
Prafulla Salunke
Assistant Professor
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Dairy products processing
- Ingredient development
Academic Responsibilities
- DS 492/792- Topics Multidisciplinary Project
- DS 442/542 - Dairy Product and Process Development
- DS 731 - Lab Tech in Dairy Science
- DS 400-400L/DS 500-500L – Dairy Chemistry and Analysis and Lab
- DS 321 – Dairy Processing I – Theory and Lab - Cheese
- DS 322 - Dairy Processing II - Theory and Lab – Condensed milk and Dried Products
- DS-898D: Dissertation – Ph.D.
- DS-798: Thesis- Masters
- DS-498: Undergraduate Research/Scholarship
- DS-791: Independent Study
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees
- Advisor and executive secretary: North Central Cheese Industry Association
- Association director: Midwest Dairy Foods Research Centre
- PI: Institute for Dairy Ingredient Processing, South Dakota State University
- Advising two doctoral students, six masters students and one undergraduate student
- in the academic committee of eight doctoral/masters students
Professional Memberships
- American Dairy Science Association
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Gamma Sigma Delta
- The Society of Dairy Technologists of India
- The Dairy Engineers Association of India
- Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET)
- Agriculture Research Communication Centre (ARCC), India
Work Experience
- 2013-2021, corporate R and D and technical services coordinator, Saputo Cheese
- 1996-2007, manager, AmulFed Dairy, Gandhinagar, India
- 1993-1994, technical officer, The Panchmahal District Cooperative Milks Producers' Union Ltd, Godhra, India
- 1992-1993, in-plant trainee, Chittoor District Cooperative Milks Producers' Union Ltd, Chittoor, India
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Cheese technology and dairy-based ingredient development
- New dairy-based ingredient development
- Enzymes: crosslinking, hydrolytic and modifying
- Cheese
- Other novel ingredients
- New processes
- Product development
Publications
Papers published: 20
Invited presentations: 06
Conference papers presented: 26
Other presentations: 12
Panel member and judging: 05
Associated Areas