Dr. P. Narender Raju

Masters: 15

Ph.D.: 6

• Sr. No.	Degree	Name of the College/Institute and University	Passing Year
  1	Bachelor of Technology  (Dairy Technology)	Osmania University, Hyderabad	2000
  2	Master of Science  (Food Science & Technology)	Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad	2004
  3	Doctor of Philosophy  (Dairy Technology)	National Dairy Research Institute (Deemed University), Karnal	2009
  4	Diploma in Technology Management in Agriculture	University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	2021
  5	Executive Certificate in Advanced Human Resource Analytics	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	2023

   

• Development of sustainable thermoformed containers from agro-food waste polymers
• Development of on-package freshness indicators for dairy products
• Development of paneer whey-apricot wine
• Development of flaxseed lignin-enriched probiotic beverage
• Development of electrospun smart oxygen sensor 
• Development of milk protein-starch-nanoclay based bionanocomposite films
• Development of a process for iron-fortification of paneer using edible coatings
• Shelf life extension of burfi using herbal essential oils
• Modified atmosphere packaging of composite dairy foods

• As Course Director, organized a three-day training programme for the employees of The Punjab State Milk Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, Chandigarh, on "Innovation in Dairy Packaging Materials, Testing Protocols, and Future Trends" during 28-30 January 2026.

• As a Course Director, offered a MOOC course on “Milk Processing and Value Addition” in collaboration with ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, during 15 March – 14 May 2025.

• As a Course Director, organized a two-week training programme on "Innovations and Opportunities in Dairy and Food Processing for Dairy Graduates" for B.Tech. (DT) students under the IDP Plan of GADVASU, Ludhiana during 25 July – 8 August, 2023.

• Expert Member of the Committee on rPET of the FSSAI, New Delhi (since July 2026)
• Best Teacher Award (2025) at the 12^th National Seminar of the NDRI Graduates Alumni Association (NGAA) held during 20-21 September 2025 at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal.
• Received ANRF International Travel Grant to attend 17^th International Hydrocolloids Conference held at the Riddet Institute, Massey University, New Zealand during 14-15 November 2024.
• Invited by the State of Eritrea (Africa) as a Speaker at the National Dairy Value Chain Conference held at Asmara during 21-22 February 2024.
• Member of the Scientific Panel on Packaging and Food Contact Materials of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi (2023-26).
• Visiting Scientist at the School of Packaging, Michigan State University, USA for advanced research in biodegradable packaging during April-June 2019.
• Best Teacher Award (2018) at the 17^th Convocation of ICAR-NDRI (Deemed University), Karnal held on 23^rd March 2019.
• Associate Fellowship (2018) of the National Academy of Dairy Science (India).
• Visiting Faculty to Indo-Myanmar (Burma) Advanced Centre for Agricultural Research and Education (IM-ACARE) at Yezin Agricultural University, Nay Pyi Taw during June-July 2018.
• Member of the Scientific Panel on Milk and Milk Products of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi (2015-19)
• Mentor for Visiting Scientists from Sri Lanka under the Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS) scheme of NAM S&T, Govt. of India during 2014 and 2016.
• Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions as a Teacher for two consecutive years 2012-13 and 2013-14 at 11^th and 12^th Convocations of ICAR-NDRI (Deemed University), Karnal, respectively.
• Recipient of prestigious Young Researcher Award at International Conference on Functional Dairy Foods organized by Dairy Technology Society of India (DTSI) during 2011.
• Recipient of Best Oral Paper Award at the National Seminar on Engineering Interventions for Global Competitiveness of Indian Dairy Industry held at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal during 8-9 Sep, 2014.
• Recipient of Best Poster Awards (13) at National and International Conferences such as NAAS (1), ICFOST-AFSTI (1), DIC-IDA (2), PAi (1), NGAA (1), SASNET (2), ISPI (3), others (2).
• Recipient of Best Project Award (Cash prize of Rs. 75,000) at National Students Research Convention (ANVESHAN) at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah organized by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi during 2009.
• Research Work carried out under my guidance by students' viz. Mr. Harsh Jindal (2024) and Mr. Shivam Panwar (2017), and Mr. Rakesh Kumar Raman (2021) for their M.Tech. and Ph.D. Dairy Technology degrees received Best Thesis Awards at the at the convocations of the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.
• Research Work carried out under my guidance by students' viz. Mr. Gaurav Kumar Deshwal (2017), Mr. Rakesh Kumar Raman and Ms. Uma Karpurapu (2019) for their M.Tech. and Ph.D. Dairy Technology degrees received Best Project Awards at National Students Research Convention (ANVESHAN) at Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah organized by Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi during 2009.