MFPI-Quality Control Lab
MFPI – Quality Control Laboratory, Rajendranagar
Name of the Research Station : MFPI-Quality Control Laboratory
Address (Village/Town, Mandal, District) : MFPI-Quality Control Laboratory, EEI Campus, PJTAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030.
Latitude: 17.3215 ° N; Longitude: 78.4098 ° E
Agro-Climatic Zone : Southern Telangana Zone
Year of Establishment : 2007
Mandated Crops / Commodities : Cereals, Millets, Pulses, Oil seeds and their products
- Comprehensive Nutritional Profiling of raw and processed food matrices for all stakeholders under NABL standards.
- Support to Crop Improvement Programs by analyzing amino acids, fatty acids, elements, and proximates in diverse food samples.
- Protocol Development for assessing key nutritional and anti-nutritional traits to aid trait-based plant breeding.
- Screening of Foods both commonly consumed and underutilized for bioactive compounds like antioxidants, phenolics, flavonoids, carotenoids etc.
- Micronutrient Retention Analysis of iron and zinc in rice varieties post-harvest and during processing.
- Catering to academic, research and commercial analytical requirements.
- Automatic Protein Analyser, Soxtherm Fat Analyser,
- Crude FibreAnalyser ,
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography,
- Gas chromatography,
- Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometry,
- Laminar Air Flow Chamber, Gamma Chamber 5000,
- Cold plasma unit,
- UV-Vis Spectrophotmeter
Significant Achievements
- Maintaining NABl Accreditation since 2015 as per ISO/IEC-17025:2017 and AERB Accrediation from Govt. of India.
| Sl. No | Full Name & Designation | Department / Discipline | Areas of Specialization | Mail Id | Photo |
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| 1 | Prof. Aparna Kuna Principal Scientist |
Foods and Nutrition / Community Science | Nutrition, Food Science, Food Quality | aparnakuna@pjtau.edu.in |  |
| 2 | Dr. Rohit Thirumdas Scientist |
Food Technology | Food Technology, Non-Thermal Food Processing Technologies |
rohit.thirumdas@pjtau.edu.in
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Station In-Charge (Name & Designation):Dr. K. Aparna, Prinicipal Scientist & Head, MFPI – Quality Control Laboratory, EEI Campus, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
e Mail : qcl@pjtau.edu.in
Mobile Number : 8332970389