1st Edition
Nanotechnology for Food Security and Quality Assurance
Chapter 1. Nanotechnology in Food Industry
Kiran Bijapur and Gurumurthy Hegde
Chapter 2. Nanotechnology in Food Processing: From Farm to Factory
Mohini Rawat, Mani Sharma, Rama Satya Sri Kotipalli, Nemala Siva Kumar, Jyoti Sharma, Prasanth Thumpati, Anand Singh Pimoli, and Ajay Singh Bisht
Chapter 3. Food Preservation: Nanotechnology for Extended Shelf Life
Rajeshwari Ullagaddi, Neethu Asokan, Santosh Kumar Singh, and Archana Lakshmaiah
Chapter 4. Nanotechnology for Food Packaging Reimagined
Muhammad Waqar, Nimra Sajjad, Areeba Aslam, Asfa Perween, Amna Muneer, Iqra Rafiq, Manat Chaijan, Worawan Panpipat, Lovedeep Kaur, and Qudrat Ullah
Chapter 5. Nanotechnology for Food Waste Management
P.G.I. Dias
Chapter 6. Nanotechnology in Food Spoilage Prevention
Sheetal S. Samant, Shruti V. Kolambkar, Faizan A. Beerwala, Pramod J. Hurkadale, and Vijay A. Jagtap
Chapter 7. Nanotechnology in Nutrient Fortification and Delivery
Neethu Asokan, Santosh Kumar Singh, and Rajeshwari Ullagaddi
Chapter 8. Nanotechnology for Adulteration Detection in Food
Parita Mangaroliya, Tanmay Hazra, Rohit Sindhav, and Radhika Govani
Chapter 9. Nanotechnology in Contaminant Detection
K. Keerthi, E. A. Lohith, K. Praveena, N.V.V. Jyothi, Sada Venkateswarlu, and K Siva Kumar
Chapter 10. Nanotechnology in Food Allergen Detection
Debarati Bhowmik and Tanmay Kumar Das
Biography
Reddicherla Umapathi obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry in October 2017 from the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea (12/2017–02/2019) and National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (03/2019 -10/2019). Since November 2019, he has been working as a Principal Researcher at the Nano Bio High Tech Materials Research Center, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea, under the support of the Brain Pool Fellowship (Invited Scientist by the National Research Foundation of Korea). He is an Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has published more than 80 articles in SCI journals.
Naveen Kumar is an accomplished academician and researcher in the field of food technology, food safety, and quality control. He holds a Ph.D. in Dairy Chemistry from the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana (India) and has over 10 years of teaching and research experience. He is currently working as an associate professor at Chitkara University, Punjab, India. Dr Kumar's research focuses on developing innovative solutions for food safety and quality control. He has developed nanotechnology-based colorimetric methods for the detection of melamine in milk and milk products and received funding from Department of Science and Technology, Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development Division (DST SEED), Government of India to develop nano-sensors for the detection of pesticides in food. His work has resulted in several patents, publications, and awards. He has organized several conferences, training programs, and workshops.
Rajat Singh is working as an Assistant Professor (Food Science and Technology) at Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. He received his PhD in Food Technology from Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. He has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ASRB), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Pusa, New Delhi. His research interest is in Food Safety, New Product Development and Nanotechnology. He has more than 3 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 25 articles, 5 book chapters and filed 3 patents. He has experience in administrative work and is currently working on a research project as Principal Investigator; the total cost of the project is 3.5 million, funded by DST-SERB, Government of India. He also supervised undergraduate and master's students for a major research project.
