Dr. K.T. Sampath is Director, National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore. He did his B.V.Sc from University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore and M.V.Sc. (Animal Nutrition) from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP. He completed his Ph.D. in (Animal Nutrition) from Kerala Agricultural University, Trichur.

Dr. Sampath's area of specializations are: Assessment of nutritive value of feed and fodders; Rumen degradable and undegradable fractions of protein sources and their use in ration formulations; Improving nutritive value of low quality roughages; Pesticide residues in feed and fodders; Role of amino acid nutrition in milk production. Amongst various awards, Dr. Sampath has received, some of the them are: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award (1980-81); CLFMA Award-(1992-94); Best Paper Award (Indian Journal of Dairy & Bioscience)-1998-2003; Best Paper Award (Indian Journal of Dairy Science)-2004.