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Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established on 12th June 1964 at Hyderabad. The University was formally inaugurated on 20th March 1965 by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India on 23rd June 1966. The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7th November 1996 in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. HISTORICAL MILESTONE Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Genesis of ANGRAU in service of the farmers 1926: The Royal Commission emphasized the need for a strong research base for agricultural development in the country... 1949: The Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on University Education led to the establishment of Rural Universities for the overall development of agriculture and rural life in the country... 1955: First Joint Indo-American Team studied the status and future needs of agricultural education in the country... 1960: Second Joint Indo-American Team (1960) headed by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Vice-President of Indian Council of Agricultural Research recommended specifically the establishment of Farm Universities and spelt out the basic objectives of these Universities as Institutional Autonomy, inclusion of Agriculture, Veterinary / Animal Husbandry and Home Science, Integration of Teaching, Research and Extension... 1963: The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) Act enacted... June 12th 1964: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established at Hyderabad with Shri. O. Pulla Reddi, I.C.S. (Retired) was the first founder Vice-Chancellor of the University... June 1964: Re-affilitation of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (estt. in 1945, affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University)... 20th March 1965: Formal inauguration of APAU by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... 1964-66: The report of the Second National Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, Chairman of the University Grants Commission stressed the need for establishing at least one Agricultural University in each Indian State... 23, June 1966: Inauguration of the Administrative building of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... July, 1966: Transfer of 41 Agricultural Research Stations, functioning under the Department of Agriculture... May, 1967: Transfer of Four Research Stations of the Animal Husbandry Department... 7th November 1996: Renaming of University as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga... 15th July 2005: Establishment of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) bifurcating ANGRAU by Act 18 of 2005... 26th June 2007: Establishment of Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University (APHU) bifurcating ANGRAU by the Act 30 of 2007... 2nd June 2014 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014, ANGRAU is now... serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication...

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    PROCESSING OF TURMERIC LEAVES FOR PRODUCTION OF EXTRUDED FILMS
    (2021-09-07) KALPANA, D.; EDUKONDALU, L.
    Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a perennial crop native of tropical South Asia belongs to ginger family Zingiberaceae. In India, turmeric crop is cultivated in 1,86,500 ha. After the turmeric rhizomes are harvested, burning out the crop residue or disposal of them is the general practice. An efficient utilization of such agricultural wastes is of great importance not only for minimizing the environmental impact, but also for obtaining higher profit. Huge biomass left in the form of leaves after the turmeric is harvested can be used as a raw material for preparation of biodegradable packaging films using the protein extracted from turmeric leaves. Hence, an investigation was carried out to develop process to isolate and characterize turmeric leaf protein, fibre and to develop a process for extrusion of biodegradable films and optimize the process parameters. Two types of process technologies developed for isolation of turmeric leaf compositional fractions were, screw press and heat fractionation (SPHF) method for wet leaves and pressurized heat and homogenized fractionation (PHHF) method for both wet and dry leaves. In the first method, the white protein, green protein and fibre were recovered (13.33, 20.22 and 70 g kg-1, respectively). Green protein recovery in both dry and wet turmeric leaves was 26.57 and 31.96 g kg-1, respectively. Fibre extracted from dry and wet leaves was 60 and 70 g kg-1, respectively. Turmeric leaf protein was characterized by studying amino acid profile (concentration of 0.057 mg g-1) and SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis (7-23 kDa). Thermal properties of protein were also studied using DSC. The protein was thermo-stable in a temperature range of 30 to 150 °C with an enthalpy range of 13.1 to 43.5 mJ mg-1. Fibre was also characterized by its Kappa number (15.13), Water retention value (258.34% (db)) and deformation enthalpy (1180 mJ mg-1). Green protein powder was produced using spray drying (63.30%) and extracted oleoresin (0.398%). Extruded films were produced at four factor, four level (protein 2%, 2.5%, 3.0%, 3.5% w/w; fibre 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% w/w; glycerol 25%, 30%, 35%, 40% w/w and temperature 60, 70, 80, 90 oC). The extrudates mass flow rate was 0.63 to 0.83 g min-1, bulk density 0.8 g cm-3, specific length 25.16 to 26.97 cm g-1, yellowness index 36.1, whiteness index 60.31, opacity 77.81% and water vapour permeability 0.387 g h-1 m-2 kPa-1. Using RSM analyzed responses, developed regression equations and optimized process variables for production of biodegradable films with Min. thickness, Max. tensile strength and elongation at break. At 90 °C temperature, extrudates produced with a 26.67% fibre, 2% protein and 25% glycerol were of desired quality i.e. film thickness was 1.06 mm, tensile strength 0.86 MPa and elongation at break 1.75 %. Keywords: Proximate analysis, Protein, Fibre, SPHF, PHHF, SDS-PAGE, DSC, HPCL, Tensile strength, RSM.