Jyoti Prakash Tamang (16 November 1961 – 29 April 2025) was an Indian food microbiologist, working on fermented foods and alcoholic beverages of the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan and South East Asia for 39 years and the Senior Professor in Microbiology of the Sikkim Central University. Known for his studies on fermented food, Tamang was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA), National Academy of Science, India (NASI), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Indian Academy of Microbiological Sciences and the Biotech Research Society of India. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2004, and he was International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)-Mountain Chair (2019-2022). Tamang was nominated as the Global Kimchi Ambassador by the World Institute of Kimchi of the Government of South Korea.
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