National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Transport Process and Kinetics
Areas of Interest
  • Drying and Dehydration, Microwave Processing of Foods, Food Sterilization

Parag Prakash Sutar Associate Professor

Food Process Engineering

sutarp@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2903

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PUBLICATIONS

5

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

8

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

5

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Parag Prakash Sutar

Associate Professor

Food Process Engineering

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Department of Food Process Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2008

Ph.D.
Food Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

2003

M.Tech
Process and Food Engineering
G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

2001

B.Tech
Agricultural Engineering
Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra, India

Teaching Experience
  • Food Engineering,  National Institute of Technology Rourkela,   18 Feb 2014 - Present
  • Food Engineering,  Anand Agricultural University, Gujarat,   13 Feb 2009 - 14 Feb 2014
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Drying and Dehydration,  Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai,   28 Apr 2008 - 12 Feb 2009

Circular Food Processing: Harnessing Microwave and Extrusion Technology for Development of Nutrient-Dense Food and Feed Products from Agricultural and Livestock Residues MoFPI
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored
Development of Low-cost-Lithium Zeolite adsorbents for fabricated PSA-based Oxygen concentrator. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 12
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of effluent-free food processing operations using non-ionizing electromagnetic radiations. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Drop-in compostable kitchen trash bags from waste tea fungus cellulose. BIRAC
  • Co-Investigator
  • 18
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of cost effective microwave infrared-uv assisted continuous sterilization process for spices SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Microwave drying and Quality Analysis of Areca Nut Dharampal Satyapal Ltd. (DS Group)
  • Consultant
  • 03 Oct 2022 - 15 Mar 2023
  • Completed   Consultancy
Eucalyptus pyrolysis project design Kerone Engineering Solutions Ltd.
  • Co-Consultant
  • 31 Dec 2022 - 31 Jan 2023
  • Completed   Consultancy
Design and Evaluation of Industrial Dryers for Agril, Food and Chemical Products GEM MACHINERY & ALLIED INDUSTRIES, Kolkata
  • Consultant
  • 12 May 2022 - 11 Nov 2022
  • Completed   Consultancy

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 46
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 17
SCOPUS H-INDEX
Total Publications: 74
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D. S and P. P. Sutar,"Osmotic dehydration of lemon (citrus limon l.) Slices: modelling mass transfer kinetics correlated with dry matter holding capacity and juice sacs losses", Drying Technology, Taylor and Francis, October 2016, 10.1080/07373937.2016.1229675       Article

S. Aditya, G. Behera, and P. P. Sutar,"Development of novel high power-short time (HPST) microwave assisted commercial decontamination process for dried turmeric powder (Curcuma Longa L.)", Journal of Food Science and Technology, vol.54, no.12, pp.4078–4091, Springer 2017, 10.1007/s13197-017-2882-3       Article

P. P. Sutar and D. S,"Combining Osmotic-Steam Blanching with Infrared-Microwave-Hot Air Drying: Production of Dried Lemon (Citrus limon L.) Slices and Enzyme Inactivation", Drying Technology, Taylor and Francis 2018, 10.1080/07373937.2017.1422744       Article

G. Behera and P. P. Sutar,"A comprehensive review of mathematical modeling of paddy parboiling and drying: Effects of modern techniques on process kinetics and rice quality", Trends in Food Science & Technology, vol.75, pp.206-230, Elsevier 2018, 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.03.015       Article

A. E. Kate and P. P. Sutar,"Development and optimization of novel infrared dry peeling method for ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizome", Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, vol.48, pp.111-121, Elsevier, August 2018, 10.1016/j.ifset.2018.05.021       Article

High-End International Workshop on Recent Innovations in Sustainable Postharvest Handling and Value Addition of Agricultural Produces Food Process Engineering (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 12 Jun 2023 - 17 Jun 2023
  • Brochure
11th Asia Pacific Drying Conference Food Process Engineering (Conference)
Integrating Innovations with Cost-effectiveness for Competing Electromagnetic Energy Assisted Food Processing and Packaging Technologies Food Process Engineering (Workshop)
10th ASIA PACIFIC DRYING CONFERENCE 2019 (ADC-2019) (Integrating innovations with cost effectiveness for competing drying technologies) Food Process Engineering (Conference)
Innovative Food Processing and Packaging Technologies Food Process Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • FP224 : Unit Operations in Food Processing {Theory}
  • FP335 : Food Process Refrigeration and Air Conditioning {Theory}
  • FP3503 : Processing of Livestock, Fish and Marine Products {Theory}
  • FP352 : Emerging Technologies in Food Processing {Theory}
  • FP3602 : Food Refrigeration and Cold Chain {Theory}
  • FP435 : Processing of Livestock, Fish and Marine Products {Theory}
  • FP615 : Food Analysis and Quality Control {Theory}
  • FP6202 : Food Drying and Dehydration {Theory}
  • FP632 : Food Drying and Dehydration {Theory}
  • FP273 : Food Microbiology Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP3271 : Food Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP3672 : Food Refrigeration and Cold Chain Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP373 : Unit Operations in Food Processing Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP374 : Food Process Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP4572 : Livestock, Fish and Marine Products Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP471 : Livestock, Fish and Marine Products Processing Laboratory {Practical}
  • FP472 : Experimental Design and Statistical Methods Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [8]
Starch Gelatinization and Drying of Paddy using Microwave Heating
Gitanjali Behera
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Jul 2019
Supervisor
Alleviation of Diabetes Using Prebiotic Inulin Extracted from Pachyrhizus Erosus with Probiotics in Drosophila Melanogaster
Amrita Bhanja
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  Jul 2023
Co-Supervisor
Finish Drying and Microbial Inactivation of Paprika by Combined Microwave-Infrared Radiation
Shivanand Shankarrao Shirkole
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Oct 2019
Supervisor
Enzyme inactivation,microbial decontamination and drying of garlic using microwaves
Sudarshanna Kar
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Continuing
Supervisor
Innovative Food Process Engineering
Deepika S
Enrolled: Jan 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Electromagnetic Radiation for Food Processing of Agricultural Products
Chinglen Leishangthem
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Drying
Durgawati
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Food Engineering and Technology
Piyush Sharma
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [1]
Infrared and Microwave Assisted Hot Air Drying of Lemon (Citrus limon L.)
Deepika S
Graduated :  May 2017
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Outstanding Contribution to Promotion of Drying R&D in Asia received from Prof. A S Mujumdar (Editor-in-Chief, Drying Technology and Founding Chair, International Drying Series Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Drying Series),   2019
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Life Member, ISAE,   2005