Ms. Akhila J Chand Assistant Professor Food Technology akhilajchand@tkmit.ac.in Chaithram, Padinjattinkara, Kottarakara (P O), Kollam

Educational Qualification & Specialization

• UG –B. Tech- Food Engineering
• PG – M. Tech- Agri. Processing & Food Engineering

Professional Experience

• Teaching – 2 Years 7 months

Duties & Responsibilities

• B. Tech 19-23 Batch Tutorship.
• N S S department coordinator
• Series exam cell department coordinator

Courses and Training Attended

• International bakery products pvt. Ltd (Chennai, February – April 2015)
• Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana (April – May, 2015)
• Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi (August – September, 2017)
• HACCP Audit training by Weltweit, Mumbai
• 5 days AFSTI cochin chapter sponsored FDP  on” Recent trends and developments in food technology” organized by Saintgits College of Engineering, from 10 to 14  August 2020
• 5 days FDP on” Sensors Technology” organized by AICTE, ATAL  from 29/6/2021 to 3/7/2021 organized by College of Food Processing Technology and Bio Energy.
• 5 days FDP on” Non-Thermal processing of food products” organized by AICTE, ATAL  from 4 to 8 January 2021
• 5 days FDP on” Aqua-food technology (Emerging Food Processing Technologies: Prospects and Challenges for Food” organized by AICTE, ATAL  from 4 to 8 January 2021
• 6 days AICTE sponsored short term course on “Paradigm shift in assessment and evaluation practices for engineering graduates” organized at Amal Jyothi college of Engineering, from 19 to 24 October 2020.
• Attended an online International workshop “Emerging Trends and New Opportunities in High-Pressure Processing” conducted by Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara from 21/2/2022 to 22/2/2022.
• Attended Training in HACCP Level 2 - Advanced catering certification. 

 

 

Achievements

• Selected for Prime minister scholarship (2012-2016)
• Selected for Naval benevolent scholarship (2012-2018)
• Selected in JRF exam of Kerala Agricultural University

Publications

National Journals

• Akhila J Chand and Prince M V, Comparison between Pulsed Electric field Assisted and conventional extraction of anthocyanin from Jamun, Trends in biosci. Vol11(42), 4192-4193.

International Conferences

• International Conference on “Innovations in sustainable Agriculture & Food processing”, 4th Nov, 2017, at Renewable energy centre, Mithradam, Aluvae.

National Conferences

• National conference on Biodiversity Conservation & Farming Systems for Wetland Ecology on 22-23 Feb 2017, at RARS, Kumarakom, Kottayam.
• National seminar on Recent Advances in Post Harvest Fisheries Engineering on 23 Sep 2017, at ICAR- CIFT, Cochin, Kerala.