DR. RANJANA PANDE

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Dr. Ranjana Pande

Assistant Professor

Phone No: +919552866626

E-mail Address: ranjanapande@gmail.com

Address: 33/33-88, Rohit Nagar Colony, PO-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

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• Ph.D. in Food Science and Processing, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,
  West Bengal (India), 2012.
• M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology), V.B.S Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, (India),
  2006.
• BSc. (Biotechnology and Chemistry) from V.B.S Purvanchal University, Jaunpur
  (India), 2004

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• Awarded with two travel grants from All India Coordinated Research project on Harvest and Postharvest Technology Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India and Department of Biotechnology, India for attending ASABE conference (2011) at Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
• Two years (2010-2012) Senior Research Fellowship by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India.
• Two years (2008-2010) Junior Research Fellowship by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India.

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• Smita Tripathi, VR Sinija, S Bag, V Shibby, Ranjana Pande (Co-author), Astha Deswal, HN Mishra. (2018). Chapter Title: Rapid Methods for Food Quality Analysis. In: Editor HN Mishra. Book Title: “Food Product and Process Innovations Volume 2.” New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-93-86546-95-1.
• Ranjana Pande (First author), Gayatri Mishra, Shubhangi Srivastava, HN Mishra. (2018). Chapter Title: Safe Storage of Food Grains. In: Editor HN Mishra. Book Title: “Food Product and Process Innovations Volume 2.” New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-93-86546-95-1.
• Ranjana Pande ((First and corresponding author), Shalini Mishra., HN Mishra., MN Singh. (2012). Chapter Title: Role of entomopathogenic fungi (Beauveria bassiana) in stored food grain safety. In: Editor Tiwari, SP, Singh RS, Sharma, R. Book Title: “Recent Advances in Microbiology”. Nova science publisher, Inc. New York, USA (Published, pp575-588). ISBN No. 978-1-61470-632-8.

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• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2020). Postharvest storage of green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Food and Bioprocess Technology. (Submitted).
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2018). Efficacy of non formulated entomopathogen (Beauveria bassiana) to control the storage insect pests of green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(3): 295-299. (NASS Rating– 4.86 and Impact factor-0.162, SJR – 0.147). ISSN No. 0367-8245.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2015). Influence of microwave and fungal treatments on nitrogen solubility index of stored green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, 34 (2): 116-122. (NASS Rating– 4.20). ISSN No. 0971-4456.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2015). Fourier Transform Near-Infrared spectroscopy for rapid and simple determination of phytic acid content in green gram seeds (Vigna radiata). Food Chemistry. 172: 880-884. (Impact factor – 6.306) ISSN No. 0308-8146.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2014). Influence of microwave heating on moisture sorption isotherm and drying characteristics of green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 39 (5): 458-468. (Impact factor – 1.405) ISSN No. 1745-4549.

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• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra, 2013. Determination of phytic acid content in green gram seeds (Vigna radiata) by FTNIR spectroscopy. Poster accepted in the International Conference on Advanced Food Processing and Quality Management (3-7 November) organized by CIGR in the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. (Published full proceedings).
• Ranjana Pande, PBS Bhaduria, 2013. Storage Insect Pest Management and Food Safety. Poster abstract accepted in The International Conference on Insect Science (14-17 February) organized in Indian Society for the Advancement of Insect Science (INSAIS), PAU, Ludhiana University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.
• Ranjana Pande, HN Mishra, MN Singh, 2012. Effect of entomopathogen (Beauveria bassiana) on insect mortality and moisture content of stored green gram (Vigna radiata) seed. Paper and Poster abstract published by IFT annual meeting and Food expo (25-28 June) organized in, Nevada, Las Vegas USA.
• Ranjana Pande, HN Mishra, MN Singh, 2012. Comparison of microwave drying and microbial control on protein content of stored green gram (Vigna radiata) seed in different packaging material. Paper presented in Acharya P C Ray National Young Scientist Conference (17-18 Feb) organized by Vijnana Bharati, Presidency University and Calcutta University. Kolkata, India.
• Pande, R (First and corresponding author), Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2011. Adsorption Sorption Isotherms of Raw and Microwave Optimized Green Gram (Vigna radiate). Paper presented in American society of agricultural and biological engineers (7-10 Aug.) organized by ASABE at Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (Published full proceedings).
• Pande, R (First and corresponding author), Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2011. Moisture Sorption Isotherms of Raw and Microwave Treated Green Gram (Vigna radiate). Paper presented in American society of agricultural and biological engineers (7-10 Aug.) organized by ASABE at Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (Published full proceedings)
• Pande, R., Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2011. Physical properties of raw and microwave treated stored green gram seeds. Poster presented in National Symposium on Emerging innovative Technologies for Assurance of Quality and Safety in Processed Foods (FoQSAT) (24-25 Feb.) organized by the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India).
• Pande, R., Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2010. Influence of optimized microwave treatment on protein digestibility, mineral content, and microstructure of stored green gram (Vigna radiata). Paper presented in International conference on traditional foods (ICTF) (1-3 Dec.) organized by Pondicherry University and association of food scientists and technologists (India) Pondicherry chapter.
• Pande, R., Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2010. Effect of microwave heating on the nitrogen solubility index of stored green gram (Vigna radiata). Poster presented in Effost annual meeting Food and Health (10-12 Nov.) organized by Effost at Dublin, Ireland.
• Pande, R., Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2010. Effect of Fluidized-bed heat treatment on chemical composition and anti nutrition component of green gram. Poster presented in Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (28-30 Jan.) organized by Indian Agricultural and Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
• Pande, R (First and corresponding author), Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2009. Physical control of insect pests of stored pulses by fluidized heating. Paper presented in International conference on Food security and environmental sustainability (17-19 Dec.) organized by the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India) (Published full proceedings)
• Pande, R., Mishra H.N, Singh, M.N, 2008. Physical control of insect pests of stored grain. Poster presented in International conference on Food convention (15-19 Dec.) organized by Central Food Research Institute at Mysore (India).

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• Full member of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologies (India) Membership number 1/R006/18/ZON/REN 20 (January 2020- December 2020).
• Honorary member for 3E Innovative Foundation, New Delhi, India (Present).
• Review board member in Journal of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, eSci Journals Publishing, Open Access International Journal (February 2013- Present).
• Editorial board member of International Journal of Food and Nutrition (July, 2015- Present).
• Editorial board member of Acta Scientific Agriculture (July, 2015- Present).
• Associate editor in Food Science and Technology Letters (August,2014-Present).
• Advisory board member of International Journal of Nutrition and Health Science
  (September 2017 – Present).
• Work with Evelyn content developing company and I assign solutions to parttime
  solvers (May 2015).
• Resource person for Ph.D. student in HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nashik,
  Maharashtra (April, 2016).
• Reviewer for various international journals viz., Food and Bioprocess Technology (two times), African Journal of Agricultural Research, Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Journal of Separation Science and International Journal of Food Science (2011- Present).

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• Attended a one-day seminar on HPLC/UHPLC & LCMS/MS which was held on 22nd November 2011 at Hotel New Kenilworth, Kolkata, India.
• Attended a one-week workshop on “Mushroom cultivation” organized by Agrasen Kanya Autonomous P.G. College, Varanasi (India) in 2003.

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