Dr. K Hema, Department of Fish Processing Technology, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jeyalalithaa Fisheries University, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi. She published 4 national and International Research Papers,7 popular research articles, 1 book chapter, 1 Tamil manual, 1 book and presented 11 abstracts. She received best paper award in TamilNadu Agricultural Scientific Society. She got a Rajeev Gandhi National Fellowship. She worked as a Senior research fellow, IFT, Ponneri for 6months and Field Activity Monitor, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Tirunelveli for 5 months.

Dr. K Hema Research interests are Fish Processing Technology, Fish in nutrition, Microbiology in Fish, Pharmaceuticals in Fish, Drugs in Fish, Thermal processing of fishery by products and Packaging Technology.