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G Niharika

G Niharika

Assistant Professor

Department of Food Science & Technology

GITAM School of Science

Hyderabad

Education

Ph. D.

Dr. Niharika Gemedar, PhD from Professor Jayashankar TS Agricultural University, and UGC NET Fellow, specializes in cereal and millet grain nutritional quality, processing, and product development. With research and industrial experience, she focuses on leveraging millets to promote sustainable food systems, enhance dietary diversity, and address climate change and food security. A key contributor to the ‘Millet Guidebook,’ she advances millet consumption and sustainable farming practices.

Research Publications

  • Thapar P, G. Niharika, Whey: An Emerging Solution for a Sustainable Environment, Emerging Technology and Management Trends in Environment and Sustainability (Taylor and Francis Publisher, London), pp. 1-12, 2023.
  • Niharika G, Vijayalakshmi V, Sanjeeva Rao, D., Sheshu Madav, M. and Umadevi, K. 2019. Grain protein fractions of Indian rice varieties. Journal of PJTSAU. 47(2): 29-37
  • Sadaiah K, Veronica N, Nagendra V, Niharika G, Surekha K, Subrahmanyam D, Ravindra Babu V and Sanjeeva Rao D. 2018. Methods of protein estimation and the influence of heat stress on rice grain protein. International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience. Sep-Oct. Vol6 (3): 159-168.
  • Niharika G. and Anurag Chaturvedi. 2015. Pesticide residue content of selected whole and processed food grains in Southern Telangana Zone. Progressive Research-An International Journal. Volume 10 (Special II): 1050-1053.

Ongoing Research Projects

  • Check Icon Consultancy project on ‘Millet guide book’ funded by Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Bangkok, Thailand (12000 USDA/1000000 INR)

Expertise

  • Check Icon Nutritional quality
  • Check Icon Cereal & millet grain processing
  • Check Icon Product development
  • Check Icon Minimizing the food operational loss/ Improving yield recoveries
  • Check Icon Expertise in extension & outreach for community education

Authored Books

  • Check Icon R. M. Sundaram, D. Sanjeeva Rao, P. Sanghamitra, S. Gandhadmath Spoorti, J. Veerendra, N. Siromani, G. Niharika, R. Ananthan, J. Aravind Kumar, P. Raghuveer Rao, S. Malathi, S. K. Mangrauthia, M. Balram, J. Ali & C. N. Neeraja. Redesigning Rice as a Promising Nutraceutical Functional Food. In: Kole, C. (eds) Compendium of Crop Genome Designing for Nutraceuticals. Springer, Singapore. 2023.
  • Check Icon Hariprasanna, K., Chetankumar, B., Venkateswarlu, R. and Niharika, G. (2020). Approaches for enhancing the nutrients bioavailability. In Vilas, A., Talwar, H., Dalton, T. (Eds.), Sorghum in the 21st century: Food-Fodder-Feed-Fuel for a rapidly changing world.Springer.ISBN 978-981-15-8248-6
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