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Department Of Agricultural Engineering

DEPARTMENTS

Engineering

Science

CENTRE

Dr. Arun Kumar Choudhary

Assistant Professor

Process and Food engineering, Post - Harvest processing, Solar greenhouse drying, Simulation & Modelling

Contact
0360-2257401-8 EXTN 6103 (OFF.)
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From(Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisationNature of Association
 
13/01/2015          ContinuingAssistant professorNERISTRegular
02/05/201305/08/2013SRFCIPHET 
HONORS AND AWARDS
AwardInstituteYear
NET (Processing and Food Engineering)ASRB, ICAR, New Delhi2013
QIP Fellowship
AICTE, New Delhi2020

3. 1st position in the Oral presentation at the International Conference on “Emerging Technologies in Food   Processing-III (ETFP-2023)” organized by the Department of Food Processing Technology, GKCIET, Malda,     West Bengal from 26th -27th Sept 2023.

 4. 2nd Position in the poster presentation on the International Conference on Sustainable Approaches in   Food Engineering and Technology (SAFETY 2022) “Experimental study on drying kinetics for ginger using integrated solar greenhouse dryer in Northeast Region of India organized by the Department of Food   Engineering and Technology, Tezpur university and Department of soil, water and Agricultural Engineering,   Sultan Qaboos University at 19th -20th October 2022.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhDFood Engineering and TechnologyTezpur University, Assam2024
M TechProcessing and Food EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur2012
B TechAgricultural EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur2010
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
01/09/2015ContinuingWarden Block-CNERIST
13/02/2015ContinuingT & P Counsellor (AE)NERIST
20/08/2015ContinuingProgramme Officer Member (NSS)NERIST
13/02/2015ContinuingLab Incharge  (FPE)AE, NERIST
30/03/2015ContinuingCoordinator (AGEAN)AE, NERIST
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
TitleCourse CodeModuleSemester
Farm Produce Storage EngineeringAE-6202B Tech2nd
Unit operation in DFEAE-5202B Tech2nd
Food Process Equipment DesignAE-6010B Tech2nd
Transfer Process in Food EngineeringAE-5101B Tech1st
Agricultural Process EngineeringAE-4104Diploma1st
Principle of Food EngineeringAE-2104Base1st
PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
Course NameSponsored ByDate
4th  INDEST user conventionAICTE-INDEST at NERIST22-23Aug 2015 &31st October 2015
Induction TrainingNITTR, Kolkata at NERIST11-20 Sept.2015
Recent Advancements of electrical machines and industrial applicationTEQIP at NERIST4 - 8 Nov. 2015
Recent Advances in Microprocessor, Microcontroller and their ApplicationTEQIP at NERIST17 -21 Feb 2015
Technical Writing and its OptimizationCTAE, MPUAT at Udaipur30 - 31Jan 2014
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES

PUBLICATIONS
  1. “Choudhary, A. K., Garg, S.K., Bawankar, M. K., Chavan, A.N and Singh, M”,” Influence of Single-and Double-Stage Hammer Grinding on Quality Attributes of Turmeric Powder”,” Journal of Agricultural Engineering”,” ISSN: 0256-6524”,”DOI: 2015”
  2. “Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K and Saxena, S. N”,” Influence of pin and hammer mill on grinding characteristics, thermal and antioxidant properties of coriander powder”,” Journal of Food Science and Technology”,” ISSN: 0022-1155”,” DOI 10.1007/s13197-015-1975-0” 2015
  3. “Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., Zachariah, T.J and Saxena, S. N”,” Biochemical, antioxidant and thermal properties of cryogenic and ambient ground turmeric powder”,” International Agricultural Engineering Journal”,” ISSN: 0858-2114”,”DOI: 2014”
  4. “Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K and Saxena, S. N”,”Effect of grinding conditions on physico-chemical, thermal and antioxidant properties of coriander powder”,” International J. Seed Spices”,” ISSN: 2278-8417”, “DOI: 2013”
  5. “Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., Chouthani, H.R and Saxena, S. N. “,”Effect of moisture content, screw and grinder speed on physical and thermal properties of fenugreek powder”,” International J. Seed Spices”,” ISSN: 2278-8417”,” “DOI: 2013”
CONFERENCES
  1. Presented paper in the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Food Processing-III (ETFP-2023) “Exergy-economic and environmental analysis of sustainable integrated solar greenhouse dryer for ginger drying” organized by the Department of Food Processing Technology, GKCIET, Malda, West Bengal during 26th -27th Sept 2023
  2. Presented in the International conference on Sustainable Approaches in Food Engineering and Technology (SAFETY 2022) “Experimental study on drying kinetics for ginger using integrated solar greenhouse dryer in North-East Region of India organized by the Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur university and Department of soil, water and Agricultural Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University at 19th -20th October 2022.
  3. Presented paper in the International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Food Processing-II (ETFP-2022) “Experimental studies on drying characteristics of ginger under solar greenhouse drying assisted with SAH” organized by the Department of Food Processing Technology, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal during 25th -26th March 2022
  4. Presented paper on international conference on sustainable approaches in food engineering and technology (SAFETY 2021)” Impact of Solar Greenhouse Drying for Agricultural Produces” organized by Department of food engineering and technology, Tezpur University, and university of Georgia during 24th -25th June 2021.
  5. Presented on 13th International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering conference on Eminent Association of Researchers in Biological & Medical Sciences “Engineering properties of Nahar seeds as potential for developing decorticating machine” organised at Paris France during March 14-16, 2019
  6. Paper presented in the National seminar cum Workshop on “Innovative Prospects in Food Processing: Integration of Engineering and Technology” at Tezpur University, Tezpur Assam during 27th – 28th March 2015.
  7. Paper presented on “Comparative studies of single and double stage hammer grinder on quality attributes of ground turmeric powder ” In 48th Annual convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering (ISAE) and symposium on Engineering Intervention  in Conservation Agriculture, at College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan during from 21th to 23rd February, 2013
MISCELLANEOUS