Food Science and Nutrition includes the components of foods, their chemistry and technologies involved in processing and preservation, food safety and human nutrition for overall health and well being of the community. The department of Food Science and Nutrition has taken up the challenge of ensuring “HEALTH FOR ALL” since its inception and has built its programmes oriented towards excellence and community development to mould the future teachers, nutritionists, administrators, research workers and home makers into nutrition and health conscious citizens.
VISION
Centre for Excellence to strengthen Public Health Nutrition, Food quality control and community development through economically viable Food Processing and industry-institution interface in order to cater to the futuristic goals of students and stakeholders
MISSION
The Department of Food Science and Nutrition strives to sensitize and equip the students with knowledge and state of the art skills to become brand ambassadors to all strata of society and evolve technologies for improving the food nutrition and health scenario of the community.
GENESIS AND GROWTH
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Programmes Offered
Eligibility
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Name of the Staff | Designation | Specialization | Year of Joining | Mail id | |
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Dr.(Mrs.) S.Kowsalya M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D |
Professor (On other duty) | Biochemistry and Food Science and Nutrition | 1991 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) A.Thirumani Devi M.Sc,,M.Phil.,Ph.D |
Professor & Head | Food Science and Nutrition | 1991 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) M. Sylvia Subapriya M.Sc, M.Phil.,B.Ed.,Ph.D |
Professor | Food Science and Nutrition | 1991 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) C.A.Kalpana M.Sc.,B.Ed.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.,SLET,NET |
Associate Professor | Food Science and Nutrition | 1999 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) PA.Raajeswari M.Sc.,M.Phil, Ph.D.,NET,JRF |
Assistant Professor -SG | Food Science and Nutrition | 2004 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) S.Thilakavathy M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor-SS | Food Science and Nutrition | 2005 | [email protected] [email protected] |
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Ms.K.Devi M.Sc, M.Ed, M.Phil.(FSN), M.Phil(Edn),JRF(H.Sc), NET(Edn) |
Assistant Professor | Food Science and Nutrition | 2014 | [email protected] |
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Dr.(Mrs.) R.Balasasirekha M.Sc.,PGDCA,M.Phil.,Ph.D.,NET | Assistant Professor | Food Science and Nutrition | 2015 | [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] |
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Dr.K.Sujatha M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., NET |
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Mrs.N.Deepa sathish M.Sc., M.Phil., NET |
Temp.Assistant Professor |
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MoU signed with objectives |
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Staff |
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A subcontract was signed between AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) and Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women (AUW) for a project entitled "A better bitter gourd: Exploiting bitter gourd ( Momordica charantia L .) to increase incomes, manage type 2 diabetes, and promote health in developing countries" |
01.03.2011 to 28.02.2014 with a funding of 49,100 Euros(Rs. 36,00,000/-) |
Investigators: Dr.S.Premakumari, Professor and Head (co-PI) and Dr.M.Amirthaveni, Professor, (PI) Department of Food Science and Nutrition |
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The Memorandum of Understanding between Heinz India Private Limited and Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women - Deemed university for a project on Impact of health drink - "Complan with memory chargers" on growth, memory and cognitive development of children between the age group of 7-12 years of age from June 2011 + 18 months from the date of commencement |
Financial support of Rs.48,35,000/- |
Investigators: Dr.S.Premakumari, Dean, Faculty of Home Science, Dr.N.S.Rohini, Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, Dr.S.Kowsalya, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition Dr.R.Radha, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics and Dr.Preetha menon, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology. |
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Small scale funding agreement with Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore and UNICEF, Chennai to implement the activity "SMART survey under CMAM initiative in Tribal Attapady, Kerala" |
December 2015 to May 2016 with a total project cost of Rs.18,42,775/-. |
Investigators: Dr. Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya and Dr.Pa.Raajeswari, Department of Food Science and Nutrition. |
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The Memorandum of Understanding between with Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore and Shanti Ashram, a Public Charitable Trust, Coimbatore to establish a Community Nutrition Hub and research collaboration by identifying areas of shared interest including public health and primary care research |
Five years from June 2017 to May 2022 |
Liasion Officer: Dr. A. Thirumani Devi, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition. |
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MoU is entered into between Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for women, Coimbatore and University of Reading (UR), Reading, UK with the following objectives: Joint training of post graduate students, research scholars and staff in the area of Food Science and Nutrition, Nutrigenetics, Personalised Nutrition, Food Service Management and Dietetics, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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Five years from 3 rd April 2018 |
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NAME |
REG. NO |
TITLE |
SUPERVISOR |
VIVA DATE |
FT/PT |
R.V.Lakshmi alias Anusha |
14PHFNP001 |
Undernutrition and Risk of Infections in Underfive Children from Urban Low Income Families of South Delhi |
Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya |
12.03.2020 |
PT |
N.Deepa Sathish |
12PHFNP001 |
Nutritional Status of Lower Limb Injured Type 2 Diabetic Subjects and Effect of Value Added Health Mix on Surgical Outcome |
Dr.A.Thirumani Devi |
10.01.2020 |
PT |
G.Suba |
12PHFNP003 |
Effect of Nutrition Intervention on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among Women of Reproductive Age (20-45 years) |
Dr.A.Thirumani Devi |
14.02.2019 |
PT |
Anto Cordelia.T.A |
11PH89 |
Nutritional Status of Semai Aborigines (orang Asli) in Perak,Peninsular Malaysia. |
Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya |
24-8-2018 |
PT |
Thongam Chanu Anel |
11PH106 |
Effect of Interventions of Hibiscus sabdariffaLinn on nutritional status and work performance of Thanga ta Athletes in Manipir |
Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya |
07-4-2018 |
FT |
M.Ramya |
12PHFNF004 |
Synthesis of eco friendly nano granular films in food packaging using medicinal plants and nano particles |
Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya |
06.01.2018 |
FT |
S.Ithayamalar |
11PH103 |
Evaluation of a Functional Food Supplement on Body Composition of Obese Young Adults and Influence of a Selected PPAR Gamma Gene Polymorphism on its Outcome |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
05.12.2017 |
FT |
Shunmukha Priya |
14MPFNF002 |
Bioavailability of micronutrients from regional diets using atomic absorption spectrophotometry and CaCO 2 cell model |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
15.9.2017
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FT |
Girija K |
12PHFNF003 |
In vivo evaluation of protein supplement in the management of uremia |
Dr.R.Radha FSMD |
17.08.2017 |
FT |
Swarnalatha A |
11PH87 |
Hypertension – prevalence, demographic factors and effect of dietary intervention with functional foods and life style modification strategy |
Dr.M.Amirthaveni |
28.6.2017 |
PT |
K.U.Pavitra Krishna |
12PHFNF001 |
Effect of Interventions onVitamin A and Iron Nutritional Status among Primitive Tribal Children in Nilgiris district. |
Dr.M.Sylvia Subapriya |
09.02.17 |
PT |
Sujatha K |
10PH028 |
Impact of intervention on the iron nutriture of adolescent girls (13-18 years) and young women (19-35 years) from rural Coimbatore |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
4.02.2017 |
PT |
Sivakami R |
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Haemopoetic micro nutrient fortified rice on the nutritional status and cognitive performance of anaemic adolescents |
Dr.C.Yegammai |
25.01.2017 |
PT |
Padma Priya T |
11PH88 |
Prevalence of micro nutrient deficiencies among SHG women and the impact of interventions |
Dr.U.K.Lakshmi |
15.12.2016 |
PT |
Bharathi Dhevi V R |
11PH14 |
Impact of supplementation of iron rich biscuits on anaemic tribal adolescent girls |
Dr.N.Bhooma |
14.12.2016 |
PT |
Radhapriya D |
10PH056 |
Bone mineral health of women and impact of intervention strategies
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Dr.U.K.Lakshmi |
22.07.2016 |
PT |
Gomathi K |
12PHFNP002 |
Antidiabetic effects of bittergourd (Momordica Charantia L) extract on prediabetics and evaluation of nanoparticles |
Dr.M.Amirthaveni |
11.07.2016 |
PT |
Sridevi J |
10PH081 |
Nutraceutical potential of Black rice (Orysa sativa L) Hypoglycemic activity in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
10.02.2016 |
FT |
Usha Rani R |
11PH43 |
Effect of supplementation of health mix and nutrition education on the health and nutritional status of handloom weavers
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Dr.U.K.Lakshmi |
16.09.2015 |
FT |
Vidhya.P |
09PH54 |
Formulation, standardization and evaluation of heart friendly mix on selected cardio vascular and hyper cholesterolemia subjects |
Dr.N.Bhooma |
08.06.2014 |
FT |
Tharani Devi |
10PH072 |
Obesity related health risks and its impact on dietary intervention and lifestyle modification |
Dr.M.Amirthaveni |
03.07.2014 |
FT |
Prasanthi.P |
10PH021 |
Hypolipidemic effect of high fiber and omega 3 rich foods |
Dr.M.Amirthaveni |
02.07.2014 |
FT |
Abirami R.G |
10PH26 |
Nutritional and safety evaluation of under exploited sea weeds and nutraceutical potential ULVA factiata |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
26.09.2013 |
PT |
Amrutha Veena.K |
09PH55 |
Prevalence of micro nutrient deficiency in Ramanathapuram district and and impact of dietary interventions. |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
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Sugasri |
09PH53 |
Development and Evaluation of functional food mixes on adult with CVD and impact of diet counselling |
Dr.U.K.Lakshmi |
21.12.2012 |
FT |
Rohini Tiwari |
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Role of Diet counseling, modification and positive therapy in minimizing stress and anxiety among school going adolescents in Coimbatore |
Dr.C.Yegammai |
10.10.2012 |
FT |
Alli.M.V |
07PH35 |
Promoting Nutritional status and behavior pattern of autistic children through dietary intervention
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Dr.S.Premakumari |
28.06.2012 |
PT |
Anu Joseph |
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Prevalence of obesity among different age groups and body composition of obese adults in Ernakulam district, Kerala |
Dr.S.Kowsalya |
10.10.2011 |
PT |
Pa. Raajeswari |
07PH23 |
Impact of nutrition intervention and health education on HIV +ve women |
Dr.N.Bhooma |
06.07.2011 |
PT |
Annie Ninan |
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Impact of Nutritional intervention on pregnant adolescents |
Dr.C.Yegammai |
23.02.2011 |
PT |