Dr. Jayeeta Mitra
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal-721302, India

 

 

  • Quote 1

    “The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge”

     

                               Bertrand Russell

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    “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric”

     

                                 Bertrand Russell

 

Research Interest

Transport Processes in Food Engineering

Food Packaging and Storage Studies

Microwave Assisted Extraction of Bioactive compounds

Numerical Modeling

Image Analysis of food samples

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy 2006-2010

Agricultural and Food Engineering Department,

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

 

Master of Technology 2004-2006

Department of Post Harvest Process & Food Engineering

G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

 

Bachelor of Engineering2000-2004

Department of Agricultural Engineering

Bidhan Chandra  Krishi ViswaVidyalaya, West Bengal, India

 

 

 

 

 

Research Experience

IIT Kharagpur India

ICAR –ICMR funded Project

 

IIT Kharagpur, India

Project: Vacuum drying of onion slices:

              process optimization and numerical modeling

 

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

Project: Modeling of finger millet grinding processes in a hammer mill

 

Bidhan Chandra  Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, West Bengal, India

Project: Osmotic dehydration of carrots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Engineer

 

 

Doctoral Research

 

 

 

M Tech Research

 

 

B Tech Research

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Experience

 

 

Assistant Professor

Centre of Food Science and Technology,

Institute of Agricultural Sciences,

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

 

Assistant Professor

Food Process Engineering Department, NIT Rourkela

Orissa, 769008

 

 

 

Books

1. Associate Editor, Section II, Food Process Technology of the Edited Book on Food Process Engineering and Technology. Excel India Publishers. 2016

 

Book Chapter

1. Shilpi, Viswanatha Angadi, Jayeeta Mitra. Hybrid technology for milk pasteurization. In Innovations in Dairy Engineering, Apple Academic Press, USA.

2. Viswanatha Angadi, Ram Kumar C, Jayeeta Mitra, Roopa SS. Application of food safety and management system (FSMS) in dairy industry. In Innovations in Dairy Engineering, Apple Academic Press, USA.

3. Shrivastava  R and Mitra J, Design of small scale Solar vapour absorption system, Chapter, ETAE edited book, 2016

4. Banerjee S, Mitra J, Shrivastava S L. Numerical analysis of heat and mass transfer during infrared conditioning of cashew kernels. Chapter, ETAE edited book 2016.

 

 

 

Refereed Journal Publications

 

 1. Sahoo P K, Mitra J, and Chakraborty S (2007).  Kinetics of apparent mass diffusivities on osmotic dehydration of carrots. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 44(1), 26-28.(Impact factor: 1.123)

 

 2. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S (2011). Vacuum dehydration kinetics of onion slices. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 89 (1), 1-9.(Impact factor: 1.855)

 

 3. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S  (2011) Onion dehydration: a review. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 49 (3), 267-277.(Impact factor: 1.123)

 

 4. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S (2011) Process optimization of vacuum dried onion slices. Chez Journal of Food Science, 29 (6), 586-594.(Impact factor:0.685)

 

 5. Alok Jha, Jayeeta Mitra, Jayashree Ghosh and Arvind. (2011) Traditional Dahi versus DVS (direct vat set) Dahi: A Comparative Study. Indian Journal of Dairy Science. 64(2), 106-111.

 

 6. Banerjee C, Singh R, Jha A, Mitra J. (2014). Effect of inulin on textural and sensory characteristics of sorghum based high fibre biscuits using response surface methodology. Journal of Food Science and Technology.vol 51(10) 2762-2768.(Impact factor: 1.123)

 

 7. Mitra, J., Jha, A., Alam, T., Singh, D.S., Ranjan, S.K., Pathak, S., Naz A. (2013). Sensory and textural properties of tofu manufactured by blending buffalo milk. Asian Journal of Dairy and Foods Research, 32 (2), 135-138.

 

8. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S (2015).Non-enzymatic browning and flavour kinetics of vacuum dried onion slices. Int. Agrophys., 2015, 29, 91-100

 

9. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S (2014). Characterization of vacuum dried onion slices. Food Measure, 9(1), 1-10

 

10.  Banerjee S, Meghwal M, Vivek C. S. Mitra J, Utilization of used packaging materials for steam pipes insulation, Journal of Packaging Technology and Research, DOI 10.1007/s41783-017-0005-2. Springer

 

11. Banerjee S, Mitra J, Shrivastava S L. Effects on quality during infrared and hot air conditioning of cashew kernels. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences,  Volume 8, Issue 52, 2016, pp.-2511-2515

 

 

 

 

Conference Publications

 

1. Sahoo, P.K., Mitra, J. and Chakraborty, S. Modeling of water loss and solute uptake during osmotic drying of carrots. Asia Pacific Drying Conference held in Kolkata, India, 2005. Proceedings. 719-731.

 

 2. Mitra, J. and Sah, P.C. Continuous Finger Millet grinding processes in a hammer mill. National Conference on Engineering for Food and Bio-processing   held at College of Technology, Pantnagar during 27th Feb to 1st March 2009. Proceedings. pp 113-117.

 

 3. Mitra, J., Shrivastava, S.L. and Rao, P.S. Dehydration characteristics of vacuum dried onion slices. Paper presented in “International Conference on Food Security and Environmental Sustainability” held during 17th – 19th Dec, 2009.

 

 4. Mitra, J., Shrivastava, S.L. and Rao, P.S. Vacuum drying of onion slices: an overview. Presented at Research Scholar day organized by AGFE department on 6th Feb, 2010.

 

 5. Mitra, J., Shrivastava, S.L., and Rao, P.S. “Drying rate modeling through variable diffusivity approach for vacuum drying of onion slices”. Presented in 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting presentation on 23rd June, 2010.

 

 6. Soumitra Banerjee, Jayeeta Mitra, S. L. Shrivastava. Case Study on Economic Analysis of Cashew Nut Processing in India. Accepted for Oral presentation.  International Conference on "Emerging Food Safety Risks: Challenges for Developing Countries" January 09-10, 2014.

 

7. Mitra J, Shrivastava S L, Rao P S. Shelf life modeling of packaged vacuum dried onion slices. Oral presentation. World Packaging Congress, held in Mumbai on 9-11th October, 2015.  3rd position in Oral Presentation.

 

8. Banerjee, S., Mitra, J. Shrivastava, S. L. (2013). Status report on cashew nut processing published at Biennial Workshop conducted by ICAR, 23-26 September, Udaipur.

 

9. Mohit, Mitra, J. Development of antimicrobial film using bionanocomposites. Accepted for oral presentation in ASABE Annual Meeting going to be held from 16th July to 19th July in Spokane, Washington, USA.

 

 

 

 

Status Report

 

1. Banerjee, S., Mitra, J.  and Shrivastava, S. L. (2013). Status report on cashew nut processing published at Biennial Workshop conducted by ICAR, 23-26 September, Udaipur.

 

 

Posters Presented

 

1. Mitra, J. and Sah, P.C. “Effect of different operational parameters on batch grinding of finger millet in a hammer mill.” Presented at 19th Indian Convention of Food Scientists and Technologists on “Health Foods” held at IIT, Kharagpur during 31st Dec to 2nd Jan, 2007.

 

 2. Mitra, J., Shrivastava, S.L., and Rao, P.S. “Dehydration of onion slices by vacuum drying technology and its product quality evaluation”. Presented at 6th International Food Convention held at CFTRI, Mysore during 15th – 19th Dec, 2008.

 

 

 

 

Invited Lecture

 

‘Shelf life studies for packaged traditional foods’ in the summer school “Food safety and quality for global competitiveness of traditional foods of India” sponsored by ICAR held at BHU from 15th Sept to 5th Oct, 2010.

 

Conference /Training /course Attended

 

1. ‘Trends and Innovations in Packaging of Processed Foods, Beverages and Healthcare Products’ organized by Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata, held on 20th and 21st February, 2012.

 

 2. A 21 days summer school on “Food safety and quality for global competitiveness of traditional foods of India” sponsored by ICAR.

 

 3. One month practical training at Central Dairy, Belgachhia, Kolkata, from 14th May – 14th June 2003.

 

 4. One month practical training at Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute, Budni (M.P.), from 1st June – 30th June 2002.

 

 5. Graduate Diploma in Computer Application conducted by The Institute of Computer Engineers, India.

 

 

Project Granted

 

1. Active Packaging of food for enhancement of quality and Shelfl ife using nano composites. Under ISIRD, IIT Kharagpur. 28 Lakh

2. Development of active packaging solutions using nanoencapsulation technique to aid nutrient delivery for quality improvement and shelf life extension of stored food. SERB, DST, 35 Lakhs.

 

 

Patent Filed

 

1. A system for making fibre based woven subjects including doormats. P B S Bhadoria, S L Shrivastava and J Mitra.

2. Motorized rice pounder machine for accomplishing rice milling. P B S Bhadoria, S L Shrivastava and J Mitra

 

 

Conference Organised

 

1. Member of steering committee of a national seminar on “Recent advances in the development of fermented foods” organized by CFST, IAS, BHU on 8th and 9th April, 2011.

 

2. Member of core committee for a one-day workshop titled “SHG to Successful Entrepreneur: Strategic Analysis in light of Challenges & Opportunities (SESACO)” held on 6th February, 2013

 

 

Professional affiliations

Life Member

 

Full member

 

Member

 

 

Member

 

 

Member

: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)

 

: Association of  Food Scientists and Technologists(I)

 

: Board of Studies, Dept. Of Food Engg., Faculty of Agril. Engg., Bidhan Chandra Krish Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, WB

 

: Editorial Board, Journal of Packaging Technology & Research., Springer

 

: Rural Technology Action Group (Ru-TAG) Cell

 

 

Other activities

 Reviewer for International Journals

 

1. Food and Bioprocess Technology

2. Journal of Food Process Engineering

3. Journal of Food Processing & Technology

4. Innovative Foods and Emerging Technology

 

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