Meenu B.

To acquire a challenging position in a reputed organization that provides opportunity to utilize educational knowledge and experience for the benefit of both the organization and career development in the field of food processing and technology. Also quite confident that creative ideas as well as theoretical knowledge will help to take the company to great heights. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Standardization of protocol for the development of seafood fortified instant soup.
• Development and standardization of collagen peptide fortified soup cubes.
• Completed a mini project: preparation of banana peel Tea powder from banana peel
• MSc Dissertation: Extraction of chitosan from underutilized parts of mushroom used for Food coating.
• BSc Dissertation: Sexual dimorphism in left hand 5th finger dermatoglyphics among teenagers in central Travancore.

• Secured first place in the 'RAISE',A business pitch competition hosted by Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India.
• Participated in the ‘YIP’ state-level innovators program held on 12/03/2029 at Agriculture University, Thrissur,Kerala
• Selected for Aspire scholarship.

• Poster entitled “Instant Fish Soup: An Effective Value Addition Approach for Sustainable Marine Resource Utilization” presented in ‘International Fisheries Congress and Expo 2024’ organized by Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi.
• International Conference on “Advances in Agriculture and Food System Towards Sustainable Development Goals” (AAFS2022) to be jointly organized by ICAR, AIASA, and UAS Bangalore at the University of Agricultural Sciences. 22-24, August 2022.
• Poster presentation in “1st Indian Fisheries Outlook-2022: Priming Indian Fisheries in attaining Sustainable Development Goals” scheduled to be held during 22-24th March 2022 at CIFRI, Barrackpore, Kolkata.

• National webinar on “An overview to food safety management system standards” organized by the Department of Food Technology, Nehru Institute of Technology, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu held on 10th June 2021.
• Webinar on “Basics of Aquaponics” conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology on 30th July 2021.
• "One Month Online Training and Internship on Research" conducted by MSME-Technology Development Centre, PPDC Agra, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India on 5th July to 5th August 2021
• Three days International Online Workshop on "Basic Statistical Analysis and its interpretation using SPSS" by Dr.R.Ravanan - Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Chennai, 27th (Saturday) to 29th (Monday) November 2021.
• Participate in a webinar on the topic of “Creating food and nutrition security for a sustainable future” conducted by faculty of ocean studies and technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi on 11th and 12th jan 2022.
• National seminar on “Safe Fish for Healthy Life”, jointly organized by ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) Cochin, Society of Fisheries Technologists India (SOFTI) Cochin, India & Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Cochin, India on 07 June 2022.
• Participated in an Eight-Week incubation program, featuring 2 weeks from Jul 3, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023 of offline sessions and the remaining duration conducted online. The program aims to guide startups on their path to success from Jul 3, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023

• Prof. (Dr.) S. Suresh Kumar, Director of Research, Dean, Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries & Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala. email-suresh@kufos.ac.in, sureshkufos@gmail.com phone number-(+9)19447508065. https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/suresh@kufos.ac.in
• Dr. Parvathy U., Senior scientist,Fish processing division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology,Kochi-29, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Govt.of India. email-p.pillai2012@gmail.com , Parvathy.U@icar.gov.in phone number- (+91)9497789589. https://cift.res.in/faculty-details/head-quarters/fish-processing/194