Ludhiana Chapter of Nutrition Society of India (NSI) in the Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has bagged “Appreciation Award” for the best chapter for its year around activities to create awareness regarding nutrition in the community. Dr Kiran Bains, Professor and Head, Food and Nutrition, PAU; Executive Member of NSI and Convener of Ludhiana Chapter, received the award during the 54th Annual Conference of Nutrition Society of India, held at ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad on December 22 and 23, 2022. The conference was held in physical mode after Covid, which was attended by large number of students, scientists and eminent nutritionists of national and international repute. An M.Sc. student Ms Prabhjot Kaur received the prestigious “Young Scientist Award” for her paper “Evaluation of probiotic potential of selected fruit peels” while another student Ms Manisha Patil was conferred with the “Best Oral Presentation” for the paper “Effect of postharvest treatments on nutritional composition, physiological quality and shelf life of broccoli microgreens.”
Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, PAU; and Dr Sandeep Bains, Dean, Postgraduate Studies and Dean, College of Community Science, congratulated the faculty and students of the Department of Food and Nutrition for this achievement.
