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The Department of Food Science and Technology at Sharda University, Greater Noida, is a dynamic academic and research hub dedicated to advancing knowledge in food science, food safety, nutrition, and food processing technologies. Functioning under the Sharda School of Bio-Science & Technology (SSBT). The department aims to develop skilled professionals and researchers capable of addressing global challenges in food production, processing, preservation, and nutrition, and to train students to integrate rigorous scientific principles with practical problem-solving skills while encouraging innovation and sustainable practices in food systems. The department has well-equipped laboratories for research and routine experiments, and faculty members actively pursue research in food processing, novel food formulation development, food technology and nutrition, starch modification, and food fermentation.

Vision of the Department

To emerge as a globally recognised centre of excellence in Food Science and Technology through quality education, innovative industrial research, and entrepreneurial development for ensuring food safety, security, and sustainability.

Mission of the Department

M1: To provide strong foundational and advanced knowledge in food science and technology across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs through continuous learning and professional ethics.

M2: To promote experiential, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged learning to address challenges in food safety, nutrition, and public health.

M3: To conduct high-quality, cutting-edge translational research and promote its commercialization in the areas of food processing, preservation, quality assurance, functional foods, and emerging technologies at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.

M4: To develop skilled professionals, entrepreneurs and researchers equipped for industry, academia, and entrepreneurship through industrial collaboration, innovation, and lifelong learning.

M5: To foster leadership, critical thinking, and innovation among students through Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), enabling them to contribute to sustainable food systems and global food security.

Awards & Achievements

Seminars & Workshops

Infrastructure

Research & Publications

S.No	Title of Project	Funded by	Project tenure	Start year	Project Budget	Principal Investigator	Co-PI’s	Status-Completed/ Ongoing
1	Impact of Non-Thermal Cold Plasma on safe storage and fortification of iron in Chick Pea Seeds	Sharda University Seed-Grant Scheme	1 year	2024	Rs 1.9 Lacs	Dr. Ranjana Pande	Dr.Anamika Mehta	Completed
2	Rapid label free optical biosensor based on nanocomposite of carbon quantum dots and metal oxides for arsenic detection in ground water	Sharda University Seed-Grant Scheme	1 year	2023	Rs.2 Lakh	Dr.Nishtha Khansili	NA	Completed
3	Optimization of Bacterial Consortia for Biodecolorization and Biodegradation of Dyes from Textile Wastewater in a Continuous Up-flow Column Bioreactor	Sharda University Seed-Grant Scheme	1 year	2025	Rs. 2.10 Lacs	Dr. Anamika Mehta	Dr.Ranjana Pande	Ongoing

Faculty Achievement

S. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Faculty Achievements
1	Dr. Sujata Pandit Sharma	Associate Professor	Two Ph.D degrees awarded under supervision, presently guiding and supervising 5 candidates for Doctorate. Three book published, two patents(SU202511000678A and SURDC/P23/06/222 at National Level and One International granted Patent number(GI2075DE);Commercialized Patent Products as Diabodelite Cookies for Diabetic Patients(Quantum Naturals Pvt LtD) Preservation of Fresh Sugar Cane Juice(Nutricane Beverages Pvt LtD. MOU Signed between Sharda University and Industries like Dio Shiv Pvt LtD and Vedika Infracon OPC Pvt LtD.Consultancy Project completed at Interdescipline level with Vedika Infracon OPC Pvt LTD.Published more than twenty five publications in UGC Care list,NAAS rated and Scoupus Index Journals.Contributed for certificate trainning programe at national level on Food and Agri exports (WTO, India)Aug 2025 Selected Panelist for Food Ingriends India F14.Expert Panel for AMIFOST 9th 2026(Amity University)Recieved Award for paper presented in 9th AMIFOST..Invited as Expert in International Conference -ANVESH Feb 2026 NIFTEM -K Sonipat.Reviewer for journals -Food Bioscience,Food Research,Nutrition and Food Science etc.Prof. Saleem Siddiqui, Dr. Sujata Pandit Sharma and Nikita Singh (Ph.D Student) were granted a patent titled “Biodegradable polymeric film from orange pomace and method for preparation thereof”
2	Dr. Anamika Mehta	Assistant Professor	Received a seed grant of ₹2.10 lakh as PI for the project: “Optimization of Bacterial Consortia for Biodecolorization and Biodegradation of Dyes from Textile Wastewater in a Continuous Up-flow Column Bioreactor.” Published a patent on: “IoT-enabled Wearable Biosensor System for Continuous Health Monitoring and Rapid Compound Screening in Food-borne Pathogen Detection.” Published the book “Biochemistry-II”. Published a Q1 research paper in the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. Guiding two Ph.D. scholars and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students in research activities. Published multiple book chapters with B.Sc. and M.Sc. students during 2024–2025 with SAAR Publications. Received a seed grant of ₹1.90 lakh as Co-PI for the project: “Impact of Non-Thermal Cold Plasma on Safe Storage and Fortification of Iron in Chickpea Seeds.”
3	Dr. Ranjana Pande	Assistant Professor	Awarded the Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Excellence Award (Teacher Excellence Category) in December 2025. Served as Resource Person for the add-on course on Technology for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at Shivaji College. Invited as Guest Speaker in FDP on Integrative Approaches in Modern Biotechnology at Shobhit University. Received a seed grant of ₹1.90 lakh for research on non-thermal cold plasma and chickpea seed fortification. Published research in the Q1 journal Current Nutrition Reports. Received a Certificate of Appreciation for contribution as ERP Coordinator at Sharda University. Member of the Professional Scientific Advisory Committee at Phytoelixir Pvt. Ltd. Life member of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India).
4	Dr. Savita Rani	Assistant Professor	Secured a UK Design Patent for: “High Frequency Ultrasonic Food Fermentation Sensor Device” (Design No. 6516994). Guiding two Ph.D. scholars and mentoring UG and PG students in research. Published several articles in reputed peer-reviewed journals.
5	Dr. Jyoti	Assistant Professor	Published the article: “Advancing Sustainable Food Packaging: Integrating Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence” in Trends in Food Science and Technology. Published a book chapter in: Trends in Edible Packaging: A Sustainable Approach for Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables (Springer).
6	Dr. Abhay Tiwari	Assistant Professor	Granted design patents for: “Personalized Meal Planning Device” (440228-001) “A Device for Detecting Food Adulteration” (433133-001) Published research papers in reputed international and national journals with an h-index of 14. Section Editor of Frontiers in Food Science and Technology and Editor of Discover Biotechnology. Reviewer for several reputed journals including: Food & Function, Nutrients, Foods, LWT, and Food Bioscience. Invited as Expert Judge at the 9th AMIFOST-2026 International Conference. Awarded the Prof. Mira Madan Memorial Research Excellence Award by IIT Delhi. Received Research Excellence and Research Travel Awards from IIT Delhi. Received Best Oral Presentation Awards at AMIFOST-2022 and ICABB-2021. Received Best Poster Award at the National Symposium on Mushroom Production Technologies. Life member of AFSTI, AMI, and IIS.
7	Dr. Nishtha Khansili	Assistant Professor	Received a seed grant of ₹2 lakh for research on optical biosensors for arsenic detection in groundwater. Published Q1 research papers in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. Published Q1 review articles in Environmental Advances and Biosensors and Bioelectronics X.

Placement

S.No.	Students Name	Company	Course
1	Aditi Jeena	Moon Beverages Pvt. Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
2	Reaya Tomar	Moon Beverages Pvt. Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
3	Manas Thomas	Moon Beverages Pvt. Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
4	Vikas Yadav	Fitelo (No Guilt Fitness and Nutrition India Pvt. Ltd.)	M.Sc. FST
5	Akansha Pandey	Gopala Fresh Produce Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
6	Arzoo Khan	Gopala Fresh Produce Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
7	Anjali Padhi	Moon Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Greater Noida	M.Sc. FST
8	Rajasmita Goswami	Emami Ltd. Kolkata	M.Sc. FST
9	Madhuram	Gopala Fresh Produce Pvt. Ltd., Okhla, New Delhi	M.Sc. FST
10	Gopika	Sirius Foods Pvt. Ltd., Noida	M.Sc. FST
11	Urvashi	Nestle Pvt. Ltd., Rudrapur, Uttarakhand	M.Sc. FST
12	Fatima Mukhtar (International Student)	North West University Kano, Nigeria	M.Sc. FST
13	Sanjana Chauhan	Kanegrade Flavors and Ingredients Pvt. Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
14	Gayatri Kaul	Analyst, FICCI FRAC	M.Sc. FST
15	Ruwais Sorab	Fairmont Bab Al Bahr (Hotel)	M.Sc. FST
16	Ananya Singh	Cadera Infotech Pvt Ltd	M.Sc. FST
17	Amrita Majumdar	Allsure Services Pvt Ltd.	M.Sc. FST
18	Ruchi Chettri	RAD Elan Distributors Pvt Ltd	M.Sc. FST
19	Riya Thakur	Urmi Life Science	M.Sc. FST
20	Garima Sharma	Jubilant Consumer Pvt Ltd	M.Sc. FST
21	Sushmita Singh	Om Lab Centre	M.Sc. FST
22	Ms. Pallavi	HRK Exports Private Ltd.	B.Sc. FST
23	Ms. Manvi Kohli	Silver Line Cargo as Business Development Assistant	B.Sc. FST
24	Ms. Palak Rana	TÜV Rheinland India as Project Coordinator	B.Sc. FST
25	Ms. Ishika Garg	Wisdom Creator as Digital Marketing Associate	B.Sc. FST
26	Mr. Prakhar Rawal	Burger Singh as Job Trainee in Sales and Marketing	B.Sc. FST
27	Tanya Sonker	Flying Femme as Management and Operation Intern	B.Sc. FST
28	Mr. Ayush	Successful Arrows Superfoods Pvt. Ltd., Ghaziabad	B.Sc. FST (IIIrd Year)
29	Ms. Shipra Jain	Food Dynamics Private Limited	B.Sc. FST (IIIrd Year)
30	Monalisa Cheda	Easy Trip Planners Ltd	B.Sc. FST (IIIrd Year)
31	Mr. Ojasv Sharma	Vahdam Teas Pvt Ltd., Greater Noida	B.Sc. FST (IIIrd Year)

Higher Education

S.No.	Students Name	Course	Institute / University
1	Anushka Ghosh	B.Sc. FST	M.Sc. Food Science and Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
2	Alina Jaidi	B.Sc. FST	MBA, Agribusiness, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
3	Daisy Saju	B.Sc. FST	PGDM - International Business, Jagannath International Management School, Kalkaji, New Delhi
4	Mohd Iliyas Khan	B.Sc. FST	M.Sc. Food Safety and Quality Management, IGNOU, New Delhi

Student Achievement

Aditi Singh – Achieved a Grade 1 Government position as Patent Officer.
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- Participated and presented a poster at the International Conference on Sustainable Innovations in Life Sciences, Food, Environment & Biotechnology (IC-SILFEB 2026), Hisar.
- Participated and presented a poster at the 9th AMIFOST, Amity University.
- Published a book chapter in Recent Advances in Food Processing titled “Future Perspectives and Emerging Technologies for Vitamin D3 Detection: A Comprehensive Review”.
- Published a research article titled “Biochemical Analysis of Fruiting Bodies of Cordyceps militaris Grown on Brown Rice” in the Journal of Advances in Microbiology.
- Participated in four hands-on workshops.
- Attended and presented at three international conferences in virtual mode.
Vrinda Sharma – Participated and delivered an oral presentation at an international conference at Amity University, Noida on: “Comparative Study on the Potential Use of Bougainvillea as a Source of Useful Compounds.”
Kajal Dan (PhD Scholar)
- Secured 1st position in poster presentation at the International Conference on Cutting Edge Science for Sustainable Development held on 20–21 December 2024.
- Participated in the workshop “Hands-on Learning of Cutting Edge Chromatographic Techniques”.
Shreya Jain (MSc FST) – Secured 1st position for poster presentation entitled “Beneficial Effects of Fermented Food and Beverages Developed from Millets” during the 7th AMIFOST 2024 International Conference held on 19–20 March 2024.
Neha Gupta (MSc FST) – Secured 2nd position for poster presentation entitled “Himalayan Gem Rhododendron arboreum: A Potential Novel Ingredient” during the 7th AMIFOST 2024 International Conference held on 19–20 March 2024.
Book Chapters
- Application of Nanotechnology in Food Sector – Aditi Jeena, Reaya Tomar, Anamika Mehta.
- Waste Valorization – Turning Global Challenges into Opportunities – Bompi Doyom, Anchal Tyagi.
- Probiotics: A Natural Solution for Gut and Immune System – Nabam Jirmin, Umarul Farookh MP, Anamika Mehta.
Student and Faculty Achievements
- Saloni Gayakwad (M.Sc. Food Science and Technology) published a Q1 research paper in the Journal of Food Processing and Preservation.
- Srishty Tyagi (M.Sc. Food Science and Technology) published a research paper in the Scopus-indexed journal Food Physics.
- Nikita Rawal (PhD Scholar) published a review paper in the Q1 journal Ceramics International.
- Richa Gaur, a PhD scholar, developed a product prototype using cold plasma technology under the supervision of Dr. Ranjana Pande in collaboration with IIT Delhi.
- Gunjan, Shivam Gupta, and Bhavya Aggarwal (B.Sc. 2nd Year Food Science and Technology students) presented research work through a poster presentation at the National Conference-cum-Workshop on Shatavari held at Shivaji College, University of Delhi.
- Gunjan served as a Student Innovation Council member under the Institution’s Innovation Council at Sharda University.
- Dr. Ranjana Pande, along with B.Sc. and M.Sc. students, published multiple book chapters during 2024–2025 with SAAR Publications.
- Guided three PhD scholars and several B.Sc. and M.Sc. students in dissertation work.
- Received a seed grant of ₹2.10 lakh as Co-PI.
Varsha Thakur (PhD Scholar) – Secured 2nd position in poster presentation at the 9th AMIFOST-2026 International Conference on “Bio-Convergence & Next-Gen Food Systems” held at Amity University, Noida on 17–18 March 2026.
Research Publications and Achievements
- Ruby Thapa (M.Tech.) published a paper in a Q1 journal: “Potential of Edible Flowers of the Asian Region as Functional Ingredients: A Review” in Discover Applied Sciences (2025).
- M.Tech. and PhD students published a paper in the Q1 journal Food Chemistry Advances (2026) titled “From Translational Medicine to Functional Foods: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Applications of Hormetic Phytochemicals.”
- B.Tech. student Aditi received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 7th AMIFOST-2024 Conference held at Amity University, Noida.
- B.Tech. students Aditi and Khushi Khesri published a book chapter on “Extraction and Quantification of Dietary Fibers and Health-Promoting Oligosaccharides” in Phytochemicals: Extraction, Quantification, Isolation, and Characterization (Springer, 2025).
- M.Tech. student Yugandhara Thorat was selected for a highly competitive paid internship at FSSAI India.
Additional Publications
- Juhi Shrivastav (M.Tech.) published a Q1 review article with an impact factor of 13.4 in Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry.
- Abhishek Tiwari (M.Tech.) published a Q1 review article with an impact factor of 3.25 in Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management.