Research Group

Ph.D. Students

1. Subramoni Hariharan: High quality protein extraction from plant based sources

2. Mayur Nilawar Development of solar powered on-farm micro cold storage

3. Ankur Khanpara : Enabling farmers to tap value chain through technological intervention

4. Kusumika Sinha Roy: Bioactives and natural dyes from agricultural waste

5. Poornima V.B. Cellulose nanofibers recovery from fruits waste

6. Cresha Gracy Nadar: Development of a green biorefinery from fruits processing waste

7. ArkaShubro Chatterjee: Pectin Based films/gels for antibiotic applications

8. Nisha Pujari: Product development in Jaggery and related products towards establishing nutrition merits

9. Ashi Khare: Development of ready-to-use, plant-based food formulations with high iron bioavailability for anaemic adolescent girls in India

Current MTech students

Graduated Students

PhD Students

1. Jhumur Banerjee (2013- 2017): Currently, Entrepreneur in the food sector

2. RamKrishna Singh (2015-2020): Presently PDF @ Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA

3. Sachin Talekar (2016-2020): Presently PDF @ Deakin University, Australia.

4. Priyabrata Pradhan (2015-2020): Presently Fulbright PDF @ MIT Boston, USA.

5. Shivali Banerjee (2016-2021): Presently PDF @ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

6. Ketaki Barve (2014-2022): Social Entrepreneur and a Consultant

7. Aniket Deo (2016-2022): Presently with CIMMYT as a research specialist

M.Tech Students (2014-2016)

Tathagat Barodh: Value chain analysis of Jackfruit

Mayur Nilawar: Design and development of a hybrid dryer for fruits and veg. drying

M.Tech Students (2013-2015)

Pragyan Sagarika Pani: Small Millets: Value Chain and Processing (Presently with Sir Dorabji Tata Trust)

M.Tech Students (2012-2014)

1. Karishma Bhuyan: Biofuels production from arecanut husk (Presently with Tata )

2. Vishal Singh: Biofuels production from horticultural processing waste

3. Dharmendra Kumar (Presently working with Sir Dorabji Tata Trust)