Profile of Dr. Devendra Kumar

• B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering: Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar.
• M.Tech. in Processing & Food Engineering: Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar.
• Ph.D. in Processing & Food Engineering: JNKVV, Jabalpur

Professional Area

• Research Area: Processing & Food Engineering
• Research Interest:  Value addition, Storage & novel processing technologies for rural areas (Farming community)

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Agriculture Association of Textile Chemical and Critical Reviews journal (2025), NAAS Rating 6.0 “Enhancing consumer’s acceptability of Pamelo juice (Citrus grandis Linn.) through blending with sweet orange juice. Author: Devendra Kumar, Hemlata Singh, mohd Ghalib Khan and Anamika Kumari.
• International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences ISSN:2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 05 (2018) P.N. 3802, NAAS Rating 5.38 “Benefit cost Ratio for Production Process of Extruded Products Prepared from Different Blends of Sattu and Kodo” Author- Devendra Kumar, Shobha Rani & Varsha Kumari
• Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry E-ISSN:2278-4136, P-ISSN:2349-8234, JPP 2018: SP4:318-320, P.No. 318, NAAS Rating 5.21 “Effect of sowing of wheat with zero tillage and conventional methods on soil fertility in Vaishali district of Bihar” Author- Devendra Kumar, K.M. Singh & Shobha Rani
• International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 05 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Benefit-Cost Ratio for Production Process of Extruded Products Prepared from Different Blends of Sattu and Kodo Devendra Kumar1*, Shobha Rani 2 and Varsha Kumari1

Books Published

• Extrusion Cooking Technology for Ready to Eat Nutritious Snacks” Author- Devendra Kumar & Shobha Rani Author- Devendra Kumar & Shobha Rani Publisher- WIZCRAFT Publication & Distribution, ISBN-978-93-86013-95-8 (2018)
• “Job Perception and Job Performance of Anganwadi Workers in ICDS block Kalyanpur of Samastipur, Bihar” Author- Shobha Rani & Devendra Kumar Publisher- WIZCRAFT Publication & Distribution, ISBN-978-93-86013-93-4 (2018)
• Non-Conventional Energy Devices” Author- Shobha Rani & Devendra Kumar Publisher- WIZCRAFT Publication & Distribution, ISBN-978-93-86013-96-5 (2018).

Book Chapters

• Pathways for doubling farmer’s income by 2020 in Bihar and Jharkhand
• Banana Fibre Extraction: An Innovative Enterrise for income generation

Awards/ Achievements:

• Best KVK award 2015 by RAU, Pusa.
• Scientist of the year Award SAID Ranchi- 2017
• Distinguished Scientist Award SAID Ranchi – 2018
• Best Oral Presentation Award for the paper entitled storage practices of moong at Farm level in vaishali District of Bihar- A case study on National conference of livelihood & Food security (IFT02018)
• Oral presentation- Soyanean A wonder health food for natural cure in national conference on bringing self-sufficiency in pulses for eastern India 05-06, August 2016 ISPRD, Kanpur
• Certificate of Oral presentation for the paper entitled evaluation of different sowing technology for rabi (Winter) maize in Vaishali District on National conference on perspective of challenges and options in maize production and utilization 03^rd to 04^th March, 2017 DRPCAU, pusa.

A. Department of Processing & Food Engineering

M. devendra.kumar@rpcau.ac.in/ head.pfe@rpcau.ac.in

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