Dr Pathare is an Associate Professor at Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. He has graduated with a B. Tech. degree (Agricultural Engg) from Dr. PDKV, Akola (India) & M.Eng. (Process & Food Engg) from MPUAT, Udaipur (India). In 2010, he was awarded a PhD (Process & Chemical Engineering) from the University College Cork (Ireland). Before joining at SQU, he worked as researcher at Newcastle University, UK and Stellenbosch University, South Africa.