Jayeeta Mitra

Biography

Dr. Jayeeta Mitra graduated in Agricultural Engineering from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal. From the very beginning she was inclined towards processing and preservation of foods because very less amount of processing done in our country although it tops in production. At the same time there is huge loss of produce due to lack of proper preservation practices. Hence, she decided to continue further education in Food Process Engineering. She completed Masters in Food Process Engineering from G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in 2006 and immediately joined as research scholar in Agricultural and Food Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur. She earned her Ph.D in 2010. She started her career as Assistant Professor in Centre of Food Science and Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. In 2012 she joined as Research Engineer in an ICAR-ICMR funded project and continued for some time. However she had a keen interest to pursue academic career. In 2014 Feb, she started working as Assistant Professor in Food Process Engineering Department at NIT Rourkela. She joined IIT Kharagpur as Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Food Engineering in November 2014.

Research Interest

Food Packaging and Storage Studies Food even if processed in the best way demands proper packaging and storage to enhance its shelf life. Every food needs a customised packaging solution because of its specific composition, and characteristics. Therefore, developing bio film and edible coating is another venture of this lab. Microwave Assisted Extraction of Bioactive compounds Microwave assisted extraction has several advantage over the conventional extraction in terms of increasing efficiency and shorter processing time. This is very helpful in extracting oil from low fat bearing solid matrix or bioactive compounds from plant cells. Research is going on to further optimise the process and to eliminate the drawback so that large scale production is possible.