Faculty Profile

Harinder Singh Oberoi

Director

Interdisciplinary Sciences

vc@niftem.ac.in

+91-130-2281004

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Department: Interdisciplinary Sciences

Specialization: Available

Publications: Available

Awards: Available

Area of Interest/Specialization

Food Processing
Fermentation
Food Safety
Bioprocessing

Awards & Recognition

Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
Fellow of National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS)
International Norman Borlaug fellowship
DBT Overseas Associateship
ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship
Editor, Journal of Food Science and Technology (Springer)
Late OP Kapur Memorial Award from All India Food Processors Association (AIFPA)
Dr. JS Pruthi Fellowship of AFST (I)

Publications

Oberoi HS*, Kalra SK, Uppal DS and Tyagi SK (2007) Effect of different drying method on drying time, colour retention and glucoamyalse production by Aspergillus niger NCIM 1054 using such waste. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. 42, 228 - 234.
Tyagi SK, Manikantan MR, Oberoi HS* and Kaur G (2007) Effect of mustard flour incorporation on nutritional sensory and textural characteristics of biscuits. Journal of Food Engineering. 80,1043-1050
Oberoi HS, Vadlani PV*, Madl R, Saida L and Abeykoon JP (2010) Ethanol production from orange peels by two stage hydrolysis followed by fermentation using parameters optimized through statistical experimental design. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 58, 3422-3429
Oberoi HS*, Vadlani PV, Brijwani K, Bhargav VK and Patil RT (2010) Enhanced ethanol production by fermentation of rice straw using hydrolysate adapted Candida tropicalis ATCC 13803. Process Biochemistry. 45, 1299-1306.
Babbar N, Oberoi HS*, Uppal DS and Patil RT (2011) Total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts obtained from six important fruit residues. Food Research International. 44, 391-396.
Oberoi HS*, Vadlani PV, Saida L, Bansal S and Hughes JD (2011) Ethanol production from banana peels using statistically optimized simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process. Waste Management. 31, 1576-1584
Kaur U, Oberoi HS*, Bhargav VK, Shivappa RS and Dhaliwal SS (2011) Ethanol production from alkali- and ozone-treated cotton stalks using thermotolerant Pichia kudriavzevii HOP-1. Industrial Crops and Products. 37, 219-226
Dhaliwal SS, Oberoi HS*, Sandhu SK, Nanda D, Kumar D and Uppal SK (2011) Enhanced ethanol production from sugarcane juice by galactose adaptation of a newly isolated thermotolerant strain of Pichia kudriavzevii. Bioresource Technology. 102, 5968-5975
Oberoi HS*, Vadlani PV, Nanjundaswamy A, Bansal S, Singh S, Kaur S and Babbar N (2011) Enhanced ethanol production from Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata) waste via a statistically optimized simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process. Bioresource Technology. 102, 1593-1601
Maiti SK, Thuyavan YL, Singh S, Oberoi HS and Agarwal GP* (2012) Modeling of the separation of inhibitory compounds from pretreated rice straw hydrolysate by nanofiltration membranes. Bioresource Technology. 114, 419-427
Oberoi HS*, Babbar N, Dhaliwal SS, Kaur S, Vadlani PV, Bhargav VK and Patil RT (2012) Enhanced oil recovery by pre-treatment of mustard seeds using crude enzyme extract obtained from mixed-culture solid-state fermentation of Kinnow (Citrus reticulata) waste and wheat bran. Food and Bioprocess Technology. 5, 759-767
Sandhu SK, Oberoi HS*, Babbar N, Miglani K, Chadha BS and Nanda D (2013) Two stage statistical medium optimization for augmented cellulase production via solid-state fermentation by newly isolated Aspergillus niger HN-1 and application of crude cellulase consortium in hydrolysis of rice straw. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry. 65, 12653-12661
Kaur B, Oberoi HS and Chadha BS* (2014) Enhanced cellulase producing mutants developed from heterokaryotic Aspergillus strain. Bioresource Technology. 157, 100-107.
Babbar N, Oberoi HS*, Sandhu SK and Bhargav VK (2014) Influence of different solvents in extraction of phenolic compounds from vegetable residues and their evaluation as natural sources of antioxidants. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 51: 2568-2575
Sharma R, Rawat R, Bhogal RS and Oberoi HS* (2015) Multi-component thermostable cellulolytic enzyme production by Aspergillus niger HN-1 using pea pod waste: Appraisal of hydrolytic potential with lignocellulosic biomass. Process Biochemistry. 50, 696-704
Ranjitha K, Shivashankara KS, Sudhakar Rao DV, Oberoi HS*, Roy TK and Bharathamma H (2017) Shelf-life extension and quality retention in fresh-cut carrots coated with pectin. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies, 42: 91-100.
Ranjitha K*, Shivashankara KS, Sudhakar Rao DV, Oberoi HS, Roy TK and Bharathamma H (2017) Improvement in shelf life of minimally processed cilantro leaves through integration of kinetin pretreatment and packaging interventions: Studies on microbial population dynamics, biochemical characteristics and flavour retention. Food Chemistry, 221: 844-854
Sharma R, Kocher GS, Rao SS and Oberoi HS* (2019) Improved production of multicomponent cellulolytic enzymes using sweet sorghum bagasse and thermophilic Aspergillus terreus RWY through statistical process optimization. Waste and Biomass Valorizations, 11, 3355-3369
Kumar PC, Amutha S, Oberoi HS*, Kanchana S, Azeez S and Rupa TR (2022) Germination induced changes in bioactive compounds and nutritional components in millets. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 4244-4252
Kumar D, Oberoi HS, Singh H, Shrivastav TG, Bhukya PL, Kumari M, Koner BC, Sonker SC (2023) Development and optimization of in-house heterologous ELISA for detection of prednisolone drug in enzyme conjugates using spacers. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1200238

Qualification

S.No	Degree	Subject	University/College	Year
1	Ph.D	Microbiology	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India	----
2	Post-Doc	BIVAP, , Department of Grain Science and Industry	Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA	----
3	MSc	Microbiology	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India	----
4	BSc	Agriculture	University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India	----

Experience

S.No	Designation	Institution	Duration
1	Director(Ph.D)	NIFTEM	- Present

International Experience/Collaboration/Consultancy

Best Research Paper Award (Smt. Anne Shikhamany Memorial Best paper award for the year 2023-24 and 2017-2018) from the Society for Promotion of Horticulture, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Best Poster Award by Graduate Capitol Research Summit, Kansas, USA

Led the Indian delegation to Bhutan to understand the Food Regulatory system in that country for recognizing Bhutan’s Food Regulatory system for import of food products; Led the Indian delegation for participation in Food Industry Asia Regulatory Summit in Singapore; Led the Indian delegation for participation in the Codex Committee on Food Labelling in Ottawa, Canada and visit to Ontario Food Terminal, Toronto; Member of the Indian delegation to participate in the 46th CAC meeting at Rome (Italy) and meeting with BFR and German Food Regulator at Berlin (Germany)

Externally Funded Projects

Successfully completed one Research Project as Project Leader having 10 sub-projects and initiated another Research Project as Project Leader with 07 sub-projects ; 12 Institute funded research projects including collaborative projects as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI); Five Externally funded projects including collaborative research projects sponsored by agencies like ICAR through competitive mode, DBT, Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Framers Welfare (DAC&FW), World Bank as PI, Consortium Centre Principal Investigator (CCPI) and Co-PI; Four Infrastructure Development and Institute Building projects with funding from ICAR through competitive mode, DST, BIRAC (DBT) and Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) as Co-PI

Patent

Three Indian Patents granted and seven Indian patents filed

Books

Edited and Authored four books; Published 21 book chapters in Books published by reputed International and National Publishers; Published six technical bulletins and popular articles. Participated in more than 50 National and International Conferences/ Seminars/ Summits and Workshops and presented the research work.