Govind Ballabh Pant University

Profile

Dr. Satish Kumar Sharma
Head,
Department of Food Science and Technology,
College of Agriculture

Contacts
+91-5944233632 (O), +91-9412962535 (M)
headfoodtech[at]gmail[dot]com
sksharmajee[at]gmail[dot]com

About Us

Department of Food Science and Technology is one of the oldest Food Tech. departments in the country. It was carved out of Animal Science Department in 1971 as Department of Dairy Technology and was later named as Department of Food Science and Technology in 1973. Since then, this department is serving the country by producing excellent human resource, technologies and food products of significance. Former students of this department are serving at very senior positions in government sector, academia as well as in food industries.

Goal:

To become a leading destination for students pursuing education and research in Food Science and Technology.

Vision:

Sustenance and prosperity through food science and technology.

Mission:

To generate best scientific and technical brains in food science and technology for Academia, Industry and Government.

Mandate:

Teaching, research & extension education in the area of Food Science and Technology with major emphasis on field &, horticultural crops & dairy products including their postharvest management, processing, value addition and waste utilization.

Students’ Stats

Programme	Year of Start	No. of Students Passed Out	No. of Students on Roll
M.Sc. (Food Tech.)	1975	285	Prog. discontinued
Ph.D. (Food Tech.)	1983	48	11
B.Sc. (Food Tech.)	2006	252	Prog. discontinued
B.Tech. (Food Tech.)	2020	29	26
M.Tech. (Food Processing Tech.)	2023	--	05
Ph.D. (Food Processing Tech.)	2023	--	03

Degrees Offered

B.Tech. (Food Technology) - 35 seats

M.Tech. (Food Processing Technology) - 05 seats

Ph.D. (Food Processing Technology) - 03 seats

Facilities: The department has following well developed facilities:

Faculty Rooms - 09

Office rooms - 01

Store - 01

Computer Facility - 12 Computers with internet facility

Departmental Library - 01

Lecture Rooms - 04

Food Processing Centre (with facilities i.e. Extruder, Dryer, Oil Expellers, Flour mills, Rice shellers, Rice polisher, Hammer mills, Low temperature spice grinding, Soy milk plant, tofu making facility, Pasteurizer, Steam jacketed kettles, Boiler, Juice extractors, filter press, Shrink wrapping mill, Hydraulic press, Planatary mixer, Double cone mixer, Dough maker, pulper, vacuum sealing packing machine, Crown corking machine, Vacuum filling machine etc.)

Laboratories

Food Chemistry and Nutraceuticals Lab
Food Microbiology and Safety Lab
Cereals, Grains and Functional Foods lab
Research Lab – AQCL
Food Testing lab

Research Facilities:

Table-top Ultra-Filtration Unit
Water Activity Meter
AAS Unit
Microwave Oven
Nitrogen Analyser
Texture Analyzer
Solvent Fat Extraction Unit
UVV is Spectrophotometer
Vacuum packaging machine
Dietary Fibre Analyser
Brookfield Viscometer
Falling Number Apparatus
Lab Mill
Rotary Vacuum Evaporator
Refrigerated centrifuge
Autoclaves
Laminar Flow Chamber
Biosafety Cabinet
Incubators
Tablet making machine
Baking ovens
Sieve Shakers
Probe Sonicator
Computers
Printers
Photocopiers

Dr. Satish Kumar Sharma

Professor & Head

+91-05944233632 (O), +91-9412962535 (M)

headfoodtech[at]gmail[dot]com
sksharmajee[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Anil Kumar

Junior Research Officer/Asstt. Prof.

+91-9411305938

anilkumargbpuat[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Simran Kaur Arora

Assistant Professor

+91-8884965321

sim_n[at]rediffmail[dot]com
simrankaurarora[at]idpgbpant[dot]onmicrosoft[dot]com

Dr. Sweta Rai

Assistant Professor

+91-9258058716

swetafoodtec[at]gmail[dot]com

Dr. Sabbu Sangeeta

Assistant Professor

+91-9359566639, +91-7579253635

sangeeta_pantnagar[at]yahoo[dot]com

Priorities:

Exploration of new methods for shelf-life extension of perishables (milk, fruits, vegetables and their products)

Extraction of bioactives from foodgrains, horticultural crops, medicinal plants etc.

Development of new processed food products with enhanced functionality.

Development of new approaches for utilization of underutilized produce and food wastes

Fine tuning of food processing technological solutions for changing food habits, consumer demands, availability and types of ingredients, foods for specific health use

Projects

Project Title	Funding Agency	PI & Co-PI	Duration	Total budget (Rs in lakh)
Bioefficacy Testing of 2% 1- Methyl Cyclo-propene (Smart Fresh Pro Tabs) on apple as Post-Harvest Treatment Under India Conditions (Project Code 2286)	Smart Fresh USA Through Tropical Agrosystems India Pvt Ltd.	SK Sharma - PI Anil Kumar – Co-PI	10.54	2024-25
Developing Nutrient - Enrichment Technologies & Products of Commercial Value in a Nutraceutical Food Crop, Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) (Project Code 8045)	DBT, Govt. of India	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI Dr Sweta Rai - Co-PI	99.70	2023-26
Effect of Bovine Milk Exosomes Supplementation on Drug Induced Colitis and Gut Microbiota in Mice	Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology	Dr Sweta Rai – PI Dr Aman Kamboj – Co PI	6.30	2024-27
Establishment of Common Incubation facility at GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand of Processing of Fruits, Frozen Vegetables & Desserts, Spices and Extruded Products (Project Code 8020)	Government of India, MoFPI, New Delhi	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI Dr Anil Kumar - Co-PI	272.12	2021-2024 (Concluded)
Undertaking Capacity Building Programme of Prime Ministers Formalization of Micro Food Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme as State Level Technical Institution (SLTI) for Uttarakhand (Project Code 8025)	Government of India, MoFPI, New Delhi, Through SNA	Dr S.K. Sharma -PI Dr Prabhakaran - Co-PI Dr A Kushwaha- Co-PI Dr Vipul Gupta- Co-PI Dr Anil Kumar- Co-PI Dr Sweta Rai- Co-PI Dr Sabbu Sangeeta- Co-PI	180.34	2021-24 (Concluded)
Testing of Bioefficacy of Ethephon 15 % WP on Mango and Banana as Post-Harvest Artificial Ripening Treatment Under Controlled Conditions	M/s J K Enterprises, Nasik, Maharashtra	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI Dr Anil Kumar - Co-PI	13.63	2022-23 (Concluded)
Multilocation Testing of Bioefficacy of 12% 1-MCP (Methylcyclopropane) on Apple as Postharvest Treatment under Indian Conditions Project Code - 2206	EcoPlants Co. Ltd. Korea through M/s Ecoplants India Private Limited, Haryana	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI Dr Sabbu Sangeeta - Co-PI	34.692	2021-22 (Concluded)
Multilocation Trials for Providing Test Samples to Estimate Residue of 0.014% 1- Methylcyclopropane (Smart Fresh Inbox Sachet) on Apple as Post-harvest Treatment Under Indian Conditions Project Code - 2225	AgroFresh Ltd., USA through M/s Tropical Agrosystem (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI Dr Sweta Rai - Co-PI	7.05	2021-22 (Concluded)
Testing of Bioefficacy of 1- Methylcyclopropene (Smart Fresh 3.3% VP) and 0.014% 1-Methylcyclopropene (Smart Fresh Inbox) on apple as Post-harvest Treatment Under Indian Conditions Project Code - 1928	AgroFresh Ltd., USA through M/s Tropical Agrosystem (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai	Dr S.K. Sharma - PI	8.03	2017-18 (Concluded)
Evaluation of Ice Battery System to be supplied by ITE Co. Ltd. for microbiological quality of raw milk during storage	ITE Co. Delhi	Anil Kumar	4.95	2015-16 (Concluded)
Screening of fruit and vegetables varieties/ germplasm for direct consumption and production of value added processed products	GBPUAT Pantnagar	Dr CS Chopra - PI	7.05	2012-13 (Concluded)

Ongoing Extension Activities:

Preparation and exhibition of Model by the Students and the Faculty in Farmers Fair held in Oct’ 2015, Mar’ 2016, Oct’ 2016, Mar’ 2017 and Oct’2017.

Participation of faculty of the department in Kisan Gosthi

Exhibition of departmental technologies in Information Centre (College of Agriculture) and Kisan Mela.

Technical know-how and training to farmers and civil society about the processing of various food products and food adulteration.

Technical guidance and free consultancy to the industries/entrepreneurs.

Consultancy to farmers and interested people for any query pertaining to food processing

Extension talks and Practical demonstration of technology concerning processing and preservation of different types of produce in various Training Programmes organized by the Directorate of Extension Education, GBPUAT, Pantnagar from time to time

Seminar/Workshop/Training/Symposium

Department organized a Training Programme on Processing of Fruits and Vegetables on January 8-10, 2010 for eight officials of District Horticulture Officer, Bageshwar.

Conducted a Training Programme on Preservation and Value Addition of Local Food Products for Farmers of ADP World Vision, Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, 31.08.2009-02.09.2009.

Food processing Centre, Department of Food Science & Technology was granted FSSAI Registration No. (FSSAI certificate No. 22616072000061) since 2016.

Faculty awards/ honours:

Dr. S.K. Sharma was awarded with the Faculty Excellence Award (2016).
Dr. Gurmukh Singh, Professor & Head, was nominated as a member of Board of Studies of Food Technology Chaudhary Devi Lal University, SIRSA (Haryana) in 2010.
Dr. Gurmukh Singh, Professor & Head was nominated as a member of Board of Life Science Research in DRD Ministry of Defence in 2010 .
Dr Gurmukh singh was awarded Bharat Jyoti award by Indian International Friendship Society on May 25, 2010
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Kejeriwal Award (2002) by All Food Processors’ Association, New Delhi
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Dr J S Pruthi Award (2005) by All Food Processors’ Association, New Delhi
Dr. S.K. Sharma was awarded with Post Doctoral Fellowship by University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (South African Chair on Postharvest Technology) Awarded but not availed
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Young Scientist Award (2010) by Indian Society of Hill Agriculture
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Founder Fellow Award (2010) by Indian Society of Hill Agriculture
Dr. S.K. Sharma won Best Paper Award (2010) by Indian Society of Hill Agriculture
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Young Achiever Award (2012) by Society for Development of Human and Nature, Solan H.P.
Dr. S.K. Sharma was honoured with Faculty Excellence Award (2013) by College of Agriculture, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar
Dr. C.S. Chopra was honoured with Good Teacher Award for the year 2013-14.

Student awards/achievement

Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal for B.Sc. Food Tech. programme-2016 was awarded to Km. Neha Rawat (Id. No. 43916, OGPA: 8.677)
Vice-Chancellor’s Silver Medal for B.Sc. Food Tech. programme-2016 was awarded to Km. Sukirti (Id. No. 43924, OGPA: 8.272)
Vice-Chancellor’s Bronze Medal for B.Sc. Food Tech. programme-2016 was awarded to Km. Ritu Joshi (Id. No.43914, OGPA: 8.138)
Ms. Divya Rore a student of B.Sc. (Food Tech) student got placement in in M/s Ravi Food products in Bangalore as a Production Executive in 2014.
Km. Divya Choudhary (Id No. 44771) was honoured with Italian Technical Services Award (Silver Medal and Certificate) -2015 for Excellence performance in Course studies presented by All India Food Processor Association.
Mr. Pintu Chowdhary a student of B.Sc. (Food Tech) qualified Gate-2014
Mr. Beena Joshi a student of B.Sc. (Food Tech) was awarded with Food Safety award-2013 by the All India Food Processers Association and Italian Technical Services for excellence in academics.
Ms. Divya Goswami, Mr. Himanshu, Mr. Mukesh Belwal and Mr. Pintu Chowdhary, students of B.Sc. (Food Tech) secured 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th rank in ICAR JRF in 2013-14
Mr. Alok Kumar a student of B.Sc. (Food Tech) was selected for admission in M.Sc. (Food Tech) in CFTR I, Mysore in 2013.