Overview
The Department of Food and Nutrition was the first Post-Graduate Department of Lady Irwin College. It has come a long way since its inception in 1958 with a high standard of academic and infrastructural development. Today it offers M.Sc. in Food and Nutrition in three areas of specialization, namely, Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, and Food Science and Processing and a one-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition with a 3-month internship in the Dietetics Department of a hospital. The Master’s programme is further strengthened by a six-week summer placement in different organizations such as NFI, FRAC, AIIMS, CFTRI, NIPCCD, USAID, NDRI, Public Health Foundation of India, DIPAS, Centre for Community Medicine, AIIMS, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, National Nutritional Rehabilitation Training and Resource Centre, to name a few. In addition, it offers Ph.D. programmes in all these areas of specialization. B.Sc. (Hons) Food Technology course was started in Lady Irwin College in July 2017. Before that in 2013, the Department had also offered a B.Tech. in Food Technology after AICTE approval. A batch of 133 students had completed the course.
The excellent academic programme of the Department is enriched by the laboratory experience, as well as community outreach activities, supported by easy access to a Department library, computers, and other necessary facilities. The different courses have been expanded and diversified to meet the emerging needs and challenges in the field of Food and Nutrition. This has been achieved through not only course work but with emphasis given to research, community work focusing on capacity building of underprivileged sections of the population, seminars, internship/training in hospitals, food industries, and related organizations, educational tours, conferences, and workshops.
Lady Irwin College is an empanelled training partner under the Food Safety Training and Certification initiative of FSSAI since 30th June 2017. Six faculty members are certified trainers and assessors and more than 300 trainees have undergone the Food Safety Supervisor – basic/advanced catering certification course. The Department is also recognized as the “National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets” since 2018. Department of Food & Nutrition and Food Technology has been recognized as the State Level Technical Institution (SLTI) for Delhi Government under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprise (PMFME) Flagship Scheme by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI in 2020. A grant has been received from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology under the Star College Scheme to strengthen Education and Training for the BSc (Hons) Food Technology Program in 2020.
Vision
The Department of Food and Nutrition at Lady Irwin College endeavors to achieve excellence in teaching and research for outreach to the community, industry, and institutions to ensure promotive health for all.
Mission
The Department of Food and Nutrition strives to achieve academic excellence in the field of nutrition research and development. The aim is to train a cadre of professionals who work as teachers, researchers, public health nutritionists, dietitians, nutrition consultants, food quality control officers, and experts in the development of innovative food products. The larger objective is the creation of nutrition awareness through community outreach for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle among the population.
Objectives:
- Training professionals in the field of Food and Nutrition with specialization in Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, and Food Science & Processing.
- Conducting research and outreach activities in these areas of specialization.
Teaching Staff
Non Teaching Staff (In alphabetical order)
Distinguished Alumnae
- Alka Mohan Chutani, Nutrition Consultant and Former Chief Dietician, AIIMS, Delhi
- Anita Jatana, Consultant Dietetics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi.
- Ashi Kohli Kathuria, Senior Nutrition Specialist, World Bank’s Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, Delhi.
- Charanjit Bhatt, Senior Scientist (retd.), Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi.
- Deeksha Kapur, Professor, Discipline of Nutritional Sciences, School of Continuing Education, IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi.
- Ishi Khosla, Clinical Nutritionist and Author, Centre for Dietary Counselling.
- Kanta Sharma, Professor (retd.), Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
- Kumud Khanna, Former Director, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi.
- Meera Shekhar , Global Lead, Nutrition, World Bank, USA.
- Nilanjana Singh, Nutrition and Wellness Consultant, National Executive Member, Indian Dietetic Association.
- Nita Mehta, Cooking Consultant, Culinary Academy Private Limited, Delhi.
- Rekha Sharma, Former Chief Dietician, AIIMS, Delhi.
- Ritika Samaddar, Chief Clinical Nutritionist, Regional Head, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. New Delhi
- Sheila C. Vir, Public Health Nutrition Consultant; Founder and Director, Public Health Nutrition and Development Centre, Anand Niketan, New Delhi.
- Sushma Palmer, President, Center for Communications, Health & the Environment (CECHE), Washington, DC.
Time Table
For Time Table, please view the Time Table Page
Placements & Internships
Our students get placed in best of companies and organizations. The students also get a chance to do the internships very renowned companies and organizations. Complete list can be viewed here: Placements & Internships
Placements
After completing their post graduation, the students find placement in a number of organisations as dieticians, counselors, research assistants, consultants, program officers, faculty, etc. Here is a list of organisations where our students were placed in the last five years. Some students also enrolled for the PhD programme.
MSc students go for summer internships of 4-6 weeks duration after the second semester to different organisations/institutes/food companies/laboratories.
PGDDPHN students go for a 3-month internship to a hospital after one year of coursework. BSc. (Hons) Food Technology students also do internships during their end semester breaks. The year wise details of internship are presented here for the period 2019-2024.
2023-24
M.Sc. Food and Nutrition
S.No. | Student’s Name | Organization |
1 | Snigdha Taneja | SHARP NGO |
2 | Sangh Priya | Sodexo |
3 | Lubhanshi | The George Institute for Global Health |
4 | PARIDHI ROHATGI | Nestle R&D Centre |
5 | Shivani Jha | Food Future Foundation |
6 | Tanu Sharma | CCM, AIIMS Delhi |
B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Technology | ||
7 | Khushi Bhushan | United Health Group |
8 | Aparna Kumari | Sudha Dairy Plant |
9 | Tanu | Sudha Dairy |
10 | Arti Mala | Hotel Maurya Patna Sudha Patna Dairy Project |
11 | Jyoti Salalia | Healthy Whey Protein Epifamily Private Limited |
12 | Apurwa Shyam | Sudha Dairy |
13 | Ekantika Harsini | Dharampal Satyapal Group |
14 | Ananya Singh | Shree Nath Jee Bakers Pvt Ltd (Parle) |
15 | Rupali Yaduvanshi | Saras Dairy |
16 | Yukta Kumari | Sudha Dairy Patna Project |
17 | Rajlakshmi Kumari | Paras Pvt Ltd |
18 | Chhavi Aneja | Shakun Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (Britannia Unit) |
19 | Isha | Dudhmansagar Dairy, Amul |
20 | Mahak Kulshrestha | GRTS Food Pvt Ltd |
DIPAS, DRDO
Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital
Centre for Community Medicine All India Institute of Medical Science
Centre for Community Medicine All India Institute of Medical Science
Annual Calendar
Activity | Month and Day |
Thrust Areas of Research Workshop | 31 July 2024 |
World Breast Feeding Week celebration | 1-7 August 2024 |
Orientation program for the new PG students | August 2024 |
Orientation to library e-resources | August 2024 |
Rashtriya Poshan Maah celebrations | September 2024 |
Internship presentations by MSc Final year students | September 2024 |
Technical Review Board meeting for dissertation proposals | October 2024 |
Workshop on Technical Writing | October 2024 |
World Food Day celebration | 16 October 2024 |
KPS Memorial Lecture | November 2024 |
Seminar presentations by MSc Final year students | November 2024 |
Meeting of LICAA-FN Professional Chapter | December 2024 |
Skill Development Workshop | January 2025 |
Webinar | February 2025 |
World Obesity Day event | 4 March 2025 |
Career Counseling | March 2025 |
World Health Day event | April 2025 |
PGDDPHN Seminar presentation | April 2025 |
MSc Dissertation Submission | April 2025 |
Farewell of outgoing batch of PG students | May 2025 |
Meeting of LICAA-FN Professional Chapter | June 2025 |
Summer Internship | June 2025 |
Date | Event |
July 2023 | Internship and exams |
1-7 August 2023 | World Breast Feeding Week Celebration |
August 2023 | Orientation for Postgraduate students |
August 2023 | Workshop on ‘Thrust areas in Research’ |
September 2023 | Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations |
September 2023 | Workshop on ‘Technical Writing Skills’ |
October 2023 | Technical Review Board Meeting for Dissertation Proposals |
October 2023 | Internship presentations by M.Sc. Final year students |
16th October 2023 | World Food Day Celebration |
November 2023 | 50th KPS Memorial Lecture |
November 2023 | Seminar presentations by M.Sc. Final students |
December 2023 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter |
January 2024 | Skill development workshop |
February 2024 | Celebration of 65 years of the Department |
March 2024 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter |
7th April 2024 | World Health Day Celebration |
April 2024 | Submission of MSc dissertation |
April 2024 | Farewell for outgoing batch of postgraduate students |
June 2024 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter |
June 2024 | Summer Internship for MSc students |
Date | Event |
July 2022 | Workshop on ‘Resume writing and Preparing for Job Interviews’ |
July 2022 | PGDDPHN Golden Jubilee Event and farewell to the golden batch |
1-7 August 2022 | World Breast Feeding Week Celebration |
August 2022 | Orientation to Library E-resources |
August 2022 | Workshop on ‘Thrust areas in Research’ |
September 2022 | Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations |
September 2022 | PGDDPHN Golden Jubilee event |
September 2022 | Workshop on ‘Technical Writing Skills’ |
October 2022 | Technical Review Board Meeting for Dissertation Proposals |
October 2022 | Internship presentations by M.Sc. Final year students |
16th October 2022 | World Food Day Celebration |
October 2022 | Orientation Program for the new PG students |
November 2022 | KPS Memorial Lecture |
November 2022 | Seminar presentations by M.Sc. Final students |
December 2022 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter |
December 2022 | PGDDPHN Golden Jubilee event |
January 2023 | Skill development workshop |
February 2023 | Webinar |
March 2023 | PGDDPHN Golden Jubilee event |
7th April 2023 | World Health Day Celebration |
April 2023 | Submission of MSc dissertation |
June2023 | Farewell for outgoing batch of postgraduate students |
June 2023 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter |
June 2023 | Summer Internship for MSc students |
Date | Activity |
July 2021 | Workshop on ‘Resume writing and Preparing for Job Interviews’
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1-7 August 2021 | World Breast Feeding Week Celebration |
August 2021 | Orientation to Library E-resources |
September 2021 | Rashtriya Poshan Maah Celebrations (Intercollege competitions, Plantation drive for promotion of kitchen gardens, Webinars)
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September 2021 | Workshop on ‘Thrust areas in Research’ |
September 2021 | Workshop on ‘Technical Writing Skills’ |
October 2021 | Technical Review Board Meeting for Dissertation Proposals |
October 2021 | Internship presentations by M.Sc. Final year students |
16th October 2021 | World Food Day Celebration |
October 2021 | KPS Memorial Lecture
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November 2021 | Orientation Program for the new PG students |
November 2021 | Seminar presentations by M.Sc. Final students |
December 2021 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter
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December 2021 | Skill development course |
January 2022 | Webinar on Innovations in Research |
February 2022 | Webinar on Entrepreneurship |
March 2022 | Skill development course |
7th April 2022 | World Health Day Celebration |
May 2022 | Submission of MSc dissertation |
June 2022 | Farewell for outgoing batch of MSc students |
June 2022 | Meeting of the LICAA- FN Professional chapter
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June 2022 | Summer Internship |
Date | Activity |
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May 2020 | Thesis viva voce of M.Sc. Final students |
June 2020 | Internship of M.Sc. Previous students |
July 2020 | Workshop for students entering M.Sc. (Food and Nutrition Final) on ‘Thrust Areas in Research’. |
August 2020 | Webinars for UG and PG students |
September 2020 | Poshan Maah Celebrations (Intercollege competitions, Webinars) |
September, 2020 | Technical Writing workshop for M.Sc. Final Students |
September, 2020 | M.Sc. Final Plagiarism and e-resource orientation |
September, 2020 | Dissertation Proposal Presentation and TRB |
September, 2020 | Internship presentations by M.Sc. Final year students |
September 2020 | M.Sc. Entrance exam and admission of new batch of M.Sc. Previous students |
16th October, 2020 | Participation in various events for World food Day |
November, 2020 | KPS Memorial Lecture |
November 2020 | Seminar presentations by M.Sc. Final students |
March 2021 | PFNDAI sponsored event, Webinar |
April 2021 | Thesis submission of M.Sc. Final; farewell of M.Sc. `final students |
Date | Activity |
May 2019 | Thesis viva voce of M.Sc. Final year students |
June 2019 | Internship of M.Sc. Previous students |
June 2019 | M.Sc. Entrance exam and admission of new batch of M.Sc. Previous students |
July 2019 | Internship for PGDDPHN students |
July 2019 | Workshop for students entering M.Sc. (Food and Nutrition Final) on ‘Thrust Areas in Research’. |
1st-7th August, 2019 | Breast Feeding Promotion Week |
August, 2019 | Orientation Programme for M.Sc. (Food and Nutrition) Semester- I students and PGDDPHN semester-I students |
August, 2019 | M.Sc. Previous Library, Plagiarism and e-resource orientation |
August, 2019 | Dissertation Proposal Presentation and TRB |
Sept, 2019 | Internship presentations by M.Sc. Final year students |
1st-7th Sept., 2019 | National Nutrition Week |
16th October, 2019 | Participation in various events for World food Day |
October, 2019 | KPS Memorial Lecture |
February 2020 | Seminar presentations by M.Sc. Previous students |
April 2020 | Thesis submission of M.Sc. Final; farewell of M.Sc.
final year students |
Departmental Activities
The department is involved in various activities. Complete list of activities can be viewed here: Departmental Activities
ANNUAL EVENTS
- Orientation program for Postgraduate students
- Workshop on Thrust Areas of Research
- World Breast Feeding Week
- PoshanMaah (National Nutrition Month)
- World Food Day
- KamlaPuri Sabharwal Memorial Lecture
- Educational Visits and Trips
- Special Lectures and Workshops
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
- A workshop on “Thrust Areas in Research’ was organized on 7th August, 2019 to help the Postgraduate students to identify the topics for MSc. Dissertation with experts in fields of Public Health Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Food Science. The experts were Dr. Arti Bhanot, Dr. Vani Sethi and Dr. Mansi Chopra.
- A seminar on Celiac Disease was organized in collaboration with Celiac Support Organization on 4th September, 2019 to give a basic introduction to Celiac disease, its investigation and management to the faculty and the students. The panelists for the session were Prof S.K. Mittal, Dr Sushma Narayan and Dr Raghvendra Singh.
- National Nutrition Week was organized on 6thSeptember, 2019. The theme of the event was “Feeding Smart from the Start” and students participated from various colleges of University of Delhi.
- Seminar on “Food Systems & Dietary Diversity-Facing the Challenges of 21st Century” on 28th February, 2020. Speakers- Ms. Nidhi Agarwal, Marico, Ms. Mani Misra, Mother Dairy, Ms. Deepti Gulati, GAIN, Ms. SwechhaSoni, PFNDAI
- International seminar on “Scope of Public Health Nutrition: A Global Perspective” on 3rd January, 2020. The speakers were Kay Stearns Bruening, Nutrition Programs Syracuse, Syracuse University, USA; Ms Prachi Shukla, Assistant Professor, Lady Irwin College; Dr Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi and Dr. Mansi Chopra, Consultant, NCEARD.
SPECIAL LECTURES
- KamlaPuri Sabharwal Annual Memorial Lecture was held on 22nd October, 2019. Dr. Hemalatha R, Director, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, spoke on “The Burden of Child and Maternal malnutrition – The NNM Targets.”
- Role of Yoga and Traditional Practices in Disease Management by Dr. MantuSaha, Senior Scientist, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi was organized on 16th October, 2019.
- Women’s Health and Nutrition on 13th September, 2019. The invited speakers were Dr Rahul Manchanda, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute (PSRI) and Dr Sebanti Ghosh, Alive and Thrive.
- Career Prospects in Food Technology: Role of budding Food technologists was organized on 9th September, 2019. The speaker was Dr. TSR Murali, Founder Urja Consultants, Gurgaon.
TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMS
- Telecast of ‘Arogya Bharat – Mission POSHAN’ on Adolescent Health and Nutrition on DD1 on December 2, 2019. The program was prepared by NCEARD in collaboration with DD 1, UNICEF, FSSAI and MoHFW.
- Radio program on “Adolescent Health and Nutrition” aired on AIR FM (Rainbow) Radio on December 11, 2019.
- Telecast of ‘Arogya Bharat – Mission POSHAN’ on Maternal Obesity and associated conditions, diet and lifestyle management on DD1 on January 6, 2020.
- Telecast of ‘Arogya Bharat – Mission POSHAN’ on Maternal Anemia on DD1 on February 10, 2020.
- Telecast of ‘Arogya Bharat – Mission POSHAN’ on Food Safety and Adulteration telecast on 2nd March 2020 on DD1.
Research & Publication
The department is involved in various research projects. Here are some of projects and publications. Complete list can be viewed here: Research & Publications
- Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprise Scheme (PM FME) Flagship Scheme by MoFPI, GoI. Department of Food & Nutrition and Food Technology has been recognized as State Level Technical Institution (SLTI) by the Delhi Government. Faculty Member (s): Prof. (Dr.) Manisha Sabharwal and Dr. Aparna Agarwal
- Star College Scheme for “Strengthening Life Science and Biotechnology Education Training at undergraduate level” funded by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology for Twenty-five lakhs for three years for B.Sc.(Hons) Food Technology (2020 to 2023). Faculty Member (s) Dr. Pooja Raizada and Dr Aparna Agarwal.
- Satellite Centre North covering 6 states of North India as a part of a multicentric study funded by WHO on ‘Optimization of Supplementary Nutrition Provisions of the Integrated Child Development Services of India’ between October 2022- February 2023. Total amount sanctioned is Rs.15, 25,650/- Faculty Member (s): Prof. Pulkit Mathur, Prof. Lalita Verma.
- Standardized Recipes for Tuberculosis Patients and Those with Other Nutritional Deficiency Diseases, Mundona Rural Development Foundation (Ni-kshay Mitra working under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan), Rs. 1,20,000/- . Faculty Member (s): Prof Neena Bhatia, Dr Neha Bakshi, Dr Anjani Bakshi.
- Non Nutritive Sweetener and their Role in Insulin Regulation and Related Metabolic Factors, funded by ILSI-India, grant sanctioned-Rs 50,000, Minor project. Faculty Member (s): Prof. Pulkit Mathur, Dr Anjani Bakshi.
- An infrastructure development project, “Creation of Infrastructure facilities for Food Technology degree course” funded by Office of Commissioner of Industries, Delhi Govt for one Crore from 2019 to 2021. The project involved purchase of different analytical equipment for different laboratories of the Department. Faculty Member: Dr Aparna Agarwal.
- ILSI_India Project- “Micronutrient status of COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients- A systematic Review” Faculty Member (s): Dr. Swati Jain, Dr Neha Bakshi, Dr Kanika Agarwal, Dr H. Memthoi.
- National Centre for Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets (NCEARD), a technical assistance resource Centre for the Maternal Health Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, housed within the Department of Food and Nutrition. February 2018-June 2020. Faculty Member: Prof. Neena Bhatia (2018-2019); Prof. Manisha Sabharwal (2019-2020).
- Project on preparation of a Monograph on Healthy Diets and Healthy Eating sponsored by ILSI-India, January – 2018 – March 2019.Faculty Member: Prof. Pulkit Mathur.
- Rice Fortification by DSM Ingredients Pvt. Ltd. in 2021. Money sanctioned: Rs 35000. Faculty Member: Prof Manisha Sabharwal and Dr Aparna Agarwal
- Agarwal, A., Gandhi, S., Tripathi, A. D., Iammarino, M., & Homroy, S. (2022). Analysis of Bisphenol A migration from microwaveable Polycarbonate cups into coffee during microwave heating. International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 57(12), 7477-7485.
- Agarwal, A., Gupta, M., Kumari, A., & Gupta, A. (2022). Development and characterization of physico-chemical and functional properties of green tea yoghurt. Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences, 11(5), e4666-e4666.
- Aggarwal, D., Bhardwaj, A., Sobti, A. K., Fatma, S., Sharma, N., & Bansal, V. (2022). Processing induced changes on coarse cereals (majorly millets) derived antioxidant compounds-a review. Functional Food Science, 2(8), 163-180.
- Avula, R., Nguyen, P. H., Tran, L. M., Kaur, S., Bhatia, N., Sarwal, R., … & Menon, P. (2022). Reducing childhood stunting in India: Insights from four subnational success cases. Food Security, 14(4), 1085-1097.
- R, Bhatia N, et al. (2021). “Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: in Pandemic Times”Fourth POSHAN Abhiyaan Progress Monitoring Report NITI Aayog, Government of India, 2021. Poshan-Abhiyaan-Monitoring.pdf (niti.gov.in).
- Seth V, Singh K, Mathur P. Diet Planning Through the Lifecycle Part II: Diet Therapy -A Practical Manual. Publ Elite Publishing House. 6th Edition. 2019. ISBN 978-81-93599-66-2.
- Membrane Processing (In Food Processing & Preservation), Scientific Publishers.
- Bhatia, N., Mathur, P. & Raizada, P. (2018). The Yellow Book- Your Guide to Safe and Nutritious Food @ School Level I. 2018, MACMILLAN Publishers India Private Limited ISBN: 978-93-87914- 12-4
- Bhatia, N., Mathur, P. & Raizada, P. (2018). The Yellow Book- Your Guide to Safe and Nutritious Food @ School Level II 2018, MACMILLAN Publishers India Private Limited, ISBN: 978-93-87914-13-1.
- Bhatia, N., Bakshi N., & Bakshi, A. (2023). Nutritious Recipes – For Tuberculosis Patients & Those with Other Nutritional Deficiency Diseases, Mundona Rural Development Foundation.
- Jain, Swati; Bakshi, Neha; Agarwal, Kanika; Heirangkhongjam, M. D. (2023). Micronutrient levels of COVID-19 patients- A systematic review of hospitalized patients. ILSI Monograph Series on Science for Public Health- 4, 1-36.
- Lal, P.R. (2023). A Handbook of Ayurveda and Nutrition, Elite Publishing, New Delhi. ISBN -13- 978-8195556717.
- Agarwal, P. & Mathur, P. (Eds) (2021). Eat Right: A Food Systems Approach. Food Future Foundation. ISBN 978-93-5526459-6.
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- Agarwal, A., Heirangkhongjam, M. D., & Agarwal, K. (2022). Bioenergy and Food Processing Waste. In: Srivastava,N.,& Malik, M.A.(Eds.), Food Waste to Green Fuel: Trend & Development (pp. 25-41). Springer Nature Singapore.
- Agarwal, A., Kaur, N., Jaiswal, N., Heirangkhongjam, M.D., Agarwal, K. (2022). Enzyme in Milk and Milk Products: Role and Application. In: Dutt Tripathi, A., Darani, K.K., Srivastava, S.K. (Eds.), Novel Food Grade Enzymes. Springer, Singapore.
- Bazaria, B. & Neeraj. (2022).Waste Management of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry. In S.B. Dhull, A. Singh, & P. Kumar. (Eds.), Food Processing Waste and Utilization. (pp.35-53). CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Bazaria, B. & Neeraj. (2023). General Overview of Composition, Use in Human Nutrition, Process of Sprouting, Change in Composition During Sprouting, Parameters Affecting Nutritional Quality During Sprouting, Benefits of Sprouts, Nutritional Values and Food Safety Issues of Allium Sprouts. In I. Majid, B. A. Kehinde, B. Dar, & V. Nanda (Eds.), Advances in Plant Sprouts, Phytochemistry and Biofunctionalities. (403-415). Springer.
- Heirangkhongjam, M.D. (2023). Ayurvedic Aahar: FSSAI Regulations. In Lal, P.R.(Ed.), A Handbook of Ayurveda and Nutrition. Elite Publishing, New Delhi, ISBN-13 978-8195556717.
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- Anjani, B. (2023). A systematic review on the effect of Non Nutritive Sweeteners on Insulin Regulation, Glycemic response, appetite and weight [Paper presentation], 6th Annual National Conference, SPEEDCON.
- Bhatia, N. (2022, September 21). Keynote Lecture, Optimal Nutrition and Development during first 1000 days, Rashtriya POSHAN Maah Celebration organized by Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi and Nutrition Society, Delhi Chapter.
- Bhatia, N. (2022, September 26). Context Setting, workshop, Enhancing Counselling skills for Infant Feeding and use of Mother and Child Protection Card for counselling mothers, Lady Irwin College, NIPCCD, Nutrition Society of India, Delhi Chapter.
- Bhatia, N. (2022, September 27). Maternal and Child Nutrition, training for 150 Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AWWs and AWH), Celebration of Rashtriya POSHAN Maah , HCL Foundation, Gautam Budh Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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M.Sc. Dissertations 2024
S.No. | Name of student | Dissertation title | Supervisor |
1 | Aakriti Tomar | Overweight among primary school children attending private schools in Delhi : Related variables | Prof. Ravinder Chadha |
2 | Angleena Saran | Creation of Awareness on Ultra-processed Food and its Health Implications among Adolescents (12-15 years) attending Private Schools in Delhi. | Prof. Ravinder Chadha |
3 | Anjali | Assessment of the food environment in and around the private schools of Delhi and its effect on the nutritional status (12-16 years) | Dr Memthoi Devi & Dr. Upasana Yadav |
4 | Snigdha Taneja | Influence of digital and social media on the dietary behaviour and nutritional status of college going students (19-22 years) | Dr Memthoi Devi |
5 | Binyfer Husain | Association of food addiction behaviour with lifestyle-related factors among college-going girls staying at and away from home. | Dr. Naveena N & Dr. Bindu |
6 | Laxmi | Association of lifestyle factors and nutritional status of college going girls (18-25 years) | Dr Naveena N & Dr. Sakshi Khurana |
7 | Deepali | Nutritional awareness and preferences for ultra-processed food amongst homemaker and gainfully employed women and it’s association with their BMI. | Dr Aparna Agarwal |
8 | Sangh Priya | Effect of radiation on nutritional and physico-chemical properties of sprouted browntop millet flour | Dr. Aparna Agarwal & Dr. Kodandaram Reddy |
9 | Geetika | Breastfeeding barriers of gainfully employed women in Delhi slums | Dr Poonam Singh & Dr. Sakshi Khurana |
10 | Smita Kumari | Assessment of dietary pattern, intake of dietary supplements and physical activity in gymnasium going young adults, in Delhi. | Dr Poonam Singh & Dr. Sidharth Suman |
11 | Harleen Gujral | Online food ordering and nutritional status of young college going girls | Dr. Anjani Bakshi |
12 | Shreya Chauhan | Assessment of nutritional status and physical fitness parameters of 10 – 18 years old professional athletes playing football | Dr. Anjani Bakshi |
13 | Ishika Tayal | A comparative study of climacteric symptoms and factors influencing them in homemakers vs gainfully employed women in Delhi, age 40-60 years | Prof. Lalita Verma |
14 | Raunaque Parveen | Assessment of growth profile and nutritional status among the age group of 3 to 5 years old attending Anganwadi centers of Haryana | Prof. Lalita Verma |
15 | Ishita Singhal | Assessing the Potential of Plectranthus amboinicus (Indian Borage) Leaf Extract as an Additive in Mayonnaise | Dr Bindu & Dr. Kodandaram Reddy |
16 | Jyoti Bisht | Dietary diversity and micronutrient adequacy of diets consumed by school going preadolescents (10-12 years) in Delhi NCR. | Prof. Manisha Sabharwal |
17 | Lubhanshi | Health behaviour, lifestyle and risk factors of non-communicable diseases among young and middle-aged adults (25-45 years) living in Haryana | Prof. Manisha Sabharwal |
18 | Mona Chaurasia | Study of Nutritional Status and Health Related Quality of Life in Hypertensive Adults. | Prof. Prachi Shukla |
19 | Vamika Verma | Association between consumption of Ultra-processed foods and nutritional status of male working professionals aged 25-50 years | Prof. Prachi Shukla |
20 | Namita Pathania | Development of flour blends for optimal digestibility in different seasons | Prof. Sangeeta Goomer |
21 | Paridhi Rohatgi | Technology development for carbonated fermented vegetable drink | Prof. Sangeeta Goomer |
22 | Rabiya | Association between home food environment, diet quality and nutritional status of women (25-50 years of age) | Prof. Pulkit Mathur |
23 | Sonia Khwairakpam | Assessment of Diversity, Carbon Footprint and Cost of Diets of college-going students residing in Delhi | Prof. Pulkit Mathur |
24 | Riya Arora | Caffeine Consumption and its Association with Overweight and Obesity among Young Adults of Delhi | Dr Nidhi Jaiswal |
25 | Shivani Jha | Dietary Diversity and It’s Influence on Nutritional Status among Adolescent Boys and Girls (15–17 years) | Dr Nidhi Jaiswal |
26 | Ruchi Jha | Energy availability among school-going athletes (10-19 years) and it’s association with disordered eating. | Prof. Priti Rishi Lal |
27 | Sumaiya Khanam | Disordered eating among college going women (18-25 years) and its association with perceived stress. | Prof. Priti Rishi Lal |
28 | Rupal Kemwal | Assessing food preference and food habits among college girls | Dr. Siddharth Suman |
29 | Shivani Kumari | Standardisation of dried Mathua Flower Syrup: A Sustainable And Value Added Approach For Madhuca Indica Utilization | Dr Pooja Raizada |
30 | Tanu Sharma | Development of Nutrition Education Module on Healthy Eating for Adolescents. | Dr. Neena Bhatia |
31 | Vridhi Jain | Optimization of Tea-Infused Rice Fermented Beverage Utilizing 2-Days-Old Cooked Rice and Tea Waste |
Ms. Anjana Kumari & Dr. Upasana Yadav |
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Students awarded Ph. D. 2022
S.No. | Year of Registration | Title of Thesis | Name of Student | Name of Supervisor (s) |
1. | 2016 | Effect of Different Bariatric Procedures on Type 2 Diabetes Till One Year Follow Up.
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Prachi Shukla | Prof Anupa Siddhu
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2 | 2015 | Nutritional Profile and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Different Bariatric Surgery Procedures.
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Beena Arora | Prof Anupa Siddhu
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3 | 2017 | Technology Development for the Production of Millet and Legume based Protein Isolate/Hydrolysate and their Applications in Value Addition.
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Niharika Sachdev | Prof. Sangeeta Goomer
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4 | 2016 | Competency of Accredited Social Health Activists in Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling and Community Based Screening of Malnourished Children. | Sahiba Kohli, | Prof. Ravinder Chadha
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5 | 2016 | Consumption Pattern of Foods High in Fat, Salt and Sugar among Adolescents from Different Socio-Economic Groups of an Urban Area of Delhi.
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Preeti Kamboj | Prof. Neena Bhatia |
6 | 2016 | Complementary Feeding practices of Mothers of Infant and Young Children from Different Socio-Economic Strata in an urban area of Delhi.
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Komal Rathi | Prof. Neena Bhatia |
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Awards, Honors & Recognitions
The department and it’s members have received several awards, honors and recognitions. Some of them are listed below. Complete list can be viewed here: Awards & Recognitions
Prof. Anupa Siddhu
- Rajammal P. Devadas Memorial Award (2022) for “Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Nutritional Sciences” Nutrition Society of India (NSI), Hyderabad.
Prof. Sangeeta Goomer
- Expert speaker at Bundelkhand Agriculture University on Citrus Processing Hub Creation.
Prof. Ravinder Chadha
- Copyright Received for Software: Title – Indian diet portion assessment software – user manual, food photograph series, standardized values and recipes of food items. Authors – Vidisha, Ravinder Chadha. Category – literary. Copyright Registration No. L-123586/2023. Date of Issue: 05.06.2023
Prof. Neena Bhatia
- First prize for the oral paper presentation of paper Entitled Swapna Chaturvedi, Neena Bhatia and Naval Vikram “Association Between Lifestyle Characteristics and Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Case Control Study” at EFICON 2023 Conference “Innovation in Public Health: Addressing the Healthcare Challenges in India”
- Member, Technical Group on Nutrition, State of Jharkhand since April 2023.
- Invited TAG member for clinical trial on “MMS Superiority on Birth Outcomes and Anemia in India” being undertaken by INCLEN and funded by Gates Foundation.
- Expert Committee Member for Data Safety Monitoring Board for RCT on Consumption of Eggs and its effect on Height velocity to be conducted by National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-NIN),Hyderabad, 2022.
Prof. Priti Rishi Lal
- Award of excellence by Delhi University for University Value Addition Courses (VAC) examination June 2023.
Prof. Pulkit Mathur
- Certificate of Appreciation for contribution in the field of Health and Nutrition by SHARP NGO at the National Nutrition Conference 2022 held on 24th September 2022.
- Member, Scientific Panel on Nutrition and Fortification, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Member, Research Advisory Committee for Research Studies, National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development.
- Member, National Committee of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
- Member, National Executive Committee, Nutrition Society of India.
- National Resource Person for the FoSTaC program of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Member representing South Asia, International Scientific Committee, Choices International Foundation, The Netherlands.
- Master Trainer for the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Dr. Pooja Raizada
- Resource person for ‘First Aid’ in ‘Professional Development and Skill Enhancement Program for Non-Teaching Staff’ Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, October, 2022.
- Mentor for Blue Planet Sustainability Fellowships Program, Blue Nudge Collective Responsibility Drive (CRD), offered by Delhi Effective Education and Pedagogy Cluster (DEEP-C) in partnership with Blue Planet Environmental Solutions (BPES), February, 2023.
- Awarded certification As Master Trainer on completion of DHEERA Program 2021-2022, say No to Violence against women, VAW in association with DHEERA, FOGSI and UNICEF on 3-4th September 2022.
- Awarded certification As Master Trainer on completion of DHEERA Program 2021-2022, “Respectful Abortion Care “association within DHEERA , FOGSI and WHO(India) on 19th November 2022.
Dr. Lalita Verma
- Letter of Appreciation from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India for delivering a session on “Women’s Health and Nutrition”.
- Letter of Appreciation from Ministry of Health and Family welfare , Rural Health Training Centre, Najafgarh Delhi for conducting workshop for ASHA workers , Anganwadi workers and Auxiliary Midwifery Nurse on the topic “Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support”.
- Invited to Chair the session on “Poshan Abhiyan Closing Ceremony from the Department of Women and Child Development”, Government of Delhi.
- Invited to a webinar on “Prevention of Anemia in children, Adolescent and women” from the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Delhi.
- Invited to a webinar on “Women’s Health and Nutrition” on 9th September, 2022 organized by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
- Invited for session on “Anemia” in Skill Enhancement Program conducted by Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
Dr. Prachi Shukla
- Expert Committee Member for Mid Day Meal Kitchen inspection PM- Poshan Scheme.
- Member of State Level Steering cum Monitoring Committee for National program of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (NP-NSPE) under Mid Day Meal (PM- Poshan) Scheme.
Dr. Shailly Nigam
- Resource person for “First Aid” in ‘Professional Development and Skill Enhancement Program for Non- Teaching Staff’ Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, October, 2022.
Dr. Aparna Agarwal
- Mentor for Blue Planet Sustainability Fellowships Program, Blue Nudge Collective Responsibility Drive (CRD), offered by Delhi Effective Education and Pedagogy Cluster (DEEP-C) in partnership with Blue Planet Environmental Solutions (BPES), February, 2023.
- Nodal Officer, Delhi State Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises Scheme (PMFME), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI), Government of India.
- Mentor, Incubation Centre at Delhi State Entrepreneurship University.
- Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) Selection Committee, District Level Trainers.
- Joint Secretary, Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (AFSTI), Delhi Chapter.
- Technical expert, Central Discovery Center, Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institute (SATHI), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Triple Q-MS instrumentation team.
- National Level Master Trainer, Bakery and Confectionary, MoFPI.
Dr. Anjani Bakshi
- Panelist “Eating Disorders & Transition in Eating Habits – Panel Discussion”, Nutrition Week Celebration, Teacher’s Training Programme, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.
- Panelist “Women’s Health with Mindful Eating and Use of Millets”, IP College of Women, University of Delhi.
- EC Member (Treasurer), Nutrition Society of India (NSI), Delhi Chapter.
Dr. Kanika Agarwal
- Member, Editorial board, NSI Newsletter, Delhi Chapter.
Dr. Heirangkhongjam Memthoi Devi
- Invited as a National Level Resource Person, PM Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme Online Training for District Level Trainers on Food Processing, September (2 days).Organized by State Nodal Agency- Nagaland, Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Nagaland.
- Invited as a National Level Resource Person, Physical training PMFME Training of Beneficiary Category 1 on Grain Processing, 6 -12th September, 2022. Organized by Department of Food and Nutrition and Food Technology Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi and State Nodal Agency, Delhi.
Dr. Poonam Singh
- Recognition received from Elsevier-Life Sciences as Certificate of Reviewing.
Dr. Hema Singh
- Anupa Sahi Siddhu Gold Medal award for Excellence in Doctoral Work, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
Dr. Bindu
- National Level Master Trainer, Meat and Poultry, MoFPI.
- National Level Master Trainer, Milk & Milk Products Processing, MoFPI.
- III prize in Oral presentation titled “Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Adults at Annual Virtual Conference of Diabetes on 3rd October 2021.
- Chairperson, Consultation CII on- POSHAN, Anemia and Protein Deficiency. August 9th Food System Dialogue.
- Inaugural speaker UN Food System Summit, Youth led Food System Dialogue, September 9th
- Inaugural talk on Rashtriya Poshan Maah, September 18th
- Panelist on “Policies and Key Pathways Strengthening Public Health Nutrition” October 1st
- Speaker on 22nd Past President AIWC, Smt. Hannah Sen November, 12th
- Keynote Address: “Nutritional Needs of Adolescent Girls”. National Seminar on Addressing Comprehensive Needs of Adolescent Girls in India. 75 years Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava. NIPCCD, MinWCD on January 24th
- Keynote Address: National Webinar on recent Advances in Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C on March 12, 2022. Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences.
- Inaugural Address: Women Nutrition: Importance, challenges, and way forward April 9th
- Member, FSSAI Committee, Research Project Awards.
- Chief Guest: Lifestyle for Environment. DIC-DU, Eco Club. June 17th
- Guest of Honour: Inauguration at Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, July 4th 2022 for a 7 day National Workshop on “Hands on training on processing of fruits and vegetables by using preservation technologies to increase shelf life”.
Prof. Sangeeta Goomer
- Awarded with second prize in VIGYANIKA-Science Fiction Writing Competition – at 7th India International Science Festival (IISF), organised by Ministery of Earth Science & Technology and Vijana Bhatti under 75th Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Panaji, Goa-2021
- Awarded with Best Oral Presentation- 5th International Conference on Food and Nutrition for the title “Optimization of Developed plant based extruded snacks of high protein quality using response surface methodology” organised by Universal Society of Food and Nutrition (USFN), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2022.
Prof. Neena Bhatia
- Worked as Senior Specialist (Joint Advisor), Women and Child Development Vertical, NITI Aayog from May 2020 to April 2022
- Expert Committee Member for ‘Centre for Nutrition Research and Training’ under Division of Nutrition,Indian Council of Medical Research, 2021 onwards
- Expert Group Member, ICMR expert committee on “Total Diet Study /INdiaDiet And Biomarkers survey in India (INDAB-Study)” to be conducted by NIN 2022
- Expert Group Member, ICMR expert committee on Growth assessment of Indian Children: Need for India specific Growth Standards?, 2022
- Member, Doctoral Committee Expert, Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education For Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore 2022
- Member, Doctoral Committee Expert, Department of Food and Nutrition, IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan 2022
- External Examiner for doctoral Dissertation for IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Member, MyThali, Advisory Committee, Arogya World, 2022
- Advisory Group Member “Let’s fix our food” initiative of NIN, UNICEF, PHFI and multiple partners
- Selection Committee Member for post of Scientist B (Food & Nutrition) under ICMR “Centre for Promotion of Nutrition Research” 11 December 2021.
Prof. Priti Rishi Lal
- National conference (DIACARECON) October 2021: 3rd prize (7.5k) for research paper.
- Member, Board of studies: Applied Nutrition: Osmania University, 2021.
- International conference (SPEEDCON) May 2022: 2nd prize research paper Rs. 50,000/- cash prize.
Prof. Pulkit Mathur
- Member of the National Committee of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
- Convenor, Nutrition Society of India – Delhi Chapter
- Evaluation Committee Member, Eat Right Research Awards and Grant organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in March- May 2022
- Member, Evaluation Committee for State Food Safety Index for Large States 2021-22, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Certificate of Appreciation for being a Master Trainer for the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI.
- National Resource Person for the FoSTaC program of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Selection Committee member for The Nutrition Awards 2022 by Glenmark Foundation, February 2022.
- Moderator, Regional Consultation for North India on Nova-UPF Tool (for India) organized by PHFI, India in February-March 2022.
- Guest of Honor and Chairperson for session on ‘Need for evidence based Front of Pack Labeling in India’ at the National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue organised by PIPAL in New Delhi on 16 May 2022.
- Selection Committee Member for post of Scientist B (Food & Nutrition) under ICMR “Centre for Promotion of Nutrition Research” 11 December 2021.
- Evaluation Committee Member to review Eat Smart Cities Challenge organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India in September 2021.
- Judge for National Level Slogan Competition conducted by Indian Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Meerut, August 2021.
- Judge for National level Competition conducted by Nutrition Society of India Mumbai Chapter during National Nutrition Month, September 2021.
- Expert, Consultation on Strengthening food safety in the informal sector – Street Food vendor on August 5th, 2021 organized by Coalition of Partners to strategize for India’s participation at the UN Food System Summit (UNFSS).
- Expert, Mini-dialogue Consultation on Delivering Nutrition for School Going Children, 13th August, 2021 organized by Coalition of Partners to strategize for India’s participation at the UN Food System Summit (UNFSS).
- Expert, Mini-dialogue Consultation on Dietary Guidelines and Science based Recommendations, supplementation of diet via Health supplements and Nutraceuticals on August 19, 2021 organized by Coalition of Partners to strategize for India’s participation at the UN Food System Summit (UNFSS).
- External Member, Area Advisory Board, Amity Institute of Food Technology, Noida 2021.
Dr. Pooja Raizada
- First Prize for Abstract and Poster presentation at IAPEN Indian Clinical Nutrition Congress (ICNC-2022) on 19-20th March at AIIMS, New Delhi. Topic “Association of Perceived Stress With Nutritional Status & Nutrient Adequacy of Antenatal Women of Urban Delhi”
Dr. Lalita Verma
- Received appreciation letter as resource person on topic “Post Covid diet and nutrition” on 10 March 2022, at Netaji Subhash University of Technology (West Campus) Jaffarpur, New Delhi 110073.
- Panelist in the webinar held on 4th August 2021, during breast feeding week.
- Appreciation certificate for the contribution for the timely evaluation of answer scripts of Open Book Examination (OBE) held in June, 2021.
- Member of expert committee for working on Delhi model 2021, for Supplementary nutrition under SNP Aganwadi Services to assess and recommendation Diet/Product with active involvement of Women Self Help Groups.
Dr. Prachi Shukla
- III prize in Oral presentation titled “Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Adults at Annual Virtual Conference of Diabetes on 3rd Oct 2021.
- Master Trainer in Grain Processing for food Micro and Small enterprise (PMFME scheme) from CSIRCFTRI.
Dr. Shailly Nigam
- Judge for event “Oh My Veggies” organized by FT Professional Chapter, World Food Day, October 2021.
Dr. Aparna Agarwal
- Invited National Level Resource Person- Online Training for State Level District Training, PMFME Scheme, 16th- 18th June, 2021 Organized by: Department of Food and Nutrition and Food Technology Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
- Invited National Level Resource Person- Online Training for State Level District Training on bakery Products ODOP, PMFME Scheme, Sept, 2021 Organized by: Department of Food and Nutrition and Food Technology Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
- Invited National Level Resource Person- Online Training for State Level District Training on bakery ODOP, PMFME Scheme, Sept, 2021 Organized by: Department of Food and Nutrition and Food Technology Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi.
- Nodal Officer, PMFME Scheme SLTI Delhi.
- Mentor, Incubation center, PMFME Scheme.
- Coordinator, Food technology, DBT Star college Scheme.
Dr. Swati Jain
- 2021 Scholarship Recipient of Swiss School of Public Health + Lugano Summer School Course.
- Early Career Secretary, World Public Health Nutrition Association, UK
- International member- Strategic Communications Committee, Nutrition Society-UK.
Dr. Neha Bakshi
- Received First Prize for Poster presentation on Association of perceived stress with nutrition status and nutrient adequacy of antenatal women of urban Delhi. Authors: Athar N, Raizada P, Bakshi N. (2022),IAPEN India, Delhi Chapter; Conference on Reconnecting Nutrition.
- Member of an editorial board for journal Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2021.
- Executive Member at Indian Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 2021.
- Master Trainer – Entrepreneurship Development by Ministry of Food Processing Industries 2021, 2022.
- Peer Reviewer for Frontiers Nutrition (2021).
- Peer Reviewer for European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2021).
Dr. Anjani Bakshi
- UGC STRIDE Capacity Building, Dr. BMN College of Home Science, Secured first position in competition by Postgraduate student, Aishwarya Deorane for her M.Sc. Dissertation “Perceived stress and dietary choices during COVID-19 pandemic in men and women aged 25-35 years working as sales executives from home”.
Dr. Kanika Agarwal
- Editorial board member, NSI Newsletter, Nutrition Society of India, Delhi Chapter.
Dr. H. Memthoi Devi
- Certified Master Trainer in Spices and Plantation Crop Processing domain for Government of Delhi under PMFME Scheme, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 2021.
Dr. Poonam Singh
- Recognition received from Elsevier-Life Sciences as Certificate of Reviewing.
Dr. Hema Singh
- Awarded Ph.D. Degree, PhD title – Arsenic concentration in rice (Oryza sativa) and its fractions produced in Trans Indo-Gangetic Plain of India, its source and effect of cooking. February 2022.
- Guest of honor and plenary speaker at UGC conference on “Unfolding the Potentials of Women Including Girls and Children: Enhancing the Benefits Exponentially for One and All- Sabka Saath- Sabka Vikas” held on 27th March 2021 by Aditi Mahavidyalaya.
- Co-organiser at International Conference on “Delivery for Nutrition in India: Insight from implementation research” 15-18 Sept 2021 Co-host with IFPRI
- Inauguration of Solar Panels of Lady Irwin College by Hon. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Oct 15, 2021 with NDMC Chairperson.
Dr. Neena Bhatia
- Member, Expert Committee for Centre for Nutrition Research and Training under Division of Nutrition, ICMR, 2021
- Member, Expert Committee to review the Project Proposals, Fellowships, Screening and Selection Committees in the Division of Nutrition, ICMR, GOI.
Dr. Manisha Sabharwal
- First prize to MSc Dissertation student, Aishwarya Deorane at UGC STRIDE National Level-Virtual Research Paper Competition organised by UGC STRIDE Capacity Building Centre at Dr. BMN College of Home Science (Mumbai), on 10th and 11th June, 2021.The research paper was titled, ‘Perceived stress and dietary choices during Covid 19 pandemic in men and women aged 25-35 years working as sales executives from home’.
Dr. Pulkit Mathur
- Member, Evaluation Committee for State Food Safety Index for Large States 2020-21, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Chairperson, Oral Paper Presentations at the Virtual International Conference on Role of Micronutrients: Immunity and Health organised by Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, held on 18-19 June 2021.
- Member, Regional Jury for the National Low Salt Cooking Challenge organised by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, March 2021.
- Member, National Level Screening Committee for the National Eat Right Creativity Challenge organized by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, February 2021.
- Member, National Task Force on Balanced & Healthy Diets, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 2020.
- Member of the National Committee of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
- Convenor, Nutrition Society of India- Delhi Chapter
- National Resource Person, FoSTaC, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Judge for Intercollege Skit Competition (video) competition organized by Lakshmibai College, in collaboration with NSI and NetProFAN for celebrating Nutrition Month in September, 2020.
Dr. Lalita Verma
- Master Training Programme on Grain Processing from CFTRI, Mysore
Ms. Prachi Shukla
- Master Trainer (Grain Processing), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt of India
Dr. Priti Rishi Lal
- Member BOS Sports Nutrition, Osmania University
- Member BOS Applied Nutrition, Osmania University.
Dr. Aparna Agarwal
- Certificate of Appreciation, NutriScholar Award 2020 as Mentor in 4 PM healthy savory snack (Dec 2020).
- National Level Master Trainer in Fruit and Vegetables processing by Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Oct 2020.
- National Level Master Trainer in Milk and Milk Product processing by Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Dec 2020.
- Nodal Officer, PMFME Scheme, Delhi State
- Task Force: ODOP consultation organized by Lady Irwin College in collaboration with DSIIDC
Dr. Dipesh Aggarwal
- CQFS Food Safety Award 2021 for contribution in Food Safety
Dr. Nidhi Jaiswal
- Master Trainer for Food Micro and small enterprises -Entrepreneurship Development Programme by Ministry of Food processing Industries, Government of India
Dr. Swati Jain
- Position- Early Career Secretary (World Public Health Nutrition Association, UK)
Dr. Neha Bakshi
- Master Trainer – Entrepreneurship Development by Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Editorial Member of an editorial board for journal Acta Scientific Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Executive Member at Indian Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Expert Speaker at Educational Video: COVID & Nutrition: Myths and Facts by NCEARD, FSSAI and MyGov.in
- Invited as an expert to present on Nutrition from locally available food for adolescent and school children by Magic Bus Foundation. April 2021
Dr. Anjani Bakshi
- Speaker in TEN NEWS, 12/6/2020 to deliver a talk on “Healthy Living: Eat Well, Exercise Right”.
- Video on “Healthy food during COVID 19” posted in the website of Government of India (MyGov India).
Dr. H. Memthoi Devi
- National Level Master Trainer in Fruit and Vegetable Processing for Government of Delhi National Level Master Trainer in Spices and Plantation Crops Processing for Government of Delhi
Dr. Poonam Singh
1. Recognition Certificate of Reviewing By Elsevier Life Sciences since 2019.
Dr. Anupa Siddhu
- Head, Department of Home Science, University of Delhi
- Chairperson, Roshni, Centre of Women Collectives led Social Action
- Chairperson, National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets (NCEARD)
- Chief Guest at UGC Sponsored National conference on the topic “Food Safety, Nutrition and Sustainability” on 6- 7th March, 2020 at SPM College, University of Delhi.
- Expert, for talk on DD News for series on Arogya Bharat.
- Guest of Honour for National Seminar “Food & Cultures of North East: Solutions to Sustainable Development” held on 22nd August, 2019, at Vivekananda College, University of Delhi.
- Convenor campaigns on Volunteer for Indian Women on PMSMA by NCEARD in July, 2019.
Dr. Sangeeta Goomer
- Award for Excellent work in Food and Nutrition by Social Imprints CSR Awards and Summit 2019
- CSR Advisory Committee-Director Ministry of MSME, 4th January 2019.
- Best Oral presentation award- at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology for the title “Optimization of extrusion parameters to Develop Protein Quality Rich Product: Sustainability Needs”, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand- August 2019.
Dr. Pulkit Mathur
- Certificate of Merit in recognition of contribution and continued work as a leader in strengthening the Food Safety Ecosystem as National Resource Person, of the FOSTAC program awarded by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 1 Nov 2019.
- First prize for Oral Presentation (co-author of paper presented by PhD scholar) at the National Seminar on Food and Culture of North East: Solutions to Sustainable Development organized by Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi on 22 August 2019.
- Third prize for Oral Presentation (co-author for paper presented by PhD student) at the National Seminar on Food and Culture of North East: Solutions to Sustainable Development Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi on 22 August 2019.
- Member of Evaluation Committee of FSSAI for Smaller States to release the State Food Safety Index 2019-20 held during May-June 2020.
- Member, National Task Force on Balanced & Healthy Diets, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- Moderator for National Webinar on ‘Sustainable Consumer’ organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs, GOI on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day on 18th March 2020 on myGov platform.
- Chairperson for Scientific session in Seminar on “Food Fortification- A step towards fit India” organized by Netprofan Delhi Chapter on 18th January 2020 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Judge and Moderator for discussion on Healthy eating at an event organized by Indian Dietetics Association and Rotary Club of India during celebration of Dietetics Day 2020 on 10th January 2020 at the High Court, New Delhi.
- Chairperson for session on Bacteriotherapy during the 7th Workshop on Clinical Nutrition organized by The Department of Dietetics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and Centre for Research on Nutrition Support Systems on 30th November 2019 at New Delhi.
- Judge for Poster session on Food Science and Nutrition at the 51st Annual International Conference of the Nutrition Society of India held at Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, 8-9 November 2019.
- Judge for Intercollege competition in the Food Festival organized by Department of Food Technology, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, University of Delhi in association with Nutrition Society of India, Delhi Chapter on 18th September 2019.
Ms. Prachi Shukla
- Awarded first prize in Poster Presentation at ADECON New Delhi, 16-17th Nov 2019 Title: Comparison of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus duodeno jejunal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy on obesity and type 2 diabetes in Indian adults. “Sustainability Needs”, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand- August 2019.
Dr. Priti Rishi Lal
- Member – Board of studies for M.Sc sports nutrition, MYAS-NIN Department of Sports Science, under MOU with Osmania University, Hyderabad.
- Member- Board of Studies, Applied Nutrition, Osmania University
Dr. Aparna Aggarwal
- NODAL OFFICER for FICSI for Training and Capacity Building
Dr. Nidhi Jaiswal
- Jury Member in Foods-Cooking Skill Category in the 6th National Abilympics 2019 held in New Delhi on November 15th & 16th, 2019.
Dr. Nidhi Jaiswal
- Jury Member in Foods-Cooking Skill Category in the 6th National Abilympics 2019 held in New Delhi on November 15th & 16th, 2019.
Dr. Swati Jain
- Awarded International Travel Grant -Sight and Life (2019)
- Participant of International Member Focus Group – Nutrition Society UK
Dr. Neha Bakshi
- Master Trainer for Entrepreneurship Development Programme by Ministry of Food Processing Industry (December 2020)
- Jury at 6th National Abilympics 2019 (FOODS- Bakery), Nov 15 and 16 2019
- Dedicated services and support to Special Olympic Bharat during healthy athletes Train the trainer (November 2019)
Dr. Anjani Bakshi
- Invited panelist, Doordarshan show, DD News on “Maternal Anemia”.
- Expert Consultation for the development of Food Photograph Series Software.
- Invited panelist on TEN NEWS on “Healthy Living: Eat well, Exercise right”.
Dr. Anupa Siddhu
- Welcome Address and Co-host National Workshop on “Promoting Healthy Diets Through Local Food Systems, NITI Aayog, NCEARD, UNICEF, Meridian Hotel, New Delhi, 20- 21st February, 2019.
- Chairperson, Plenary session III- Promoting food and nutrition for health and well-being 25 years of IHE, 15th March, 2019.
- Resource person, Roshni Baithak- Strengthening Gender in the Swabhiman Program, 18-19th March, 2019.
- Member, Maternal Nutrition technical expert group consultation meet, 29th April, 2019.
- Certificate of Appreciation for exceptional performance during “Poshan Maah- 2018” by Ministry of Women and Child Development , Government of India
- Invited expert for evaluation of program “Integrated Programs and Policies for Improved Nutrition” of International Food Policy Research Institute, 1st -2nd August, 2018
- Inaugural speaker at International Conference on learning, September 2018
- Inaugural speaker “Ensure Healthy Lives and Promoting Wellness in Old Age” AIWEFA, November 1st, 2018
- Special invite to Partnership Forum, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, 12-13th December, 2018.
- Resource person for “Strengthening maternal nutrition and antenatal care”, NCEARD, 14-15th December, 2018.
- Panelist, World Food Day, FICCI, Delhi, 16th October, 2018
Dr. Sangeeta Goomer
- Best oral presentation award to Jain, R. & Goomer, S. for presenting paper on- ‘Optimization of extrusion parameters to develop protein quality rich product: Sustainability Needs’ at Pantnagar University, Uttarakhand.
- Best Poster Award for Jain, R. & Goomer, S. for presenting poster on- “Quantification of protein quality- A Novel Plant Based Product”, at Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) – India Chapter, Delhi.
Dr. Neena Bhatia
- Member, Maternal Nutrition Technical Expert Consultation organized by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), NCEARD, Dept of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, UNICEF India, Maternal Health Division, MoHFW, GOI, April 29, 2019
- Member, National Workshop on IDD Survey methodology under NIDDCP organized by DGHS and ICMR jointly on 18th and 19th March, 2019
- Received a “Certificate of Appreciation” for exceptional performance during “Poshan Maah” –2018 from Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India
- Expert reviewer for various ICMR project proposals and Member Project Review Group, Division of Nutrition, ICMR, New Delhi
- Member, Fellowship Expert Group on Nutrition, ICMR, New Delhi
Dr. Pulkit Mathur
- Certificate of Appreciation under the Professionals category of the Eat Right Awards 2018-2019 presented by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on World Food Safety Day 7th June 2019.
- Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contribution during Swasth Bharat Yatra from 16th October 2018 to 29th January 2019 by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Member, National Task Force on Balanced & Healthy Diets, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- Member of the National Committee of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
- Convenor, Nutrition Society of India- Delhi Chapter
- Member, Executive Committee, and Editor-in-Chief of the Newsletter of Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India, Delhi Chapter
- Judge for Poster session on Food Science and Nutrition at the 50th Annual International Conference of the Nutrition Society of India held at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 15-17 November 2018.
- Judge for Oral Presentation Free Communication Session- Nutrition Education at the 50th Annual International Conference of the Nutrition Society of India held at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, 15-17 November 2018.
Dr. Pooja Raizada
- Distinguished Service Award by Heart Care Foundation of India, Delhi Government
Dr. Lalita Verma
- Nutritional Expert Member, Kitchen Inspection Committee under MDM scheme, Directorate of Education
Ms. Prachi Shukla
- Trained Diabetes Educator from International Diabetes Educator E- Learning Programme (IDEEL), Project HOPE
Dr. Shailly Nigam
- Distinguished Alumnus Award by Maitreyi College, University of Delhi,9th March 2019
- Member IQAC panel, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi
- Panelist in panel discussion titled “My Journey: In and After Maitreyi on 9th January, 2019” Maitreyi Alumni Association, University of Delhi
Dr. Aparna Aggarwal
- Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contribution during Swasth Bharat Yatra from 16 October 2018 to 29th January 2019 by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- First Prize as Mentor in DNA NutriScholar Award in Muffin category by DuPont Nutrition and Health.
- Jury Member in Innovation in Cookies category in DNA Nutrischolar Competition organised by DuPont Nutrition and Health.
- Resource person in panel discussion at Times Education Fair.
Dr. Swati Jain
- Recognition- The Nutrition Society (UK) International members focus group participant.
Dr. Anjani bakshi
- Resource person for the National Abilympic Vocational Skill to the participants during the 3-day training programme organized by National Abilympic Association of India (NAAI) in Lady Irwin College, New Delhi (29TH SEP-1ST OCT 2018).
Dr Anjali
- Editorial Board: International Journal of Recent Scientific Research
- Referee/Reviewer: Advances in Nutrition: An International Review Journal, Health Psychology.
Dr Anupa Siddhu
- Amifost-2017 award at National conference on Food Safety, Nutrition Security and Sustainability on 26th September, 2017 by Amity university, Noida and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (AFSTI), India.
- Award by The Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, IAPEN in workshop on “Recent updates in critical care nutrition, challenges and solutions”, 11th September, 2017
Dr Sangeeta Goomer
- Honoured at the platform of Social Imprints and CSR for extending knowledge to small scale industry.
Dr. Pulkit Mathur
- NSI prize for Best Oral Presentation (Nutrition Education Category) – Rastogi, S., Mathur, P., & Khanna, A. in the Free Communication session for the paper on ‘Gaps and Barriers in Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of School Going Adolescent Girls of Delhi’ during the 49th national conference of the Nutrition Society of India held at Assam agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 2-4 November 2017.
- Member, National Task Force on Balanced & Healthy Diets, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
- Member of the National Committee of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
- Convenor, Nutrition Society of India- Delhi Chapter
- Judge for poster session and free communication session at the 49th National Conference of the Nutrition Society of India held at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam on November 2-4, 2017.
Dr. Priti Rishi Lal
- Pratima Kaushik award (2nd prize) for best research paper in Experimental Nutrition category, to Garima Gupta and Priti Rishi Lal at the IDA conference, Kolkata, December 2017.
Dr. Dipesh Aggarwal
- Awarded “Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing” in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the Journal by Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology (Science Domain). (2017). Certificate No: SDI/HQ/PR/Cert/38142/DIP.
Dr. Swati Jain
- Best Flash Talk Award (Martha Montogomery Cash Prize): S Ranjan, S Jain, A Schlupp, JA Nasser (2018). “Sex-specific clinical practice guidelines and effective healthcare for the patient who is transgender” at Sex and Gender Research Forum, by the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia on 8th March’18.
Dr. Anjani bakshi
- Judge in Abhivyakti – 2017, Inter School Competition
Dr Anupa Siddhu
- Women of the Decade in Academia, All Ladies League and World Economic Forum 2017 (May 2017).
Dr. Pulkit Mathur
- Ramanathan Prize for Best Oral Presentation (Community Nutrition Category) – Jain, A. and Mathur, P. for Oral presentation in Free Communications session on “Risk Assessment of Sulphite Exposure through Foods among Adolescents of Delhi” at the 48th Annual National Conference of the Nutrition Society of India on the theme “Nutrition Risk Management and Communication” held on 4th and 5th November 2016 in Bengaluru.
Dr. Mansi Chopra
- Awarded for Outstanding contribution to the field of sports, Sport Society, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, 2017.
- Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Travel and Accommodation Grant to attend the 13th India Alliance Science Communication (SciComm) Workshop in Hyderabad, 2016.
Value Added Courses
- Ayurveda and Nutrition
- Fit India
Capability Enhancement Programs
2023-24
Workshops/ Training | |
1 | Workshop on “Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment” conducted by FTPC (Food technology Professional Chapter) on 16th September 2023 |
2 | Online workshop on “Thrust areas of Research” on 03rd August 2024 |
3 | Workshop on “Theory of Change & Logical Framework”on 25th April 2024 |
4 | Food court (Millet Bhelpuri and Sattu drink) on the occasion of World Food Day set up by FTPC (Food technology Professional Chapter) on 20th October 2023 |
5 | Dietitian Workshop under the aegis of Gastroenterology research and education society on 09th March 2024 |
6 | Expert lecture on “Professional skills for empowered career ahead” by Dr. Pratima Khandelwal on 08th March 2024 conducted by FTPC (Food technology Professional Chapter) |
7 | Expert lecture on “Micro greens: Current trends and Entrepreneurial opportunities” by Dr. Nidhi Dalal on 19th March 2024 conducted by FTPC (Food technology Professional Chapter) |
8 | Special lecture on “Gut Dysbiosis and Chronic Diseases” on 18th January 2024 |
9 | Special Lecture by Dr Shauna Downs from “Rutgers University, USA “on Food Environment on 01st December 2023 |
10 | Special lecture on Nutrient assessment & Analysis by Ms. Gurpreet Kaur Shetty , AIIMS, New Delhi on 26th February 2024 |
Short courses/ Field Visit | |
1 | M.Sc. group A and PGDDPHN Students visited Amrita Hospital (2600 beds) on 10th May 2024 |
2 | VAC Fit India visited Morarji Desai National Institute of yoga on 22nd February 2024 |
3 | Community outreach activity at Govindpuri to promote IYCF practices on 06th october 2023 |
4 | PGDDPHN students participated in the event on heart health and hypertension organized by consumer voice on 29th September 2023 |
5 | Nutrition education programme at charak palika on 20th March 2024 |
6 | Poshan Pakhwada- awareness camp focusing on healthy dietary practices was organized by PGDDPHN students in anganwadi centre in patparganj village between 9th -23rd March 2024 |
7 | NCEARA T3 Anemia camp organised at Kilkari Rainbow Home for girls Sultan Singh building, near Chabi Ganj School, Kashmere gate, Delhi |
8 | PGDDPHN Students participated in health and education program for pregnant and lactating women , at NDMC medical centre between 03-19th July 2023 |
9 | PGDDPHN student participated in education program for blind boys at The institute of Blind on 23th April 2024 |
10 | PGDDPHN students visited Primary health centre at Najafgadh Delhi on 20th November 2023 |
11 | PGDDPHN students visited Mid day meal kitchen at Mohan cooperation industrial estate on 15th February 2024 |
Skill Development Courses
- Chocolate Crafts
- Healthy and Sustainable Food Choices
- Minimal Food Processing
- Dairy Processing
- Small Scale Catering
- IT Skills and Data Analysis – I