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University.