This is the author manuscript accepted for publication and has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/star.202000143. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Comparison of Starch Characteristics from Pigmented and Non Pigmented Sorghum Cultivars before and after Electron Beam Irradiation Vivek Jaiswal a , K.P. Rawat b , Arijit Dutta Gupta a , Vivek Bhadauria c Uttam Chavan d , Dipankar Kalita e , Harinder Singh a a Department of Chemical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj- 211004, India. b Electron Beam Processing Section, RTDD, BARC, Vashi Complex, Vashi , Navi Mumbai - 400703, India. c Department of Chemistry, Ewing Christian College, Prayagraj-211007, India. d Department of Food Science and Technology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri - 413722, Ahmednagar, India. e Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, Napaam, Assam 784 028, India * Corresponding author: Telephone: +91-5322271586 E-mail address: harinderpdfb@gmail.com (Harinder Singh) Abstract Starch was extracted from the seeds of a pigmented (Phule Rohini) and a non pigmented (Phule Maldandi) Indian sorghum cultivars using same wet milling method for both cultivars. The study was focused on investigation of the effect of pigment remaining in starch after isolation on starch