Vithal Balavant Kudachikar

Biography

Currently employed as Principal Scientist in CFTRI. He worked as a member of Process development Utilization Committee (PDRU), Technical Advisory Group to Director, CFTRI,

Research Interest

His major research activities in the department of fruit and vegetable technology, at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore, India, are mainly focused in the field of post-harvest technology of commercially important major, minor and underutilized fruits and vegetables that encompasses “Fruit development and maturity, technologies of modified atmosphere packaging, low temperature storage, evaporative cool storage, low and controlled atmosphere storage, combined/Hurdle preservation techniques for whole/cut fruits & vegetables. Artificial induced fruit ripening and compositional changes associated with it. Value addition to fresh fruits (after effective shelf life) by processing for appropriate processed products development and utilization of fruit peel wastes for better recovery of natural pigments, antioxidants and bioactive molecules by biotechnological approaches using specific enzyme system, defined conditions and irradiation technology for control of fruit ripening, nutritional and microbiological safety of the processed products, Inhibition of lipase inactivation in wheat germs by gamma irradiation as inhibiting treatment