Faculty

• Ph.D. in Dairy Engineering (2024) from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Southern Regional Station, Bengaluru
• M.Tech. in Dairy Engineering (2019) from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Southern Regional Station, Bengaluru
• B.Tech. in Dairy Science and Technology from College of Dairy Science and Technology (KVASU), Thrissur

Encapsulation of bioactives, New product development 

• Teaching  Assistant at University Dairy Plant (KVASU), Mannuthy, Thrissur
• Teaching  Assistant at College of Dairy Science and Technology( KVASU), Thiruvananthapuram

• Recipient of Best Ph.D. Thesis Award  for the Ph.D. dissertation entitled "Electrospinning Interventions for drying of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in biopolymeric nanofibres" in 13^th International Conference on“Frontiers in Science and Technology for Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Development (FSTSAED-2026).
• Received first place in poster presentation for “Electrospinning of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in Biopolymeric Nanofibres” in 14^th IDEA Convention and National Seminar on “Engineering Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Growth in Dairy and Food Processing” organized by Verghese Kurien Institute of Dairy and Food Technology, Mannuthy, Thrissur under the aegis of Indian Dairy Engineers Association during May 8-9, 2025.
• Recipient of Best Research Scholar Award in “8^th International Conference on Recent Advances in Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Sciences and Technology for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (RAAAHSTSE-2023)”.
• Recipient of Best Thesis Award (Third place) for the M.Tech. thesis entitled “Electrospinning of Resveratrol-Loaded Nanofibres and Evaluation of their Characteristics for Fortification of Dairy Products” in 12^th IDEA Convention and National Seminar on “Engineering Interventions in Dairy Processing for Self-reliant India” (2022).
• Poster was selected in the Top 20 for presentation for the Young Investigator Award in the 12th India Probiotic Symposium, “Good Microbiome, Probiotics and Good Health-The Evidence gets stronger”, 2022.
• Qualified Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board-National Eligibility Test in the discipline Agricultural Structure and Process Engineering, 2021.
• Qualified University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test in the discipline Home Science, 2020.
• Awarded Dean's Merit Award for Academic Excellence during first and second semester, Ph.D. from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute in the year 2019-2020.
•  Recipient of Institutional Fellowship in Ph.D. (2019-2022) from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute.
• Awarded Dean's Merit Award for Academic Excellence during first and second semester, M.Tech. from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute in the year 2017-2018.
• Recipient of Institutional Fellowship in M.Tech. (2017-2019) from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute.
• Qualified for National Talent Scholarship of ICAR, 2017.
• Recipient of Merit cum means Scholarship during B.Tech. from Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, 2015.
• Secured 4^th rank in ICAR-NDRI All India Entrance Examination for Admission to Ph.D. held on 09/06/2019.
• Secured 16^th rank in AIEEA-2017 PG Entrance Examination organized by ICAR, New Delhi on 11/06/2017.

• AgMOOCs four-week online certification course on “Functional Foods: Concept, Technology and Health Benefits” on November 2018.
• NPTEL online certification course on “Six Sigma” organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur from January to April 2019.
• Short Course on “Applied Rheology” organized by Anton Paar on 6th February 2019 at Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru.
• Online training on "Drying Techniques for Food Ingredient Encapsulation" conducted by Computational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) on February 2021.
• IIFPT: ATAL - FDP on "Recent trends in Nonthermal Processing: Prospects and Challenges" on October 2021.
• IIFPT: ATAL - FDP on "Recent Development in Food processing" on October 2021.

Research Article

• Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Emerald, F. M. E., Nath, B. S., Naik, N. L., & Subramanian, K. S. (2020). Electrohydrodynamic encapsulation of resveratrol using food-grade nanofibres: Process optimization, characterization and fortification. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 13(2), 341-354. 
• Seethu, B. G., Veerendrasimha, V. S. H., Prakash, A. K., Pasagadi, A. S., Franklin, M. E. E., Ambrose, R. P. K., & Pushpadass, H. A. (2023). Effect of moisture content on physical and flow properties of milk‐ millet powders. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(10), e14198.
•  Pasagadi, A. S., Prakash, A. K., Veerendrasimha, V. S. H., Seethu, B. G., Franklin, M. E. E., & Pushpadass, H. A. (2023). Shelf‐life prediction of milk‐millet powders. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 46(10), e14204.
• Rajunaik, B., Franklin, M. E. E., Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Battula, S. N., & Naik, N. L. (2024). Fabrication and characterization of electrospun catechins-loaded nanofibres for fortification of milk. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 61(4), 798-811.
•  Ohja, A., Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Franklin, M. E. E., Grover, C. R., Kumar, S., & Dhali, A. (2024). Encapsulation of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CRD7 in sub-micron pullulan fibres by spray drying: Maximizing viability with prebiotic and thermal protectants. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 269, 132068.

Review article

• Thomas, E., Seethu, B. G., Chandhni, P. R., & Sain, M. (2023). Postharvest processing treatments, packaging technologies, and storage practices to extend the shelf-life of green leafy vegetables. Frontiers in Crop Improvement, 11(1). 208-214.

Book chapter

• Seethu, B. G., Devaraju, R., Rajunaik, B., Emerald, F. M. E., Pushpadass, H. A., Nath, B. S., & Naik, L. N. (2021). Electrospinnability of Food-Grade Biopolymers. In: Handbook of Research on Food Processing and Preservation Technologies, Goyal, M. R., Birwal, P., & Sharma, M. (Eds.). (pp. 103-131). Apple Academic Press, Florida, USA.
• Seethu, B. G., Aditya, S. P., Devikrishna, P., Kulkarni, H., Emerald, M. E., Grover, C., & Pushpadass, H. A. (2023). Electrospinning technologies for encapsulation of probiotics. In: Materials Science and Engineering in Food Product Development, Lai, W. (Ed.). (pp. 279-301). John Wiley & Sons Ltd. New Jersey, USA.
• Emerald, F. M. E., Seethu, B. G., Sukumar, P. A., Pushpadass, H. A., Abhinash, P., & Manickavasagan, A. (2024). Enrichment of Zinc by Encapsulation for Food Applications. In: Zinc Early Development, Applications, and Emerging Trends, Sukumar, E., Vinothkumar K., & Manickavasagan A. (Eds.). (pp. 209-222). CRC Press.

Popular Article

• Divya P, Seethu. B. G., Emerald, M. E., Grover, C., & Pushpadass, H. A. (2021). Significance of probiotics in dairy products. Food and Beverages Processing, 44-46.
• Thomas, E., Seethu B.G., Divya P, Ganguly S., & Panjagari N. R. (2022). Instrumental colour measurement and its application in dairy processing. Food Infotech, 24-26.
• Divya P, Seethu B. G., & Aditya S. (2022). How nanotechnology influences sustainable agriculture in future? Food and Beverages Processing, 20-23.

Conference Abstracts

• Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Emerald, F., Nath, B. S., Naik, N. L., & Subramanian, K. S. (2021). Electrohydrodynamic encapsulation of resveratrol using food-grade nanofibres: process optimization, characterization and fortification. In: The 7th International Conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. pp. 95-96.
•  Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Emerald, F., Nath, B. S. & Naik, N. L. (2019). Nanoencapsulation of resveratrol by electrospinning. In: National Seminar on Nutraceuticals &Functional Foods. p. 88.
•  Seethu, B. G., Pushpadass, H. A., Priyanka, Emerald, F., Nath, B. S. & Naik, N. L. (2019). Influence of voltage on characteristics of resveratrol-loaded electrospun nanofibres. In: International Conference on Emerging Scenario in Agribusiness. pp. 57-58.
•  Seethu, B. G., Divya P., Emerald, F., Chandram Grover & Pushpadass, H. A. (2022). Screening and Selection of prebiotics for electrospinning of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CRD7. In: 12th India Probiotic Symposium “Good Microbiome, Probiotics and Good Health – The Evidence Gets Stronger”