Department of Food Engineering and Technology

DEPARTMENTS

Engineering

Science

CENTRE

Dr. Arun Kumar Choudhary

Assistant Professor & Head

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

Contact
0360-2257401-8 EXTN 6103 (OFF.), Ph. No-8794482644
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From(Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisationNature of Association
 
13/01/2015          ContinuingAssistant professorNERIST, Arunachal PradeshRegular
02/05/201305/08/2013SRFCIPHET, Ludhiana, Punjab Contractual
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhDFood Engineering and TechnologyTezpur University, Assam2024
M TechProcessing and Food EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur, MP2012
B TechAgricultural EngineeringJNKVV, Jabalpur, MP2010
HONORS AND AWARDS
AwardInstituteYear
NET (Processing and Food Engineering)ASRB, ICAR, New Delhi2013
QIP FellowshipAICTE, New Delhi2020
Awarded 2nd Position in poster presentation on International Conference on Sustainable Approaches in   Food Engineering and Technology from 19th -20th October 2022Tezpur University, Assam2022
Awarded 1st position in oral presentation on International Conference on “Emerging Technologies in Food   Processing-III (ETFP-2023)” from 26th -27th Sept 2023Dept. of FPT, GKCIET, West Bengal2023
Awarded 1st position in oral presentation at the international conference on “Sustainable Agricultural Systems Engineering” (ICSASE-24) organized by EAP, Oct. 9-11, 2024Barcelona (Spain)2024
Awarded Best oral presentation at the national conference on agriculture, environment and sustainable development (NCAESD-2025) from 10 to 11th March 2024RGU, Arunachal Pradesh2025

ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
01/09/20152/11/2019Warden Block-CNERIST
13/02/201515/05/2017T & P Counsellor (AE)NERIST
20/08/20150/08/2019Programme Officer Member (NSS)NERIST
13/02/2015ContinuingLab Incharge  (FPE)AE, NERIST
30/03/2024ContinuingCoordinator (AGEAN)AE, NERIST
11/03/2025ContinuingLab Incharge  (DFP)AE, NERIST
11/03/2025ContinuingCTTC, MemberNERIST
17/07/2025ContinuingHead, FET DepartmentNERIST
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 STTP/FDP/Workshop
Course NameSponsored ByDate
Technical Writing and its OptimizationCTAE, MPUAT at Udaipur30 - 31Jan 2014
4th  INDEST user conventionAICTE-INDEST at NERIST22-23 Aug 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
STTP on pedagogy training for outcomes-based educationNERISTMarch 16-17, 2017
Leadership and team building in academiaNERISTOct. 30 to 03 Nov. 2017
FDP on “Advances in food processing technologiesAICTE-NEQIP, Tezpur UniversityNov-20-24, 2017
Summer School on Adaptation of energy efficient Agricultural technologies for climate change mitigationCAEPHT, Ranipool, Gangtok04/06/2018-24/06/2018
FDP on “impact of climate change on water resourcesNERISTOct 14-25, 2019
One-month MOOC course on Teaching ExcellenceICAR-NAARM 1-30 Nov, 2019
FDP on "Aqua-food technology (Emerging Food Processing TechnologiesTezpur University 4-8 Jan 2021
One-day workshop on Invasive Alien Plants in Himalayas: status, ecological impact and management organized by ForestryNERIST10 Feb 2020
FDP on Leadership & People ManagementNITTTR Kolkata and NERIST9-13 Oct, 2023
FDP on "Application of IoT in AgricultureNIELIT and NERIST08-12 April 2024
State-level Sensitization Workshop on the Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (ACABC) SchemeNABARD, Itanagar7th March 2025
21 Days winter school on Application of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture and allied Science (Agri intelligence- 2026)SAAST, Odisha with RGU Arunachal Pradesh25th Feb to 17th March 2026
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
  1. The Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)

2. Association of Food Scientists & Technologists India (AFSTI)

PUBLICATIONS
  1. Chakraborty, G., Upadhyay, S., Singh, R., Kumar, K., Desai, S., Banoth, J., Choudhary, A. K., & Sharanagat, V. S. (2026). Ultrasonic Interventions in the Modification of Starch: A Review. Starch‐Stärke, 78(3), e70187.
  2. Choudhary, A. K., & Hazarika, M. K. (2024). Modelling and thermal analysis of an integrated solar greenhouse dryer for ginger (Zingiber officinale) and product quality. Journal of Stored Products Research, 106, 102313.
  3. Kumari, S., Chakraborty, S., Choudhary, A. K., Boiragi, A., Das, O., & Hazarika, M. K. (2023). Neuro fuzzy interface and mathematical modeling of rehydration kinetics and dynamic vapor sorption behavior of novel no‐cooking rice. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(4), e14299.
  4. Choudhary, A. K., Chakraborty, S., Kumari, S., & Hazarika, M. K. (2022). Feed forward neural network and its reverse mapping aspects for the simulation of ginger drying kinetics. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 24(1).
  5. Chakraborty, S., Choudhary, A. K., Sarma, M., & Hazarika, M. K. (2020). Reaction order and neural network approaches for the simulation of COVID-19 spreading kinetic in India. Infectious Disease Modelling, 5, 737-747.
  6. Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., Zachariah, T. J., & Saxena, S. N. (2016). Thermo-chemical and antioxidant properties of cryogenically ground turmeri c powder. Int. J. Seed Spices, 6(1), 1-10.
  7. Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., & Saxena, S. N. (2015). Influence of pin and hammer mill on grinding characteristics, thermal and antioxidant properties of coriander powder. Journal of food science and technology, 52, 7783-7794.
  8. Choudhary, A. K., & Garg, S. K. (2015) Engineering properties of turmeric rhizomes as potential for development processing machine.
  9. Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Chaudhary, A. K., Zachariah, T. J., & Saxena, S. N. (2015). Selected physical and mechanical properties of black pepper seed (cv. Panniyar-5). International Journal of Seed Spices, 5(2), 20-25.
  10. Choudhary, A. K., Garg, S. K., Bawankar, M. K., Chavan, A. N., & Singh, M. (2015). Influence of Single-and Double-Stage Hammer Grinding on Quality Attributes of Turmeric Powder. Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 52(3), 9-15.
  11. Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., Zachariah, T. J., & Saxena, S. N. (2014). Biochemical, antioxidant and thermal properties of cryogenic and ambient ground turmeric powder. International Agricultural Engineering Journal, 23(1), 39-46.
  12. Barnwall, P., Sharmal, A., & Choudhary, A. K. (2014). Effect of grinding conditions on physico-chemical, thermal and antioxidant properties of coriander powder. International J. Seed Spices, 4(1), 25-32.
  13. Barnwal, P., Singh, K. K., Sharma, A., Choudhary, A. K., Chouthani, H.R and Saxena, S. N (2013). Effect of moisture content, screw and grinder speed on physical and thermal properties of fenugreek powder. International J. Seed Spices, 3(2), 13-21.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
  1. Choudhary, A. K. Presented paper in the national conference on agriculture, environment and sustainable development (NCAESD-2025)” Developed Integrated Solar Greenhouse Drying System” organized by department of horticulture and agricultural engineering, RGU, Arunachal Pradesh from 10 to 11th March 2025
  2. Choudhary, A. K., & Hazarika, M. K. Presented paper in the international conference on Sustainable Agricultural Systems Engineering (ICSASE-24) “Investigation on Developed Integrated Solar Greenhouse Drying System with Solar Air Heater (SAH) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) for Ginger Drying” organized by EAP, Barcelona (Spain) Oct. 9-11, 2024
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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