Education: B.Tech., PAU, Ludhiana (1989); M.Tech., PAU, Ludhiana (1994); Ph.D., PAU, Ludhiana (2004)
Positions held: Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (1995-2002), Associate Professor (2002-2010), Professor (2010-till date)
Field of Specialization: Processing and Food Engineering
Research Interests:
- Post-harvest handling and processing for value addition to agricultural produce
- Image processing of agricultural produce
Research Projects:
- Development of a portable maize dryer – PAU- Nu-Tech Dairy Engineers, Ambala joint project
- India-UK research and innovation bridges competition: Agri-food (Rice Milling). Newton-Bhabha Programme(in process)
- Development of mechanically ventilated onion store
Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):
- Kaur Maninder, Kumar Mahesh and Sethi V P (2022) Maintaining the freeze thawing characteristics of tomato through development and evaluation of magnetic field assisted freezing system. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. (NAAS- 8.19).
- Rohit Sharma, Mahesh Kumar and M S Alam (2021) Image processing techniques to estimate weight and morphological parameters for selected wheat refractions. Scientific Reports. Vol 11. NAAS Rating (NAAS rating = 10.38)
- Kaur Maninder and Kumar Mahesh (2020) An Innovation in Magnetic Field Assisted Freezing of Perishable Fruits and Vegetables: A review. Food Reviews Int. 36 (8):761-780. DOI:10.1080/87559129.2019.1683746 (NAAS :12.48)
- Kumar Mahesh, Bora Ganesh and Lin Dongging (2013) Image processing technique to estimate geometric parameters and volume of selected dry beans. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization Springer 7: 10-21
- Kumar Mahesh, and Ghuman B S (2007) Quality changes in processed sand pear slices during storage. Journal of Food Science and Technology 44: 272-75.(NAAS rating= 8.20)
Awards/Honours/Distinctions:
- Awarded by Punjab State Marketing Board, Chandigarh for contributions in training Progressive Farmers of FAPRO Village Kangmai, Distt. Hoshiarpur in the area of Agro Processing.
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