Ludhiana, Sept. 12 -- Ruchika Zalpouri, an alumna of the department of processing and food engineering, has been awarded the "Best Thesis Award - PhD" at the 8th Plantica Academic and Research Awards 2025, organised by the Association of Plant Science Researchers (APSR), an ISO 9001:2015 certified organisation registered under The Indian Trust Act, 1882 and ministry of MSME, Government of India. The ceremony was held online on August 31.

She received this recognition for her doctoral thesis, "Development and Evaluation of Solar Assisted Refractance Window Dryer for Vegetable Purees", conducted under the guidance of Manpreet Singh, scientist, department of renewable energy engineering, PAU. The dryer is an innovative technology designed t...