Area of Interest/ Specialization :

Biochemical, Analytical and Nutritional Aspect of Plant- Based Foods; Quality Control in Food Industry; Nanotechnology application in food processing; Sensory Evaluation of Food; Process and Preservation of Foods, its Health Impacts, Food Habits; Molecular Biology; Food Biochemistry; Food Toxicology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: TEACHING/RESEARCH

Classes:

Ph.D. Awarded/Supervised:

Masters Dissertation Supervised:

Administrative responsibilities undertaken: 

1. Head/Teacher – in – Charge from September 2012 – till December 2019

Members of Committees

1. Chairperson & Convenor, BOS, Dept of ABM&FT, NEHU, Tura from September 2014 to December 2019
2. Member, School Board of SEMIS, NEHU, from September 2012 to December 2019
3. Member, School Board of SEMIS, NEHU, from February 2020 for 3 years
4. Member, Academic Council, NEHU from September 2012 to December 2019
5. Member, NEHU Court, NEHU from September 2012 to December 2019
6. Member, Board of Research Studies, NEHU from September 2012 to December 2019
7. Member, BOS, Dept. Of Journalism & Mass Communication, NEHU from January 2015 to September 2017
8. Member, BOS, Dept. Of Management, NEHU from January 2015 to September 2017
9. Member, BOS, Dept. Of Library and Information Sciences, NEHU from September 2017 to August 2020
10. Member, BOS, Dept. Of Tourism and Hotel Management, NEHU from September 2017 to August 2020
11. Member, BOS, Dept. Of Journalism & Mass Communication, NEHU from January 2021 for 3 years

Professional Affiliation:

1. Life Member, North Eastern Management Association (NEMA)

Research Projects

Publications

Research Article:

1. Nirmala, C., Bisht M.S. and Haorongbam, S. 2011. Nutritional Properties of Bamboo Shoots: Potential and Prospects for Utilization as a Health Food. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.10: 153-169.
2. Deb, U., Haorongbam, S. 2019. Minil: The Sticky Rice from the Abode of Clouds. Journal of Horticulture and Plant Science, 2(1): 01-02
3. Deb, U., Haorongbam, S. 2020. Unfolding the world of tea: A critical review. Transient, 8: 56-64.
4. Premlata, T., Haorongbam, S. Rawat, K., Bisht, M.S. and Nirmala, C. 2021. Nutritional and mineral element evaluation in young shoots of different bamboo species of Manipur, India. Plant Archives, 21 (2): 777-782.
5. Barman, A., Kar, A.  and Haorongbam, S. 2022. Indigenous uses of packing leaves (Phrynium pubinerve) and their commercial cultivation for livelihood promotion in Northeast India, Stochastic Modeling & Applications, 26 (3): 239-244 (January - June, Special Issue 2022 Part - 5), Special Issue on Recent Research on Management, Applied Sciences and Technology.
6. Barman, A., Haorongbam, S. and Barman, R.M. 2022. Estimation of cyanogenic glycoside content of some edible bamboo shoots from Meghalaya, India. Stochastic Modeling & Applications, 26 (3): 223-226, (January - June, Special Issue 2022 Part - 5), Special Issue on Recent Research on Management, Applied Sciences and Technology.

Books/Book Chapters:

1. Nirmala, C., Sheena, H. and David, E. 2011. Bamboo shoots: a rich source of dietary fibres. In: Dietary fibres, fruit and vegetable consumption and health (eds. Klein, F. and Moller, G.), pp. 15-30, NOVA Science Publishers, U.S.A.
2. Haorongbam S. and Nirmala C. 2014.Comparative study of the cyanogenic glucosides with ageing in edible shoots of some Indian bamboos. In: Science, Technology and Environment: Perspectives and Trends, Panjab Academy of Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala. pp. 17-21
3. Singh, Y.S., Momin, K.Ch., Sheena, H., Suresh, C.P., Sangma, G.A. 2015. India’s Look East Policy: Potential Benefits for N.E. Region.  In:Look east policy: perspectives from the South East Asian architecture. Editor Abhigyaan Bhattacharjee, pp. 200-203, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi.
4. Kurbah N. and Haorongbam S. 2022. Nanotechnology: Emerging Technology for Food Preservation, Part II, Chapter 5, In: Nanotechnology Horizons in Food Process Engineering (Food Preservation, Food Packaging and Sustainable Agriculture), Volume 1, Editors Megh R. Goyal, Junaid Ahmad Malik, Satish Kumar, and Ritesh Balaso. Watharkar, ISBN: 9781774910603” under book series “Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering”, Apple Academic Press, Inc. & CRC & Taylor and Francis Publishers (Accepted chapter, Hardcover due in August 2022), 437 pp.
5. Deb, U. and Haorongbam, S. 2022. Citrus as a nutraceutical food: Prospects for utilization of varieties untapped from Meghalaya, India, Part III, Chapter 10. In: Novel and Alternate Methods in Food Processing, Biotechnological, Physicochemical, and Mathematical Approaches, Editors N. Veena and Megh R. Goyal, Ritesh B. Watharkar, ISBN 9781774911624” under book series “Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering”, Apple Academic Press, Inc. & CRC & Taylor and Francis Publishers (Accepted chapter, Hardcover due in December 2022), 378 pp.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Sheena, H., David, E. and Nirmala, C. 2009. Cyanogenic Glucosides in Juvenile Edible Shoots of some Indian bamboos. In: Proceedings to the VIII World Bamboo Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 6: 22-30.
2. Haorongbam, S.and Nirmala, C. 2012. Effect of fermentation and canning on the nutrient components of edible shoots of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii. In: Proceedings to the IXth World Bamboo Congress, Antwerp, Belgium.

Papers presented in Conferences/Seminars

1. Deb, U. and Haorongbam, S. 2022. Citrus indica: Progenitor of Oranges, at the ICTSGA-1 (First International Conference on Technologies, Sustainable Development Goals and Academia 2022) Conference jointly organised by Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, SPAST Foundation, and Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak from July 1-2, 2022.
2. Deb, U. and Haorongbam, S. 2020. Assessment of the qualitative aspects of tea. The International Web Conference on Recent Advances in Science (IWCRAS 2020) held on 30th and 31st of July, 2020 organized by Department of Physics along with IQAC of Don Bosco College, Tura.
3. Haorongbam, S. and Nirmala, C. 2012. Effect of fermentation and canning on the nutrient components of edible shoots of Dendrocalamus hamiltonii. The IX^th World Bamboo Congress, Antwerp, Belgium, 2012.
4. Haorongbam, S. and Nirmala, C. 2012. Variations in nutrient components in the edible shoots of two commercially important bamboos. The National Conference on “Plant & Microbial Biodiversity, Present Scenario, Threats & Conservation Strategies”, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, March 1-2, 2012.
5. Haorongbam, S. and Nirmala, C. 2010. A comparative study of the cyanogenic glucosides with ageing in the edible shoots of some Indian bamboos.The 13th Punjab Science Congress organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh (Under the aegis of Punjab Academy of Sciences) held on 7th-9th February, 2010.
6. Sheena, H., David, E. and Nirmala, C. 2009. Cyanogenic Glucosides in Juvenile Edible Shoots of some Indian bamboos. The VIII World Bamboo Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009.
7. Nirmala, C. and Sheena, H. 2008. Changes in Nutrient Components During Ageing of Juvenile Shoots in Four Edible Bamboo Species”, in the Second Chandigarh Science Congress held at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 14th-15th March, 2008.

Courses/Syllabus/Curriculum Developed:

• Syllabus developed for Skill Development Training for Food Processing Course in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Competency based curriculum in 2018-2019

Reviewer:

• Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, SCI listed Journal, Journal ISSN: 09751068, 09725938, Publisher: National Instit

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