Faculty Profile

Prof. Prasanna Kumar G.V

Professor

prasanna@niftem.ac.in

+91-130-2281043

Area of Interest/Specialization

Post-Harvest Engineering.
Non-thermal Processing.
Renewable Energy Applications.
Carbon Footprint.
Carbon Capture Technologies

Awards & Recognition

Distinguished Services Certificate of ISAE 2013 for the significant contribution in the field of Farm Machinery & Power. It was awarded in the 48th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, MPUAT, Udaipur, 21-23 Feb., 2014.
Jyoti award for the best paper on design and development of vegetable transplanting machine based on original R&D which has found the application in field in the 45th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, Dr. PDKV, Nagpur, 17-19 Jan., 2011.

Publications

Baruah, N., Prasanna Kumar, G.V., Khobragade, C.B. and Dihingia, P.K. 2023. Performance of solid desiccant dehumidifier for low temperature drying applications. J. of Hill Farming, 34(2): 70-75.
Kamboj, A., Chopra, R., Singh, R., Saxena, V. and Prasanna Kumar, G.V. 2022. Effect of pulsed electric field parameters on the alkaline extraction of valuable compounds from perilla seed meal and optimization by central composite design approach. Applied Food Research, 2(2), 100240
Baruah, N., Prasanna Kumar, G.V. and Khobragade, C.B. 2022. Desiccant dehumidification: a potential method for different drying and cooling applications. Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 16: 1151-1163.
Dihingia, P.K., Khogragade, C.B., Prasasanna Kumar, G.V. and Saikia, A. 2022. Development and performance evaluation of a power tiller operated ginger planter. J. of Hill Farming, 34(2): 236-242.
Shyam, S., Das, T. Prasanna Kumar, G.V. 2021. Co-composting invasive aquatic macrophytes and pond sediment holds the potential for environmental amelioration: Selecting the right shade of grey. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 42(1): 17-23.
Prasanna Kumar, G.V., Paul, S.K., Khobragade, C.B., Bania, B. and Sengupta, D. 2020. Requirements of mixed tangerine (Citrus tangerine) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) powdered peel wastesfermentation for citric acid production. J. of Scientific Research and Development, CIGR Agricultural Engineering International, 22(2): 194-207. ISSN: 1682-1130.
Dihingia, P.C., Lairenjam, C., Zimik, W. and Prasanna Kumar G.V. 2020. Ergonomic evaluation of tea leaf plucking in Assam. J. of Hill Farming, 33(1): 92-99.
Baruah, N., Prasanna Kumar, G.V. and Khobragade, C.B. 2019. Feasibility study of various organic fibers as potential desiccant materials. Russian J. of Physical Chemistry B, 13(6): 969-974.
Mandal, S., Prasanna Kumar, G.V., Bhattacharya, T.K., Tanna, H.R. and Jena, P.C. 2019. Briquetting of pine needles (Pinus roxburgii) and their physical, handling and combustion properties. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10(8): 2415-2424.

Qualification

S.No	Degree	Subject	University/College	Year
1	Ph.D	Sustainable Food grain Production and Processing	IIT Kharagpur	2011
2	M.Tech	Sustainable Food grain Production and Processing	IIT Kharagpur	1998

Experience

S.No	Designation	Institution	Duration
1	Professor(B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D)	NIFTEM, Kundli	2020 - Present
2	Professor(B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D)	Assam University, Silchar	2014 - 2020
3	Associate Professor (B.Tech)	Assam University, Silchar	2011 - 2014
4	Assistant Professor	NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh	2001-2011