Sri.Venugopalan V.V

Sri.Venugopalan V.V
  • Sri.Venugopalan V.V
  • Senior Principal Scientist & Head
  • 0471-2515286

Strength

  • Industrial Experience in design, erection commissioning & process, Operations in agro product sector like spice and herbal processing, R & D experience on process development and scale up, operations in natural products and spices

Academic Qualifications

 

  • B Tech Chemical Engineering

Memberships

 

  • Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

Professional Experience

  • 8 years Industrial Experience as plant manager in M/s Arjuna Natural extracts Ltd, Alwaye, leading exporters &manufacturers of spice & herbal extracts
  • 19 years Research experience as scientist in CSIR NIIST Trivandrum in Agro processing and Natural products Division currently designated as Senior Principal Scientist

Area of Expertise

  • Technology Development & commercialization in the field of spice processing, food, agricultural & nutraceutical products

Achievements & Awards

  • Technology Transfer & commercialization in fresh spice processing for making value added products: : (6 Technology transfers to processing industries)
  • Engineering / execution of commercial projects for setting up of processing plants for spices (Set up plants in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Karnataka, Wayanadu)
  • Creation of a Technology Business Incubation Centre for Agroprocessing with the support of Govt of Kerala in 2012
  • Technical / consultancy services offered to leading industries ( More than 20 numbers) and many MSMEs
  • Publications in international journals :12 Nos & patent filed 2 Nos.
  • Technology transfer of ‘Swing technology for essential oil/oleoresin manufacture from fresh/dry spices’. Technology had been transferred to 3 major industries. The technology has won the CSIR process Technology Award 2005
  • Erection and commissioning of 7.5 TPD fresh ginger processing plant in NERAMAAC, Burnihut, Meghalaya and Birdhang, Sikkim
  • Participation in commissioning of 5TPD fresh chilli processing plant at Byadagi, Karnataka

Technology Transfer

Activity leader in technology transfer of ‘Swing technology for essential oil/oleoresin manufacture from fresh/dry spices’. Technology had been transferred to 3 major companies (M/s Synthite Industrial Chemicals, M/s Plant Lipids Cochin& M/s Prudent Natural Products Hyderabad).The technology has won the CSIR process Technology Award 2005.

Commissioning of processing plants

  • Erection and commissioning of 3 Nos of 7.5 TPD fresh ginger processing plant and one 20 TPD chilli processing plant in various states of India

Major R&D Activities

Major R&D Activities as project leader:

  • Setting up of a 7TPD fresh spice & vegetable processing unit at Wayanadu Kerala(193L)
  • Setting up of a Technology Business Incubation Centre in Agroprocessing *(100 L)
  • Many Collaborative and sponsored projectswith Industry in food/ nutraceutical sector ( Tata Chemicals, AVS Kottakkal, Brahmins, Pankajakasthuri, Sreedhareeyam, Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy , Arjuna Naturals, Aarbee Marine Extracts, KLF Nirmal, KSE Ltd Thrissur , pankajakasthuri Herbals Pvt Ltd, Arya vaidya Pharmacy Coimbatore etc)
  • Development of Indian Standards for North East ginger (BIS) (completed)(20 L)

Ongoing projects:

  • Technology Incubation activities for milltes & herbs ( Govt of Kerala) (Rs 78 Lakhs)
  • Technology Development for preservation and value addition of matured coconut water
  • CSIR FTT project on Technology development of solar dehumidified drier (45L)
  • Setting up of fruits & vegetable processing unit for HORTICORP Govt of Kerala

Patents & Publications

Patents:

 

  • A novel inexpensive and efficient process for isolation of imperatorin, a potent inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and anti inflammatory drug candidate from fruits of Aegle Marmelos Correa.US patent No:0050220913 Dr. Mangala Gowri, M. M.Jeeja, V. V. Venugopalan, Dr. C. Arumughan.
  • A novel green technology approach to integrated processing of sea buckthorn for the therapeutic and nutraceuticals values”. Indian Patent, Ref. No. 648/DEL/2004.C. Arumughan, V. V. Venugopalan, A. Ranjith, K. Sarin Kumar, P. Mangala Gowri, R. C. Sawhney, O. P. Chaurasia and D. P. Attrey.
  • Process for quercetin rich antioxidant extract and quercetin enriched microencapsulated flavour from red onion (Allium cepa. L). Patent, No. PCT/IN2009/000254) C. Arumughan, V. V. Venugopalan, Soumya, Sreevidya, M. M. Sreekumar

 

Publications in International Journals:

 

  • Billu Abraham, Reshmitha, Navami, Liza George, V V Venugopalan, DR P Nisha. Phytochemical rich extract from the spent material generated from Industrial Dashamoola preparation (a medicinal Ayurvedic decoction) with antioxidant, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory potential Journal of Industrial crops & products (2020) Vol 151(1)
  • Arun K B, Ms. Janu Chandran, Dr. V. V. Venugopalan, Dr. Madhavankutty T S, P Nisha Spent cumin seeds generated from Ayurvedic industry as a source of bioactive compounds for nutraceutical/functional food applications, Journal of food processing and preservation (2017)
  • Kavitha. S. Kumar, V. V. Venugopalan1, Asish G.R2, Rajesh S Mony3, A. Sundaresan1 Comparative evaluation of the antioxidant and antidiabetic activity of different parts of aegle marmelos and its chemical profiling using hplc and hptlc technique. World Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences . Volume 4, Issue 09, 1107-1121 (2015)
  • Challa Ravi Kiran, Ashok Kumar Chakka, K. P. PadmakumariAmma, A. NirmalaMenon, M. M. Sree Kumar, and V. V. Venugopalan*. Essential Oil Composition of Fresh Ginger Cultivars from North-East India. Journal of Essential Oil Research (DOI:10.1080/10412905.2013.796496).
  • Suresh V Nampoothiri. P C Lekshmi. V VVenugopalan . A NirmalaMenon. Antidiabetic and antioxidant potentials of spent turmeric oleoresin, a by-product from curcumin production industry *Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease (2012) S169-S172
  • Suresh Nampoothiri, A. Prathapan, Lijocherian, V.V. Venugopalan, A. Sundaresan. Evaluation of antioxidant capacity of Terminalia bellerica & Emblicaofficinalisand its inhibitory potential against LDL oxidation and key enzymes linked to type II diabetes. Food & Chemical Toxicology49, 125-131 (2011).
  • Nagamani Ammi, V.V. Venugopalan, C. Arumughan. Quality optimization for membrane concentrated tender coconut water. Journal of Plantation Crops, 38 (2),2010
  • A. Ranjith, V.V. Venugopalan, K. Sarin Kumar, C. Arumughan, R. C. Sawhney. Integrated Processing of Fresh Indian Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Berries and Chemical Evaluation of Products.Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 86(2006).