Dr. Dileep K C

Fermented Beverages

• Low and non alcoholic beer
• Alcoholic: Beer, Wine, Vinegar, and Distilled beverages
• Functional: Probiotic, Kombucha, etc.
• Cereal, Fruits, and Vegetable-based fermented beverages
• Natural fermented refreshing carbonated drinks

Novel technologies

• Cold plasma
• Assisted technologies
• Novel non-thermal

• Dileep, K. C., Bhatt, K., Kumar, S., Sharma, R., Rana, P., Thakur, M., & Suthar, P. (2023). Kidney Bean Sprouts and Lentil Sprouts. In Advances in Plant Sprouts: Phytochemistry and Biofunctionalities (pp. 201-227). Cham: Springer International Publishing. (ISBN - 978-3-031-40915-8)
• Dileep, K. C., Rana, P., Bhatt, K., Thakur, M., Thakur, M., & Sharma, A. (2024). Development of on-farm storage and processing technologies for horticulture produce. In Advances in postharvest and analytical technology of horticulture crops (pp. 277-300). Cham: Springer International Publishing. (ISBN - 978-981-97-7246-9)

• UGC-Junior/Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D.
• ICAR- Junior/Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D.
• Young Scientist Award by Green Agri Professional Society (GAPS)
• Young achiever award by Agricultural Technology Developmental Society (ATDS)
• Staff Research Project (SRP) student fellowship for MTech research work.

International Journal Papers

• Dileep, K.C., Kumar, S., Sharma, R., Samkaria, S. & Kumar, V. (2024). ‘Low Alcoholic Malted Beverage: A Review on Production Strategies and Challenges’. Food and Humanity, 2, 100255.
• Dileep, K.C., Sharma, R. & Kumar, S. (2025). ‘Exploring non-conventional yeasts to brew finger millet low-alcoholic beer’. Food Bioscience, 71, 107246. (Impact factor: 5.9).
• Ashoka, S., Revanna, M.L., Pandey, V.K., Dileep, K.C. & Rustagi, S. (2025). ‘Optimization of drying conditions and nutritional characterization of lotus stem flour’. Heat Transfer, pp. 1–13. (Impact factor: 2.6).
• Thakur, M., Sharma, R., Suthar, P., Dileep, K.C., Rana, P. & Bhatt, K. (2025). ‘An update on the effect of cold plasma on microbial and enzymatic inactivation for quality control in apple’. ACS Food Science & Technology, 5(3), pp. 864–876. (Impact factor: 2.4).
• Suthar, P., Sharma, R., Kumar, S., Gautam, N., Sharma, P., Dileep, K.C., Rana, P. & Thakur, M. (2025). ‘Bio-upcycling of food waste into carotenoids using microalgae’. ACS Food Science & Technology (Advance online publication). (Impact factor: 2.4).
• Samkaria, S., Sharma, R., Soni, P., Thakur, A., Dileep, K.C., Thakur, M. & Attri, S.C. (2024). ‘A review on phytochemical potential and enormous nutraceutical benefits of Sand pear (Pyrus pyrifolia L.)’. Annals of Phytomedicine, 13(1), pp. 388–396. (Impact factor: 1.7).
• Kaushal, M., Sharma, R., Vaidya, D., Gupta, A., Saini, H.K., Anand, A. & Dileep, K.C. (2023). ‘Maize: An underexploited golden cereal crop’. Cereal Research Communications, 51(1), pp. 3–14. (Impact factor: 1.6).
• Patidar, S., Vaidya, D., Kaushal, M., Gupta, A., Ansari, F., Arya, P. & Dileep, K.C. (2022). ‘A comparative study on nutritional and functional composition of fresh apple pomace and dried apple pomace powder’. AMA, 53(7), pp. 9025–9036. (Impact factor: 0.14).
• Ansar, F., Vaidya, D., Kaushal, M., Rana, N., Gupta, A., Patidar, S., Chauhan, P. & Dileep, K.C. (2022). ‘Functional and nutritional study of Himalayan rice’. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(2), pp. 1051–1055.

National Journal Papers

• Dileep, K.C. & Hemalatha, S. (2020) ‘Storage stability of groundnut products prepared from normal and high oleic acid varieties’, International Journal of Chemical Studies (IJCS), 8(5), pp. 472–477.
• Dileep, K.C., Anand, A., Sharma, R., Kaur, H., Thakur, C., Gautam, A. & Sharma, A. (2022) ‘UV irradiated mushrooms: Potential source of Vitamin D2 – a review’, The Pharma Innovation (TPI), 11(6), pp. 2247–2252.
• Malganve, P.K., Kashinath, D., Dileep, K.C., Anand, A. & Saini, H.K. (2022) ‘Optimization of malting and mashing conditions of amaranthus grains as a brewing source’, The Pharma Innovation (TPI), SP-11(9), pp. 2844–2846.
• Anand, A., Kaushal, M., Vaidya, D., Gupta, A., Saini, H.K., Sharma, R., Thakur, C., Gautam, A., Dileep, K.C. et al. (2022) ‘Simulated and low fat foods: A review’, The Pharma Innovation (TPI), 11(4), pp. 2170–2175.
• Anand, A., Kaushal, M., Vaidya, D., Gupta, A., Saini, H.K., Thakur, C., Sharma, R., Gautam, A., Dileep, K.C. et al. (2022) ‘Supercritical fluid extraction as a novel technology for extraction of bioactive compounds: A review’, The Pharma Innovation (TPI), 11(6), pp. 2253–2262.

Conference abstracts

• Dileep, K. C., & Sharma, R. (2025). ‘Mashing process optimization through RSM to brew finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.) beer’. 8th International Conference on Cutting-edge Research Innovation in Sustainable Education, Environment, and Agriculture (CRISEA - 2025), Goa University, India.
• Sharma, R., Soni, A., Kumar, S., Thakur, M., & Dileep, K. C. (2023). ‘Development and characterization of buckwheat-based low-calorie Nutri cookies by fat and sugar replacement’. International Conference on Millets (Shree Anna) for Achieving Nutritional and Economic Security (ICMANES – 2023), NIFTEM Kundli, India, p. 61.
• Dileep, K. C., Sharma, R., Kumar, S., Sharma, N., & Rana, P. (2023). ‘Optimization of parameters for the production of finger millet malt for brewing using response surface methodology’. International Conference on Millets (Shree Anna) for Achieving Nutritional and Economic Security (ICMANES – 2023), NIFTEM Kundli, India, pp. 98–99.
• Dileep, K. C., Sharma, R., & Priyanka. (2022). ‘UV irradiated mushrooms as a source of Vitamin D₂’. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Agriculture & Food System Towards Sustainable Development Goals, UAS, Bangalore, India, p. 462.
• Hemalatha, S., Dileep, K. C., & Kavera, Biradar. (2021). ‘Impact of processing methods on lipid oxidation of normal and high oleic peanut genotypes’. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on “Global Initiative in Agricultural, Forestry and Applied Sciences for Food Security, Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development (GIAFAS-2021)”, pp. 13–14.
• Dileep, K. C., & Hemalatha, S. (2020). ‘Storage stability of kernels and oil of normal and oleic acid-rich groundnut varieties’. J. Oilseeds Res., 37 (Special Issue), pp. 155–156.

• Functional Food Association of India (FFAI)
• Agricultural Technology Developmental Society (ATDS)

• Dileep, K. C., & Sharma, R. (2024). A method for preparation of low alcoholic beer from finger millet and product thereof (IN Patent App. 202411032383 A). India: Indian Patent Office. (RQ Filed)