Skill Gap Study in Fortified Rice Kernel Manufacturing Sector Sponsoring Agency: Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI) Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Dr. Madhuresh Dwivedi (PI)
• Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan, Prof. Rajeev Kumar Panda, Prof. Jugal Mohapatra (Co-PI)
• Feb 2024 - Aug 2024

Role of Skill India Mission (PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana) in Developing Skilled Workforce for Industry 4.0 in Eastern India. Sponsoring Agency: ICSSR Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan (PI)
• Prof. Rajeev Kumar Panda, Dr. Purna Chandra Pradhan, Dr. Kishalay Adhikary (Co-PI)
• Sep 2023 - May 2024

Development of a rural bioresources complex in tribal districts of Western Odisha for primary processing and value addition of Horticultural and Non Timber Forest produce. Sponsoring Agency: Department Of Biotechnology Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan, Prof. Jatindra Kumar Sahu (PI)
• Prof. Satyanarayan Naik, Prof. Mahendra Kumar Mohanty, Prof. Rajeev Kumar Panda (Co-PI)
• Feb 2022 - Aug 2024

Functionalization of pea protein using extrusion processing for development of healthy plant-based food products. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB) Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Dr. Poonam Singha (PI)
• Dec 2021 - Dec 2023

Cinnamon oil-based gelatin-chitosan composite films for active food packaging applications. Sponsoring Agency: DST Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Prof. Preetam Sarkar (PI)
• Jul 2021 - Jan 2024

Development of a process for enhancing functional properties and reducing Microbial activity of Miner Millet flour using cold plasma. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB) Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan (PI)
• Dr. Madhuresh Dwivedi (Co-PI)
• Mar 2021 - Mar 2024

Development of low cost All-in-one Millet processing machine. Sponsoring Agency: DST Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Dr. Madhuresh Dwivedi (PI)
• Dr. Sushil Kumar Singh (Co-PI)
• Sep 2020 - Sep 2022

Encapsulation of bioactive compound through extrusion process to develop Ready-to-Eat functional snacks. Sponsoring Agency: Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB) Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Dr. Sushil Kumar Singh (PI)
• Dec 2019 - Jun 2022

Design and Development of low cost oven for industry scale. Sponsoring Agency: Poorva Pratishthan Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Dr. Madhuresh Dwivedi (PI)
• Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

Development of effluent-free food processing operations using non-ionizing electromagnetic radiations. Sponsoring Agency: SERB Department: FP:Food Process Engineering

• Prof. Parag Prakash Sutar (PI)
• Prof. R Jayabalan (Co-PI)
• Mar 2019 - Mar 2022