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Dr. Narayanasamy Sangeetha
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
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“Ph.D. –Food Science and Nutrition – Avinashilingam university for Women, Coimbatore – 2007.
M.Phil.–Food Science and Nutrition – Avinashilingam university for Women, Coimbatore – 2001.
M.Sc. –Food Science and Nutrition- Avinashilingam university for Women, Coimbatore – 2000.
B.Sc.-Nutrition & Dietetics- Women’s Christian College, Chennai – 1998.
Qualified the UGC-NET and Junior Research Fellowship (Funding awarded for the Ph.D. research work by UGC).
Published papers in national and international journals.
Teaching interest are in areas related to food processing and preservation, food product development and clinical and therapeutic nutrition.
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My interest lies on the domains namely promotion of underutilized indigenous crops, vegetables and fruits through development of innovative products, value addition, processing and identification of nutritional values. Furthermore, my specialization is on exploring the causes and functional consequences of micronutrient deficiencies and Methods for micronutrient delivery (food-based from regional diets, non-traditional foods, food fortification and evidence based micronutrient supplementation). My research focus will also be on Nutrient composition of indigenous foods/ functional foods including analysis of phytochemicals and other bioactive components. Community – based research involving both quantitative and qualitative research techniques.

Dr. Narayanasamy Sangeetha
+91-0413-2654622
Assistant Professor
- Phone:+91-0413-2654622
- Email:praba_sangeen@yahoo.com
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Notable Publications
Effect of micronutrient supplementation on the nutritional and immune status of school-going children with iron deficiency anemia
Nutritional significance of cereals and legumes based food mix-A review
Extraction and dehydration of millet milk powder for formulation of extruded product
Effect of dehydration on the quality characteristics of extruded pasta using millet milk powder
Development of Cocos nucifera chips impregnating Beta vulgaris extract as an osmotic medium
Awards & Achievements
"Young scientist’s award
Awarded first prize (Junior Award – Community Nutrition) for the paper presented during the XXXIII Annual Meetings of the Nutrition Society of India held on 1st – 2nd Dec 2000 at National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad – 500 007"
"Best Paper presentation
Awarded for paper presented during ""International conference on emerging trends in millet technology for health promotions (ICEMT-2020)"" organized by Department of nutrition and dietetics, Periyar University, Salem-636011"
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