Dr. Tariq Mehmood is currently working as Head of Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Faculty of Food, Health Science and Technology, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan. Previously, he has worked as Assistant Professor in Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, (DIHE) Karachi. He has also worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Govt. College University Sahiwal Campus, Sahiwal. He has completed his PhD in Food Technology from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. He has foreign experience as Research Scholar in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. He earned experience in the domains of Fruits and Vegetables Processing during his doctoral study and completed his dissertation entitled “Characterization and Utilization of Citrus Wastes as Value added Fruit Leather”. A number of publications on his credit are published in reputed National and International journals. He has two-year research experience in HEC funded research project and served as Teaching Assistant in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He also has worked in Micronutrient Initiative research project for Wheat flour and edible Oil fortification. He has participated in many national & International Conferences, Symposia, workshops and seminars. His areas of expertise comprise of Fruits and Vegetables Processing, Food Analysis, Food Safety, Baking Science and Food Product Development. He supervised the students in International Student expo, in University of Education, Lahore and secured 2^nd position among 60 Institutes of Pakistan. Currently, he is supervising MS and PhD Scholars as well.