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Faculty

Agricultural and Food Engineering

Responsibilities
  • Assistant Warden, Mother Teresa Hall
Contact
  •  jayeeta.mitra@agfe.iitkgp.ac.in
  •  +91-3222-283142

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  • Food Packaging and Storage
  • Mathematical Modeling and Simulation
  • Equipment for Rural Food Processing
  • Microwave Extraction
  • pesticide residue determination in food
  • Poster award IUFoST (19th)

The group is basically working on the development of packaging solutions using macromolecules. Recent works includes enhancement of mechanical and barrier properties of biodegradable films along with antimicrobial film development by solution casting. As a primary packaging nano coating is being developed and application on fruits is being experimented.
Extraction of bioactive compounds (flavonoids/Phenolic) is another research area on which the group is focussing. These bioactive extracts can be further used in food for enhancing functionality. Process optimisation and mathematical modelling to simulate the bio processes along with validation is being done by the group.
Food engineering has a pivotal role in improving rural agriculture. Keeping that in mind the group is also in the process of developing rural low cost technologies to offer sustainable growth to the rural community. 




Principal Investigator

Development of Active Packaging Solutions Using Nanoencapsulation Technique to Aid Nutrient Delivery for Quality Improvement & Shelf Life Extention of Stored Food Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)


Co-Principal Investigator

Harvest and Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (other than Salaries) All India Co-Ordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Technology

Harvest and Post Harvest Engineering and Technology-I (salaries) All India Co-Ordinated Research Project on Post Harvest Technology

Real Time Monitoring and Embedded Analytics for Quality Traceability on Cold Chains for Sea Export of Agricultural Produce (IMPRINT-2) Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)


Ph.D. Students

Gulshan Kumar Malik
Area of Research: Food Packaging

Manpreet Kour
Area of Research: Food Process Engineering

Anjali Khuntia
Area of Research: Food Packaging

Tanmoy Kanti Sahoo
Area of Research: IoT based food quality analyzer

P Yashaswini
Area of Research: Food Processing

Amaresh
Area of Research: Food Processing

Ankita
Area of Research: Food Processing

N Sai Prasanna
Area of Research: food quality and storage study