Dr. Tarsem Chand Mittal is B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) and Ph.D from PAU Ludhiana while he did his M.Tech (Post Harvest Engineering) from IIT, Kharagpur. He joined PAU in July 1995 as Assistant Extension Engineer. Since joining PAU, he has been actively involved in research and teaching activities although his main emphasis was in extension activities related to processing and value addition of farm produce, especially the durable crops. He has been instrumental in providing technical guidance to the farmers/ small entrepreneurs for setting up of agro processing complexes (APCs), turmeric processing setups and other units related to value addition of farm produce. Till now he has coordinated more than 150 training courses in the areas of agro processing, storage of produce and entrepreneurship development in value addition. The technologies such as forced air convective recirculatory solar dryer, hybrid solar dryer, turmeric processing machinery developed by him, have received university reconigition and stakeholders adaptation. He has guided 3 Ph.D and about 15 M.Tech students in their research work. He has to his credit about 40 research publications out of which some are in journals of high repute. He has also published about 50 popular articles for the benefit of farmers. He has brought funds from agencies such as UGC, NABARD, ICAR and other state and central agencies through various adhoc projects. For the PMFME scheme of Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India, He is Master Trainer in the area of Grain Processing.

Major Research publications of Dr Tarsem Chand Mittal

1. Sharma Pallavi, Sharma S R, Dhall R K, Mittal T C and Chavan Prasad (2022) Pyramided effects of γ-irradiation, packaging, and low-temperature storage on quality, sensory and microbial attributes of minimally processed onion rings. J Food Process Preserv. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpp.16305.
2. Chavan P, Sharma P, Sharma S R, Mittal T C and Jaiswal A K (2022) Application of high Intensity ultrasound to improve food processing efficiency: A Review. Foods. https://doi.org/10.3390/ foods11010122.
3. Singh Sukhmeet, Gill R S, Hans V and Mittal T C (2022) Experimental performance and economic viability of evacuated tube solar collector assisted greenhouse dryer for sustainable development. Energy 241 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.122794.
4. Sharma S R, Mittal T C, Alam M S, Bhardwaj Anamika and Sharda Rakesh (2021) Drying behavior of curry leaves under different drying techniques. Agric Res J 58 (5): 881-87.
5. Sharma S R, Sinha Aeshna, Kaur Preetinder and Mittal T C (2021) Recent techniques for the management of postharvest losses and quality preservation of fruits and vegetables: A Review. Agric Res J 58 (6): 941-57.
6. Sharma P., Sharma S. R., Dhall R.K., Mittal T. C. and Kumar S. (2021) Variation in quality and acceptability of minimally processed garlic in response to γ-irradiation and packaging during refrigerated storage. Radiat Phys Chem https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.109193.
7. Gill R.S., Singh S., Hans V.S. and Mittal T.C. (2021) Turmeric (Curcuma longa) drying in natural circulation solar dryer: an experimental evaluation.J Food Proc Eng. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfpe.13765.
8. Sharma P., Sharma S. R., Dhall R.K., Mittal T. C. and Bhatia S. (2020) Physio-chemical behavior of γ -irradiated garlic bulbs under ambient storage conditions. J Stored Prod Res https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspr.2020.101629.Sharma, P., Sharma, S.R., Dhall, R.K., Mittal, T.C. (2020) Effect of γ-radiation on post-harvest storage life and quality of onion bulb under ambient condition. J Food Sci Technol 57, 2534–2544
9. Gajbhiye Ankit, Gupta Satish Kumar, Alam Md Shafiq, Sharma S R and Mittal T C (2017) Design, development and performance evaluation of aloe vera leaf gel expulsion machine. J Food Process Engg (doi:10.1111/jfpe.12543): 1-10.
10. Selvam T A, Manikantan M R, Chand T, Sharma R and Seerangurayar T (2014) Compression loading behaviour of sunflower seeds and kernels. Int. Agrophys., 28: 543-548.