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Particulars of organization, functions and duties

Er. Tobiul Hussain Ahmed

Designation : SeniorTechnical Officer (2)

Education : BE (Chemical Engg.), M.S. (by Research), IIT Madras

Contact Details: Chemical Engineering Group, Engineering Sciences & Technology Division, CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology Jorhat-785006, Assam (INDIA) Ph: + 91- 0376-237011/2370139 extn. 2469

Email id : tobiul@neist.res.in, tobiul07419@gmail.com

Research Interest

• Nutraceuticals, Functional food developments, Microwave based technologies (drying, extraction etc.), Process optimization, Scale up of chemical & biochemical processes, Process economics and feasibility studies, Phytochemical extraction, water and waste water treatment

• MS thesis entitled “Microwave aided drying of Capsicum chinense Jacq.”

• Porinita Devi , SweetyKalita , MridulaSaikiaBarooah , Ananta Saikia , Abhijit Borah , Tobiul Hussain Ahmed and Manashi Das Purkayastha. Instant rice-based composite pasta requiring no cooking, Food Science and Technology International 0(0) 1–14, October 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1082013220973807
• KongkanaGoswami, , Anisha Sehgal, JiumoniLahkar, DipankarNeog, Binoy Kumar Saikia, Tobiul Ahmed Hussain, Anil Kumar Singh and Hari PrasannaDeka Boruah. Remediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Pit Water Using Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Strains, Advances in Biotechnology & Microbiology 15 (5), 2020
• Borah, T., Washmin, N., Bora, N.J., Saikia, J., Bomzon, P.S., Ahmed, T.H., Manna, P., Saikia, S.P. and Banik, D. (2021), "Effect of drying techniques on yield, nutritional, minerals of wild banana pulp (Musa balbisiana Colla): physicochemical and morphological characterization thereof", British Food Journal, Vol. 123 No. 11, pp. 3624-3637. 
• N Washmin, T Borah, NJ Bora, TH Ahmed, RK Lingam, SP Saikia. Assessment of the nutritional, physical, sensory and commercial potential of three underutilized paddy land races of North East India for ready to rehydrate food industry. South African Journal of Botany 145, 493-500,2022
• RK Sarma, AGohain, TH Ahmed, A Yadav, R Saikia. An environment-benign approach of bamboo pulp bleaching using extracellular xylanase of strain Bacillus stratosphericus EB-11 isolated from elephant dung. Folia Microbiologica 68 (1), 135-149, 2023
• M Borah, U Konwar, P Gogoi, P Boruah, JG Bora, S Garg, TH Ahmed,.Decolorization of tea industry wastewater utilizing tea waste bio-adsorbent in fixed-bed adsorption column: breakthrough curves analysis and modeling. Sustainable Water Resources Management 10 (1), 2024

• SaikiaJitu, SarmahSusmita, BordoloiPalakshi, Ahmed Hussain Tobiul, Bora JayantaJyoti, GoswamiAradhana, GoswameeRajibLochan. “supported nano alumina coated bio-graphite derived from ipomoea carnea stems suitable for the adsorption of toxic fluoride ion from water- a method of its preparation and application, Patent No:367615

• OP-12 Bio-Fertilizer Mediated Plant Health Improvement in Normal and Water Deficit Condition

• B. Das, S. Gogoi, T. H. Ahmed and R. K. Lingam, “A Novel Process for Production of Natural Caffeine from Tea Waste”, ESTEC, 20-22 February, 2020, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
• Tariq Aziz, SpondonPhukan, ParikhitMudoi, Tobiul Hussain Ahmed, Bipul Das, “Regeneration of Granular Activated Carbon Using Biodegradable Solution Exhausted by Tea Wastewater”, ESTEC, 20-22 February, 2020, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat
• NayanJyoti Bora, Twinkle Borah, NoorenWasmin, Tobiul Hussain Ahmed, Ravi K Lingam, DipanwitaBanik, “Pilot Scale Study of Soft Rice Processing From Chohowa Paddy, ESTEC, 20-22 February, 2020, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat.
• Twinkle Borah, NoorenWasmin, Tobiul Hussain Ahmed, S. P. Saikia, DipanwitaBanik, “An approach for processing of wild seeded banana (Musa balbisianaColla) to prevent its post –harvest loss and its utilization asa natural ingredient in food industry, Science for Society, Environment and Sustainability (SSES), 2022, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat
• NoorenWasmin, Twinkle Borah,, Tobiul Hussain Ahmed, DipanwitaBanik, “A preliminary study on three paddy landraces of North East Indiafor industrialization as ready-to-rehydrate food ingredients, Science for Society, Environment and Sustainability (SSES), 2022, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat