Keerthana PM
Masters Of Science In Food And Nutrition
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
MIT college of Agriculture and Technology
Musiri
12.2021 - 12.2022
- Provided instruction and guidance to undergraduate students in the classroom setting
- Developed and implemented innovative teaching methods that enhanced student engagement and learning outcomes
- Conducted research projects, wrote manuscripts, and presented findings at professional conferences.
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Community Science College and Research Institute
Madurai
08.2017 - 06.2020
- As a part of All India Co-ordinated Research Projects : Conducted baseline survey to understand the community nutritional status.
- Product Development: Development of regional specific therapeutic food for the management of dual burden of malnutrition.
- Development of novel food product to improve the trace minerals availability for Hidden hunger.
- Analysed nutritional profile of developed food Products to ensure that nutritionally sufficient to meet the requirements.
- Conducted clinical examination, feeding trials, analyzed data and wrote reports summarizing results.
- Conducted various training and awareness program among the community.
- Prepared grant applications and managed budgets related to research projects.
- Presented findings at national conferences.
- Collaborated with other researchers to design studies that explored various aspects of health care delivery systems.
- Attended conferences and gave speeches about research and field topics.
Education
Master of Science - Food and Nutrition
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore, India11.2016
Bachelor of Science - Home Science
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore, India07.2014
Skills
Good interpersonal skills: Communication, Adaptability, Time management, Team player, Problem solving, Leadership quality, public speaking
Food Laboratory experience: quantity evaluation and estimation of nutritional profile
Good knowledge on : HACCP, Food Safety management system, GMP, GHP, and various food standards
Therapeutic nutrition
Diet therapy
Soft skills: MS word, Power point and Excel
Area of spealization
- Value addition of fruits and vegetables.
- Millets based value added product development.
- Food processing and preservation.
- Nutritional education.
Timeline
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
MIT college of Agriculture and Technology
12.2021 - 12.2022
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
Community Science College and Research Institute
08.2017 - 06.2020
Master of Science - Food and Nutrition
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Bachelor of Science - Home Science
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University