Dr. Ranjana Pande

About

Dr. Ranjana Pande is currently serving as Assistant Professor-cum-Department Coordinator in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Sharda University. She holds a Ph.D. in Food Science and Processing from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Before joining Sharda University, she worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Technology at Ganpat University.

Dr. Pande has contributed to thirteen book chapters, twelve research papers, and presented at eighteen national and international conferences. She is a life member of the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), an honorary member of the 3E Innovation Foundation, an Associate Editor of Food Science and Technology Letters, Advisory board member of International Journal of Nutrition and Health Science, and a board member of NL Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology.

She has also served as a Professional Scientific Advisory Committee member at Phytoelixir Pvt. Ltd., an innovation-based biotech startup recognized under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

In academics, Dr. Pande has guided numerous M.Sc. and B.Sc. students in dissertation work and is currently supervising three Ph.D. scholars. Alongside teaching and research, she also holds key academic responsibilities, including Overall Board of Studies member, Ph.D. Coordinator, Teaching Scheme Coordinator, and NAAC Criterion 1 Coordinator.

Experience

• 6 years of teaching experience 4.6 years of research experience

Qualification

• Ph.D

Award & Recognition

• Awarded with two travel grants from All India Coordinated Research project on Harvest and Postharvest Technology Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India and Department of Biotechnology, India for attending ASABE conference (2011) at Louisville, Kentucky, USA
• Two years (2010-2012) Senior Research Fellowship by Post harvest and Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India.
• Two years (2008-2010) Junior Research Fellowship by Post harvest and Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India.
• Received project seed grant of 1 lakh 90 thousand from Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.

Research

Book Chapter Publications:

• Smita Tripathi, VR Sinija, S Bag, V Shibby, Ranjana Pande (Co-author), Astha Deswal, HN Mishra. (2018). Chapter Title: Rapid Methods for Food Quality Analysis. In: Editor HN Mishra. Book Title: “Food Product and Process Innovations Volume 2.” New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-93-86546-95-1 
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), Shalini Mishra., HN Mishra., MN Singh. (2012). Chapter Title: Role of entomopathogenic fungi (Beauveria bassiana) in stored food grain safety. In: Editor Tiwari, SP, Singh RS, Sharma, R. Book Title: “Recent Advances in Microbiology”. Nova science publisher, Inc. New York, USA (Published, pp575-588). ISBN No. 978-1-61470-632-8.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author) and Anirudh Gururaj Patil (2023). Chapter Title: Assessing the feasibility of inorganic nanomaterials for nanohybrids formation. In: Editor Piet N.L Lens and Uddandarao Priyanka. Book Title: “Nanobiohybrids for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery” IWA Publishing, London, UK (Published, pp99-111) ISBN No. 9781789063592.
• Anirudh Gururaj Patil,Vivekanandan Alangadu Kothandan, A. B. Hemavathi, Shweta Suri, Ranjana Pande, Sneha Kagale, Snehal Yadav, Gouri Patil (2023). Chapter Title: Sustainable wastewater treatment using magnetic nanohybrids . In: Editor Piet N.L Lens and Uddandarao Priyanka. Book Title: “Nanobiohybrids for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery” IWA Publishing, London, UK (Published, pp113-127) ISBN No. 9781789063592.
• Swati Ray, Joyati Das, Ranjana Pande, A. Nithya. (2024). Chapter Title: “Food Borne Pathogens cum Contamination, hygienic practices, and other associated issues in RTE. In: Pradyuman Kumar, HN Mishra, Ajay Singh. Book Title: “Recent Advances in Ready-to-Eat Food Technology” Taylor and Francis Group eISBN9781032622408.
• Ranjana Pande, Ishika, Arpita Sharma, Palak Ahuja, Abir Mazumder (2024). Chapter Title: Post-Harvest Management of Wheat Grains. National Conference on Contemporary Advances in Interdisciplinary Sciences, SAAR Publications. 7. Ranjana Pande, Aditi Jeena, Manjima Chaudhary, Arpit Bharadwaj, Kumar Sonu (2024). Chapter Title: Millet Used as a Plant-based Milk Alternative in the Beverage Industry. National Conference on Contemporary Advances in Interdisciplinary Sciences. SAAR Publications.
• Ranjana Pande, Meenal Pradeep, Aman Raj, Umang Haarit (2024). Chapter Title: Effect of Different Storage Methods on Physicochemical Properties of Stored Wheat Grains. National Conference on Contemporary Advances in Interdisciplinary Sciences. SAAR Publications.
• Ranjana Pande, Aditi Jeena, Shreya Raj (2024). Chapter Title: Impact of Food Delivery Apps on Human Health. SAAR Publications. Ranjana Pande, Shikha Jaiswal, Tamanna Khan (2024). Impact of Sugar Consumption on Human Health. SAAR Publications.
• Alina Zaidi, Prachi Rajora, Abhinav Anand Singh, Sagar Tiwari, Ranjana Pande*, (2025). Chapter Title: Incorporation of Malted Grains in Biscuit Production. SAAR Publications.
• Gopika R Pillai, Ranjana Pande*, (2025). Chapter Title: Jackfruit Seed-Millet Blend: A New Frontier in Beverage Innovation. SAAR Publications.
• Riya Thakur, Ranjana Pande*, (2025). Chapter Title: Millet Study on Nutritional Profiling and Consumer Acceptability of Millet Based Energy Bar. SAAR Publications.
• Ranjana Pande*, Richa Gaur, Aryan Raj. (2025). Chapter Title: Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Environmental Distribution and Toxic Effects. SAAR Publications. ISBN No. 978-81-992369-3-6

Journal Articles:

• Sangeeta Rawal, Nikita Rawal, Ranjana Pande, Subhash Sharma, Sunil Chauhan (2025). Surface-Engineered MXenes for Next-Generation Sensors: Design, Mechanisms, and Emerging Applications. Ceramics International, ISSN 0272-8842,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.12.072. (Impact Factor – 5.6)
• Saloni Gayakwad and Ranjana Pande (corresponding author), Anamika Mehta and Nipunjot Kaur (2025). Physicochemical and sensory evaluation of jelly containing Cicer arietinum leaf extract. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. (Published)
• Ranjana Pande (First Author) Alka Joshi, Shalini Guar Rudra, BS Tomar, Bijesh Kumar Yadav and Ajay Narola (2025). Effective Moisture Diffusivity of Beetroot Shreds During Microwave Drying. Journal of Postharvest Technology. (Published) (NASS Rating– 4.25) (eISSN: 2348-4330).
• Hrishikesh Shivam, Dayanand Sharma, Tushar Bansal, Ranjana Pande, Saurabh Kumar and Uruya Weesakul (2025). In-Vessel bioconversion of garden waste into compost with an emphasis on process efficiency and compost quality. (Published) doi: 10.14456/easr.2025.9 ISSN No. 2539-6218 (Online)
• Akash Kumar, Vikram Kumar, Jhilam Pramanik, Sarvesh Rustagi, Bhupendra Prajapati, Ali Jebreen, and Ranjana Pande (Second Corresponding author) (2025). Lactiplantibacillus plantarum as a Complementary Approach for Diabetes Treatment and Management. Current Nutrition Reports (Published).
• Ranjana Pande (First Author), Srishty Tyagi, Siddharth Vishwakarma and Shubham Mandliya (2025). Dry microwave and hot water blanching of underutilized star fruit (Averrhoa carambola): A comparative assessment of quality attributes and sensory evaluation using chemometric approach. Food Physics (Published).
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2018). Efficacy of non formulated entomopathogen (Beauveria bassiana) to control the storage insect pests of green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(3): 295-299. (NASS Rating– 4.86 and Impact factor- 0.37, SJR – 0.147). ISSN No. 0367-8245
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2015). Influence of microwave and fungal treatments on nitrogen solubility index of stored green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, 34 (2): 116-122. (NASS Rating– 4.20). ISSN No. 0971-4456.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2015). Fourier Transform Near-Infrared spectroscopy for rapid and simple determination of phytic acid content in green gram seeds (Vigna radiata). Food Chemistry. 172: 880-884. (Impact factor – 6.306) ISSN No. 0308-8146
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2014). Influence of microwave heating on moisture sorption isotherm and drying characteristics of green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 39 (5): 458-468. (Impact factor – 1.405) ISSN No. 1745-4549.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra. (2013). Effect of fluidized bed heat treatment on insect mortality, proximate composition and antinutritional content of stored green gram (Vigna radiata) seeds. Journal of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, 01 (02): 94-99. ISSN No. 2308-7943.
• Ranjana Pande (First and corresponding author), HN Mishra., MN Singh. (2012). Microwave drying for safe storage and improved nutrition quality of green gram seed (Vigna radiata). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60: 3809-3816. (Impact factor – 3.610) ISSN No. 0021-8561

Certifications

• Computing for data analysis by Roger D. Peng and Data analysis by Jeff Leek conducted by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Completed certification of Nptel course conducted by Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur on the topic Novel technologies for food processing and shelf-life extension in 2019.
• Attended the four-hour virtual training on GMP and GHP in Food and Beverage industries as per FSSAI schedule 4 conducted by Cotecna Inspection India Pvt Ltd on 16th June 2020.
• Attended the four-hour virtual training on Understanding Food Safety Culture by Cotecna Inspection India Pvt Ltd on 27th June 2020.
• Completed training on Organic Farming organized by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India Organization, Firozabad which held at Surat, Gujarat, India. (8.9.2019)

Area of Interest

• Food Processing and Preservation, Food Fortification, Food Microbiology