Faculty - School of Health Science & Technology

Dr. Mitali Madhumita

Assistant Professor

• PhD in Food Process Engineering: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal - 2021
• M.Tech. in Processing and Food Engineering: Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 2014
• B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering: Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha - 2012

Career Graph

• Assistant Professor at School of Health Science and Technology, UPES, Dehradun.
• Assistant Professor of Food Engineering at Department of Agricultural Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha - 1 year 4 months of teaching and research experience

Honours and Achievements

• Awarded with Institute Research Fellowship by IIT Kharagpur in 2014
• Invited speaker for National Conference on Recent Advances in Technology (NCRAT-2021) organized by Gandhi Institute for Technology, Bhubaneswar on 29th May 2021

Research interests

• Food Engineering
• Extraction Techniques
• Kinetic Modelling
• Drying Technology
• Functional Food
• Food science and Technology

Recent Publications

• Manibhusan Kumar, Mitali Madhumita, Pramod K Prabhakar, & Santanu Basu. (2022). Refractance Window Drying of Food and Biological Materials: Status on Mechanisms, Diffusion Modelling, and Hybrid Drying Approach, Critical reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 01-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2132210 (19th October 2022)
• Sahil, Mitali Madhumita, Pramod K Prabhakar, & Nitin Kumar. Dynamic high-pressure Treatments: Current Advances in Mechanistics-cum-transport phenomena approaches and plant protein functionalization. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 01-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2125930 (3^rd October 2022)
• Manibhusan Kumar, Mitali Madhumita, Brijesh Srivastava, & Pramod K Prabhakar. Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Refractance Window Drying of Mango Pulp for Moisture, Temperature and Heat Flux Distribution. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 45(9),. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.14090 (13 June 2022)
• Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, Ahindra Nag and Pramod K Prabhakar. Natural Preservative Efficacy of Cured Betel Leaf Essential Oil in Sapota Juice: Effect on Physicochemical, Microbial and Sensory Properties. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 45(11), 01-14 – https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.15927 (3 September 2021)
• Manibhushan Kumar, Siddhartha Vatsa, Mitali Madhumita and Pramod K Prabhakar. Mathematical Modeling of Food Processing Operations: A Basic Understanding and Overview. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 2(2), 472-492. https://doi.org/10.46592/turkager.2021.v02i02
• Kuldeep A. Rahate, Mitali Madhumita and Pramod K Prabhakar. Nutritional Composition, Anti-Nutritional Factors, Pre-treatments-cum-processing Impact and Food Formulation Potential of Faba Bean (Vicia Faba L.): A Comprehensive Review. LWT- Food Science and Technology, 138, 01-15- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110796 (March 2021)
• Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, & Ahindra Nag. Bio-actives of betel leaf (Piper betle L.): A comprehensive review on extraction, isolation, characterization, and biological activity. Phytotherapy Research, 34(10), 2609-2627. https://doi.org/10.1002/PTR.6715 (11 June 2020)
• Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, & Ahindra Nag (2019). Extraction of betel leaves (Piper betle L.) essential oil and its bio-actives identification: Process optimization, GC-MS analysis and anti-microbial activity. Industrial crops and products, 138, 111-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111578 (5 Oct 2019)
• Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, & Ahindra Nag (2019). Optimization of essential oil extraction from fresh and cured betel leaves (Piper betle L.) and its functional characterization: Box-Behnken design and response surface methodology approach. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 43(11), 141-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.14196 30 Sep 2019
• Mitali Madhumita, Gitanjali Behera, Ashutosh Nanda, Pabitra Das, Suvendu Pradhan, Anuradha Sarkar (2021). Effect of Hot Air, Microwave and Freeze Drying on Drying Characteristics of Button Mushroom Slices (Agaricus bisporus). Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 27(7), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2021/v27i730411 (10 August 2021)
• Gitanjali Behera, Mitali Madhumita, J Aishwarya, V Gayathri (2021). Comparative Evaluation of Drying Kinetics of Carrot Slices in Hot air and Microwave Drying. Journal of Phytopharmacology, 10(4), 242-248. https://doi.org/10.31254/phyto.2021.10405 (July 2021)
• Gitanjali Behera, Mitali Madhumita, Nayan Kumar Mehera, Malay Das, Sarthak Pradhan (2021). Comparative Evaluation of Soaking Characteristics of Chickpeas using ambient water, Hot water and Microwave-assisted Heating. Journal of Scientific Research & Reports, 27(6), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2021/v27i630400 (9 July 2021)

Book Chapters Published

• Himani, Mitali Madhumita, Mohit Singla, Pramod K Prabhakar (2022). Tremorgenic Mycotoxins’ Concerns in Food and Feed: Their Detection and Management Strategies. In: P. Kumar, M. Kamle and D. K. Mahato. Mycotoxins in Food and Feed Detection and Management Strategies. ISBN 9781032113920. Taylor & Francis Group.
• Mitali Madhumita, Proshanta Guha, & Ahindra Nag (2019). Processing and potential health benefits of betel leaf (Piper betle L.). In: S. Sen and R. Chakraborty (Eds.). Herbal Medicine in India-Indigenous knowledge, Practice, Innovation, and its value. pp. 237-246, ISBN - 978-981-13-7248-3. Springer Publishers – Book chapter. https://doi.10.1007/978-981-13- 7248-3-17
• Mitali Madhumita and Pramod K Prabhakar (2019). Enzyme Immobilization in Food and Agriculture: Principles, Practices, and Future Prospects. In: S. C. Deka, D. Seth, and N. R. S. Hulle (Eds.). Technologies for Value Addition in Food Products and Processes. pp. 73-101, ISBN – 978-0-42924-284-7. Apple Academic Press, CRC- Book Chapter. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429242847

Professional Memberships/Fellowships/Awards

• Life member in ISAE (Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers)​