Er. Yashwant Kumar. Designation : Assistant Professor. Department of Food
Processing and Technology. Contact No. : +91-80852-17891 e-mail.
Name
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Designation :
Er. Yashwant Kumar Assistant Professor Department of Food Processing and Technology
Contact No.
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+91-80852-17891
e-mail
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[email protected]
Academic Qualification: B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) in 2008 from Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (CG) M. Tech. (Agricultural Processing & Food Engineering) in 2010 from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. (UP)
Special achievements: ICAR - SRF (PGS) 2013 qualified with Fellowship in 2013 from ICAR, GOI. NET qualified in 2010 from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), GOI. Gold medallist in M.Tech from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP). First Rank Holder during M.Tech. in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP). Merit Scholarship Holder in M.Tech. in 2010 from AMU, Aligarh, (UP). JRF qualified in 2008 from ICAR, GOI.
Experience: 1. Presently working as a Assistant Professor in Bilaspur University, Bilaspur, (Chhattisgarh) since 24th June, 2013 to till date. 2. Have an experience as Scientist (AS & PE), in Aligarh Muslim University under AICRP on PHT, Aligarh (UP) from 7th February, 2011 to 9 th January, 2012. 3. Have an experience as Senior Research Fellow in Central Institute of Post harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana (PB) from 3 rd December, 2010 to 5 th February, 2011. 4. Have an experience from Suruchi Food Pvt. Ltd., Phase-II, Noida (UP), as Food Technologist, from 10 th September, 2010 to 15 th November, 2010.
Participation in Conferences/Seminars (i). INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY, November 27-29, 2012, PAU, Ludhiana, India. (ii). INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH PROMOTION, December 27-28, 2012, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. (iii).
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INNOVATION IN FOOD PROCESSING, VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY AND WORKSHOP ON FOOD SAFETY, January 10-12, 2013, NIFTEM, Sonepat, India. (iv).
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ANDINNOVATIONS FOR OPPORTUNTIES AND CHALLENGES IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE, October 4 - 5, 2012, PAU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Publications 1. Short communications in International Conferences and Seminars (i). M. Ali Khan, Yashwant Kumar, Sadaf Zaidi and Iffat Ali (2011) Microwave Assisted Fluidized Bed Drying of Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.). Proc 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food, pp.1207-1208. Athens, Greece. (ii). Yashwant Kumar, Vivek Kumar, M. A. Khan, Jarnail Singh, A.K.Singh and S.Tiwari (2012) FLUIDIZED BED DRYING OF BEETROOT (Beta vulgaris). Crop Improvement. Special Issue, pp 1129-30 (NAAS Rating - 3.7). (iii). Vivek Kumar, Yashwant Kumar, AK Srivastava and SL Shrivastava (2012) STUDY ON VACUUM ASSISTED MICROWAVE DRYING OFSAPOTA. Crop Improvement. Special Issue, pp 1357-58 (NAAS Rating - 3.7). (iv) S. Tiwari, D. Sankar, S. Patel, Mahesh Kumar, Yashwant Kumar and D Talukdar (2012) PHYSICO-CHEMICAL VARIATION ON TIKHUR STARCH OBTAINED FROM MOTHER AND FINGER RHIZOMES. Crop Improvement. Special Issue, pp 1325-26 (NAAS Rating - 3.7).
Training and Project (i). One month training on TQM ISO-9000:2008 in National Small Industry Corporation Ltd., Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. (ii). Six weeks Technology based Entrepreneurship Development Programme under DST-NIMAT Project 2009-2010 in National Small Industry Corporation Ltd., Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. (iii). One month training on Operation and Maintenance of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery in CRFMTTI, Budni, Madhya Pradesh. (iv). One month training on Demonstration of Newly developed agricultural machines/Implements. (v). Twenty days training on Tomato Processing in BEC Foods Plant hired by Godrej Hershey Ltd., Distt- Durg (Chhattisgarh). (vi). Twenty one days training on Mango Processing in BEC Foods Plant hired by Godrej Hershey Ltd., Distt- Durg (Chhattisgarh). (vii).Three months Project work on Characterization on soyabean milk in Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab. (viii). One day Awareness Programme entitled "Quality Improvement & Cost Reduction Tools" in National Small Industry Corporation Ltd., Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. List of Abstracts published (i). Yashwant Kumar, Soumitra Tiwari, D. Dhingra, KK Patel and Vivek Kumar (2013) Characterization of soyabean whey. 1 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ON INNOVATION IN FOOD PROCESSING, VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY AND WORKSHOP ON FOOD SAFETY, January 10-12, 2013, NIFTEM, Sonepat, India. (ii). Soumitra Tiwari, Yashwant Kumar and Anchal Singh (2013) A comparative study of ethanol production from damage rice. 1 st International Conference And Workshop On Innovation In Food Processing, Value Chain Management And Food Safety And Workshop on Food Safety, January 10-12, 2013, NIFTEM, Sonepat, India. (iii). Yashwant Kumar, M A Khan, Soumitra Tiwari, Anchal Singh, K K Patel, Vivek Kumar and Jarnail Singh (2012) Model testing on fluidized bed drying of beetroots (Beta vulgaris L.). International Conference on Food Technology For Health Promotion, December 27-28, 2012, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India.
(iv). Soumitra Tiwari, S Patel, Anchal Singh and Yashwant Kumar (2012) To study the mechanical procedure of tikhur vis-a-vis traditional practices and to work-out the cost economics of tikhur processing. International Conference on Food Technology For Health Promotion, December 27-28, 2012, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. (v). Anchal Singh, Kiran Grover, Soumitra Tiwari and Yashwant Kumar (2012) An assessment of health status of adolescent girls of Ludhiana district of Punjab. International Conference on Food Technology For Health Promotion, December 2728, 2012, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India.
