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Pushpa Chethan Kumar

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Research Interest: Development of functional fruit beverages from fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants, fruit and vegetable powders and different processed products from horticulture produce, nutritional quality evaluation

Designation: 
Scientist (Food and Nutrition)
Division/Section: 
Division of Post Harvest Technology and Agricultural Engineering
Specialisation: 
Nutritional quality evaluation of foods, development of nutritionally rich processed products from horticulture produce
Qualification: 
B.Sc (Agri)-University of Agriculture Sciences, Bengaluru M.Sc (Agri) in Food Science and Nutrition-University of Agriculture Sciences, Bengaluru Ph.D in Food Science and Nutrition- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai
Research Accomplishments: 

Developed carotenoids fortified raw mango chutney, developed Instant Powder Formulation from aonla and green leafy vegetables

 

Publications: 

Pushpa Chethan Kumar, Neelima Garg, D.K.Shukla and Kaushalesh Yadav. 2014. Effect      of pretreatment and packaging on the quality of minimally processed mango    cubes. J. of Eco-Friendly Agriculture. 9(2): 199-202.

Neelima Garg and Pushpa Chethan Kumar. 2014. Food anti-microbials: challenges and prospects. Current Horticulture. 2(1): 05–17

Garg, N., Kumar, S., Yadav, K.K and  Kumar, P.C. 2015. Development of probiotic drink from cucumber using Lactobacillus sp. Indian J. Hort. 72(4): 590-592.

Bhattacherjee, A.K., Dikshit, A.,  Chethan Kumar, P.,  Pandey, D and  Tandon, D. K. 2016. Profiling nutraceuticals in bael [Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa] at various stages of fruit development.  J Hortic Sci Biotech. 91(2): 169-174

Garg, N and Pushpa, C.K. 2016. Indian Gooseberry (Amla): A chapter. In: Handbook of Funtional beverages and Human Health. Nutraceutical Science and Technology. Shahidi, F and Alasalvar, C (ed). CRC Press, Boca raton, Florida, USA. ISBN 9781466596412 - CAT# K20775

Kumar, P.C., Garg,N., Shukla, D.K., Oberoi, H.S  and Yadav, K. 2017. Comparative evaluation of quality attributes and shelf life of minimally processed guava vis-a`-vis whole guava fruits during storage. Indian J. Agricultural Sciences. 87(9): 1246-51.

Kumar, P.C., Dikshit, A., Garg, N and Yadav, K. 2017. Evaluation of mango-papaya blended fruit bar for quality and acceptability attributes under storage. J. Eco-friendly Agri. 12(1): 82-86.

Anitha, T.M, Raviraja Shetty, G., Kumar, P.C., Pallavi, C.R and Rajasekharan, P.E. 2018. Evaluation of bioactive compounds in leaves of Moringa concanensis accessions. J Pharmacognasy Phytochemistry. 3: 40-43.

Kumar, P.C., Azeez, S and Roy, T.K. 2018. Development of moringa infusion for green tea and its evaluation. J. Hortl. Sci. 13(2) : 192-196

Kanupriya, Kumar, P.C and Sane, A. 2019. An assessment of fruiting and polyembryony in Langsat (Lansium domesticum Corr.) from Nilgiris, India. J. Hortl. Sci. 14(1): 79-82

Kumar, P. C., Oberoi, H. S., & Azeez, S. (2021). Basella-an Underutilized Green Leafy Vegetable with a Potential for Functional Food Development. Food Reviews International, 1-18.

Pushpa Chethan Kumar, Amutha Sundararajan, Harinder Singh Oberoi and Prabakaran Karuppiah. 2022. Quality parameters of foxtail and little millet incorporated fruit beverages. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 11(3): 324-331

Chethan Kumar, P., Amutha, S., Oberoi, H. S., Kanchana, S., Azeez, S., & Rupa, T. R. (2022). Germination induced changes in bioactive compounds and nutritional components of millets. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 1-9.

 

Permanent Address: 
ICAR-IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru-560089 Email Address: pushpa.chethan@icar.gov.in Office Telephone #: 080-23086100 (Extn 374)
Address for Communication: 

Division of PHT & Agri. Engg.

ICAR-IIHR, Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru-560089

Email Address: 
Pushpa.Chethan@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
080-23086100 Extn 374