Narasinh Narayan Godbole

Narasinh Narayan Godbole (28 December 1887 – 4 December 1984) was an Indian food chemist and the first Director of Industries & Supplies of Government of Rajasthan.

Biography

Godbole was born at Dharwad. Godbole was a lecturer on modern industrial development in Japan at the Universities of Banaras, Delhi, Calcutta & Mysore. After retiring from BHU in 1948 he was Director of Industries of Rajasthan (1949–1959). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1965. Godbole invented a new "Home Pasteurizer" for domestic use. He authored Milk: The Most Perfect Food, in 1936. A review of the book in the Current Science journal, noted that "this is an excellent treatise, worthy to be in every household. Prof. Godbole has approached his task in a scientific spirit and in the performance of it he displays the commendable zeal of the convinced advocate of the principles he wishes to propagate." A review in the Journal of Dairy Science, commented that Godbole "presents the dairy industry of India with special reference to improvement of the Hindu diet through increased consumption of dairy products... The promotion of the vegetarian diet is uppermost in the thoughts of the author which is essential in India for both religious and health reasons."

Death

Godbole died in Pune on 4 December 1984.

Selected publications

Milk: The Most Perfect Food (with a foreword by Madan Mohan Malaviya, 1936) Butter-Fat (Ghee) (1939) Rig-Vedic Sarasvati (1963)