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Name | : | Dr. R. Jaganmohan |
Designation | : | Professor and HOD |
Email ID | : | jagan@iifpt.edu.in, Jagan.iicpt@gov.in |
Mobile No. | : | +91-9750968402 |
Specialization | : | Food Science and Nutrition |
Dr. Jagan Mohan has 27 years of Research and Teaching experience
in grain processing with Food Science as a background. Currently he is working
as Professor and Head Department of Product development and Officer In charge
for the IICPT Regional centre, Guwahati. He has completed his doctoral degree
in Food Science from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University during 1999. He has
been associated in many projects like Development of low friction huller,
Degermer for Rice and "Multipurpose yard drying implement”. He also worked on
leading projects like "Natural fortification of rice (b-carotene
enriched rice vermicelli)”, "Pulse processing "and quality aspect of pulse
especially tur, black gram and green gram”. Currently focusing on "Novel value
addition of rice and pulse milling by-product through extrusion cooking and
quality control”.To his credit he has published more than 75
research articles in various National and International journals and written a
book chapter in Pulse food – quality and neutraceutical properties. His
research and teaching interest are in areas related to food science, food
biochemistry, food product development- extruded products, low Glycemic foods
and ingredient quality analysis, cereals and pulse processing. He has been one
of the members in "Team research award given by Indian Council of Agricultural
Research award for the year 2002. He was an active member in setting up of NABL accredited Food Analysis
Laboratory at IICPTand Food
Processing business Incubation centre at IICPT Regional centre, Guwahati. To
his credit he has completed many projects on rice value addition, Pulses
processing funded by ICAR and DST. The
IICPT regional centre at Guwahati has
catered many industry and has been a Knowledge Centre for the North east,
within a short span they were able to train about 6000 people in the food
processing sector in co-ordination with other prominent organization and
universities of North east.
He is a recognized research guide at Mother
Theresa University, Kodaikanal and Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore in the
field of Food Science. He has guided 3 PhD and 27 MPhil and many MSc student
and currently guiding 5 PhD students. He has organized many national seminars
and workshops at various places in India. He is a member of American
Association of Cereal Chemists, American Society for Agricultural and
Biological engineering, American Dietetic Association – International, Indian Dietetics
Association, Life member of Nutrition Society of India, Member of Association
of Food scientists and Technologists of India, Mysore and Life member of Indian
society for Technical Education and member of board of studies for Food Science
in Pondicherry University and for Food Technology, Anna university, Chennai
severed as a member of many syllabus forming committees for Food Science in
various institution like PSG College of Arts and Science. Coimbatore and
Thaseem Beevi College for Woman, Keelakarai and others.
He has visited USA for Research program in
extrusion cooking and worked at University
of Nebaraska, Lincoln,US. He initiated the MOU with Kansas State university.Manhatten,US, and was a team member
visiting Asian Institute of Technology
and Kaserstart University,Bangkok, Thailand for the MOU and collaborative
research.