Krish Ashok

Krish Ashok is the author of Masala Lab: The Science of Indian cooking, published by Penguin RandomHouse, and an Amazon best-seller that explores the science of Indian cooking with the aim of making the reader a better cook and turning the kitchen into a joyful, creative playground for culinary experimentation.

The book uses simple, first-principles, middle-school level science explanations and hand-drawn illustrations to
break down what happens in the Indian kitchen and recommends algorithms and metamodels for common dish types and regional Indian sub-cuisines.

In his day job, Ashok is the Global Head – Digital Workplace for Tata Consultancy Services (one of the world’s largest technology companies) and helps Fortune 1000 companies reimagine the future of work, a role that is at the intersection of technology, design and culture.

He is also a regular columnist on food, science, and culture for publications such as Mint, The Hindu, Scroll and BuzzFeed.

He is a trained Indian classical violinist who also plays the Cello and electric guitar and composes and produces music that you can listen to on all major streaming platforms. A particularly popular playlist is Sanskrit Rock, where he translates and adapts popular heavy metal and classic rock songs into Sanskrit.

His music was featured on NPR -
https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-03/classical-indian-musician-transforming-hit-songs-pop-parodies

He is on Twitter at @krishashok and @_masalalab on Instagram
Recent media appearances

1. A Scientist in the Kitchen – The Seen and the Unseen podcast with Amit Varma https://seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/12/20/episode-204-a-scientist-in-the-kitchen/
2. The Science of Indian Cooking – Keynote talk at Manthan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-NqgCwDfY
3. Scroll - https://scroll.in/magazine/981286/how-all-indians-including-teetotallers-end-up-consuming-a-lot-of-alcohol-without-knowing-it