Usha Dharmaraj
Senior Technical Officer(1)
Department of Grain Science Technology
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India
Biography
Currently employed as senior technical officer (1) in CFRTI. She is a knowlegable person with expertise in agricultural science,processing technology, biotechnology, functional foods and millets.
Research Interest
Her research interets includes processing of millets and pseudo cereals and value addition to cereals and grains, formulation of speciality products like food for diabetics, weaning food, beverages etc. Preparation of functional ingredients from cereals.
Publications
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Dharmaraj U , Malleshi NG (2011) Changes in carbohydrates, proteins and lipids of finger millet after hydrothermal processing. LWT-Food Sci and Technol 44:1636-1642.
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Krishnan R, Dharmaraj U , Manohar RS, Malleshi NG (2011) Quality characteristics of biscuits prepared from finger millet seed coat based composite flour. Food chem 129:499-506.
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Ushakumari SR , Malleshi NG, Sumathi A (2007) Physico-chemical characteristics, nutritional quality and shelf-life of pearl millet based extrusion cooked supplementary foods.Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr 58:350-362.
