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Dr. RITESH KUMAR

Principal Scientist, Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Sensors and Systems (ISenS)

Machine Learning, Data Science

Current Work Area

Among major sensory modalities, the physical stimulus attributes to perception mapping is more or less well defined in vision and audition, but not in olfaction. Although, the molecular concentration to perceived odor intensity mapping has been established, there is no known general systematic relationship of molecular properties onto the olfactory percept. In other words, it has been a challenge to predict the smell of a novel molecule by its physicochemical structure, or the physicochemical structure of a novel smell. My work aims at discovering inherent statistical structure in large chemical and perceptual databases available online in order to derive principles for predicting odor perception from the chemical structure of odorants. It will test the explanatory possibilities of this novel perspective, and will contribute new sources and fresh approaches to the fields of modern data analysis and olfaction science. I also work in using social network models for optimization of artificial organoleptic systems(electronic tongue and nose). I am also actively involved in developing human interaction based evolutionary algorithms.

Qualification

R&D Interest

Stastical analysis of odorant databases. Data Science. Machine Learning. Application of network models,Social Network Analysis such as twitter sentiment analysis etc. Evolutionary Optimization. Intelligent Instrumentation.

Research Publications

1. BERWAL BHAVIKA, SAHA PINAKI, KUMAR RITESH. A Fully In Silico Protocol to Understand Olfactory Receptor–Odorant Interactions. ACS Omega. 03-06-2025, 10(23), 24030–24049
2. KAUR RISHEMJIT, ZHANG SHUCHEN, BERWAL BHAVIKA, RAY SONALIKA, KUMAR RITESH, VARSHNEY LAV R.. From phytochemicals to recipes: health indications and culinary uses of herbs and spices. npj Science of Food. 29-05-2025, 9, Article:89
3. SHARMA MRITYUNJAY, BALAJI SARABESHWAR, SAHA PINAKI, KUMAR RITESH. Navigating the Fragrance Space Using Graph Generative Models and Predicting Odors. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 06-05-2025, 65(10), 818–4832
4. SHARMA MRITYUNJAY, KUMAR RITESH. Deep Learning for Odor Prediction on Aroma-Chemical Blends. ACS Omega. 03-03-2025, 10(9), 8980–8992
5. KOYAMA SACHIKO, JOSEPH PAULE VALERY, HEINBOCKEL THOMAS, ADHIKARI POONAM, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH. Possible roles of phytochemicals with bioactive properties in the prevention of and recovery from COVID-19. Frontiers in Nutrition. 01-07-2024, 11,
6. SHARMA ARUN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NISHANT, SAXENA VIKAS. Machine learning driven portable Vis-SWNIR spectrophotometer for non-destructive classification of raw tomatoes based on lycopene content. Vibrational Spectroscopy. 01-01-2024, 130, 103628
7. SHARMA ARUN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NISHANT, KAUR KULJINDER, SAXENA VIKAS, GHOSH PRIYADEEP. Chemometrics driven portable Vis-SWNIR spectrophotometer for non-destructive quality evaluation of raw tomatoes. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 15-11-2023, 242, 105001
8. SHARMA ARUN, TIWARI AKSHAT DUTT, KUMARI MONIKA, KUMAR NISHANT, SAXENA VIKAS, KUMAR RITESH. Artificial intelligence-based prediction of lycopene content in raw tomatoes using physicochemical attributes. Phytochemical Analysis. 01-10-2023, 34(7), 729-744
9. RAJAT SUHAG, ROHIT KUMAR, ATUL DHIMAN, SHARMA ARUN, PRAMOD K PRABHAKAR, KRISHNA GOPALAKRISHNAN, KUMAR RITESH, ANURAG SINGH. Fruit peel bioactives, valorisation into nanoparticles and potential applications: A review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 01-01-2023, 63(24), 757-6776
10. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NITESH. Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Indian Nationals Evacuated From Iran. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 22-10-2020, , 1-7
11. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH. Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 01-08-2020, 113(8), 556-560
12. CHOWDHURY SHAMBO ROY, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, KAUR RISHEMJIT. Analysis of a Novel Circuit Arrangement to Suppress Crosstalk in 2-D Resistive Sensor Arrays. Circuits Systems and Signal Processing . 07-09-2019, 39, 1227–1243
13. SINHA ABHINAV, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Consensus-Based Odor Source Localization by Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 16-07-2019, 50(7), 3254-3263
14. CHOWDHURY SHAMBO ROY, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KARAR VINOD. Circuit arrangement to suppress crosstalk in chemo-resistive sensor arrays. IET Science Measurement & Technology. 01-11-2018, 12(8), 1039 - 1046
15. KUMAR ANMOL, SAXENA JYOTI, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT. MAI Mitigation in MC-CDMA Systems Using Social Impact Based Wireless Communication Algorithm. Wireless Personal Communications. 01-08-2018, 101(3), 1765–1786
16. BHALLA SHERRY, CHAUDHARY KUMARDEEP, KUMAR RITESH, SEHGAL MANIKA, KAUR HARPREET, SHARMA SURESH, RAGHAVA GAJENDRA P. S.. Gene expression-based biomarkers for discriminating early and late stage of clear cell renal cancer. Scientific Reports. 28-03-2017, 7, 44997
17. KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH, KWON EILHANN E., BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH. Performance of Air Fresher System for the Removal of Various Odorants Released from Foodstuffs. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 01-03-2017, 11(1), 37-53
18. KUMAR SAURAV, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, PRASAD SENTHIL, SHARMA ANUPMA, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, SINGH JAGVIR, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Bacteriorhodopsin–ZnO hybrid as a potential sensing element for low-temperature detection of ethanol vapour. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 04-04-2016, 7, 501-510
19. CHAUDHARY KUMARDEEP, KUMAR RITESH, SINGH SANDEEP, TUKNAIT ABHISHEK, GAUTAM ANKUR, MATHUR DEEPIKA, ANAND PRIYA, VARSHNEY GRISH C., RAGHAVA GAJENDRA P. S.. A Web Server and Mobile App for Computing Hemolytic Potency of Peptides.. Scientific Reports. 08-03-2016, 6, Article No. 22843
20. SARKAR SANKHO TURJO, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, MACAS MARTIN, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, SHARMA ANUPMA, GULATI ASHU, KUMAR AMOD. Towards Biological Plausibility of Electronic Noses: A spiking Neural Network Based Approach for Tea Odour Classification. Neural Networks. 02-11-2015, 71, 142–149
21. KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, AUFFARTH BENJAMIN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Understanding the Odour Spaces: A Step towards Solving Olfactory Stimulus-Percept Problem. PLoS One. 20-10-2015, ,
22. MACAS MARTIN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUZILEK JAKUB, LHOTSKA LENKA, KAPUR PAWAN. Binary social impact theory based optimization and its applications in pattern recognition. Neurocomputing. 20-05-2014, 132, 85-96
23. KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAPUR PAWAN. Human opinion dynamics: An inspiration to solve complex optimization problems. Scientific Reports. 21-10-2013, 3, Article No. 3008
24. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH. Global reduction in measles mortality. The Lancet. 01-10-2012, 380(9850), 1303-1304
25. KUMAR RITESH, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, VIG SARU, SHARMA ANUPMA, KAPUR PAWAN. A simple electronic tongue. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-09-2012, 171-172, 1046–1053
26. KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, GULATI ASHU, GHANSHYAM C, KAPUR PAWAN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Enhancing electronic nose performance: A novel feature selection approach using dynamic social impact theory and moving window time slicing for classification of Kangra orthodox black tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-05-2012, 166-167, 309–319
27. BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, VIG R, KAPUR PAWAN. A novel approach using Dynamic Social Impact Theory for optimization of impedance-Tongue (iTongue). Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 01-11-2011, 109(1), 65-76

1. BERWAL BHAVIKA, SAHA PINAKI, KUMAR RITESH. A Fully In Silico Protocol to Understand Olfactory Receptor–Odorant Interactions. ACS Omega. 03-06-2025, 10(23), 24030–24049

2. KAUR RISHEMJIT, ZHANG SHUCHEN, BERWAL BHAVIKA, RAY SONALIKA, KUMAR RITESH, VARSHNEY LAV R.. From phytochemicals to recipes: health indications and culinary uses of herbs and spices. npj Science of Food. 29-05-2025, 9, Article:89

3. SHARMA MRITYUNJAY, BALAJI SARABESHWAR, SAHA PINAKI, KUMAR RITESH. Navigating the Fragrance Space Using Graph Generative Models and Predicting Odors. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 06-05-2025, 65(10), 818–4832

4. SHARMA MRITYUNJAY, KUMAR RITESH. Deep Learning for Odor Prediction on Aroma-Chemical Blends. ACS Omega. 03-03-2025, 10(9), 8980–8992

5. KOYAMA SACHIKO, JOSEPH PAULE VALERY, HEINBOCKEL THOMAS, ADHIKARI POONAM, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH. Possible roles of phytochemicals with bioactive properties in the prevention of and recovery from COVID-19. Frontiers in Nutrition. 01-07-2024, 11,

6. SHARMA ARUN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NISHANT, SAXENA VIKAS. Machine learning driven portable Vis-SWNIR spectrophotometer for non-destructive classification of raw tomatoes based on lycopene content. Vibrational Spectroscopy. 01-01-2024, 130, 103628

7. SHARMA ARUN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NISHANT, KAUR KULJINDER, SAXENA VIKAS, GHOSH PRIYADEEP. Chemometrics driven portable Vis-SWNIR spectrophotometer for non-destructive quality evaluation of raw tomatoes. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 15-11-2023, 242, 105001

8. SHARMA ARUN, TIWARI AKSHAT DUTT, KUMARI MONIKA, KUMAR NISHANT, SAXENA VIKAS, KUMAR RITESH. Artificial intelligence-based prediction of lycopene content in raw tomatoes using physicochemical attributes. Phytochemical Analysis. 01-10-2023, 34(7), 729-744

9. RAJAT SUHAG, ROHIT KUMAR, ATUL DHIMAN, SHARMA ARUN, PRAMOD K PRABHAKAR, KRISHNA GOPALAKRISHNAN, KUMAR RITESH, ANURAG SINGH. Fruit peel bioactives, valorisation into nanoparticles and potential applications: A review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 01-01-2023, 63(24), 757-6776

10. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR NITESH. Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Indian Nationals Evacuated From Iran. Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 22-10-2020, , 1-7

11. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH. Prolonged persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic infected individuals. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 01-08-2020, 113(8), 556-560

12. CHOWDHURY SHAMBO ROY, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, KAUR RISHEMJIT. Analysis of a Novel Circuit Arrangement to Suppress Crosstalk in 2-D Resistive Sensor Arrays. Circuits Systems and Signal Processing . 07-09-2019, 39, 1227–1243

13. SINHA ABHINAV, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Consensus-Based Odor Source Localization by Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 16-07-2019, 50(7), 3254-3263

14. CHOWDHURY SHAMBO ROY, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KARAR VINOD. Circuit arrangement to suppress crosstalk in chemo-resistive sensor arrays. IET Science Measurement & Technology. 01-11-2018, 12(8), 1039 - 1046

15. KUMAR ANMOL, SAXENA JYOTI, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT. MAI Mitigation in MC-CDMA Systems Using Social Impact Based Wireless Communication Algorithm. Wireless Personal Communications. 01-08-2018, 101(3), 1765–1786

16. BHALLA SHERRY, CHAUDHARY KUMARDEEP, KUMAR RITESH, SEHGAL MANIKA, KAUR HARPREET, SHARMA SURESH, RAGHAVA GAJENDRA P. S.. Gene expression-based biomarkers for discriminating early and late stage of clear cell renal cancer. Scientific Reports. 28-03-2017, 7, 44997

17. KIM KI HYUN, DEEP AKASH, KWON EILHANN E., BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH. Performance of Air Fresher System for the Removal of Various Odorants Released from Foodstuffs. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 01-03-2017, 11(1), 37-53

18. KUMAR SAURAV, BAGCHI SUDESHNA, PRASAD SENTHIL, SHARMA ANUPMA, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, SINGH JAGVIR, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Bacteriorhodopsin–ZnO hybrid as a potential sensing element for low-temperature detection of ethanol vapour. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 04-04-2016, 7, 501-510

19. CHAUDHARY KUMARDEEP, KUMAR RITESH, SINGH SANDEEP, TUKNAIT ABHISHEK, GAUTAM ANKUR, MATHUR DEEPIKA, ANAND PRIYA, VARSHNEY GRISH C., RAGHAVA GAJENDRA P. S.. A Web Server and Mobile App for Computing Hemolytic Potency of Peptides.. Scientific Reports. 08-03-2016, 6, Article No. 22843

20. SARKAR SANKHO TURJO, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, MACAS MARTIN, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, SHARMA ANUPMA, GULATI ASHU, KUMAR AMOD. Towards Biological Plausibility of Electronic Noses: A spiking Neural Network Based Approach for Tea Odour Classification. Neural Networks. 02-11-2015, 71, 142–149

21. KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, AUFFARTH BENJAMIN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Understanding the Odour Spaces: A Step towards Solving Olfactory Stimulus-Percept Problem. PLoS One. 20-10-2015, ,

22. MACAS MARTIN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KUMAR RITESH, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUZILEK JAKUB, LHOTSKA LENKA, KAPUR PAWAN. Binary social impact theory based optimization and its applications in pattern recognition. Neurocomputing. 20-05-2014, 132, 85-96

23. KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAPUR PAWAN. Human opinion dynamics: An inspiration to solve complex optimization problems. Scientific Reports. 21-10-2013, 3, Article No. 3008

24. SAURABH SUMAN, KUMAR RITESH. Global reduction in measles mortality. The Lancet. 01-10-2012, 380(9850), 1303-1304

25. KUMAR RITESH, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, VIG SARU, SHARMA ANUPMA, KAPUR PAWAN. A simple electronic tongue. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-09-2012, 171-172, 1046–1053

26. KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, GULATI ASHU, GHANSHYAM C, KAPUR PAWAN, BHONDEKAR AMOL P. Enhancing electronic nose performance: A novel feature selection approach using dynamic social impact theory and moving window time slicing for classification of Kangra orthodox black tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical. 01-05-2012, 166-167, 309–319

27. BHONDEKAR AMOL P, KAUR RISHEMJIT, KUMAR RITESH, VIG R, KAPUR PAWAN. A novel approach using Dynamic Social Impact Theory for optimization of impedance-Tongue (iTongue). Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 01-11-2011, 109(1), 65-76

Patents

Patent(s) Filed
1. PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUANTIFICATION OF TASTE PARAMETERS IN FOOD & BEVERAGES Country Filed: INDIA Application Number: 202411009988 Date of Filing: 12-02-2024 Inventor(s): KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR SAURAV, KAUR RISHEMJIT, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, SHARMA ANUPMA, CHERWO LUBHAN, GUPTA VIKAS, SUDEENDRA UPPOOR RAMAMURTHY, GAUR VIVEK, GHAISAS NAMRATA

Patent(s) Filed

1. PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUANTIFICATION OF TASTE PARAMETERS IN FOOD & BEVERAGES
Country Filed: INDIA
Application Number: 202411009988 Date of Filing: 12-02-2024
Inventor(s): KUMAR RITESH, KUMAR SAURAV, KAUR RISHEMJIT, BHONDEKAR AMOL P, SHARMA ANUPMA, CHERWO LUBHAN, GUPTA VIKAS, SUDEENDRA UPPOOR RAMAMURTHY, GAUR VIVEK, GHAISAS NAMRATA

Significant recognition: Awards, Honours and Fellowships

Other Information

Technology (Developed/Transfered/Commercialised) / Software Applications, Algorithms designed/developed/deployed and implemented

Ritesh Kumar, Rishemjit Kaur, Amol P Bhondekar. An open source library (SITOLib) for mathematical optimization feature extraction available at http://mloss.org/software/view/457/.

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