CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Assistant Professor in Dietetics and Applied Nutrition with a role to teach Dietetics and Nutrition modules of the M.Sc DAN course.

• Recipient of the UGC-BSR Fellowship to complete the doctoral research work entitled “Impact of Nutrition intervention on nutritional status and clinical outcomes in subjects with Head and Neck Cancer”.  
• Has been into Teaching for post-graduate students for more than 6 years at various Institutes.  
• Has 7 years of research experience in Nutrition, Dietetics and Pharmacognosy. Main areas of research include formulation of nutraceuticals and functional foods for cancer and execution of clinical trials in target population. 
• Has 12 publications in peer reviewed National/International Journals i.e., 10 research papers, 1 Book, 1 Review article.
• Has 34 conference presentations to her credit and has received 9 awards for poster and oral presentation as presenting/co-author in National/ International Conferences.  
• Has supervised 4 Master’s dissertations and has been part of many National funded research projects (3-UGC sponsored). Has been part of the Joint Review Mission of the Mid day meal Program project. 
• Has been part of the Joint Review Mission of the Mid-day meal Program in Karnataka for the year 2019-2020.
• Has qualified the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Home Science in June 2013.  
• She has served as a Subject Expert and Teaching Assistant for the Food and Nutrition course of the UGC-CEC-SWAYAM project as part of the initiative by MHRD, Govt. of India. 
• She is a Nutrition Counselor and has 7 years of experience in the field.
• Recipient of "Manjula Suma Memorial Endowment Cash Prize" Award for securing 2^nd Rank in M.Sc Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore.

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Advanced Nutrition	1st

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
PhD	Food Science and Nutrition	University of Mysore	2020
PhD	Master of Science	University of Mysore	2013
Bachelor of Science	Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, Chemistry and Microbiology	University of Mysore	2011

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
DOS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION, UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE	Research Scholar (UGC-BSR Fellow)	Conducting theory and practicals in Nutrition related subjects for a minimum of 4 hours per week for Post-graduate students at University of Mysore
DOS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION, UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE	Guest Faculty	Conducting theory and practicals in Culinary Science at Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Education Centre, University of Mysore	September 2015- June 2016
Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Education Centre	Guest Faculty	2. Conducting theory and practicals in Nutrition related subjects (8 hours per week) for Post-graduate students at University of Mysore	September 2020 - December 2020
UGC-CEC-SWAYAM	Teaching Assistant	Course outline development and execution of the online course in Food and Nutrition under the UGC-CEC-SWAYAM project, MHRD, Government of India	July 2019- December 2020