EXPERTISE INFORMATION
Research Group
- Food Properties, Post-Harvest Operations, Product Development and Ingredients Innovation
Areas of Interest
- Valorization, modification of plant proteins, Cereal Processing, Value addition and utilization of by-products, Processing of fruits and vegetables, Drying, Extraction of biopigments
Rachna Sehrawat Assistant Professor Grade-I
Food Process Engineering
sehrawatr@nitrkl.ac.in
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PUBLICATIONS1
SPONSORED PROJECTS3
DOCTORAL STUDENTS7
CONTINUING EDUCATIONPERSONAL INFORMATION
Rachna Sehrawat
Assistant Professor Grade-I
Food Process Engineering
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Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008
2018
Ph.D.
Food EngineeringNational Institute of Food Tech. Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM), Haryana, India
2013
M.Tech
Food Engineering and TechnologySant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (SLIET), Punjab, India
2012
PG.Diploma
Bakery Science & Technology,Guru Jambeshwar University (GJU), Hissar, Haryana, India,
Teaching Experience
- Food Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 29 January 2018 - 25 Feb 2020
- Food Science and Technology, National Institute of Food Tech. Entrepreneurship & Management (NIFTEM), Haryana, India, 15 Jan 2014 - 2 June 2014
Industrial Experience
- Quality Analysis, Food Coast International Pvt. Ltd., Jalandhar, Punjab, India, 21 September 2010 - 30 June 2011
Development of a decontamination unit for the quality and safety of agro-industrial meal CSIR
- Principal Investigator
- 36
- Completed Sponsored
Total Publications: 52
R. Sehrawat, P. K. Nema, and B. P. Kaur,"Effect of superheated steam drying on properties of foodstuffs and kinetic modeling", Innovative Food Science and Technology, vol.34, pp.285-301, Elsevier 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifset.2016.02.003 Article
R. Sehrawat, P. Nema, and B. P. Kaur,"Quality evaluation and drying characteristics of mango cubes dried using low pressure superheated steam vacuum drying and hot air drying methods", LWT - Food, Science, and Technology, vol.92, pp.548-555, Elsevier 2018, 10.1016/j.lwt.2018.03.012 Article
R. Sehrawat and P. Nema,"Low Pressure superheated steam drying of onion slices: kinetics and quality", Journal of Food Science and Technology, vol.55, no.10, pp.4311-4320, Springer 2018, 10.1007/s13197-018-3379-4 Article
S. Tewari, R. Sehrawat, P. K. Nema, and B. P. Kaur,"Preservation effect of high pressure processing on ascorbic acid of fruits and vegetables: A review", Journal of Food Biochemistry, vol.41, no.1, pp.1-10, Wiley 2016, 10.1111/jfbc.12319 Article
R. Sehrawat, P. S. Panesar, T. L. Swer, and A. Kumar,"Response Surface Methodology (RSM) mediated interaction of media concentration and process parameters for the pigment production by Monascus purpureus MTCC 369 under solid state fermentation", Pigment & Resin Technology, vol.46, no.1, pp.14-20., Emerled 2017, 10.1108/PRT-08-2015-0077 Article
3D Printing: A Technology With its Diverse Potential in Multidisciplinary Sectors (3DPTECH) Mechanical Engineering (Workshop)
- Co-Coordinator
- 19 Feb 2024 - 25 Feb 2024
- Brochure
Breaking New Ground in Sustainable Foods: Advanced Techniques for Analysing Next-Generation Plant, Animal, and Marine-based Foods Food Process Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Co-Coordinator
- 08 Jan 2024 - 12 Jan 2024
- Brochure
INDUSTRY RELEVANT ADVANCED ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUTRACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGNER FOOD Food Process Engineering (Workshop)
- Co-Coordinator
- 17 Jul 2023 - 21 Jul 2023
- Brochure
Plant Proteins: Role of Cutting-edge Technologies on the Modification of Plant Proteins Techno-functionalities and Applications in the Food Sectors Food Process Engineering (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 03 Jul 2023 - 07 Jul 2023
- Brochure
Skill Development Workshop on Bakery Products from Millets Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 07 Mar 2023 - 11 Mar 2023
- Brochure
Food Security and Sustainability in the Post COVID Food Processing Industry Targeting Zero Carbon Emission Food Process Engineering (Workshop)
- Coordinator
- 05 Mar 2022 - 09 Mar 2022
- Brochure
Recent Trends in Non-Thermal Food Processing Technologies Food Process Engineering (Short-term Course)
- Coordinator
- 26 Sep 2020 - 27 Sep 2020
- Brochure
- FP3404 : Bakery and Confectionery Technology {Theory}
- FP4109 : Food Ingredients and Additives {Theory}
- FP6202 : Food Drying and Dehydration {Theory}
- FP6205 : Advanced Food Plant and Equipment Design {Theory}
- FP6435 : Advanced Bakery Technology {Theory}
- FP4471 : Bakery and Confectionery Technology Laboratory {Practical}
Ph.D. Students [2]
Valorization of Proteins
Ankan KhetoEnrolled: Aug 2021ContinuingSupervisor
Bioactive loaded Nanofibre based Packaging materials from plant leave
Ram Prasad BebarttaEnrolled: Jul 2022ContinuingSupervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
New Product Development and ingredient innovation, Post Harvest Operations.
DevendraEnrolled: Aug 2023ContinuingSupervisor
Awards And Honours
- First Prize in oral presentation in AMIFOST 2018 (National conference), 2018
- Awarded Seligman APV Travel Grant award by SCI, 2017
- First runner-up award in PIP competition of Pulse based products Organized by Mc-Gill Canada and NIFTEM, 2017
- Visiting research scholar for three months at King Mongkut’s University of Thonburi, Thailand, 2016
- Third best poster award in National Conference on Technologies in Sustainable Food Systems, 2016
Memberships / Fellowships
- Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) (AFSTI) Life Membership, 2018
- Awarded Seligman APV Travel Grant award of £1000 for attending 9th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC2017), Wuxi, China, 2017
- PhD Fellow by NIFTEM, 2015
- Senior Research Fellowship by NIFTEM, 2014
- For Qualifying Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2010, fellowship was awarded by AICTE, 2011