Sharada Pothu leads as a Scientific officer at ILRI, India, Working with Livestock Genetics, Nutrion and Feed resources. She has completed her Masters in Botany from Osmania university (OU), Hyderabad, India. She contributed to various research projectson feed and forage in South Asia. She is interested in the investigation of how performance NIRS technology in livestock feeds. She has experience on various proximate analysis and Invitro studies.