• Lewis-Clark IFT Award
• PSIFT Travel Award
• Daniel-Siegel Memorial Award
• Second Place in Food Packaging Division competition
• Daniel-Siegel Memorial Scholarship
• PSIFT Scholastic Award
• IFT Food Packaging Division
• Puget Sound Institute of Food Technologist (PSIFT) Scholastic Achievement Award

Book Chapter/Section
• Thermally Preserved Food Packaging: Principles & Recent Developments by Bhunia K., Sablani S. S. Encyclopedia of Food Packaging 1-19 (2026)
• Migratory effects, safety, and concerns of nanofood packaging by Kumar R., Bhunia K. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Food Packaging 345-379 (2025)
• Sustainable food packaging: Environmental impact, life cycle analysis, and innovative solutions by Nayak P.P., Kumar R., Nandi S., Bhunia K. Safety and Sustainability Aspects of Food Packaging 335-360 (2025)
• Product and Package Testing in Microwave Processes by Bhunia K., Sablani S.S. Food Engineering Series Part F3361 605-622 (2024)
• Nanotechnology in microbial food safety by Pal A., Bhunia K. Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials 253-304 (2022)
• Food Packaging Interactions by Bhunia K., Sablani S. S., Rahman M. S. Handbook of Food Preservation 923-941 (2020)
• Packaging technology for microwave sterilization by Zhang H., Bhunia K. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Packaging for Nonthermal Processing of Food 205-224 (2018)
• Gas Barrier Packaging by Bhunia K., Zhang H. , Sablani S. S. Reference Module in Food Science 1-11 (2016)
Patent
• A RFID-BASED SENSOR FOR MILK SPOILAGE DETECTION by Pal A., Bhunia K. - (2026)
Journal
• Passive RFID-based sensor for secondary shelf-life detection of UHT milk by Pal A., Bhunia K. Journal of Food Engineering 416 113070- (2026)
• Electrochemical biosensors for food spoilage, quality monitoring, and food safety: recent advances, sensor performance, and smart packaging integration by Pipliya S., Kaur J. , Pal A. , Saha D. , Patel J. , Samadder S. , Gupta R. K., Bhunia K. , Srivastav P. P. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10 1-26 (2026)
• Modeling the Biphasic and Monophasic Microbial Growth in Pasteurized Cow Milk Under Isothermal Temperature Abuse by Pal A., Bhunia K. Journal of Food Process Engineering 48 - (2025)
• Microwave-based sustainable in-container thermal pasteurization and sterilization technologies for foods by Bhunia K., Tang J., Sablani S.S. Sustainable Food Technology 2 926-944 (2024)
• Modelling the extraction process parameters of amorphous silica-rich rice husk ash using hybrid RSM BPANN MOGA optimization technique by Nayak P.P., Nandi S., Bhunia K., Datta A.K. Materials Chemistry and Physics 293 - (2023)
• Kinetic modeling of ultrasonic-assisted extraction of punicalagin from pomegranate peel by Rakshit M., Srivastav P.P., Bhunia K. Journal of Food Process Engineering 43 - (2020)
• State/phase transitions induced by ice recrystallization and its influence on the mechanical properties of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) var. Russet Brown by Krishnakumar P., Bhunia K. , Tang J. , Rasco B. A., Takhar P. S., Sablani S. S. Journal of Food Engineering 251 45-56 (2019)
• A Fluorescence based Method for Estimation of Oxygen Barrier Properties of Microspheres by Kak A., Bajaj P. R., Bhunia K. , Nitin N. , Sablani S. S. Journal of Food Science 84 532-539 (2019)
• Development of an Oxygen Sensitive Model Gel System to Detect Defects in Metal Oxide Coated Multilayer Polymeric Films by Parhi A., Bhunia K., Rasco B., Tang J., Sablani S.S. Journal of Food Science 84 2507-2519 (2019)
• Development of an Oxygen Sensitive Model Gel System to Detect Defects in Metal Oxide Coated Multilayer Polymeric Films by Parhi A., Bhunia K. , Rasco B. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Journal of Food Science 1-13 (2019)
• Use of protective culture to control the growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in ready-to-eat cook-chill products by Munoz N., Sonar C. , Bhunia K. , Tang J. , Barbosa-canovas G. V., Sablani S. S. Food Control 102 81-86 (2019)
• Use of protective culture to control the growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in ready-to-eat cook-chill products by Muñoz N., Sonar C.R., Bhunia K., Tang J., Barbosa-Cánovas G.V., Sablani S.S. Food Control 102 81-86 (2019)
• Color, vitamin C, -carotene and sensory quality retention in microwave-assisted thermally sterilized sweet potato puree: Effects of polymeric package gas barrier during storage by Zhang H., Patel J. , Bhunia K. , Al-ghamdi S. , Sonar C. , Ross C. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Food Packaging and Shelf Life 100324- (2019)
• Color, vitamin C, β-carotene and sensory quality retention in microwave-assisted thermally sterilized sweet potato puree: Effects of polymeric package gas barrier during storage by Zhang H., Patel J., Bhunia K., Al-Ghamdi S., Sonar C.R., Ross C.F., Tang J., Sablani S.S. Food Packaging and Shelf Life 21 - (2019)
• Thermal transition and thermo-physical properties of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) var. Russet brown by Krishnakumar P., Bhunia K. , Juming T. , Barbara R. A., Takhar P. S., Sablani S. S. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization 12 1572-1580 (2018)
• Headspace oxygen as a hurdle to improve the safety of in-pack pasteurized chilled food during storage at different temperatures by Munoz N., Bhunia K. , Zhang H. , Barbosa-cánovas G. V., Tang J. , Sablani S. International journal of food microbiology 253 29-35 (2017)
• Oxidation reduction potential and lipid oxidation in ready to eat blue mussels in red sauce: criteria for package design by Bhunia K., Ovissipour M. , Rasco B. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 97 324-332 (2017)
• Improving functional properties of pea protein isolate for microencapsulation of flaxseed oil by Bajaj P. R., Bhunia K. , Kleiner L. , Joyner H. S., Smith D. , Ganjyal G. , Sablani S. S. Journal of microencapsulation 34 218-230 (2017)
• Linking morphology changes to barrier properties of polymeric packaging for microwave assisted thermal sterilized food by Zhang H., Bhunia K. , Munoz N. , Li L. , Dolgovskij M. , Rasco B. A., Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 134 45481- (2017)
• Morphological changes in multilayer polymeric films induced after microwave-assisted pasteurization by Bhunia K., Zhang H. , Liu F. , Rasco B. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 38 124-130 (2016)
• Non-invasive measurement of oxygen diffusion in model foods by Bhunia K., Sablani S. S., Tang J. , Rasco B. Food Research International 89 161-168 (2016)
• Effects of oxygen and water vapor transmission rates of polymeric pouches on oxidative changes of microwave-sterilized mashed potato by Zhang H., Bhunia K. , Kuan P. , Tang J. , Rasco B. , Mattinson D. , Sablani S. S. Food and bioprocess technology 9 341-351 (2016)
• Ultraviolet-C light inactivation of Penicillium expansum on fruit surfaces by Syamaladevi R., Adhikari, A. , Lupien S. , Dugan F. , Bhunia K. , Dhingra A. , Sablani S. Food Control 50 297-303 (2015)
• UV-C light inactivation kinetics of Penicillium expansum on pear surfaces: Influence on physicochemical and sensory quality during storage by Syamaladevi R., Lupien S. L., Bhunia K. , Sablani S. , Dugan F. , Rasco B. , Killinger K. , Dhingra A. , Ross C. Postharvest biology and technology 57 27-32 (2014)
• Silicon migration from high barrier coated multilayer polymeric films to selected food simulants after microwave processing treatments by Dhawan S., Sablani S. , Tang J. , Barbosa Cànovas G. V., Ullman J. L., Bhunia K. Packaging Technology and Science 27 625-638 (2014)
• Migration of chemical compounds from packaging polymers during microwave, conventional heat treatment, and storage by Bhunia K., Sablani S. S., Tang J. , Rasco B. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 12 523-545 (2013)
• Modeling the Oxygen Diffusion of Nanocomposite based Food Packaging Films by Bhunia K., Dhawan S. , Sablani S. S. Journal of Food Science 77 29-38 (2012)
Conferences
• Synergistic Effect of Bio-Clarification on Enhancing Quality and Production Efficiency of Jaggery by Bairagya S., Ghodki B. M., Bhunia K. Food Security and Sustainable Practices for a Resilient Future (FSSP-2026) 41- (2026)
• Investigating the potential of PEDOT:PSS/Graphene based RFID sensor for milk spoilage detection by Pal A., Bhunia K., Bila S., Hallil H. 2025 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference, APSCON 2025 187-190 (2025)
• Development of an Integrated Image Acquisition Setup for Assigning Selling Price of Rough and Milled Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) in the Supply Chain by Kullu J.G., Panda B.K., Shrivastava S.L., Bhunia K., Datta A.K. Proceedings - 2022 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing, AIC 2022 339-343 (2022)
• Development of an oxygen sensitive indicator to identify and characterize defects in metal-oxide coated multilayer polymeric pouches for sterilized food products by Parhi A., Bhunia K. , Rasco B. , Tang J. , Sablani S. S. COFE (Conference of Food Engineering) - (2018)
Workshop
• Progress report (RPP I, II, & III) of AICRP on PHET, Kharagpur Centre by Srivastav P. P., Bhunia K. , Samadder S. 39th Annual Workshop of AICRP on PHET - (2024)
• Progress report (RPP I, II, & III) of AICRP on PHET, Kharagpur Centre by Srivastav P. P., Bhunia K. , Samadder S. 40 Annual Workshop - (2024)
Others
• Corrigendum to State/phase transitions induced by ice recrystallization and its influence on the mechanical properties of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) Var. Russet Brown [J. Food Eng. 251(2019) 45 56](S0260877419300408)(10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.02.002) by Kumar P.K., Bhunia K., Tang J., Rasco B.A., Takhar P.S., Sablani S.S. Journal of Food Engineering 267 - (2020)
Seminars
• Food Safety in Engineering Curricula by Bhunia K., Ukidwe M. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting - (2019)

Principal Investigator

• Battery-free Chemical-Sensor Interfaced Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Tag for Improved Food Safety and Quality, and Waste Reduction in the Indian Food Supply Chain
• Development of Novel Indicator for Real-time Monitoring of Shelf-life of Perishable Foods

Co-Principal Investigator

• AICRP on Post- Harvest Engineering & Technology IIT, Kharagpur
• Development of low GI rice and process optimisation for brokens reduction
• Electrospun Nanofibers for Increased Efficacy of Multi-Vitamin Encapsulation using Ascorbic Acid and Folic Acid and Monitoring the Depletion of Encapsulated Vitamin-C for Active Packaging Application
• Protocol Development for Estimation of Milling Out Turn Ratio in Modern and Modernized Rice Mills Across Varying Agro-climatic Zones of India