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{{Short description|Indian nutritionist}}
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'''Khader Vali''', also spelled Khadar Valli Dudekula, residing in [[Mysore]] is a food and nutrition specialists, who advocates consumtion of millets to control life style diseases like diabetes, hypertension.<ref name="week1">{{cite news |last1=Devulapalli |first1=Rahul |title=Podcast: Millets— India's age-old super-food |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2019/03/26/podcast-millets-indias-age-old-superfood.html |access-date=11 April 2023 |agency=The Week |publisher=The Week Magazine |date=26 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Three from Mysuru conferred Padma awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/three-from-mysuru-conferred-padma-awards/article66436882.ece |access-date=11 April 2023 |agency=The Hindu newspaper |publisher=The Hindu |date=26 January 2023}}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award by Government of India during 2023 and the same was handed over to him by President of India on 5 April 2023.<ref name="dna">{{cite web |last1=Webdesk |first1=DNA |title=Padma Awards 2023: Who is scientist Khadar Valli, ‘India’s Millet Man’, left high-paying US job for healthier society |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-padma-awards-2023-who-is-scientist-khadar-valli-india-millet-man-left-high-paying-us-job-for-healthier-society-3019688 |website=DNA |publisher=DNA webteam |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dr. Khadar Valli Dudekula of Mysuru and Rani Machaiah of Kodagu receive Padma Shri Awards |url=https://starofmysore.com/president-presents-padma-bhushan-to-dr-s-l-bhyrappa-and-sudha-murty/ |access-date=19 April 2023 |agency=Star of Mysore newspaper |publisher=Star of Mysore |date=6 April 2023}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Kadapa]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]], he completed MSc in Mysore and Phd in steroids at Indian Institute of Science, [[Bangalore]] and he became a postdoctoral fellow in Environmental science at Beaverton, Oregon, US.<ref name="ver">{{cite web |last1=Richard |first1=E V |title=Who Is Scientist Khadar Valli, ‘India’s Millet Man’, Left High-Paying US Job For Healthier Society? |url=https://vervetimes.com/who-is-scientist-khadar-valli-indias-millet-man-left-high-paying-us-job-for-healthier-society/ |website=vervetimes.com |publisher=vervetimes.com |access-date=11 April 2023}}</ref>

Khader Vali was working in US as a scientist and returned to India during 1997.<ref name=dna/> He is advocating the benefits of consuming millets in place of rice and wheat and is engaged in studying the benefits of millets since last 20 years.<ref name="ind">{{cite news |last1=Prasad |first1=Sanath |title=Unsung Heroes: Millet man of India Dr Khadar Vali is driving a silent revolution |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/unsung-heroes-millet-man-of-india-dr-khadar-vali-is-driving-a-silent-revolution-8438370/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |agency=Indian Express |publisher=Indian Express Newspaper |date=11 February 2023}}</ref> He also works on saving fertility of soil and right kind of agricultural practices.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shilpa |first1=P |title=Sunday story: Positive grains of truth for a negative age |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/140816/sunday-story-positive-grains-of-truth-for-a-negative-age.html |access-date=19 April 2023 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=14 August 2016}}</ref>

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