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Dr. Ankanksha Kumari - Faculty Profile

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Dr. Ankanksha Kumari

Dr. Ankanksha Kumari

Assistant Professor
Institute Email Address fpt.ankanksha@adit.ac.in
Personal Email ankankshak@gmail.com
University Email ankanksha.kumari@cvmu.edu.in
Phone 8709970724
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Academic Profile
Qualification

Ph.D

Experience Details

2.6

Academic Experience

2.6

Total Experience
D.O.J @ ADIT: 18 Jul 2025
About Faculty
Dr. Ankanksha Kumari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Processing Technology at A.D. Patel Institute of Technology, CVM University, Anand. She holds a Ph.D. in Food Engineering and Technology from BIT Mesra. Her expertise includes grain fortification, microwave-assisted processing, micronutrient retention, and food process engineering. She has published 13 research papers and filed 4 patents, of which 1 has been granted, and she is actively involved in teaching, research, and industry collaboration.
Teaching Interests
  • Food Engineering, and Food Preservation
Research Interests
  • Fortification
  • Waste valorization
  • Equipment design
Administrative Roles
  • ISO-Lab Teaching (Departmental)
  • IT-Services (Departmental)
  • Faculty Advisor (B.Tech (FPT-Batch 2025))
Professional Experience
Guest Faculty

CAET, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur

2 years

Teaching and Research

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D

Food Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India • 2025

M.Tech

Food Process Engineering

Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences • 2019

B.Tech

Food Technology

National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management-Kundli • 2016

Awards & Recognition
  • Research Associate (RA): Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India, 2024.
  • Best oral presentations award: International Conference on Food Chemistry, Microbiology and process engineering for wellness & health (FCMPE WellH 25)
  • Best poster award: National Seminar cum Exhibition on Makhana and Allied Aquatic Crops, held at ICAR-National Research Center on Makhana and Aquatic C
  • INAE-Innovation in Manufacturing Practices-2023, by Indian National Academy of Engineering (Cash Prize- Rs 20,000)
  • Promising Innovation Award 2025 (By ICMR-NIN)
Student Mentoring

3

UG Students
Membership Details
  • Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers
Publications
Microwave Assisted Fluidized Bed Spray Soaking and Gelatinization for Whole Grain Rice Fortification.

Kumari, A., Sahoo, B., Sarkhel, S., Hait, S., Chatterjee, R., Mohan, A., & Roy, A.

Food Frontiers, 2025

Physicochemical properties, micronutrient uptake and bioavailability of zinc-fortified whole grain puffed rice

Saha, S., Sarkhel, S., Kumari, A., Saha, R., Chatterjee, K., Chatterjee, A., Mazumder, P. M., Mohan, A., Sarkar, B., & Roy, A.

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2025

Optimizing whole grain rice fortification using microwave-assisted screw conveying spraying and drying setup: Exploring solution absorption, gelatinization, and micronutrient retention.

Kumari, A., Ahuja, U., Pandey, M. K., & Roy, A.

Food Chemistry, 2025

Gelatinization induced whole grain rice fortification technology

Kumari, A., & Roy, A.

Journal of Cereal Science, 2025

Physicochemical properties, micronutrient uptake and bioavailability of iron-fortified intact grain puffed rice

Saha, S., Saha, R., Sarkhel, S., Kumari, A., Chatterjee, K., Chatterjee, A., Sahoo, B., Deb, P. K., Jha, S., Mazumder, P. M., Sarkar, B., & Roy, A.

Journal of Cereal Science, 2025

Impact of the degree of starch gelatinization on the texture, soaking, and cooking characteristics of high amylose rice: an experimental and numerical study.

Kumari, A., & Roy, A.

Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 2024

Ultrasonic high-yield extraction of non-toxic fucose-containing Abroma augusta polysaccharide bearing emulsifying properties

Sarkhel, S., Mondal, M., Datta, D., Sahoo, B., Kumari, A., Saha, S., Bera, S., Jana, M., Tiwari, A., & Roy, A.

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2024

Exploring the therapeutic and industrial applications of a novel fruit: Water chestnut (Trapa natans L.)

Kumari, A., Kumar, V., Chaudhary, G., Amitabh, A., & Rajak, D

Annals of Phytomedicine An International Journal, 2024

Rice Starch Phase Transition and Detection During Resistant Starch Formation

Sahoo, B., Kumari, A., Sarkhel, S., Jha, S., Mukherjee, A., Jain, M., Mohan, A., & Roy, A.

Food Review International, 2023

Impact of fortificants on the powder properties of a gluten-free porous starch matrix of puffed rice flour.

Saha, S., Sarkhel, S., Sahoo, B., Kumari, A., Jha, S., Mukherjee, A., Biswas, D., Saha, R., Chatterjee, A., Sarkar, B., Jana, S. K., Mohan, A., & Roy, A.

LWT, 2023

Expanded porous-starch matrix as an alternative to porous starch granule: Present status, challenges, and future prospects

Jha, S., Sarkhel, S., Saha, S., Sahoo, B., Kumari, A., Chatterjee, K., Mitra Mazumder, P., Sarkhel, G., Mohan, A., & Roy, A.

Food Research International, 2023

Enhancing micronutrient absorption through simultaneous fortification and phytic acid degradation.

Kumari, A., & Roy, A.

Food Science and Biotechnology, 2022

Determination of dielectric properties and predictive modeling for designing radio-frequency heating of ground beef

Purohit, A., Kumari, A., Roy, A., & Mohan, A.

Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, 2022

Research Metrics

5

h-index

106

Total Citations

4

i10-index