Sri.Venkatesh T

Venkatesh T

Educational Details

  • M.Tech Chemical Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 2014-2016
  • B.Tech Chemical Engineering – Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 2010-2014
  • Higher Secondary – Town Higher Secondary School, Kumbakonam, 2010
  • Secondary School – Town Higher Secondary School, Kumbakonam, 2008

Awards and Honours

  • Part of the team winning “CSIR RURAL TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2020” awarded by CSIR, Govt of India, for work carried out in the area of “Biodegradable products from agro residues”.
  • Received “BEST STORY AWARD 2021” by Vigyan Prasar, DST for submitting a popular science story based on research.
  • DST Young Scientist Research Grant 2020.
  • Best Oral Presentation – 30th Kerala Science Congress.
  • Best Poster Award – International Conference on Emerging trends in Separation Science and Technology, Organized by BRNS and DAE.
  • Best Teacher Award – CIT Coimbatore.
  • MHRD Fellowship – For pursuing M.Tech at IIT Guwahati.
  • GATE qualified in the year 2014, 2017 and 2019 with 89, 94 and 93 percentiles respectively.

 

Projects

I) Sponsored Projects

Sl.No. Title of Project Funding Agency Duration and Amount Role
1 Modernization of Jaggery Production Units DST Agro Tech Aug 2020-Aug 2022 35 Lakhs Principal Investigator
2 Development of Solar Dryer for Spices DST Young Scientist Oct 2020-Oct 2022 43 Lakhs Principal Investigator
3 Development of Vegan Leather from Agricultural Residues CSIR FTT Scheme Aug 2022-Aug 2024 80 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
4 Utilization of Ayurveda wastes for packaging applications DST Aug 2021-Aug 2023 60 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
5 Field Level Demonstration of perchlorate reduction through bio-physical process Ministry of Jal Sakthi Apr 2021-Oct 2023 30 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
6 Development of food packaging containers from pineapple leaves and banana stem Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI Apr 2021-Oct 2022 22 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
7 Nutraceuticals from Priyala seeds – Validation, Process Optimization and scale-up CSIR Apr 2021-Mar 2023 50 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
8 Utilization of coconut wastes for various biodegradable products Coconut Development Board Mar 2021-Sep 2022 15 Lakhs Co-principal Investigator
9 Solar Based Dehumidified Dryer for Spice Processing CSIR Mar 2020-Mar 2022 45 Lakhs Co-Principal Investigator
10 Setting up processing unit for dehydrated fruits and vegetables Kerala Horticulture Board Jan 2020-Mar 2021 25 Lakhs Team Member
11 Establishment of dehydration unit for underutilized fruits and vegetables Kerala Horticulture Board Mar 2021-Dec 2021 11 Lakhs Team Member
12 In-situ Preservation and Value Addition of Matured Coconut Water Coconut Development Board Mar 2018-June 2021 30 Lakhs Team Member
13 Development of Nutri-breakfast for pan-India CSIR Mar 2018-Mar 2020 40 Lakhs Team Member

 

II) Consultancy Projects

Sl.No. Title of Project Industry/Client Name Duration and Amount Role
1 Design Considerations in Evaporators and Dryers for Food Processing Applications Accelerate Vigyan, SERB Aug 2022-Dec 2022
1.5 Lakhs		 Project Leader
2 Development of plant fiber based biodegradable containers for food packaging ITC Bengaluru Oct 2022-Oct 2024
54 Lakhs		 Co-Principal Investigator
3 Establishment of pineapple leaves processing unit for manufacture of biodegradable products Vazhakulam Agro and Fruit Processing Company Ltd, Kerala Apr 2022-Oct 2023
20 Lakhs		 Co-Principal Investigator
4 Establishment of 500 kg per day apple prunes processing plant for biodegradable plates production Himjoy Enterprises,
Himachal Pradesh		 Oct 2021-Oct 2022
7 Lakhs		 Co-Principal Investigator
5 Development of edible plates and Cutleries from agro residues Auro-Exim, Ernakulam Feb 2019-May 2021
4 Lakhs		 Co-Principal Investigator
6 Establishment of 500 kg per day rice waste processing unit Maraikar Green Earth
Private Limited,
Thiruvananthapuram		 Feb 2021-Feb 2022
20 Lakhs		 Co-Principal Investigator
7 Engineering consultancy for establishment of a processing unit for vegetables BLFO, Rani Feb 2021-Oct 2021
4 Lakhs		 Team Member
8 Product development and stability for milk based herbal extract formulation Arya Vaidya Pharma,
Coimbatore		 Jan 2020-Oct 2020
5 Lakhs		 Team Member

Patents & Technology Transfers

Title of the
Technology/patent		 Status Role in Technology Transfer
Ready to Cook Products from Raw Banana Tech. Transferred and under commercialization Involved with Scale-up, Specification Drafting, Material/Energy Balances, Costing and feasibility of the developed technology
Wheat bran based cutleries Tech. Transferred and
Commercialized		 Involved with Scale-up, Specification Drafting, Material/Energy Balances, Costing and feasibility
of the developed technology
Biodegradable Tableware from Rice wastes Tech. Transferred and Commercialized Involved with Scale-up, Technology Document preparation, Specification Drafting for equipment, Material/Energy Balances, Costing and feasibility of the developed technology
Apple prunes wastes based biodegradable products Tech Transferred and Commercialized Involved with Scale-up, Technology Document preparation, Specification Drafting for equipment, Material/Energy Balances, Costing and feasibility of the developed technology

    Publications & Conferences

    • Effect of Aeration Techniques on Flow Properties of Spray-Dried Sugar Powders – Process Optimization Studies, Food and Bioprocess Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-022-02854-9 (Corresponding Author)
    • Advances in drying techniques for retention of antioxidants in agro produces, Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2082371 (Corresponding Author)
    • Recent advances in non-thermal and thermal processing of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam): An updated review, Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.16637 (First Author)
    • Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam (jackfruit) processing equipment: Research insights and perspectives, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13920 (Co Author)
    • Recent advancements in baking technologies to mitigate formation of toxic compounds: A comprehensive review, Food Control, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108707 (Co Author)
    • A comparison of the Refrigerated Adsorption Drying of Daucus carota with fluidized bed drying, LWT, Vol 154, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112749 (Corresponding author)
    • Short food supply chains to resolve food scarcity during COVID-19 pandemic-An Indian model, Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Vol 6, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.af2s.2021.08.001 (Corresponding author)
    • A novel bio-physical approach for perchlorate contaminated well water treatment, Environmental Advances, Vol 4, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2021.100058 (Co-author)
    • Need for a balance between short food supply chains and integrated food processing sectors: COVID-19 takeaways from India, Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-
      020-04942-0        (Corresponding Author)
    • Grey water treatment and surfactant recovery using UF and RO process, Separation Science and Technology, Volume 52, https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1273244 (First Author)
    • “Purification of Washing machine discharges with simultaneous detergent recovery using membrane technologies” in an International Conference on “Emerging Technologies in Separation Science and Technology – SESTEC 2016”, organized by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India at IIT Guwahati.
    • Performance Analysis of oily-waste water treatment using Ceramic Membranes VIA various Backwashing Techniques” in an International Conference on “Emerging Technologies in Separation Science and Technology – SESTEC 2016”, organized by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences(BRNS) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), India at IIT Guwahati.
    • Break-through analysis of fixed bed adsorption using organic adsorbents’, International Journal of Chemical Engineering Research, Vol 7, Number 1 (2015), pp 17-21.
    • Lab-scale extraction, confirmation and applications of protein from human hairs, IJTES, Volume 3[8], pp: 4008-4011, August 2015.

    On-Going Research Areas

    Drying Technologies for Post-Harvest Agro Processing

    • To design and develop various prototype models of drying units based on dehumidification and solar principles.
    • Calculation of energy efficiency and exergy studies.
    • Development of drying kinetics and transport phenomena for various drying processes.
    • Scale-up and feasibility studies

    Modernization of Traditional Agro Sectors

    • Technological interventions in traditional food processing sectors such as Jaggery, Virgin Coconut Oil and Ayurvedic medicines.
    • Development of suitable machineries/process protocols for large scale production.
    • Development of various value added products and its validation studies.
    • Scale-up and feasibility studies.

    Scale-up and Process Engineering

    • Implementation of large scale processing unit for production of biodegradable products from agro residues/agro by-products.
    • Material and Energy Balances for various unit operations involved in food/agro processing.
    • Specification drafting, Equipment Selection and utilities for large scale production.
    • Costing and documentation.