Lavanya Shanmugasundaram

• Provide 60+ nutrition education classes for nutrition internship students, trainers & coaches, & public.
• 5000+ Dietary assessments, counseling & customized diet chart were provided based on individual needs
• Offered 5000+ Virtual Consultation Services
• Constantly track clients dietary intake and follow-up review via excel spreadsheet.
• Assisted clients with meal plan development, addressing individualized plan based on their health, food allergies or intolerance & sports needs.
• Determined client-specific nutrient and energy requirements, with consideration to specific lifestyles, physiology and medical concerns.
• Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity. Identified business development challenges and customer concerns for proactive resolution.
• Established organizational mission statement through extensive collaboration and review.

• Offered face to face sessions until March 2020 and later during pandemic continued to provided nutrition counseling session & monitoring via virtual video mode.
• Determined client-specific nutrient and energy requirements, with consideration to specific lifestyles, food allergies, physiology and medical concerns.
• Interact with associated team members to achieve target results.
• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment
• Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues
• Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
• Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service

Academic job role:

• Created syllabus and instructional plans for fundamental & applied Sports nutrition classes with stated course objectives.
• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning. Designed and distributed lecture handouts to round out material and increase student understanding.
• Mentored undergraduate students in effective next-steps for education and career preparedness.
• Conducted individual research projects to actively contribute to institution's research work.
• Applied innovative teaching methods to encourage student learning objectives. Graded quizzes, tests, homework and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
• Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
• Handled sports nutrition subject classes for 1) Five batches of “BSc Sports & Exercise Science” course & 2) Sports Nutrition module for Two batches of “Strength & conditioning” certificate course in association with Exercise Teachers Academy (ETA), Cape Town, South Africa.
• Took 100+ sports nutrition classes for interns, coaches, trainers & athletes across academies & multiple sports during camps etc.

Clinical job role:

• Nutritional assessment & counseling– Athletes from grass-root level, International players, Olympic athletes across multiple sports, resident athletes in-house sports academies at Centre for Sports Science (CSS).
• Provided customize diet chart by considering their nutritional requirements like food likes, dislikes, food intolerances, biochemical parameters, body composition, health status, clinical symptoms, hydration level, etc. Especially for athletes' diet plan will be prepared after interacting with team members like Sports medicine doctor, trainer, coach, psychologist & physiotherapist.
• Body composition assessment of athletes using skin folds methods being Accredited Level 2 Anthropometrics by International Society of Kinanthrpometry (ISAK) and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis methods.
• Coordinating with Sports cafeteria to provide food menus according to customized diet chart for athletes.
• Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
• Assess weight management clients and arthroscopy patients.
• Monitored players diet intake and hydration status tracking
• Organized ISAK workshops for Level 1 & 2

• Assisted 600+ patients with mean plan development, addressing individualized dietary requirements & health needs.
• Coached individuals on methods for managing chronic diseases with effective dietary plans.
• Documented client needs, desires and problems to build rapport and identify areas needing support.
• Integrated nutrition and exercise into lifestyle guidance for patients recovering from serious health conditions.
• Monitor food intake and follow up with clients for review sessions.

• Posted in ICU ward, oncology & gynecology wards within 11months period of work. Assessed 10,000+ IP (In-Patient) ward patients.
• Monitor IP daily health status, diet intake & medication details.
• Provide diet counseling for IP patients & their attenders about therapeutic dietary changes based on individual medical health status & explained basic cooking methods. Provides customized plan with discharge summary.
• Documented clinical findings and entered pertinent health data for processing, record keeping and use by other medical professionals.
• Educate clients about long-term health benefits of balanced diets and exercise programs.
• Monitor food quality, quantity & appropriate healthy diet served to IP based on recommendation.