Lecturer in Food Technology

Subjects Teaching
Food packaging, Food microbiology, Current topics in food science & technology, microbiology Lab

Research Interests
Indian traditional foods, chemistry and preservation of chapatti, staling studies in cereal and cereal products, starch chemistry and technology, preservation of foods, application of newer technologies in preservation of traditional foods

• Senior Research Fellow, UICT, Mumbai (December 2005 to July 2008)
• Junior Research Fellow, UICT, Mumbai (August 2004 - 2005)
• Adjunct faculty, VJTI, Mumbai (June 2005 – June 2006)

• Research Assistant, (Spray Drying of Flavors), R&D Department, Raptakos and Brett Limited, Thane, India, December 2002 – Dec 2003
• Trainee, Microbilogy Dept., Quality Assurance Dept., Research and Development Dept., Cadbury India Ltd, Pune, India, February 2002 – May 2002

• Awarded ‘Excellent Paper Presentation Award’ sponsored by Genencor International, USA for oral paper presentation on “Use of response surface methodology to investigate the effects of milling conditions on damaged starch, dough stickiness and chapatti quality” at Starch Update -2007 held at Queen Sirkit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand held during 4-6th November, 2007
• Awarded ‘Young Scientist Award’ for best paper presentation at Carbo-XX on “Studies on effect of Processing & Storage on Resistant Starch (RS) Content in Chapatti - an Indian Unleavened Bread” at XX CARBOHYDRATE CONFERENCE” held from November 24 to 26 -2005 at University of Lucknow, India
• Awarded ‘Best Poster Award’ for the poster entitled “Influence of legume flours on quality and trypsin inhibitor content of Chapatti (Indian unleavened flat bread)”, Shalini Ghodke and Laxmi Ananthanarayan at 15th Indian convention of Food Scientist and Technologist (ICFoST) 2004, at CFTRI, Mysore
• Awarded prestigious ‘G. M. Abhayankar Research Award’ for research paper presentation at Carbo-XX on “Studies on effect of Processing & Storage on Resistant Starch (RS) Content in Chapatti – an Indian Unleavened Bread” at XX CARBOHYDRATE CONFERENCE” held from November 24 to 26 -2005 at University of Lucknow, India
• Awarded ‘Best Hostellite’, ‘All Rounder Hostellite’ & ‘Best Committee Member’ awards by UICT ladies Hostel, 2006-2007
• Awarded ‘Meritorious Student Scholarship’ CFT-PBN Alumni Association (CPAA), Mumbai, India, for attending international 2006-2007
• Recipient of various ‘Travel Grant Awards’ for attending international conference from Government bodies such as Centre for Cooperation in Science and Technology among Developing Societies (CCSTDS), Chennai, Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) New Delhi.

• Life Member, Association of Food Scientist and Technologists (AFSTI), India
• Member, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), London
• Member, International Society of Food Engineering (ISFE), Pullman, USA
• Member, CFT-PBN Alumni Association (CPAA), Mumbai
• Member, Counseling Committee, UICT Ladies Hostel, 2007-2008
• Member, Redressal of the complaints against Sexual Harassment Committee, Board of Governors, UICT, Mumbai, 2006-2007
• Member, Senate Body, Board of Governors, UICT Mumbai, 2006-2007