• Agricultural Engineering and Agriculture Science
• Agriculture rural technology
• Functional Food
• Food Processing
• Post-harvest Technology

• Food Safety and Standards & 22AGBS510
• Food Safety and Standards & 22AGBS510P
• Principles of Food Science and Nutrition & 22AGBS609
• Agricultural Finance and Cooperation & 24AGBS303
• Agricultural Finance and Cooperation Practical & 24AGBS303P
• Farm Machinery and Power & 24AGBS304
• Farm Machinery and Power Practical & 24AGBS304P
• Mushroom Production Technology & 25AGBS102
• Fundamentals of Soil Science & 22AGBS103
• Fundamentals of Soil Science Practical & 22AGBS103P
• Introduction to Forestry & 22AGBS104
• Introduction to Forestry Practical & 22AGBS104P
• Agricultural Heritage & 22AGBS106
• Introductory Soil and Water Conservation Engineering & 24AGBS203
• Introductory Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Practical & 24AGBS203P
• Fundamentals of Plant Pathology & 22AGBS206
• Fundamentals of Plant Pathology Practical & 22AGBS206P
• Renewable Energy and Green Technology & 24AGBS403
• Renewable Energy and Green Technology Practical & 24AGBS403P
• Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices & 22AGBS407
• Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices Practical & 22AGBS407P
• Introductory Agro meteorology & Climate Change & 24AGBS408
• Introductory Agro meteorology & Climate Change Practical & 24AGBS408P
• Live Project & Industrial Visit & 21AGBS410P

• Assistant Professor, Environmental Science, SRM University Sonepat (30 July 2022- Till Present)
• Worked as a Post Doc at IIT Delhi
• Worked on project entitled “Isolation of citral from lemongrass oil for developing value added products”. Also working on a consultancy project with the objective to isolate protein form kidney bean.
• Worked as Project Manager with Nayataara Foundation from October 2021. I have been involved in planning and implementation of Eat Right India Initiative, flagship scheme of FSSAI in Jammu.
• Worked as Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in CIAE Bhopal, from 01-08-2013 to 10-01-2014.

• Qualified ICAR-NET Agricultural Structure and Process Engineering 2018
• Qualified ICAR-NET Agricultural Structure and Process Engineering 2016
• Qualified GATE-2011 in Agricultural Engineering discipline (All India Rank: 24; Score: 590).
• Recipient of MHRD scholarship for PhD studies.

International conferences

• Ajay Patel, S.N. Naik, Santosh Satya (2016). Study of Antioxidant Potential and Functional Properties of Gular (Ficus Racemosa) for Functional Food Preparation. Emerging Technologies in Agricultural and Food Engineering (ETAE). Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Kharagpur (India) (Poster Presentation)
• Ajay Patel, S.N. Naik, Santosh Satya (2016). Scientific Utilization of By-products in Fruit Processing Industry- A field investigation. International Conference on Recent Advances in Food Processing and Biotechnology. Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Banaras Hindu University. Varanasi. (India) (Poster Presentation)
• Ajay Patel, S.N. Naik, Santosh Satya (2017). Utilization of Amla Pomace Generated in Fruit Processing Industry for Functional Food Product Development. 19th International Conference on Food Processing & Technology. Paris (France) (Oral Presentation)
• Rachna, Ajay Patel (2014). Use of agro-industrial wastes for production of biopigments by fungus using solid state fermentation. International Conference on “Agricultural Food Engineering and Environmental Sciences – Sustainable Approaches”. (Oral Presentation)
• Ajay Patel and H.N. Mishra, (2014). “Extension of Shelf life of fruits with edible coating”. International Conference on “Emerging Food Safety Risk: Challenges for Developing countries”. (Poster Presentation)

Book Chapters

• Patel, A., Thakre, S., Kardile, N.B., Sehrawat, R. (2022). Material Handling and Transportation Devices. In: Sharma, H.K., Kumar, N. (eds) Agro-Processing and Food Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7289-7_3

Online courses/workshops

• A six-week online course on Statistical Techniques for Agriculturists organised by agMOOCs through Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT Kanpur and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. (July, 2022).
• A four-week online course on Functional Foods: Concept, Technology and Health Benefits organised by agMOOCs through Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT Kanpur and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. (October, 2018).
• An online non-credit course authorized by Stanford University and offered through Coursera on Stanford Introduction to Food and Health. (January, 2019).
• An eight-week online course on Fundamentals of Agricultural organized by agMOOCs through Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT Kanpur and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. (May, 2019).
• An eight-week online course on Resource Management in Rainfed organized by agMOOCs through Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT Kanpur and Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada. (May, 2019).
• A five-week online course on Food & Beverage Management authorized by Università Bocconi and offered through Coursera. (August, 2019).

Membership

• Life Member of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) and Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India) -Mysore