Dr. M.C. Varadaraj develops and manages the training programs for information dissemination at the Schevaran Innovation Centre. He is a Microbiologist with a PhD. in Dairy Microbiology. He retired from Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore as their Chief Scientist.

Dr. Varadaraj served as the Chairman of Human Resource Development Department at CFTRI. He has been the official guide for several PhD and MSc. Scholars, and has published a large number of research papers in peer reviewed national and international scientific journals.