Background
Basappa, Sadali Chickappaiah was born on June 8, 1936 in Sadali, Kolar, India. Son of Channappa Chickappaiah and Kakolu Nanjamma.
Basappa, Sadali Chickappaiah was born on June 8, 1936 in Sadali, Kolar, India. Son of Channappa Chickappaiah and Kakolu Nanjamma.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Agricultural College, Bangalore, India, 1960. Master of Science in Agriculture, Regional Post-Graduate Training Center, Coimbatore, India, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Pathology, Central Food Technological Research Institute/Madras University, Mysore, India, 1970.
Certified fermentation, Institute Microbiology/Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
Research assistant, Agriculture Department, Bangalore, India, 1962-1963;
research assistant, Center Coffee Research institute, Chickmagalore, India, 1963;
research fellow, Center Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 1963-1965;
senior scientific assistant, Center Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 1965-1972;
scientist, Center Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, 1972-1996. Visiting scientist Center National Research Science, France, 1986. Visiting professor U. Mysore, since 1996, resource person, since 1996.
Consultant Distilleries, Mysore.
Fellow Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India (secretary 1983-1984, president 2001-2002). Member Mysore Science and Technology Forum (president 1987-1990), Association of Microbiologists of India (president 1986-1987, 95-96, 96-97), Society of Biological Chemists/India (president Mysore unit 1995-1996), Indian Yeast Group (national coordinator 1986-1987, regional coordinator since 1995).
Married Basappa Uma Devi, March 14, 1971. Children: Vikram, Rishika.