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SKBET<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b9ac3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b9ac3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ae15e2\" data-id=\"8ae15e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc97ffd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc97ffd\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4421fa\" data-id=\"c4421fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5d7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5d7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Occupation<\/strong>: Innovator; Entrepreneur; Philanthropist<\/p><p><strong>Born<\/strong>: Cuttack, Odisha, November 15, 1942<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dc8821\" data-id=\"6dc8821\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Education:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Ph.D. (Nutrition &amp; Biochemistry), South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (USA) 1973.<\/p><p align=\"justify\">MS (Nutrition), South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (USA) 1970.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Career<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Chairman and Founder, UAS Laboratories, LLC. Wausau, WI (USA), April 2013-Present; President &amp; Founder, DD Innovations, Inc., Edina, Minnesota (USA) January 2014 \u2013 Present; President , UAS Laboratories, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) 1979- April 2013; President, APN Laboratories, Inc. Wisconsin (USA) 2010-2013; Director, Food and Drug, South Dakota, (USA) 1973- 81; Adjunct Professor, Dept of Health &amp; Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, 2011-Present; Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Science, Minnesota State University, Minnesota (USA) 1991-1992; Vice President &amp; Director, International Probiotics Association 2008-2011; Chairman, Kalinga HCO Foundation 2008- Present.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Career Related<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Director, Kalinga Hospital; Director, Hospital Corporation of Odisha; President, Odisha Society of Americas; Director, International Probiotics Association; Chairman, Hindu Society of Minnesota; Chairman, Kalinga HCO foundation; Director, India Association of Minnesota; Chairman, Dr. Dash Foundation.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Innovative Works<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Introduced acid-resistant, non-dairy probiotics in USA; Introduced quality control (CFU\/g) standards for probiotics worldwide; expanded consumer awareness on probiotics in USA that has grown from 5% ten years ago to 85% now and helped increase probiotics market from 10 million dollars to 32 billion dollars today. Developed and marketed most stable and effective probiotic strains Lactobacillus acidophilus DDS\u00ae-1 and other strain like Lactobacillus plantarum 2B. Innovator of clinically tested probiotic products \u2013 Probioplus DDS, DDS-Acidophilus, DDS-Plus, DDS-Junior and Cran-Gyn DDS. Inventor of \u201cMethod of preventing, Controlling and ameliorating Urinary tract infections and supporting digestive health by using synergistic Cranberry derivative, A D-Mannose composition and a proprietary probiotic blend with US Patent #12\/889,450 (Pending).<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Civic<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Established Dr. S. K. Dash Probiotic &amp; Prebiotic Innovation Center for Excellence and Endowed Professorship at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar, India and South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, USA 2014; Helped in establishing Non Resident Oriya Facilitation center (NROFC), Bhubaneswar, India; Helped in establishing Kalinga Hospital in Odisha ; Helped in setting up Fakir Mohan University in Odisha ; Helped in setting up Regional Blood Bank in Bhubaneswar; Helped in setting up four Odisha -America Resource centers in Odisha; Provide scholarships to students of Odisha State, South Dakota State University and South Dakota School of Mines; Helped in setting up Urgent Care health center in Cuttack, India; Adopted a village, three orphanages, four high schools in Odisha, India. Set up a Polytechnic Institute for under privileged students in Odisha, India. Founding member and president, Odisha Society of Americas 1993-1995; Chairman, Hindu Society of Minnesota 1996-98; Sponsored areas- Literature &amp; Education (Pratibha Ray, Monoj Das, Chandrasekhar Rath, Bibhuti Patnaik and others); Art and Music (Prafulla Kar, Sikander Alam, Pranab Patnaik, Akshaya Mohanty, Raghunath Panigrahi and others), Dance (Sanjukta Panigrahi, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Gangadhar Pradhan, Aruna Mohanty, Kavita Diwedi and others); Mount Everest climber, Former President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam to Minneapolis and many others.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Awards and Honors:<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"justify\">Recipient \u201cDistinguished Alumni Award\u201d, South Dakota State University 2014; Recipient \u201c2010 Probiotic Award\u201d, Frost &amp; Sullivan; Recipient \u201cMinnesota Indo-American Association Achievement Award\u201d 2009; Honored \u201cProbiotic Prophet\u201d, Healthy Living Consumer Magazine 2009; Honored \u201cMinnesota State Senate\u201d 2007; Recipient \u201cDistinguished Non Resident Oriya\u201d Government of Odisha (NROFC) 2006; Recipient \u201cPrabasi Utkal Sanman\u201d. \u201cOutstanding man of the year\u201d Odisha Society of Americas 2000; \u201cOutstanding man of the year\u201d Hindu Society of Minnesota 1998; Recipient \u201cDistinguished Alumni Award\u201d, Ch. R.N. Bidyapitha, Cuttack, India 2001; Recipient \u201cBest of Eden Prairie Award\u201d, U.S. Commerce Association 2009 \u2013 2012; Recipient \u201cGolden Arch Award\u201d, NRI Institute for Innovation in Probiotics and medicine 1991; \u201cMan of the year\u201d, American Biographical Institute 1998; \u201cLion of the Year\u201d, Capital Lions Club of Pierre, South Dakota 1977; Listed in who\u2019s who in the world, who\u2019s who in Midwest (USA) and National registry of Who\u2019s who. Innovator and Entrepreneur nominee of America 1995.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Membership:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"justify\">Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America; American Association for Advancement of Science; American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists; Institute of Food Technologists; Natural Product Association; American College of Advancement of Medicine; American Veterinary Medical Association; American Dairy Science Association; American Society of Animal Science; Council of Agricultural Science and Technology; South Dakota Academy of Science; New York Academy of Science; American College of Nutrition; The Collaborative Group; The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Minnesota Chapter; Academy of Nutrition and Dietietics, Minnesota Chapter; Edina Chamber of Commerce.<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Family<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Son of Nila Kantha and Duti Dash; Married Kalpana Dash, June 18, 1967; Children: Raj Dash (Son) and Kelly (Daughter-in-Law); Dave Dash (Son) and Katie (Daughter-in-Law).<\/p><p align=\"justify\"><strong>Address<\/strong>:<\/p><p align=\"justify\">Home: 4925 Interlachen Court, Edina, MN 55436, USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder of SKBET Occupation: Innovator; Entrepreneur; Philanthropist Born: Cuttack, Odisha, November 15, 1942 Education:\u00a0 Ph.D. (Nutrition &amp; Biochemistry), South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (USA) 1973. MS (Nutrition), South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota (USA) 1970. Career: Chairman and Founder, UAS Laboratories, LLC. 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