Prof. Velmurugu Ravindran is an emeritus professor working at the Monogastric Research Centre, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. He graduated with a BSc (Agric.) degree from the University of Sri Lanka. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Nutrition from Virginia Tech University, USA. He has held academic and research positions in Sri Lanka, Canada, the USA, and Australia, before moving to New Zealand in 1998. He has had a distinguished international career in monogastric nutrition, having published more than 600 scientific works including over 300 research publications, 3 books, and over 30 book chapters. He is an acknowledged authority in the areas of feed evaluation, feed enzymes, amino acids, and calcium and phosphorus nutrition.