Dr. Bhukya Jithender
Scientist
Discipline: Agriculture Structure and Process Engineering

ERP No. 659859
Ph. 7990712286
bhukya.jithender@icar.org.in, bhukya.jithender@gmail.com

 

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Field of Specialization:

  • Emerging Non-Thermal Processing Technologies
  • Hydrodynamic Cavitation Technology
  • Design and Development of Agro-Processing Machinery

Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Agricultural Engineering, with a specialization in Agricultural Processing and Structures, from the ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (PG outreach Programme of ICAR-IARI, New Delhi) between 2017 and 2022.

M.Tech in Processing and Food Engineering from Junagadh Agricultural University, Gujarat, in 2017.

B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, A.P., in 2015

  • Bhukya, J., Mohapatra, D., & Naik, R. (2023). Influence of low temperature HC treatment on sugarcane juice. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(12), e14464.

  • Bhukya, J., Mohapatra, D., & Naik, R. (2023). Hydrodynamic cavitation processing of precooled sugarcane juice. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(6), e14209.

  • Bhukya, J., Naik, R., Mohapatra, D., Sinha, L. K., & Rao, K. V. R. (2021). Orifice based hydrodynamic cavitation of sugarcane juice. LWT – Food Science and Technology, 150, 111909.

  • Jithender, B., Vyas, D. M., Nickhil, C., & Rathod, P. J. (2022). Optimization of developed continuous type pomegranate juice extractor. AMA: Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 53(1), 65–73.

  • Jithender, B., Vyas, D. M., & Rathod, P. J. (2021). Development of juice extraction process for pomegranate. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(6), 936–938.

  • Jithender, B., Upendar, K., & Rathod, P. J. (2019). Nutritional and anti-nutritional factors in oil seeds. International Journal of Conservation Science, 7(6), 1159–1165.

  • Jithender, B., Vyas, D. M., Abhisha, S., & Rathod, P. J. (2017). Physical and mechanical properties of pomegranate. International Journal of Chemical and Material Sciences (IJCMS), 6(10).

  • Singh, R., Nickhil, C., Nisha, R., Upendar, K., Jithender, B., & Deka, S. C. (2025). A comprehensive review of advanced deep learning approaches for food freshness detection. Food Engineering Reviews, 17(1), 127–160.

  • Nisha, R., Nickhil, C., Pandiarajan, T., Pandiselvam, R., Jithender, B., & Kothakota, A. (2023). Chemical, functional, rheological and structural properties of broken rice–barnyard millet–green gram grits blend for the production of extrudates. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(5), e14324.

  • Sudhakar, A., Jithender, B., & Mishra, A. (2020). Importance of tribology in food and dairy industries: An overview. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(1), 418–422.

  • Abhishaben, M. S., Chandegara, V. K., Jithender, B., & Pankajkumar, M. S. (2019). Whey protein isolate based biodegradable food packaging film as affected by protein to glycerol ratio, pH and sonication amplitude. International Journal of Chemical and Material Sciences (IJCMS), 8(3), 895–909.

PATENTS FILED / GRANTED

  1. Vyas, D. M., Bhukya, J., Dabhi, M. N., & Dhamsaniya, N. K. (2024). Pomegranate juice extractor (Indian Patent No. 436952, Application No. 202121022747). Indian Patent Office. Granted: July 03, 2024.

  2. Mohapatra, D., Bhukya, J., & Naik, R. (2021). An orifice based hydrodynamic cavitation system for shelf stable sugarcane juice and process thereof (Indian Patent Application No. 202121051274). Indian Patent Office. Publication Date: December 09, 2021.

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

  1. National Fellowship and Scholarship for Higher Education (NFST), 2017 – Received for pursuing Ph.D. programme.

  2. ICAR – Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), 2015 – Awarded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for M.Tech. programme.

  3. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Fellowship – Qualified with fellowship for postgraduate studies.

  4. ICAR – National Eligibility Test (NET) – Qualified for Assistant Professorship / Lectureship.