My research group works in the following domains of food process engineering and precision agriculture.

(1) Modeling: Discrete Element Modeling, Heat Transfer Modeling, CFD Modeling, and Data-driven Modeling
(2) Analysis of Food Properties: Physical, Thermal, Mechanical, Micro-structural; Non-destructive quality estimation
(3) Application of AI, Data Science, and Robotics in Food Engineering
(4) Particle Technology
(5) Cryogenic Grinding
(6) Food Storage Structures & Process Engineering
(7) Design and Testing of Post-Harvest Equipment and Machinery

All Publications

Optimization of Wall Material Composition for Encapsulating Bioactive Compounds From Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) Stems by Singh S.M., Tripathy S., Ghodki B.M., Srivastav P.P. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 2025 - (2025)
Improving real-time apple fruit detection: Multi-modal data and depth fusion with non-targeted background removal by Kaukab S., Komal, Ghodki B.M., Ray H., Kalnar Y.B., Narsaiah K., Brar J.S. Ecological Informatics 82 - (2024)
Photocatalytic Reactor for Ethylene Degradation: Patent by Ghodki B. M., Choudhary P. - (2024)
Photocatalytic Reactor for Ethylene Degradation: Design Registration by Ghodki B. M., Choudhary P. - (2024)
Cryogenic Hammer Mill: Design Registration by Ghodki B. M., Carpenter G. , Goswami T. K., Charithkumar K. - (Accepted/In-Press)
Computer software work stereo depth based detection and localization module for apples by Kaukab S., Kalnar Y. B., Narsaiah K. , Ghodki B. M. - (2025)
Cryogenic Impact on Food Material Properties: Structural and Functional Transformations by Ghodki B. M., Chhetri K. B., Mahanti N. K. Cryogenic Processing: Advances in the Food Industry - (Accepted/In-Press)

Completed Projects

Principal Investigator

Numerical Simulation Study for Understanding Mechanical Damage in Apple During Road Transportation SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR

Co-Principal Investigator

AICRP on Post- Harvest Engineering & Technology IIT, Kharagpur (other than Salaries) ICAR
AICRP on Post- Harvest Engineering & Technology IIT, Kharagpur (other than Salaries) ICAR
AICRP on Post- Harvest Engineering & Technology IIT, Kharagpur-I (salaries) ICAR
AICRP on Post- Harvest Engineering & Technology IIT, Kharagpur-I (salaries) ICAR
PFDC Project The Director of Horticulture Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture
PFDC Project The Director of Horticulture Department of Food Processing Industries and Horticulture

Alumni members

Ph. D. Students

Supravat Bairagya

Area of Research: Food Engineering

Yogesh K

Area of Research: Food Process Engineering