Post- Harvest Technology

Dr. Bharathkumar A
P.hD. Assistant Professor of Horticulture, NET Qualified.
Email Id: : bharathkumara4@gmail.com 

Working Experience

  • Senior Project Associate in CSIR – Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore.
  • Assistant Professor July, 2022 – January, 2023. Department of Post Harvest Technology. J C Diwakar Reddy Horticultural College, Tadipatri.
  • Development and assessment of polyherbal formulation for anti-diabetic and beta-cell regeneration activity in diabetes induced rats.
  • Standardization of pre-treatments for quality improvement in raisins and dehydrated fig.
  • National Eligibility Test conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New
    Delhi, on 29-Dec – 2018.
  • Best oral presentation award in the theme of Post Harvest Management and value addition organized by Department of Horticulture, National Conference on “Arid fruits: A way forward for sustainable production and nutritional security, 28th to 30th November-2019, University of
    Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India.

SKILLS

  • Physico-chemical analysis (moisture, water activity, textural properties, total soluble solids, titratable acidity, phenols, antioxidants, tannins, crude fiber, total ash, ascorbic acid and flavonoids).
  • Microbial analysis(Bacteria, yeast and mould).
  • Mass production of bio-control agent (Trichoderma harzianum).
  • Blood serum analysis (glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, very high-density protein, total protein, alkaline phosphatase and lipid peroxidase).

CONFERENCES

  • National Conference on “Arid fruits: A way forward for sustainable production and nutritional security.
  • Interactive PG Poster Seminar on Post Graduate Research.
  •  National Seminar on “Horticulture for sustainable Development, Nutritional and Livelihood Security.”
  • National Virtual Conference on “Post-Harvest Management: Concepts, Challenges and Prospects (PHM-2022)” organized by department of Academics and Human Resource Development. National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management- Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Study on fruit preparation on quality of fig fruits (cv. Bellary) osmotic-dehydrated under solar tunnel dryer.
  • Effect of storage period on organoleptic evaluation of raisins under refrigerated condition. 
  • Effect of storage on water activity and microbial count of dehydrated fig (cv. Bellary) under ambient condition.
  • Influence of storage period on colour quality parameters of raisins.
  • Influence of pre-treatments on sensory properties of raisins.
  • Influence of pre-treatment on total soluble solids, titratable acidity and sugars of raisin.
  • “Standardization and microbial quality assessment of antidiabetic polyherbal formulations.” 
  • Grafting in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.): a sustainable way of increasing the yield.
  • Evaluation of physical and functional properties of weaning food blended with banana, sweet potato and drumstick leaves powder.
  • Formulation and acceptability of blended weaning food by incorporating banana, sweet potato and drumstick leaves powder.
  • “Identification of elite jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) genotypes for fruit characters, bulb characters and biochemical parameters in Doddaballapur and Tumkur districts of Karnataka, India (in Indian province of Karnataka).”