Prof.(Dr.) KPSudheer, obtained his B Tech Agricultural Engineering degree from Kerala Agricultural University(KAU), M Tech Agricultural Processing from Tamilnadu Agricultural University(TNAU), PhD Agricultural Engineering from IARI New Delhi and Post doctorate from KU Leuven Belgium. Prof. Sudheer started his career as scientist in AgroProcessing Division, CIAE (ICAR), Bhopal. He is presently working as Associate Director of Research (Agril. Engg) in Kerala Agricultural University. He is also Heading the Department of Agricultural Engg, and Centre of Excellence in Post-harvest Technology, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, KAU.
Professor Sudheer is actively involved in teaching, research and extension for the last 22 years. He has many external aided research projects funded by Ministry of Food Processing Industries, ICAR, NAHEP, RKVY, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Ministry of Rural Development, NABARD, Food Corporation of India, Government of Kerala.
Prof. Sudheer is also acting as the Project Coordinator of Food and Agricultural Process Engineering research group in KAU. He has 260 publications (including six text books, 190 research papers in reputed National & International journals, and proceedings of seminar/workshops and many bulletins in the field of Post-harvest Technology)
Prof. Sudheer is the recipient of prestigious Norman E Borlaug Fellowship by United States Dept. of Agriculture (USA). He has also received many International and National fellowships for his research programmes including NUFFIC Fellowship from Netherlands, VLIR- UDC Fellowship from Belgium, CINADCO Fellowship from Israel, ERASMUS MUNDUS Fellowship from Sweden. Prof. Sudheer has received the Krishi Vigyan Award for the best Agricultural Scientist, from Government of Kerala. He has also received the 'Bhakshyamithra Award' for the best food processing scientist for promoting food processing entrepreneurship the State. He is the recipient of the prestigious title 'ICAR National Fellow' for his research on 'Safety and quality of Non-thermal Processed Fruits and Vegetables'. Recently he has received the Best Teacher Award in Agricultural higher education (by ICAR)of Kerala Agricultural University, Commendation Medal and Best Reviewer Award of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi.
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Under going Research Projects
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Publications
Bulletins
Chhilar, R.S., Dabas, J.P.S., Patel, N., Parihar, S.S., Kalra, V.S., Dhinsa, D., Parkash, C. Indu.Panchal. (2012). Extension Brochure Farmer Participatory Action Research Programme on water management technology for sustainable agriculture, Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, December.TB- ICNNO. 102/ 2012.
Conference article
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Educational Qualifications
Professional Experience
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Scientist ‘F’ |
01.07.2014 |
Till date |
DRDO / DFRL, Mysore |
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Scientist ‘E’ |
01-07-2010 |
30-06-2014 |
DRDO / DFRL, Mysore |
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Scientist ‘D’ |
01-07-2005 |
30-06-2010 |
DRDO / DFRL, Mysore |
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Scientist ‘C’ |
01-07-2000 |
30-06-2005 |
DRDO / DFRL, Mysore |
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Scientist ‘B’ |
01-12-1996 |
30-06-2000 |
DRDO / DFRL, Mysore |
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Scientist ‘B’ |
03-08-1996 |
30-11-1996 |
DRDO / IAT, Pune (INFO -96) |
Scientific Panel Member FSSAI (July, 2015 - July 2018)
Awards
Membership inProfessional Bodies
Patents: Granted
Dr. M. Madhava Naidu, Head & Sr. Principal Scientist, Spices and Flavour Science (SFS) Department, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore studied M.Sc Botany from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga and subsequently obtained Doctoral degree from the same university. He engaged in various research activities in the core areas of Food Science and Technology. Prior to joining to CSIR family, he worked in advanced areas of Coffee-biotechnology at Central Coffee Research Institute, Balehonnur, Karnataka (1990-1999). His contributions to Science & Technology as evidenced from the R & D outcome resulted in more than 55 research articles, two reviews, one book (Cocoa processing) and six book chapters. In addition, 14 PDRU know-how process were developed by him and many of them have been transferred to small and medium scale industries. To his credit 13 patents were already granted and another 14 more have been filed. Two students worked under his guidance were awarded Ph.D degree and at present two more are working under AcSIR programme. Projects proposed by him in order to understand the need of the food industry and conceptualization of new ideas, have resulted in grant of sponsored and consultancy projects for the SFS Department with special reference to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra.
He is a recipient of prestigious DBT National Associateship award (1993-94), best Scientist award (2010-11), Best Technology transferred Award (2017), Highest ECF Generated award (2018) from CSIR-CFTRI. He was bestowed with Fellow of Society for Plantation Crops 2017 from Indian Society for Plantation Crops (ISPC), ICAR-CPCRI, Kerala, Life time achievement award (2019) from International Society for Horticulture, Agriculture and Plant Sciences, New Delhi. He is serving as faculty member of the post graduate programs in CSIR- CFTRI and he is also member of many professional bodies and he is in the Editorial board of Journal of Food Science and Technology (Springer) during 2015-17. He has demonstrated and has the competence of potential leadership qualities in coordinating interdisciplinary research with various other departments in CSIR-CFTRI as well as proven record of expertise in the activities he has undertaken.
Dr. Manoj P. Samuel is B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from Kerala Agricultural University and M.Tech in Water Resources Development and Management from IIT Kharagpur. He has done his Doctoral studies at TNAU, Coimbatore and completed MBA from Bharathidasan University, Trichy. He started his career at KVK, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod in 1995. Later heworked as Senior Scientist in ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapaniand ICAR- NAARM, Hyderabad. In 2013, he was promoted as Principal Scientist at ICAR-NAARM and in 2016, got selected as Head of Division in ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi. He has more than 150 publications to his credit with 39 research papers in international and national peer reviewed journals. He possesses three copy rights of three computer software/Decision Support Systems. He is a member of more than 10 international/national professional societies and reviewer of more than 15 national/international journals. He has worked as State Manager of World Bank aided Rain Water Harvesting Campaign of Govt. of Kerala and as a member of consultant group assigned by the Central Planning Commission for suggesting Management Action Plans for conservation of Loktak Lake (Ramsar site in Imphal, Manipur). He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and recipient of McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or Sustainable Use Award- 2015 by Water Environment Federation (WEF), USA, Skoch Evergreen Platinum award for Renewable Energy technologies, KrishiVigyan Award of Govt. of Kerala (2018), Kerala State Energy Conservation Award-2018, Akshya Energy Award 2019and was a team member of Best KVK award of ICAR for the Biennium, 2002-03, National Groundwater Augmentation Award, MoWR, GoI, 2008 and Commendation Medal Awardby the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers for the year 2016. He has undergone a three-months training programme at Michigan State University, USA and was part of scientific delegations to Russia and France. He was Principal Investigator in AICRP-PET, IPTM, ABI projects and associated in NAIP and NICRA projects.He was alsoAdjunct Professor in College of Agrl. Engg., ANGRAU, Bapatla, Member, Board of Studies, VIGYAN University, Gundur, Andhra Pradesh and Academic coordinator of PG Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture (PGDTMA) offered jointly by the University of Hyderabad and ICAR-NAARM Hyderabad and PG Diploma in Management (Agriculture) offered by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad. He guided two MBA students, five PGDMA students, four PGDTMA students and co-guided two PhD students. He has conducted and coordinated many training programmes, MDPs, refresher courses and FOCARS. He also acted as the Joint Secretary of a-IDEA - a Technology Business Incubator promoted by DST. He is commercial expert of AgrInnovate India Ltd. and evaluator of BIRAC proposals. The technologies developed and popularised by him includes Polythene lined ponds for water harvesting and fish farming for hilly terrains, Water filtration systems for different end-uses (drinking, irrigation and groundwater recharge),GA tool kit for groundwater management,Water quality Decision Support System, Expert System for Technology Valuation,Ferro-cement rainwater harvesting systems, Mobile fish vending kiosk, Solar fish dryers, Fish Freshness Sensoretc.
He has obtained his postgraduate degree in Molecular biology and Biotechnology from National Centre for Plant Biotechnology, PUSA institute, IARI; New Delhi, doctorate in Biotechnology from the University of Mysore. Also obtained advance training in Biotechnology like Kobe University, Japan; Doctoral degree research at the University of Frankfurt, Germany & Post-doctoral research in USA at the University of Minnesota, as a Raman Research fellow. His laboratory investigates the mechanism of food-grade metabolite production by microorganisms using classical Microbiology approaches and by using tools of genomics. His research activities also include characterization & transferability of antibiotic resistance genes in probiotic, development of defined starter cultures, molecular taxonomy etc. His research on antibiotic resistance has been recognized by WHO- India office by inducting him in preparation of National Action Plan on AMR as well as by FAO for the evaluation of ICMR/ICAR projects on AMR.
He has so far guided 70-Post graduate dissertation students and eleven-doctoral students. He has 100-publications in peer-reviewed international journals, where four Indian patents have been granted to his credential. He has presented 170-papers at national and international conferences, winning 19- best paper awards. He is an editor of J Food Sci& Technology (I).
Awards: CSIR-CFTRI foundation day award-2013 and 2019 for scientific contribution, International travel grant awards of ICMR New Delhi, Indian National Science Academy, SERB-DST New Delhi and also CSIR New Delhi, FAST-Track Young Scientist project of DST New Delhi. Recipient of LaljiGodhooSmarakNidhi award of AFST (India) for the year 2013. CSIR-DAAD exchange of academics for year- 2009 and 2015. He has been elected as a fellow of Indian Academy of Microbiological Science-2016 (Formally FAMI), fellow of Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists-2016; Fellow, National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS) and awarded with Best Scientist award of NABS-2018.
He had his Masters’ and Ph.Ddegrees in Dairy Microbiology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and Post Doc from Federal Dairy Research Centre Kiel, Germanyunder DAAD Fellowship.
Started his career as a Scientist in 1978 at Dairy Microbiology Division, NDRI, Karnal. In 1998he was selected as Professor and Chaired the Division of Dairy Microbiology as Head from 2012 to 2014 and Joint Director (Research) at National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal from August, 2014 to September 2016.
He has worked in the areas of Microbial Enzymes, Metabolites of Lactic Acid Bacteria,Bacteriocins and their Application in Food Safety and Biopreservation, Probiotics and Functional Dairy Foods. He has published over 127 research papers/reviews in Journals of national and international repute and 2 books, 15 book chapters & 4 Manuals. He has presented his work in more than 72 national and international conferences/symposia, and has three patents to his credit
He was involved in 31 different institutional and externally funded research projects such as DBT, DST, NDDB, World Bank, MoFPI, Indo-NewZealand Collaborative Research Project on Probiotics, NAIP, NARP and National Fund as ‘PI’ and ‘Co-PI’.
He has guided 16 M. Sc and 15 Ph.D. scholars. He is recipient of several Awards/Honours and Overseas Fellowshipssuch as Dr N NDastur Award (2005-2009) in recognition of his outstanding research contributions in the field of Dairy Industry; DAAD Fellowship for Post-Doc at Germany (1984-85); FAO/UNDP Fellowship (1990); Indo-Australian Collaborative Research Programme Fellowship by Department of Science & DST, India/DIST, Govt of Australia (1997); Honorary DAAD Advisor for ‘Outstanding Commitment and Leadership in Promoting Indo-German Relations in Education’ (2006-09); DAAD Re-invitation Fellowship (1999 and 2010);Visiting Professor Fellowship Award of Erasmus Mundus Scholar Programme of European Union (2013); Best Division Award (2013-14) as HoD; Indo-NZ Collaborative Research Project (DST-MoBIE) (2014-16); besides several Best Paper Awards and recognitions in teaching.
He is an elected Fellow of National Academy of Dairy Science (FNADSc), Fellow, Societyfor Applied Biotechnology (FSAB), Fellow, Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (FISVPT) and recently conferred Fellowship of Indian Dairy Association.
He is a Life Member of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Association of Food Science Technologists (AFST), Society of Biological Chemists, India (SBC), Indian Dairy Association (IDA),Probiotic Association of India (PAI), Society of Dairy Technologists of India (SDTI) and Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA).
EDUCATION :
Post Doc, 2013
University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia.
Post doc;2002- 2004
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
Ph D; 1999: Title of the Thesis: Study of the hypolipidemic effect of Clerodendroncolebrookianum, Walp(Nefafu).
Gauhati University.
M Sc; 1989, Zoology with specialization in Cell Biology,, Gauhati University
B Sc;1984, Zoology (Honours), Botany and Chemistry; Arya Vidyapeeth College, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India
RESEARCHINTERESTS :
Medicinal plants
Metabolic syndrome
Cardiovascular diseases
Antioxidants
Free radical
Food as medicine
PUBLICATIONS: 42 (International Journals: 32; National Journal: 10)
PROJECT HANDLED:11
AWARDS: 03
The award was offered by Department of Biotechnology (DBT),
Govt of India, NewDelhi, India
Dr. Suresh Devatkal is a Principal Scientist, currently working in ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad. He has an experience of more than 15 years in the area of Meat and Poultry processing, and Food safety. He has served earlier in the Punjab Agricultural University and Central Institute of Postharvest Engineering and Technology. He has conducted post-doctoral research in the field of High Pressure Processing and Pressure assisted thermal processing in Food safety engineering lab of Food Science and technology department, The Ohio State University, Ohio, U.S. His research projects focuses on healthy and functional meat products, traditional meats, non-thermal and novel food processing technologies, food safety engineering, microbial inactivation kinetics and entrepreneurship and business development in meat processing and value addition. He has published several research papers in International and national journals and he is a peer reviewer for many national and international journals in the field of food science, meat processing and food safety.
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Prof.(Dr.) Brijesh Srivastava, obtained his B Tech Agricultural
Engineering degree from Allahabd Agricultural Institute (Allahabad
University), Allahabad, M Tech Process and Food Engineering from GBPUA&T,
Pantnagar and PhD Food Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. Prof. Srivastava
started his career as lecturer in Department of Agricultural Engineering,
NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh and served in CAEPHT (CAU) Gangtok. He is
presently working as Associate Professor in the department of Food
Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University. Dr. Srivastava had also
served as the Head of the Department in Tezpur University and CAEPHT,
Gangtok.
Dr. Srivastava is actively involved in teaching and research for the last
18 years. He has many external aided research projects funded by Ministry
of Food Processing Industries, ICAR, DBT and AICTE.
Dr. Srivastava has more than 30 publications in reputed National &
International journals, and proceedings of seminar/workshops and many
bulletins in the field of food process engineering. He has also guided 20
master’s thesis and three Phd thesis.
Professor Hari Niwas Mishra has completed his PhD from indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. He is the Professor of Food Technology & Ex Head of Post Harvest Technology Centre at IIT Kharagpur, and Former President of the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists of India. He has published more than 515 research papers including 195 in peer reviewed international journals, 309 in conference proceedings, 15 popular articles, 34 book chapters. He has written 4 books, 4 e-books, 7 lecture compendium & laboratory manuals, 4 technology manuals, and has 9 Indian patents to his credit. Besides, he is on the editorial boards of several reputed journals.
Professor JashbhaiB.Prajapati is a Dairy Technology graduate from Gujarat Agricultural University and Ph.D. in Dairy Microbiology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. Since last 38 years, he is serving at the Faculty of Dairy Science in various capacities and from March 2015, he is thePrincipal & Dean of the Faculty of Dairy Science at Anand Agricultural University. He is also Chairman of Vidya Dairy and Vice President of Indian Dairy Association, Gujarat State Chapter. He is a renowned academician and scientists in the area of probiotics and fermented foods. He is handling number of research projects sponsored by ICAR, DBT, State Govt., EU, SIDAand has published more than 400 papers, including two text books. He has guided 32 MTech and 8 PhD students. He was awarded Chancellors Gold medal for being the best student in the University in 1984 and has received 5 times best paper awards.He had Fellowship award from Erasmus Mundus (EU) as well as Indian National Science Academy.He is a Fellow of Indian Dairy Association as well as Fellow of National Academy of Dairy Science. He is a recipient of Hari Ohm Ashram Award 2015 from Indian Council of Agricultural Research for his outstanding research contribution in probiotics. He is Associate Editor of International Journal of Fermented Foods, International Journal of Probiotic and Prebiotics and reviewer formany scientific journals and serving as an expert member for many other universities and institutions. Dr.Prajapati is the Coordinator of Swedish South Asian Network on Fermented Foods since its inception in 2003. He is Chairman of Scientific panel on milk and milk products of FSSAI. He is also a Member in Indian National Committee of International Dairy Federation (IDF) in 3 groupsviz., Probiotics, Lactic acid bacteria & starters and Microbiological methods for analysis and a member of Task Force on Inventory of Microorganisms with a Documented History of Use in Foods.He has widely travelled in Europe and many other countries and has delivered lead talks in many conferences including IFT, IDF, IPC, etcand has organized several conferences and workshops for building the network on fermented foods. He is a Life member of several professional bodies like AFSTI, IDA, AMI, ISCA, GAAS, PAI, Biosensor Society of India, etc.
Dr. Amit Kumar Rai is presently working as Scientist - C at Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Sikkim. He has completed his doctorate from CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore on application of lactic acid fermentation for recovery nutraceuticals from fish and animal processing by-products. As an independent researcher, Dr. Amit has contributed in the area of Food Biotechnology for the production of nutraceuticals and functional foods rich in bioactive peptides and isoflavones using microorganisms associated with traditional fermented foods of North East India.To his credit, he has filed two patents and published > 31 research papers and author of 12 chapters in the book published by various International publishers. His performance as a researcher has resulted in the bestowment of the Young Scientist Award 2016 from Association of Food Scientist and Technologists (India), Young Scientist Award 2015 by Association of Microbiologist of India, AU-CBT Excellence Award 2009 by the Biotech Research Society of India, Award for excellence in Food Biotechnology 2016 from Society of Applied Biotechnology and several best presentation award at National and International conferences.
Working as Principal Scientist, ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana, India having about 18 years of research experience in the area of Food Grains, Oilseeds, Pulses Processing as well as Food Quality and Safety. Handled 8 Institute funded research projects related to Cereals, pulses and oilseeds. Apart, two externally funded projects from ICAR-NAIP worth Rs. 6.00 crores were also completed as Principal Investigator. Published more than 70 research papers in national and international journals, 6 book chapters, one patent (granted) and Two filed. Also contributed as member of various review committees such QRT (2007-12, AICRP on PHT), QRT (2012-2017, AICRP on PHET, PET, ICAR-CIPHET, CRPs on Secondary Agriculture, Health Foods), Member Secretary Institute Research Council, Member Scientific Panel on Cereals, Pulses & Legumes, FSSAI, New Delhi, Member Cereals group BIS, New Delhi. Presently handling as Principal Investigator three externally funded projects from ICAR-NASF, New Delhi, DRDO-LSRB, New Delhi and Pradeep Metal Ltd, Mumbai related to wheat, rice and protein from de-oiled cakes/meals, respectively.
Major Research Area:
Processing of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their quality determination, food and grain quality; microwave processing of cereals, millets processing
Patents:
Editor-in-Chief: American Journal of Food Technology (2012-15)
Academic qualification:
B.Tech (Food Sciences): 1987, MarathwadaAgril. University, Parbhani (MS)
M.Sc. (Food Tech): 1989, CFTRI (University of Mysore) – ICAR Jr. fellowship
Ph.D (Food Tech): 2004, CFTRI (University of Mysore)
Fellowship:
(i) ICAR Junior Fellowship (1987-89) and
(ii) Indo-French Fellowship (1995-96, in Montpellier, France under EU project on Mango).
Awards:
i.N.N.Mohan Memorial Award (2 times) for the best research paper instituted by All India Food Preservers’ Association, New Delhi.
ii.Guru Joga Award for being the top ranking student in the area of Fruit and Veg. Technology of M.Sc.(Food Tech) course at CFTRI,1989 awarded by the All India Food Preservers' Assn., New Delhi.
iii. Dr. Mahadeviah Award-2016 for the contribution to the development of Food Processing Industries in the Country by the All India Food Preservers' Assn., New Delhi.
iii. Best Poster Awards: 6 in national and international conferences
Invited Lectures:
More than 60 lectures in universities, Institutes, colleges, EDPs, conferences, seminars, etc.
Industrial experience
Industrial experience in processing of fruit and vegetable industry
Areas of research
Teaching experience
More than 28 years (since 1991) and till date in Teaching at the level of:
i. Ph.D (AcSIR)
ii. Post-Graduate Level (M.Sc and M.Tech)
iii. Short Term Courses: Industrial oriented Short Term Training Programmes in
the areas of Food Science and Technology.
Guidance for M.Sc. :43 students
Guidance for Ph.D: 3 students (2 progressing and 1 awarded)
Organisation of short term training programme: More than 25 years of experience in conducting short term training programmes for national and international participants in the areas of Food Science and Technology.
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Education
Fellowship and Award
Students Guided/supervision
Ongoing/completed Research Projects
Publication: Research Paper
Over 70 publications
Patent /Technology Transferred
Three patents filed/ 2 technologis transferred
Academic Qualification: B.Sc.(Chemistry Hons;Calcutta University); B.Tech (Food Technology& Biochemical Engineering; Jadavpur University);M.Tech (Food Technology& Biochemical Engineering;Jadavpur University); Ph.D(Engineering; Department ofFood Technology& Biochemical Engineering; Jadavpur University)
Experience: Industry: One (1) year
Academic: Twenty five (25) years
Research: Five (05) years
Publications (Last few years): International Journal: 26
National journal: 17
Book Chapter: 05+01(under Review)
Reports/General articles etc.05
Seminar Conference/Workshop Attended: 21
Seminar / Conference / Workshop Organized as Chairman/ Convener/Coordinator:8
Paper Presented & Published In National/ International Seminar / Conference / Workshop:53
Invited Lectures / Talks: India: 07 (Keynote speaker: 02)
Abroad: 02(Both as Keynote speaker)
Project Received: 02
Project Proposal (ECR/EMR/CRG)/Thesis Evaluated:13
Awards/Recognition:(i) Awarded 2nd Prize in B.Tech (Food Technology&Biochemical Engineering) Examination
(ii)Awarded 2nd Prize in M.Tech (Food Technology&Biochemical Engineering) Examination
(iii) Awarded UGC fellowship in Ph.D Programme
(iv)Awarded Special Recognition in the AICTE Sponsored QIP as a Resource Person in BIT Mesra
(v)Awarded First Prize in Paper Presentation by FOSET
(vi) Selected as Life Member of AFST (I)
Role as Guide: Diploma Project Completed: 50
B.Tech Project Completed: 50
M.Tech Project Completed: 4
Ph.D Pursuing/Completed: 02
Member of Reviewer Panel:10
Member of Editorial Board: 09
Research Interest: Food Biotechnology; Enzyme Engineering, Microbial Technology; Waste Management in Food Processing Industries
Consultancy Handled: 03
Dr. Sunil Kumar is currently serving as Principal Scientist (Biochemistry) at Horticultural Crop Processing Division at ICAR-CIPHET, Abohar. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in Biochemistry. He has served as Assistant Professor at MPUAT, Udaipur and as Assistant Scientist at CCSHAU, Hisar from 2005-2011 before joining ICAR as Senior Scientist and contributed towards teaching and research work. He has guided one M.Sc. student at MPUAT, Udaipur. His areas of research interest are enzymology, post-harvest biology and product characterization. His major contributions include de-bittering of kinnow juice, shelf-life enhancement of fresh-cut fruits, extraction of pectin from citrus residue, enzymatic liquefaction of pear fruits and development of antimicrobial coatings etc. Throughout 14 years of service experience, he has worked/completedeight institutional/externally funded research projects. He has also served as I/c PC KVK Fazilka. Dr.Sunil Kumar has 29 research papers (of international and national repute), one edited book and more than 50other publications including technical bulletins, book chapters, conference abstracts, practical manuals and popular articles to his credit. Currently, he is actively involved in development of anti-ripening kit, extraction of colorants from vegetable waste and value addition of ker and sangri.
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Nilesh Lele is a young dynamic technocrat having almost 20 years of experience in varied fields in India and in USA
EducationalBackground:
Nilesh holds a Chemical Engineering Degree from ICT (formerly called UDCT, Mumbai) and anMS, MBA from USA.
Current Work affiliation:
Nilesh is a first generation social entrepreneur, the Founder and Managing Director of Exelon Foodbio Advisors Pvt. Ltd.; a company that provides Technical and Management Consultancy to Startups and Small & Medium Enterprises in Food Industry
Nilesh is the Proprietor of Exelon Basket, which is into manufacturing of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages (such as Jeera Masala, Orange, Lemon, Blue Curacao, Ginger, Mango, Kokam and Solkadhi) The products are available across 18 districts in Maharashtra and in 7000+ stores.
Nilesh is the Proprietor of Frutine Beverages, which is into manufacturing of Exotic Fruit Wines, such as Mango &Jamun Wines. In January 2018 Mr. Nilesh Lele won the Best Innovation Award at Global Kokan Conclave for these “Exotic Fruit Wines“ at the hands of Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon. Minister of Commerce & Industries and Shri. UddhavjiThackrey
Nilesh is a Director of Sawarde Valley Food Foundation, an NGO working closely with farmers and entrepreneurs across Maharashtra. Recently they launched direct Farm to Society selling of fresh produce aimed at Doubling Farmer Income by 2022.
Professional activities:
Nilesh is very active member professionally and committed for contributing to alma mater and society in various ways:
Dr. Yadav obtained graduation degree ( B.Tech. Agril. Enng.) from RAU, Pusa (now DrRPCAU, Pusa) and postgraduation degrees, viz., master of engineering (M.Engg) and doctor of engineering (D. Engg.) from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand specialized in postharvest and food process engineering. He is having more than 27 years experience in the field in teaching, research and extension. Served about 14 year at AIT, Thailand where involved in teaching postgraduate courses for food process engineering before returning to India in 2007. In India served as faculty members at RAU for 3 year and then moved to IIFPT, Thanjavur where served as faculty members and head of department of Food engineering for 3 years followed by head of department for Food Packaging and System Development for 6 years. At present moved to IIFPT LO Guwahati as Professor and head.He has successfully completed 13 research and consultancy projects and another 2 are in the progress.
He has guided 2 Ph.D., 13 M.Tech. and 16 B.Tech. projects so far and another 2 PhD are under progress. He has published more than 61 articles in journals and conference proceedings in addition to several invited lectures. He has been involved in capacity building such as creation of research and teaching laboratories at Food Engineering and Biotechnology, AIT,Thailand; Engineering laboratories at NIFTEM; Food Packaging laboratories at IIFPT, Thanjavur. At present, he is involved in establishing Food Testing Laboratory at IIFPT LO Guwahati. His areas of specialization are drying, application of microwave, electronic nose and tongue and image processing for food processing. He is life members of AAAE, Bangkok; ISAE, india; AFST(I); Institution of Engineers, India; and Technical Education of India.
Educational Qualification :
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Year of passing |
Qualification |
Specialisation or Subjects |
School / College / University / Institute |
Division |
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1995 |
H.S.L.C.
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English, Assamese, Science , Maths , Geography, Social Studies. |
Dhekial H.S. School, Golaghat, Assam |
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1997
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H.S. |
Physics , Chemistry, Maths, English, Assamese. |
D.R. College, Golaghat, Assam |
I |
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2000 |
B. Sc |
Chemistry (Honours), Maths, Physics , English |
D.R. College, Golaghat/Dibrugarh University, Assam |
I |
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2002 |
M. Sc |
Organic Chemistry
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Gauhati University, Assam |
I |
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2013 |
Ph.D in Organic Chemistry |
Studies on a Few Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Used by Tribal Communities with Emphasis on Nutritional Value and Secondary Metabolites |
Dibrugarh University, Assam |
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Academic Awards
1. Qualified in the CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2004
2. Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2004, (Percentile 96.07).
Research Interest
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Two Years (2001-2002) |
Research experience in M Sc programme |
Synthesis and characterization of a few organic comp/ inorganic complexes in Laboratory. |
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Two years (2004-2005) |
Research experience as Ph. D student in I.I.T.Guwahati |
i) Study & characterization of H-bonding in inter and intra molecular interaction of poly phenolic comp. ii) Supramolecular Chemistry. |
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Thirteen years (2005-2018) |
Research experience as Scientist |
i) Natural Product Chemistry: Chemical investigation & isolation of bioactive molecules like alkaloids, terpenoids from medical & aromatic plant of north East India using NMR, HPLC etc ii) Evaluation of nutraceuticals and antioxidant activities of wild edible plants used by local peoples of the state. ii) Nanoscience & Nanotechnology: Synthesis of nanomaterials/nanopartiles by using plant resources from North East India and its evaluation of catalytic and biological activity. |
He has fifteen year experience in the field of Phytochemical investigation and Natural Product Chemistry.-Isolation, purification and structure determination of natural products. He carry out the research in isolation, purification and structure elucidation of natural derivative like alkaloids, terpenoids, fats, flavonoids etc.
Expertise in evaluation of nutritional value, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals content of edible plant, estimation of antioxidant activities, phenolic, flavanoid content. Moreover, he also carried out biochemical analysis of edible vegetable, fruits and other medicinal plant.
Experience in handling the equipment like HPLC, GC-MS, FTIR, Flourence Spectrophotometer, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer etc.
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Professor and Head, Department of Food Engineering and Technology, ICT, Mumbai
BOYSCAST Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Science
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Nidhi Agarwal, Food Technologist by profession and working as Regulatory Executive in Marico Ltd. I am having total 5 years work experience in food industry. The highest degree achieved so far is master’s degree in food technology from VNMKV, Parbhani, Maharashtra and hold bachelor’s degree from Amity University, Noida. My areas of specialization include regulatory compliance, advocacy, product conceptualization, labelling and claim substantiation, licensing and documentation. I worked extensively on various national as well as international regulations. During my tenure, I developed myself as strong candidature and actively involved into content writing like dossier preparation and white papers. 3 articles are published and rest other 3 articles are in the process of review. So far, I have also been actively involved in various FSSAI initiatives, and contributed for chapters of organic food manual, eat right booklet. Moreover, I am acting as executive committee member of AFSTI Delhi Chapter, proactively participating in various activities and events organized.
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Summarised Brief Resume:
Sri Subhas Bhattacharjee is a is a result driven professional with around 37 years of experience in the areas of Production, Planning & Management, Quality Assurance in Food Processing & Agriculture Marketing. Presently, he is a freelancer / Advisory on Organic agriculture, Agri-business & Food processing for NE Region. He was the former Managing Director of NERAMAC (North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation) Ltd, a Govt. of India Enterprise at Guwahati. He was former Scientist in CFTRI, Mysore and also worked in senior position in central PSUs at Delhi (General Manager In Modern Food Industries (I) Ltd and Executive Director In NERAMAC Ltd & also as Asst. Director of Industries & Deputy Director of Industries, with Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh in the north east.
He is a post graduate in Food Technology from UN/FAO, International Food Technology Training Centre at CSIR - CFTRI, Mysore after his graduation with Honors’ in Agriculture. He has furthered his professional qualification through certificate courses in Marketing Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, Project Management from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He has upgraded his professional wisdom through short courses at Institutes of repute like from EDII (Entrepreneurial Development Institute of India), Ahmedabad; CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute), Mysore; Small Industry Extension Training Institute, Hyderabad & premiere Institute like Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie & Kansas State University, USA.
Sri Subhas is a keen strategist & planner with skills in conceptualizing & effecting process initiatives to enhance efficiency & productivity in agribusiness. In recognition to his demonstrated abilities to enhance production operations & optimize resource & capacity utilization to escalate productivity & operational efficiencies in related Central Public Sector Enterprises, he was awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Memorial National Award during 2012 by Public Sector Today. He has been felicitated with GITS award for best paper on Marketing at IIC, New Delhi and R Jagadale Memorial Award for development of Food Processing from All India Food Processors Association (AIFPA). He is also the life Member of Association of Food Scientist & Technologists of India (AFST), Independent Director in the Board of North East Mega Food Park and Advisory member & Sector Chairman of Agri-business for North East in FICCI. He has got good number of publication in his credit in different reputed Journals of national & International repute.
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Dr Anne Bridges
Technical Director
AACC International
Dr Anne Bridges received her academic training in Australia and Canada and worked in health care and consumer food products for international companies including 3M Company and General Mills Inc. Currently Dr Bridges divides her time between the USA and Australia/South East Asia focusing on projects in food quality and food safety. Dr Bridges is the Technical Director at AACC International. Throughout this time she has maintained an association with relevant Codex Alimentarius committees working with both governments and non-profit organisations. At AACC Intl her responsibilities include the Approved Methods technical committees, new methods and guidelines and the Laboratory Proficiency Rating Program.
Since 1914, AACC Intl has published analytical methods and guidelines, in grains and pulses for a wide range of analytes and applications. More than 60 years ago, the AACC Intl check sample program was introduced with laboratory proficiency reporting. This program includes food and feed matrices for key grain quality analytes, cereal rheology testing, food labelling and food safety testing. In all levels of the commercial grain handling and testing laboratories check samples are used to verify analysis results, equipment performance and the validity of the laboratory quality programs. Experts in these technical areas at AACC Intl actively participate in the AACC Intl meeting symposia, workshops and training webinars.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF PROF. BHUPENDAR SINGH KHATKAR
Prof. Bhupendar Singh Khatkar received his Master’s degree in Food Technology from CFTRI, Mysore and Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from the University of Reading, Reading, England. He has served as Dean, Faculty of Environmental and Bio-Sciences & Technology at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology (GJUS&T), Hisar. Currently he is Professor, Department of Food Technology at GJUS&T,Hisar. He has also served the Department as Chairperson from 1999 to 2010 and also served the University as Dean Student’s Welfare. He has published 4 books, filed two patents and published 150 papers in the journals of national and international repute and presented many invited papers in the International & National Conferences. He has so far guided 109 Master’s students (1 M.Phil, 29 M.Tech. & 79 M.Sc.) and 19 Ph.D. students for research projects. He is the recipient of Lalji Godhoo Smarak Nidhi Award & Professor Carl Hoseney Award of AFST (India) for outstanding research work. He has been honored with Commonwealth Scholarship Award, best paper awards by the AACC, USA; ICFP, Malaysia & AFST (I), Mysore. In recognition of his research contribution he was given appreciation certificate by GJUS&T, Hisar. He was nominated to the Research Board of Advisors of American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA. Besides this his achievements include development of testing protocol for detection of urea in milk, prevention of browning in sesame seeds at elevated temperature, improvement in the colour of tofu, design and development of edible coatings for the extension of shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables, explaining molecular basis of wheat gluten viscoelasticity, role of specific gliadins in wheat quality and development of grain based nutraceuticals.
BRIEF C V OF Dr. VASUDEVA SINGH
After retiring from CSIR-CFTRI as Chief Scientist during 2013, worked as an Emeritus Medical Scientist (ICMR) at University of Mysore and at present working as an Professor, under DBT sponsored Food Science Project, Gauhati University. Published 75 research papers ,inventor of several processes, one Patent was commercialized to 30 industries. Handled several National & International projects. Guided 65-70 M.Sc students for their Dissertation and Investigation problems and produced 6 Ph.D candidates. Faculty member and Course Co-ordinator of M.Sc Food Technology, HRD courses of CFTRI. Recipient of several awards, delivered 60-70 invited lectures, innumerable oral lectures, and presented 60-70 posters at National & International level. At present working as a Chairman of Cereals, Pulses and Legumes and Products including bakery; and also a member of Scientific Committee, Food Safety Standards of India, New Delhi. Also a member of Research Advisory Committee, ICAR-Central Institute of Post Harvest Engg and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab.
Brief Bio-Data of Prof. Anil Kumar Chauhan
Prof. Chauhan obtained his M.Sc. in Dairy Science and Technology and Ph.D. in Dairy Science and Technology. He has supervised dozens of Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Food Science and Dairy Technology) students. Dr. Chauhan joined as Professor (Food Technology) Centre of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Currently, Dr. Chauhan working as Coordinator and Professor (Food Technology) at Centre of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University and also Director of Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT- Food Processing) ICAR, Gov. of India, BHU Centre. Apart from above all achievements, Dr. Chauhan is designated as Chairman, Scientific Panel on Fruits &Vegetables and their Products (Including dried fruits and nuts, salt, spices and condiments) FSSAI, Gov. of India and Member, Scientific Committee, FSSAI, Govt. of India. Dr. Chauhan is President of AFST(I), Varanasi chapter and life member of different professional scientific societies. Prof. Chauhan also had been as a Member of UP Subordinate Services Selection Commission, Gov. of U.P., Lucknow. Dr. Chauhan also had been a visiting scientist in University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Wageningen University and PTC+ Oenkerk, The Netherlands. Dr. Chauhan also act as a Chaired and Co-Chaired the Scientific Technical Committee in various International and National conferences at Malaysia, Thialand, Budapest, (Hungry) and National University Fiji etc. He has published number of research paper in different reputed journals and a book in Dairy Technology (Dairy Technology -A systematic Approach).
Phone No.: 09450658188
Email Address: anilchauhancfst@gmail.com, dranilchauhan@rediffmail.com,
Education :
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BSc Biochem, Botany, Zoology |
University of Mysore |
1986 |
First Rank, Gold medal and state award, Govt. of Karnataka |
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MSc Food Technology |
University of Mysore |
1988 |
First class with distinction |
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PhD Food Science |
University of Mysore |
2001 |
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PhD Thesis : Modified pectinase : structure, stability and food applications (Dr. A. G. Appu Rao, Guide)
Completed MSc Food Technology in 1988 and joined Kissan Products Ltd, Bengaluru as management trainee. Promoted as Quality Control Executive in 1990. Two and a half years in Food Industry includes product development of fruit based beverages, spice pastes, biscuits and sauces. Use of enzymes, especially cell-wall degrading enzymes for improving quality of fruit juices product development activities. Establishing of quality standards for all raw materials, packaging materials and finished goods were quality audit activities.
Joined CSIR-CFTRI in February 1991 as Junior Scientist and am currently Chief Scientist and Head in the Department of Protein Chemistry and Technology. Have 28 years of experience at CSIR-CFTRI in the areas of Supplementary foods for malnourished children and validation through animal and clinical trials, enzymes as processing aids, structure – stability – function in proteins. Targeting regulatory metabolic enzymes through nutraceuticals for combating disease is of great interest.
Patents : Total : 11 International – 5; Indian – 6
Invited Talks : 26
Publications : 42 in peer reviewed International Journals
Six technologies transferred to 36 entrepreneurs
PhD students – 3 awarded, 3 working
27 students did MSc dissertation
Awards :
Brief Bio-data of Dr. Amit Nath
Dr. Amit Nath is presently working as Principal Scientist (Food Technology) at ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, Meerut, UP, India with 21 years of research experience. As a start of career, he worked as management trainee, manager as well as quality control executive in MMC Agro Limited, Kolkata, India and Modern Food Industries, India Limited, Ranchi. He received Master degree from Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India; Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India and MBA from IGNOU, New Delhi, India. He already worked in twelve research projects, two patent filed, published more than 55 research papers in peer-reviewed journal, five books, ten proceeding papers and 25 book chapters. He acted as a Chairman/Co-Chairman for several committees of the Institute, Seminars and also Team Leader for monitoring the All India Coordinated Research Project on Integrated Farming Systems program in Karnataka & Gujrat State, India. He also visited Hangjhau, China under Overseas Fellowship program under, DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi. He already worked as coordinator in organizing different training program and also organized Seminars and conferences in different capacities. He also guided and formulated Detailed Project report (DPR) for bankable projects for two food industries. Dr. Nath also commercialized different products (viz., instant ginger candy, ginger paste, elaeagnus latifolia and prunus nepalensis beverage, blended squash) to NERAMAC, Guwahati and packaging design for fresh ginger transport to NHB, Guwahati, India during 2008-10. He has established Pack house facilities (1 ton/day) in the ICAR Complex, Umiam, India. Designed and developed HTST air puffing system and CFB packaging system for long distance transportation of fresh ginger for minimization of post harvest losses. He also involved in design and developed low-cost portable biomass fired dryer for drying of large cardamom. He imparted training to more than 1000 farmers & more than 100 officials of Govt. Organizations including Private Industries & SHG on various aspects of value addition in Agricultural produces. He also guided nine M. Sc. students, one Ph.D. and one MBA student for awarding degree. He has been conferred with Dr. J.S. Pruthi Award (2013) by AFST (India), Kunwar Saxena Bahadur Award (2014) from SRDA, Meerut, India and IAHF Fellow (2017) from Indian Association of Hill Farming, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India.
(Amit Nath)
Principal Scientist
(Food Technology)
ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram,
Meerut, UP, India
Mobile No: 8650201828
Dated: 31/10/2019
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BIO DATA
1. Name and full correspondence address: Dr Manuj Kumar Hazarika Associate professor and Former Head, Department of Food Engineering and Technology Tezpur University, Dist: Sonitpur, Assam, PIN 784028
2. Email(s) and contact number(s) Ph: 03712-275706 Mob: 9435700993 mkhazarika@tezu.ernet.in mkhazarika@rediffmail.com
3. Institution Tezpur University, Dist: Sonitpur, Assam, PIN 784028
4. Date of Birth 01-01-1971 5. Gender Male 6. Academic Qualification (Undergraduate Onwards) Degree Year Subject University/Institution B Tech 1993 Agricultural Engg JNKVV, Jabalpur, India M Tech 1995 Dairy and Food Engg IIT Kharagpur PhD 2011 Dairy and Food Engg IIT Kharagpur
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Name of Institution Designation Period From To N.E.R.I.S.T, Itanagar Lecturer 08/02/96 07/02/01 N.E.R.I.S.T. Itanagar Lect (Sr Grade) 08/02/01 31/12/05 N.E.R.I.S.T. Itanagar Asstt Professor (SG) 01/01/06 08/11/07 Assam University Silchar Reader 12/11/07 15/11/09 Tezpur University Associate Professor 16/11/09 Till date
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Name : Rwivoo Baruah
Date of birth : 19.04.1989
Permanent Address : c/o Dr. Parthasarathi Baruah, #231 J.B Road Amolapatty, Nagaon, Assam India Pin 782003.
Languages known : English, Assamese Bengali and Hindi
Telephone : (00913672)232962(Home), 8876786877(Mobile)
E-mail : rwivoo.rf0948@cftri.res.in, rbarua06@gmail.com
Skype id : rwivoo.barua
Webpages:
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=tNYuG3QAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rwivoo_Baruah
Scopus : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55382998000
ORCID : http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-3226
Education
Honors and Awards
BIODATA
Name: Samlesh Kumari Tel: +91-0755-2521245
Designation: Scientist Mobile: 9425948072
Email: samleshndri.kumari@gmail.com
Alternative Email: samlesh.kumari@icar.gov.in
Address:
Room No. 108,
Centre of Excellence on Soybean Processing & Utilization
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)-462038, India.
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Research in the area of food and agriculture microbiology with utilization and study of microbes in the field of agro produce food processing as major focus on Quality Assurance & Food Safety. Development of biosensors and kits for detection of food borne pathogens. Study of microbial contaminants (include bacteria, mold, fungi, viruses, or their toxins) in food products. Application of various microbes (micro algae) in agriculture waste utilization. Development of probiotic, synbiotic and value added food products from milk, soymilk and agro produce. Characterization and identification of bioactive peptides from fermented milk. Application of different microbial metabolites in bio preservation of food products. Trainings and teaching in the area of applications of microbes in the field of food processing etc.
EDUCATION
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B.Tech. |
2008 |
NDRI, Karnal |
Dairy Technology |
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M.Tech. |
2010 |
NDRI, Karnal |
Dairy Microbiology |
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Ph.D. |
2017 |
NDRI, Karnal |
Dairy Microbiology |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Post held |
Duration |
Institute |
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Senior Research Fellow (SRA) |
2010-11 |
In DBT project on “fortification of micronutrients in milk”. |
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Lecturer |
2011 |
Biotechnology Department (Kurukshetra University affiliated college) |
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Quality Assurance Officer |
2011 |
Nestle India Ltd. as Officer |
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Scientist |
Jan 2016 to present |
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
RECOGNITION AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS