Ms. Alfonsa James Assistant Professor Food Technology alfonsajames@tkmit.ac.in PEACE COTTAGE (H), KONICKAL, THAVALAKUZHY, ETTUMANOOR P.O, KOTTAYAM

Educational Qualification & Specialization

• UG –B. Tech – Food Engineering
• PG – M.Tech – Food Technology

Professional Experience

• Teaching – 3 years 5 months

Duties & Responsibilities

• B. Tech 18-22 Batch Tutorship
• B. Tech Project Guidance
• Linways Department Coordinator

Membership in Professional Bodies

• AFSTI Member

Courses and Training Attended

• Completed two months industrial training in Sri Mahalakshmi Dairy, Coimbatore
• Successfully completed one month training in Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin
• 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

Achievements

• M. Tech gold medal winner, 2016-17 batch.
• Secured 3rd rank in ICAR AIEEA- PG-2016 in major subject Food Technology.
• Received ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from 2016-2018.
• Qualified ICAR NET 2021
• Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management
• HACCP level 2 Advanced catering Certification
• Training in Manufacturing level 2 and COVID- Food Safety Supervisor
• ISO 22000: 2018 FSMS Level 1 Certification

Publications

National Journals

• Published research article in journal, Advances in Life Science in 2016 September publication.

National Conference

• Presented poster on title “Optimization of the parameters for wine production from sapota (Manilkara achras (Mill) Forsberg)” in Post Graduate Research Conference-2018 conducted at UAS, Dharwad.
• Oral presentation on “Effect of non-thermal technologies on micro-organisms” in National Conference, 2017 on “Food Process Engineering Technology” conducted at Institution of Engineers, Dharwad.
• Poster presentation on “Physicochemical properties and shelf life studies of microencapsulated kokum juice powder” in AFSTI conference, 2015 at VNMKV, Parbhani.