Areas of work:
- Impact of hydration on cognitive performance and physical endurance of rodents.
- Impact of nutrition education based on social cognitive theory on cognitive performance and physical endurance of police personnel in Mysore City.
- Design and development of food products for children suffering from Phenylketonuria (PKU).
- Teaching MSc students, Nutrition Biology Integrated MSc-PhD program.
- Rural development work engaging with farmers for development of farm gate food processing units.
Dr Deepa Prakash
Qualifications
Doctoral Degree - Food Science and Nutrition - 2014 Doctoral Dissertation: Determinants of food behaviour in children with reference to physical endurance, cognitive performance and nutrition education. Research funded by Defence Institute of Psychological Research, Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
University Grants Commission, NET Lectureship - 2003
MSc in Food Science and Nutrition, University of Mysore - 2003 Dissertation: "Studies on the development of ready to eat poultry product using hurdle technology" part fulfilment of MSc done at DFRL, DRDO.
PGD in Quality Assurance and Food Analysis, DFRL, DRDO, University of Mysore - 1999
Dissertation: "Quality Changes during Processing and Storage of Minimally Processed Apple and Papaya"
BSc in Nutrition, Chemistry and Zoology, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University - 1998
Awards
- "Nutra communication" award in - 2012
- "Havaliram Pashricha"Award for community nutrition at Nutrition
- Awarded for Applications of Plant Proteins in Food Science and Nutrition in 2003. (CFTRI & DuPont-USA)
- Award for highest ranking in Community Nutrition-MSc - 2003.