Charanjit Kaur

Biography

Born on August, 3rd 1963, Dr Charanjit Kaur obtained her Ph.D from Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Horticulture in 1991, with specialization in Post Harvest Technology. She joined IARI as a scientist in 1991 and presently, she is a Principal scientist in the Division of Post Harvest Technology, IARI, and New Delhi. Her research interest includes nutraceuticals, functional foods and enzyme assisted processing for development of various fusion products based on anthocyanins from black carrots. She has systematically worked on the functional constituents of various horticultural crops for standardizing optimal processing conditions.Dr Kaur is the recipient of Gold medal for her outstanding academic performance during her postgraduate programme at IARI. She was also awarded FAO fellowship for an International training on “Quality assurance in food processing enterprises” at IAC, Wageningen Netherlands. She has postdoctorate International training at Bioactive Natural Products and Phytoceutical Laboratory, at Michigan State University, USA. She has a teaching experience of 15 years and has guided 3 M.Sc and 3 Ph.D students and has made over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals, with high science citation index. She is also the recipient of J.C Anand award for outstanding contribution in field of Post Harvest technology. Her work on antioxidants in horticultural crops has won her number best poster award at various conferences including IFCON and recent at 7th India Nutra Summit. Born on August, 3rd 1963, Dr Charanjit Kaur obtained her Ph.D from Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Horticulture in 1991, with specialization in Post Harvest Technology. She joined IARI as a scientist in 1991 and presently, she is a Principal scientist in the Division of Post Harvest Technology, IARI, and New Delhi. Her research interest includes nutraceuticals, functional foods and enzyme assisted processing for development of various fusion products based on anthocyanins from black carrots. She has systematically worked on the functional constituents of various horticultural crops for standardizing optimal processing conditions.Dr Kaur is the recipient of Gold medal for her outstanding academic performance during her postgraduate programme at IARI. She was also awarded FAO fellowship for an International training on “Quality assurance in food processing enterprises” at IAC, Wageningen Netherlands. She has postdoctorate International training at Bioactive Natural Products and Phytoceutical Laboratory, at Michigan State University, USA. She has a teaching experience of 15 years and has guided 3 M.Sc and 3 Ph.D students and has made over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals, with high science citation index. She is also the recipient of J.C Anand award for outstanding contribution in field of Post Harvest technology. Her work on antioxidants in horticultural crops has won her number best poster award at various conferences including IFCON and recent at 7th India Nutra Summit.

Research Interest

Nutraceuticals