Education : B.Tech., PAU, Ludhiana (1989); M.Tech., PAU, Ludhiana (1993); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2005)

Positions held: Assistant Research Engineer, PAU Ludhiana (1995-2005), Research Engineer (2005-2011), Sr. Research Engineer (2011-till date)

Field of Specialization: Processing and Agricultural Structures

Research Interests:

Development of low cost processing technologies for enhancing income of farmers and reducing post harvest losses

Ongoing Projects:

• Design and development of mobile thermo refrigeration system for enhancement of shelf life of fruits and vegetables
• Standardize the process for enhancement of shelf life of groundnut
• Development of package of technologies for processing of cereals, oilseed and their by-products
• Development of the hermetic system for safe storage of agricultural produce without using hazardous chemicals
• Standardized jaggery production protocol and setting up demonstration unit
• Setting up of primary Agri Processing Centre in Rural Milieu Accelerator

• Projects Accomplished:

1. Evaluation and modification of field baling and briquetting machines for combine harvested paddy fields.
2. Processing and value addition of major cereal crops of Punjab

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):

1. Kaur Gagandeep, Singh Manpreet and Kaur Preetinder (2019) Effect of Operational Parameters on Physiochemical Quality and Recovery of Spray-dried Tomato Powder. J Food Process Preserve, DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.141201-9. (NAAS rating: 7.51)
2. Prasad Chavan, Kaur Gagandeep, M S Alam and Mahesh Kumar (2021) Mathematical design and performance investigation of evaporator water cooled storage-cum-mobile thermoelectric refrigerator for preservation of fruits and vegetables. J Food Process Engineering, DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.13770:1-14. (NAAS rating: 8.36).
3. Prasad Chavan, Kaur Gagandeep and Amit K Jaiswal (2022) Performance Evaluation of Mobile Liquid Cooled Thermoelectric Refrigeration System for Storage-Cum-Transportation of Fruits and Vegetables. Foods, doi.org/10.3390/foods11131896: 1-18. (NASS rating: 10.35).
4. Kaur Gurjeet, Kaur Gagandeep, Kaur Preetinder and Kaur Amarjit (2022) Influence of ozonation and roasting on functional, microstructural, textural characteristics, and aflatoxin content of groundnut kernels. J Texture Stud. DOI: 10.1111/jtxs.12713:1–15. (NASS rating: 9.22).
5. Kaur,Gurjeet, Kaur Gagandeep and Kaur Preetinder (2023) Moisture sorption isotherms characteristics for shelf-life prediction of peanuts (Arachis Hypogaea L.). J Sci Food Agric, DOI 10.1002/jsfa.12475:1-16. (NASS rating: 8.23).