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|name =Konganda Thammu Achaya<br />
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|birth_place =[[Kollegal]], Chamarajnagar, [[Mysore State]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], [[India]])<br />
|occupation ={{hlist|Oil chemist|food scientist|nutritionist|food historian|food writer}}<br />
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'''K. T. Achaya''' (6 October 1923 – 5 September 2002) was an oil chemist, food scientist, nutritionist, and food historian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reviews-essays/kt-achaya-pioneering-scholarship-indian-food|title=KT Achaya's pioneering scholarship on Indian food|last=Sen|first=Mayukh|date=1 June 2018|website=[[The Caravan]]|language=en|url-access=subscription|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> <br />
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He is the author of ''Indian Food: A Historical Companion'', ''The Food Industries of British India'', and ''A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sci-tech-and-agri/changes-in-the-indian-menu-over-the-ages/article28512908.ece | title=Changes in the Indian menu over the ages | date=4 November 2004 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=15 December 2019 }}</ref><ref name="obituary">{{cite journal |author=Mahtab S. Bamji |title=Life's history ends for a food scientist-historian: An obituary of K. T. Achaya |journal=Current Science |volume=83 |issue=8 |year=2002 |jstor=24106937 }}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Konganda Thammu Achaya was born 6 October 1923,<ref name="obituary"/> in a [[Kodava people|Kodava]] family, in the [[Kollegal]] town of the [[Mysore kingdom]] (now part of [[Karnataka]]).<ref name="CTS_2023">{{cite book |author=Colleen Taylor Sen |chapter=Achaya, K.T. |editor1=Colleen Taylor Sen |editor2=Sourish Bhattacharyya |editor3=Helen Saberi |title=The Bloomsbury Handbook of Indian Cuisine |year=2023 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781350128651 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AzysEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT416 |page=7}}</ref> He graduated in chemistry from the [[University of Madras]] in 1943.<ref name="obituary"/><br />
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Achaya worked at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] for the next three years, doing research on oils, fats and foods system. In 1948, he co-authored the book ''Indian Dairy Products'' with K. S. Rangappa; a revised edition of the book was reprinted later in 1974. Achaya obtained a doctorate from the [[University of Liverpool]] in the UK, working at [[Thomas Percy Hilditch|T. P. Hilditch]]'s lab.<ref name="obituary"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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After receiving his Ph.D., Achaya established the School of Fat Chemistry and Technology in Hyderabad, which later evolved into the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Technology]].<ref name="CTS_2023"/> He researched on cottonseed processing and [[castor oil]] derivatives in Regional Research Laboratory in Hyderabad for 22 years starting from 1950. During this time, he published 150 publications and acquired 11 patents. In 1971, he became the executive director of Protein Foods and Nutrition Development Association of India in [[Mumbai]]. In 1977, Achaya moved to the [[Central Food Technological Research Institute|Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI)]], Mysore, as a consultant to the United Nations University (UNU) Programme for advanced training in Food Science and Technology for fellows from developing countries. He retired from CFTRI in 1983 and wrote several books after his retirement.<ref name="obituary"/><br />
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== Books ==<br />
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K. T. Achaya published several books on oil milling and food history of India.<ref name="obituary"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Worldcat search|url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=k.+t.+achaya|work=WorldCat|publisher=OCLC|accessdate=2 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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*''Oilseeds and Oil Milling in India: A Cultural and Historical Survey'' (1990)<br />
*''GHANI: The Traditional Oil Mill of India'' (1993)<br />
*''The Food Industries of British India'' (1994)<br />
*''The Story of our Food'' (2000)<br />
*''The Food Industries of British India'' (Oxford University Press, 1994)<br />
*''[[Indian Food: A Historical Companion]]'' (Oxford University Press, 1994)<br />
*''A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food ''(Oxford University Press, 1998)<br />
*''The Illustrated Foods of India, A-Z'' (Oxford University Press, 2009)<br />
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