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Dr. Sreekanta Sheel
Dr. Sreekanta Sheel is a Bangladeshi agricultural engineer and food technologist with extensive experience in agro-food processing, agro-industry, and agribusiness technology.

Early Life and Education
Dr. Sheel holds a B.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) degree with a specialization in food technology, an M.Sc. (Agricultural Engineering) in food technology, and a Ph.D. in food technology from Bangladesh Agricultural University.

Career
Dr. Sheel has over 35 years of professional experience in agro-food processing, agro-industry and agribusiness technology, post-harvest management, value chain analysis and development, and feasibility studies, business planning, and development of agribusiness and agro-industry.

He has over 20 years of consultancy experience on development projects funded by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, JICA, IFC-SEDF, ADB, IFAD, USAID, EU, UKAid, DANIDA, SDC, ICUC-UTFANET, and the Dutch government.

International Consultancy
Dr. Sheel has worked as an international consultant for:
 * FAO: Italy, Morocco, Timor Leste, Afghanistan, Thailand, Lao PDR, and Myanmar
 * UNDP: DPR Korea
 * JICA: Projects in India
 * ADB: Projects in Cambodia

National Consultancy
Within Bangladesh, Dr. Sheel has been actively involved in numerous projects focusing on agribusiness and agro-food industries.

Research and Teaching
Dr. Sheel began his career at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, serving as a research scientist in the Division of Postharvest Technology, Food Processing, and Food Industry for over 14 years. He has also worked in the private sector, contributing to the planning and development of small, medium, and large-scale agribusiness and agro-food industry enterprises.

As an academic, Dr. Sheel has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in various food technology fields at the State University of Bangladesh and Atish Dipankar University of Science. In 2016, he taught supply chain management courses to BBA and MBA students at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) as a full-time adjunct professor.

Current Roles
Dr. Sheel is currently working intermittently as:
 * International Food Value Chain Expert in a JICA-funded project in India
 * International Seed Commercialization and Intellectual Property Rights Expert in an ADB-funded project in Cambodia