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ICAR - Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal
(An ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified Institute)
Scientific Staff
Agro Produce Processing Division
Dr. S Mangaraj
Principal Scientist
Dr. S.K Giri
Principal Scientist
Dr. Karan Singh
Principal Scientist
Dr. M.K. Tripathi
Principal Scientist
Dr. Subir Kumar Chakraborty
Principal Scientist
Dr. Debabandya Mohapatra
Principal Scientist
Sh. Ajay Yadav
Scientist
Dr. Adinath Kate
Scientist
Dr. Dilip Ananda Pawar
Scientist
Er. Pravitha M
Scientist
Dr. S.K Giri
Principal Scientist
Research Focus
Post harvest handling
Packaging and storage of horticultural crops
Giri, S.K., Sadvatha, RH., Tripathi, M.K. and Pawar, D.A. (2020). Enhancing Shelf-life of Fresh-cut Carrot and Cauliflower Floret with Combined Ozone and Ultraviolet-C Radiation Treatment. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 57 (3): 210-225.
Giri S.K., Tripathi M.K. & Kotwaliwale, N. (2018). Effect of composition and storage time on some physico-chemical and rheological properties of probiotic soy-cheese spread. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 55(5): 1667-1674.
Giri S.K., Mangaraj S, Sinha LK, Tripathi MK. (2017). Quality of spray dried soy beverage powder as affected by drying and feed parameters. Nutrition & Food Science, 47 (4): 567-577.
Giri S.K., Singh, R, Tripathi, M.K. and More, S.N. (2016). Post harvest heat treatment of bananas-Effect on shelf life and quality. Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality (Archives of Food Hygiene), 67 (5): 132-138.
Giri S.K. and Mangaraj S. (2014). Soymilk concentration by ultrafiltration: effects of pore size and transmembrane pressure on filtration performance. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (3): 666-672.
Fellow (Institutions of Engineers, India).
NAIP(ICAR) fellowship for Foreign training at WSU, Pullman, USA
Best Paper Award: For a paper titled “Optimization of fermentation conditions for production of probiotic soymilk” by The Institution of Engineers (India), MP Center in 2014.
Dr. S.K Giri
Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521065 Email: Saroj.Giri@icar.gov.in
Dr. Dipika Agrahar Murugkar
Principal Scientist
Research Focus
Product development and value addition
Improving the Nutritional status of women and children
Functional foods
Nutraceuticals
Agrahar-Murugkar, D. 2020. Food to food fortification of breads and biscuits with herbs, spices, millets and oilseeds on bio-accessibility of calcium, iron and zinc and impact of proteins, fat and phenolics.LWT - Food Science and Technology. 13010.1016/j.lwt.2020.109703
Agrahar-Murugkar, D., Bajpai-Dixit, P. & Kotwaliwale, N. 2020. Rheological, nutritional, functional and sensory properties of millets and sprouted legume based beverages. Journal of Food Science and Technology 57: 1671–1679.
Agrahar- Murugkar D, P Gulati, Aiman, Gupta.C. 2020. Fuzzy Logic analysis of sensory attributes of snack bars prepared from multi-nutrient composite flour and natural binding agents. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 57 (1): 25-39.
Bembem, K., Agrahar-Murugkar, D. 2020. Development of millet based ready-to-drink beverage for geriatric population. Journal of Food Science and Technology. https:/ /doi .org/ 10. 1007/ s13197- 020-04359-9
Agrahar Murugkar D and Dixit Bajpai P. 2019. Physicochemical, textural, color, nutritional, Scanning Electron Microscopy and sensorial characterization of calcium rich breads fortified with sesame, malted finger millet, cumin and moringa leaves. Nutrition and Food Science: https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-03-2019-0101.
Agrahar-Murugkar D, Dixit-Bajpai P and Kotwaliwale N. 2019. Rheological, nutritional, functional and sensory properties of millets and sprouted legume based beverages. Journal of Food Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-019-04200
ICAR National Fellow,Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR),2011
NAIP sponsored training at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA,ICAR,2010
Norman Borlaug Fellowship,United States Department of Agriculture, United States of America,2008
Young Scientists Award,Indian Council of Medical Research, India,2003
Selection Award,“Development of process and technology for the production of soymilk, tofu, SPI and SPC from sprouted soybean and its quality assessment” as the Principal Investigator was selected as the only project from SMD to be presented before Hon’ble MoS (A), DG, ICAR, DDG’s, ADG’s and Directors on 5.2.10 at Krishi Bhavan,Indian Council of Agricultural Research,2010
Best oral presentation for paper entitled “Nutritionally and functionally rich food products with sprouted legumes and malted millets and fruits/vegetables”,5th International Conference on Advances in Food Technology and Health Science at JNU, New Delhi,2014
Best poster for paper entitled “Effect of sprouting on functional and nutritional components of multi-nutrient mixes”.,International Conference on Food technology for health promotion held at JNU Delhi,2012
Best poster award for paper entitled “Biochemical investigations to study biochemical, nutritional and quality changes of milk and tofu from sprouted soybeans”,Association of Food Scientist and Technologists,2012
Best oral presentation for paper entitled “Effect of ultrasound and protein hydrolysis on emulsion stability of soybean skim fractions from enzyme-assisted aqueous extraction processing”,5th International SASNET, Mysore,2011
Best oral presentation for paper entitled “Technology for formulated functional foods using extrusion-cooking technology”,Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur,2010
Best poster award for paper “Effect of thermal processing methods on biochemical quality of soybean”,Association of Food Scientist and Technologists,2009
Dr. Dipika Agrahar Murugkar
Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) 0755-2521070 Email: dipikaagrahar@yahoo.com
Dr. Karan Singh
Principal Scientist
Research Focus
Database
Sensors & Image based applications
K.N. Agrawal, Karan Singh, Ganesh Bora and Dongqing Lin, (2012). Weed recognition using image-processing technique based on leaf parameters,” Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B 2 (2012) 899-908.
Nachiket Kotwaliwale, Karan Singh, Abhimannyu Kalne, S N Jha, Neeraj Seth and Abhijit Kar (2011). X-ray imaging methods for internal quality evaluation of agricultural produce, Journal of Food Science and Technology, Published Online August 13, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s13197-011-0485-y.
CR Mehta, Karan Singh, MM Selvan, (2011). A decision support system for selection of tractor–implement system used on Indian farms. Journal of Terramechanics, 48 (1), 65-73.
Abhimannyu Kalne, Nachiket Kotwaliwale, Karan Singh and Vijay Kumar Singh (2012). Non-Destructive Inspection of Mango Fruit (Mangifera indica L.) Using Digital Radiography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 49(4), 33-41.
Karan Singh and KS Reddy (2010). Software for design and layout of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems, Journal of Computer Science, May-June 2010, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp: 1664-1876. ISSN 0973-2926.
Dr. Karan Singh
Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521126 Email: Karan.Singh1@icar.gov.in
Manisha Nanda, Vinod Kumar, Neha Arora, Mikhail S Vlaskin, Manoj K Tripathi. 2021. 1H NMR based Metabolomics and Lipidomics of Microalgae. Trends in Plant Science, vol.26, No.9, 984-985 (Elsevier Cell Press). Technology of the Month. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.06.004, Impact Factor; 18.33.
Tripathi, M.K and Giri, S.K. (2014). Probiotic functional foods: Survival of probiotics during processing and storage Journal of Functional Food, 9: 225-241.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2014.04.030.
Tripathi M K, Mangaraj S, Kumar M, Sinha L K,Giri S K and Ali N. (2015). Effect of processing condition on the quality and beany flavour of soymilk, Current Science, vol. 109, No. 6, 25 September: 1165 -1171.
Giri, S. K., Tripathi, M. K., and Kotwaliwale, N. (2018). Effect of composition and storage time on some physico-chemical and rheological properties of probiotic soy-cheese spread. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 55(5):1667–1674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-018-3078-1.
Mohapatra D, Patel A S, Kar A, Deshpande S, Tripathi M K.(2018). Effect of different processing conditions on proximate composition,antioxidants,antinutrients and amino acid profile of grain sorghum, Food Chemistry 271: ,129-135), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.07.196.
Pushpendra Singh, Manish Kumar Tipathi, Mohmmad Yasir,Ruchi Khare,Manoj Kumar Tripathi and Rahul Srivastava.(2020). Potential Inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 and Functional Food Components as Nutritional Supplement for COVID-19: A Review. Plant Foods Hum Nutr 75, 458–466 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-020-00861-9.
Tiwari, S., Kate, A., Mohapatra, D., Tripathi, M.K., Ray, H., Akuli, A., Ghosh, A., Modhera, B.(2020), Volatile organic compounds (VOCs): Biomarkers for quality management of horticultural commodities during storage through e-sensing, Trends in Food Science & Technology, Volume 106: 417-433.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.039.
International Recognition: Listed among world's top-cited (2%) scientists-2021 published by Elsevier, data compiled by Stanford University. (A178095). https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3.
Selected for National Academy of Science, India (NASI-member) Associate - 2022
Qualified for Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) fellowship by CSIR, Govt. of India, among 20% toppers of CSIR-JRF, 2002.
Elected for “FELLOW SCIENTIFIC PLANET SOCIETY (FSPS)” by Scientific Planet Society of India.2014.
Established Scientist Award by Scientific Planet Society (SPS), Dehradun, India.2014.
Best Scientist Awards-2017 in 2end Academic Award-2017 by Education Expo Research Foundation New Delhi for outstanding achievements in the field of research and publications.
Award for Excellence in Reviewing for Year 2020 by Defence Life Science Journal (DRDO), India.
Conferred-ISAE Team Award-2020 by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering, New Delhi during 55th ISAE Annual Convention on 23-25 November, 2021at Patna.
Conferred-SAAR Distinguished Scientist Award in Crop Science-21 by Society for Agriculture and Allied Research. India.
Certificate of Excellence-2012, Science being Journal Publishing Group, Dehradun, India.
Certificate of Recognition, Central Silk Board, Dehradun, U.K 2007.
Working as an Editor-In-Chief - Octa Journal of Bioscience (International peer-reviewed land NAAS rated), Editor-In-Chief – Krishi Abhiyantriki Darpan(ICAR-CIAE),Executive Editor-Scientific India and member of Editorial Board of more than 10 reputed National and International journals.
Biography published in Marvellous Records Book of INDIA in science chapter, 2016.
Best Seller Book (2016) award for book “Hand Book of Nutraceuticals and Functional Food – Soybean as an Example”, published by Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi
Book of the year-2014 for book Probiotic:Technology,Safety and Human Health authored by M.K.Tripathi and S.K.Giri- Jaya Publishing House, New Delhi
Best Paper Award in All India Seminar on “Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Human Health care” By The Institution of Engineers (India), Bhopal during March 29-30, 2014.
Best presentation award in “Biohorizon 2003” IIT, New Delhi, March 7-8,2003.
Best presentation award in National symposium on “Recent advances in science” organized by Dolphin (PG) Institute Of Biomedical and Natural Science, Dehradun, 4, 5, 6, June, 2005.
Best Presentation Awards in National conference on "'Role of Agricultural Engineering in the Country's Economic Development and Self-Dependent in the Era of COVID-19'' organized on July 28-29,2021 at ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal.
Best presentation award in II-Uttaranchal Science Conference at Nainital,U.K, Nov 2007 (Rahul Kumar, M.K.Tripathi and I.S.Singh).
Best presentation award in “National Seminar on Analytical techniques and Instruments, Research and academics” organized by Indian Society of Analytical Scientist, India, at Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR), Dehradun, 25 Nov 2005.
Best presentation awards in National Seminar on “Food Security and Economic prosperity through Processing & Preservation of Foods” organized by IICPT, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt of India at CIAE, Bhopal, 04-05,march, 2010.
Best Presentation Award, National conference on Biodiversity, conservation strategies and sustainability of medicinal plants for their pharmaceutical use in human health and prosperity at Biotechnology and molecular Biology centre, M.G.P.G.Gorakhpur,Aug,24-25,2013.
Dr. M.K. Tripathi
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521071 (M) +91-9165101340 Email: Manoj.Tripathi1@icar.gov.in
Dr. Subir Kumar Chakraborty
Principal Scientist
Research Focus
Postharvest Automation
Machine Vision
Deep Learning
Kumar, P., Chakraborty, S. K., Kate, A. (2022) Influence of infrared (IR) heating parameters upon the hull adherence and cotyledon integrity of whole pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) grain. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 154: 112792.
Mahanti, N. K., Kothakota, A., Ishwarya, P., Chakraborty, S. K., Kumar, M., Cozzolino, D. (2021) Emerging non-destructive techniques for fruit damage detection- A comprehensive review. Trends in Food Science & Technology DOI:10.1016/j.tifs.2021.12.021.
Chakraborty, S. K., Mahanti, N. K., Mansoori, S. M., Tripathi, M. K., Kotwaliwale, N., Jayas, D. S. (2021) Non-destructive classification and prediction of aflatoxin-B1 concentration in maize kernels using Vis-NIR (400-1000 nm) hyperspectral imaging. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 58, 437-450.
Chandel, N.S., Chakraborty, S.K., Rajwade, Y. A., Dubey, K., Tiwari, M.K., Jat, D. (2020) Identifying crop water stress using deep learning models. Neural Computing and Applications, 33(10), 5353-5367.
Mahanti, N. K., Chakraborty, S. K., Kotwaliwale, N., Vishwakarma, A. K. (2020) Chemometric strategies for non-destructive and rapid assessment of nitrate content in harvested spinach using vis-NIR spectroscopy. Journal of Food Science. 85(10):3653-3662.
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) TEAM AWARD - 2021 (as Team Leader).
Institution of Engineers India (IEI), FELLOW - 2021.
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) Distinguished Service Award - 2017.
Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) Best Paper Award - 2018.
Dr. Subir Kumar Chakraborty
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521209
Email: Subir.Kumar@icar.gov.in
Dr. Debabandya Mohapatra
Scientist
Research Focus
Microwave processing of agro produce
Mohapatra, D., Bira, Z. M., Frias, J. M., Kerry, J. P. & Rodrigues, F. A. 2011. Probabilistic Shelf Life Assessment of White Button Mushrooms through Sensorial Properties Analysis. LWT-Food Sceince & Technology, 44(6):1443-1448, Journal IF: 2.546, CI:3 , NAAS:7.8.
Mohapatra, D. & Bal, S. 2012. Physical Properties of Indica Rice in Relation to Some Novel Mechanical Properties Indicating Grain Characteristics. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 5(6): 2111-2119.
Mohapatra, D. & Bal, S. 2010. Optimization of Polishing Conditions for Long Grain Basmati Rice in a Laboratory Abrasive Mill. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 3(3):466-472, Journal IF: 4.115, CI:9, NAAS:8.0.
Mohapatra, D., Bira, Z. M., Kerry, J., Frias, J. M., & Oliveira, F. A. R. 2010. Postharvest Hardness and Color Evolution of White Button Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). Journal Food Science, 75(3), E146-152, Journal IF: 1.775, CI: 14 NAAS:7.6.
Mohapatra, D., Frias, J. M., Oliveira, F. A. R., Bira, Z. M. & Kerry, J. 2008. Development and Validation of a Model to Predict Enzymatic Activity during Storage of Cultivated Mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus spp.). Journal of Food Engineering, 86(1), 39-48, Journal IF: 2.276, CI: 17, NAAS:7.7.
Dr. Debabandya Mohapatra
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.-(O) +91-755-2521208 (M) +91-9907478838 Email: Debabandya.Mohapatra@icar.gov.in
Sh. Ajay Yadav
Scientist
Research Focus
Biodegradable Films.
Edible Film & Coatings.
Smart Packaging.
New Product Development.
Yadav, A., Kumar, N., Upadhyay, A., Sethi, S., Singh, A. 2022. Edible coating as postharvest management strategy for shelf‐life extension of fresh tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.): An overview. Journal of Food Science. Doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.16145.
Yadav A, Kumar N, Upadhyay A, Fawole A, Mahawar A, Jalgaonkar K, Chandran D, Zengin G, Kumar M, Mekhemar M. 2022. Recent advances in novel packaging technologies for shelf-life extension of guava fruits for retaining health benefits. Plants, 11(4), 547. Doi: 10.3390/plants11040547.
Yadav A, Kumar N, Upadhyay A, Anurag RK, Pandiselvam R. 2022. Effect of mango kernel seed starch based active edible coating functionalized with lemon grass essential oil on the shelf-life of guava fruits. Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods, 14(3): 1–13.
Mangaraj, S, Thakur, R. R, Yadav, A. 2022. Development and characterization of PLA and Cassava starch‐based novel biodegradable film used for food packaging application. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, e16314. Doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.16314.
Yadav, A, Kumar, N, Upadhyay, A, Pratibha, Anurag, R. K. 2021. Edible Packaging from Fruit Processing Waste: A Comprehensive Review. Food Reviews International, 1-32. Doi: 10.1080/87559129.2021.1940198.
Sh. Ajay Yadav
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-1069 (M) +91-8818805007 Email: Ajay.yadav1@icar.gov.in
Dr. Adinath Kate
Scientist
Research Focus
Process and food engineering.
Microwave and Infrared processing
Kate A.E, Sarkar A, Shahi N.C and Lohani U.C (2015). Cracking force analysis for apricot pit decortication based on Mathematical model of Hertz’s Theory. International journal of food properties. 18(11): 2528-2538.
Kate A.E, Lohani U.C, Shahi N.C and Pandey J. P (2015). Development of pedal operated wild apricot pit grader. Agricultural mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Vol. 46 (1): 48-52.
Anwesa Sarkar, Kate A. E, B. K. Kumbhar and Anupama Singh (2015). Effect of alkaline pretreatment parameters on saccharification of waste pea hulls. Journal of Biobased material and Bioenergy, 9 (4): 433-438.
Dr. Adinath Kate
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) +91-755-2521108 (M) +91-9456553220 Email: kate.adinath@icar.gov.in
Dr. Dilip Ananda Pawar
Scientist
Research Focus
Pulse milling
Storage
Seed processing and drying
Pawar D. A., Joshi D. C., Sharma A. K. (2021). Effect of gamma irradiation and microwave energy on milling characteristics of pigeon pea. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 58 13): 29-39. doi: 10.52151/jae.2021581.1732.
Kate, A. E., Chakraborty, S. K., Pawar. D. A., Gorrepati. K. (2020). Airflow resistance and pressure drop behaviour in different conditions of bulk stored onion and its dynamic modelling. Journal of Food Process Engineering, e13141. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13141.
Giri, S. K., Sadhwata, R. H., Tripathi, M. K., Pawar, D. A. (2020). Enhancing the shelf life of fresh cut carrot and cauliflower floret with combined ozone and ultraviolet-C treatment. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 57 (3): 210-225. https://isae.in/journal-of-agricultural-engineering?id=779
Pawar, D. A., Sonone, V. S., Nevkar, G. S. and Unde, P. A. (2019). Effect of seeding concentrations of dry seeds (sucrose) on recovery of different size jaggery granules. Multilogic in Science, 30(9):97-102.
Pawar, D. A., Jadhav, M. S. and Nimbalkar, C. A. (2017). Techniques and advances in jaggery processing A Review. Research Journal of Chemical and Environmental Sciences. 5 (2):14-20.
Shri. Bansilal Mulchand Dayama Rahuri GOLD MEDAL for first rank at B. Tech. (Agril Engg.), in M.P.K.V., Rahuri (2009).
ISAE conventional memorial GOLD PLATED SILVER MADAL for first rank in B. Tech. (Agril Engg.), in M.P.K.V., Rahuri (2009).
Jindal Gold Medal for first rank in MPKV in M. Tech. (2012).
DST-INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP for Ph. D. (2014)
Dr. Dilip Ananda Pawar
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- (O) 0755-252-1257 Email: dilip.agroneer@gmail.com
Pravitha, M., Manikantan, M. R., Ajesh Kumar, V., Beegum, S., & Pandiselvam, R. (2021). Optimization of process parameters for the production of jaggery infused osmo-dehydrated coconut chips. LWT-Food science & Technology, 146, 111441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111441.
Pravitha, M., Manikantan, M. R., Ajesh Kumar, V., Shameena Beegum, P. P., & Pandiselvam, R. (2022). Comparison of drying behavior and product quality of coconut chips treated with different osmotic agents. LWT, 113432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113432.
Ajesh Kumar, V., Srivastav, P. P., Pravitha, M., Hasan, M., Mangaraj, S., V, P., & Verma, D. K. (2022). Comparative study on the optimization and characterization of soybean aqueous extract-based composite film using response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural network (ANN). Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 31, 100778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2021.100778.
Ajesh Kumar, V., Pravitha, M., Srivastav, P. P., Mangaraj, S., Pandiselvam, R., & Hasan, M. (2021). Development of soy-based nanocomposite film: Modeling for barrier and mechanical properties and its application as cheese slice separator. Journal of Texture Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtxs.12636.
Ajesh Kumar V, Muzaffar Hasan, Pravitha, M., Mangaraj, S. (2022). Trends in Edible Packaging Films and its Prospective Future in Food: A Review. Applied Food Research, 2(1), 100118.
V. Ajesh Kumar., M. Pravitha & Akash Pare. (2019). Optimization of Composite Protein- Lipid Film by Ohmic Heating using Mixture Design. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences,8(3): 230-241.
Er. Pravitha M
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- +91-755-2521068 Email: pravithamp22@gmail.com
Dr. Shukadev Mangaraj
Principal Scientist
Research Focus
Fruit grading
MA Packaging
Soymilk deodorization
Extrusion cooking technology
Mangaraj, S., Mohanty, S., Swain, S. and Yadav A (2019). Development and characterization of commercial biodegradable films using blown film extrusion technology. Current Science, 116 (6): 997-1002.
Mangaraj, S. and Pajnoo, R.K. (2019). Development of an efficient fruit cum vegetable grader for spherical commodities. Agricultural mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 54 (2): 7-12.
Mangaraj, S., Goswami, TK, and Panda, DK (2015). Modeling of gas transmission properties of polymeric films used for MA Packaging of fruits. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 52(9): 5456-5469.
Mangaraj, S., Goswami, TK, Giri, SK and Tripathi MK. (2012). Permselective MA packaging of litchi (cv. Shahi) for preserving quality and extension of shelf-life. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 71:1-12.
Mangaraj, S. and Singh, K.P. (2011). Optimisation of machine parameters for milling of pigeon pea using RSM. Food and Bioprocess Technology - An International Journal, 4:762-769.
ISAE Book Award (2019) for the book entitled “Agricultural Process Engineering (Volume I to IV)” authored by Dr. S. Swain, S. Mangaraj, SK Dash and Nawab Ali, published by Kalyani Publisher, Delhi received in the 54th ISAE convention held Pune during 07-09th January 2020.
Outstanding Book Award of ISAE (2015) for the book entitled “Principles and Practices of Agricultural Processing” authored by Dr. Nawab Ali and Dr. S. Mangaraj, published by Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi received in the 50th Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers held at OUAT, Bhubaneswar during 19-21 January 2016.
NAAS Associate (2014) from National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi for outstanding contributions in the field of Agricultural Process Engineering.
ISAE Commendation Medal (2014) for professional achievements in the field of Agricultural Process Engineering in the 49th convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers held at PAU, Ludhiana during 23rd- 25th February 2014.
Jawaharlal Nehru Award (2013) for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences (Agricultural Engineering) from Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR), New Delhi, India.
ISAE Commendation Award (2011) for outstanding contributions in the field of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology in the 46th convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers held during 27th - 29 February 2012 at GBPUAT, Panthanagar.
NN Mohan Memorial Award (2009) from All India Food Processors' Association at the Annual Conference & National Seminar on “Inclusive Growth of Food Processing Industries in India” held during 3rd December 2010 at New Delhi.
Dr. Shukadev Mangaraj
Principal Scientist
ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal – 462 038 Contact No.- +91-9630860191 Email:
S.Mangaraj@icar.gov.in