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Dr. Alfiya P V

Dr. Alfiya P V
Name Dr. Alfiya P V
Designation Scientist
Division Crop Production & Post Harvest Technology
Qualification Ph.D.
Specialisation Agricultural Structures and Process Engineering
Contact alfiyapalliveedu@gmail.com
Areas of Interest Food processing equipment design, Novel food drying systems, Processing and value addition of spices
Total Publications 25

  1. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E, Theertha KV. Conventional sun drying and infrared convective drying of spices: a comparative evaluation on kinetics and quality. Solar Energy. 2025;291:113396. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2025.113396.

  2. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E, Anees K, Ann Mary A. Drying characteristics, color kinetics and quality evaluation of black pepper (Piper nigrum) under conventional and novel drying methods. Environ Prog Sustain Energy. 2025;e70232. doi:10.1002/ep.70232.

  3. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E, Anees K, Sunisha K. Drying kinetics and quality evaluation of mace under solar, vacuum, and hot-air drying methods. J Food Process Eng. 2025;48(8):e70212. doi:10.1111/jfpe.70212.

  4. Alfiya PV, Rajesh GK, Murali S, Delfiya DSA, Samuel MP, Prince MV, Sudheer KP, Baby L. Experimental evaluation of hot air-assisted continuous microwave drying of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). Heat Transfer. 2025;54(7):4207–4222. doi:10.1002/htj.70029.

  5. Alfiya PV, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Samuel MP. Design and development of biomass-fueled convective dryer for marine products: energy, exergy, environmental, and economic (4E) analysis. Biomass Convers Biorefin. 2025;15(8):12031–12042. doi:10.1007/s13399-024-06001-6.

  6. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E, Anees K. Techno-economic, environmental impact and exergy analysis of microwave-assisted drying of nutmeg mace. Environ Prog Sustain Energy. 2025;44(2):e14550. doi:10.1002/ep.14550.

  7. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E, Theertha KV. Design and development of infrared convective dryer for spices: 4E (energy, efficiency, exergy, and economic) analysis. Biomass Convers Biorefin. 2025. doi:10.1007/s13399-025-06535-3.

  8. Alfiya PV, Jayashree E. Solar-biomass and dielectric drying of mace: an investigation on renewable and fourth-generation drying technologies. Solar Energy. 2024;277:112717. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2024.112717.

  9. Alfiya PV, Rajesh GK, Murali S, Delfiya DA, Samuel MP, Prince MV, Sudheer KP. Process optimization for drying of shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni) under hot air-assisted microwave drying technology using response surface methodology. J Food Process Eng. 2023;46(8):e14372. doi:10.1111/jfpe.14372.

  10. Alfiya PV, Rajesh GK, Murali S, Delfiya DA, Samuel MP, Prince MV. Quality evaluation of solar- and microwave-dried shrimps: a comparative study on renewable and dielectric heating methods. Solar Energy. 2022;246:234–244. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2022.09.048.

  11. Alfiya PV, Murali S, Delfiya DA, Sreelakshmi KR, Sivaraman GK, Ninan G. Kinetics, modelling and evaluation of Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus) dried in a solar-LPG hybrid dryer. Solar Energy. 2022;242:70–78. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2022.06.052.

  12. Alfiya PV, Rajesh GK, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Samuel MP, Prince MV. Development and evaluation of hot air-assisted microwave dryer for shrimp (Metapenaeus dobsoni). J Food Process Preserv. 2022;46(11):e17112. doi:10.1111/jfpp.17112.

  1. Alfiya P. V. received the Ph.D. Best Thesis Award during the 58th ISAE Annual Convention and International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering Education for Aspiring Youth in Transforming Agriculture, organized at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, held during 12–14 November 2024.

  2. Alfiya P. V. received the Best Oral Presentation Award during the 58th ISAE Annual Convention and International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering Education for Aspiring Youth in Transforming Agriculture, organized at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, held during 12–14 November 2024.

  3. Alfiya P. V. received the Best Poster Award at the XVI Agricultural Science Congress and AS Expo: Transformation of Agri-food Systems for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, organized by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi, and ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, India, under the theme Horticulture-Based Transformation Systems, held during 10–13 October 2023.

  4. Alfiya P. V. received the Best Poster Award at the National Conference on Spices, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants for Economic Prosperity and Ecological Sustainability (SAMPEPES-2023), organized by ICAR–Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair–744105, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, held during 05–06 October 2023.

  5. Alfiya P. V. received the Best Poster Presentation Award during the 5th International Conference on ICAAAS (Hybrid Mode), held during 10–16 July 2023 at Hotel Howard Johnson by Wyndham, Bur Dubai, Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Road, Al-Raffa, Dubai, UAE.

  6. Alfiya P. V. received the H. S. Mehta Memorial Best Oral Presentation Award during the National Symposium on Spices and Aromatic Crops (SYMSAC-XI): Strategies for Spice Production, Product Diversification and Product Utilization, held during 07–09 January 2025 at ICAR–Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode.

  7. Alfiya P. V. received the Kerala State Energy Conservation Commendation Certificate (2018) instituted by the Energy Management Centre (EMC), Government of Kerala.

  8. Alfiya P. V. received the Kerala State Renewable Energy Commendation Certificate (2018) instituted by the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT), Government of Kerala.

  9. Alfiya P. V. received the Low-Cost Technology Development Award (2018) instituted by the Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India), Mysuru, Karnataka.

  10. Alfiya P. V. received the SKOCH Order-of-Merit and Evergreen Platinum Award (2018) instituted by the SKOCH Group, New Delhi.

  1. Ashitha GN, Alfiya PV, Jacob S, Ramasamy K. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India: an overview. In: Sudheer KP, Lakshmanan B, editors. Safety and quality management in food supply chain. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 2021. p. 423–462. ISBN: 9789389571837.

  2. Saranya S, Alfiya PV, Sudheer KP. Pre-requisite programs. In: Sudheer KP, Lakshmanan B, editors. Safety and quality management in food supply chain. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 2021. p. 103–124. ISBN: 9789389571837.

  3. Alfiya PV, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Samuel MP. Design and working principles of CIFT solar hybrid dryers. In: Samuel MP, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Alfiya PV, Shyma PK, editors. Model training course manual on advanced fish drying and chilling technology. Kochi (India): ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Technology; 2019. p. 28–35.

  4. Samuel MP, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Alfiya PV. Engineering tools and technologies for fish processing: a profitable venture in agri-business. In: Narasimha Murthy L, Zynudheen AA, Jeyakumari A, Laly SJ, Abbhay Kumar, Sukham Monalisha Devi, editors. Utilization of secondary raw materials: challenges and marketing opportunities for seafood industry. Cochin (India): Society of Fisheries Technologists (India); 2019. p. 92.

  5. Samuel MP, Murali S, Alfiya PV, Delfiya DS. Engineering tools and technologies for fish processing: a profitable venture in agri-business. In: Subramannian S, Vikas PA, editors. Aquaculture worker. Kochi (India): Agricultural Skill Council of India and ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute; 2019. p. 108–109.

  6. Samuel MP, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Alfiya PV, Raghavan R, Menon ARS. Pre-processing and drying of fish. Kochi (India): ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Technology; 2019. 48 p. ISBN: 9788193362389.

  7. Murali S, Alfiya PV, Delfiya DS, Samuel MP. Matsya moolya vardhanavinayi CIFT solar drayarukal – CIFT solar dryers for fish value addition. In: Samuel MP, Murali S, Alfiya PV, Delfiya DS, Raghavan R, Menon ARS, editors. Pre-processing and drying of fish. Kochi (India): ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Technology; 2019. p. 7–13. ISBN: 9788193362389.

  8. Samuel MP, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Alfiya PV, Shyma PK, editors. Recent advances in post-harvest fisheries engineering. Kochi (India): ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Technology; 2019.

  9. Samuel MP, Murali S, Delfiya DS, Alfiya PV, Shyma PK, editors. Advanced fish drying and chilling technology. Kochi (India): ICAR–Central Institute of Fisheries Technology; 2019.

PI

  1. Non-Conventional approaches for spice processing, preservation and packaging

Co-PI

  1. Novel protocol development for quality evaluation and extracting phytochemicals from spices
  2. Development of secondary and tertiary processed products from spices
  3. Valorization of Spice-Byproducts for Developing Functional Food Ingredients and Probiotic Beverages