Science Unaided Food Science & Nutraceuticals

M.Sc. Food Science and Nutraceuticals is a two-year post-graduate degree course which focuses on food development, food safety and various facets of the Nutraceutical Industry. The course focuses on the specialization of food and nutrition, Clinical dietetics, food biochemistry and composition, instrumentation, food production, Quality Control Management, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and concept of Food as Medicine. The Department of Food Science and Nutraceuticals was established in the year 2022-23 with the vision to make an impact in providing quality education, industrial-based trainings and innovation. The faculty members are competent and actively involved in various research activities, seminars, and workshops. The department also conducts value-added government certifications like FoSTaC, HACCP, and ISO 22000-2018. The course curriculum includes an internship program in various Food and Nutraceutical industries and research labs. The department also conducts various industrial visits which help the students to understand and upgrade themselves about the various facets of food industry. The curriculum has been developed to give an in-depth knowledge of Food and Nutraceutical Industry in order to provide the students with an understanding and practical knowledge of Human Health and Nutrition with advancements in Food technology.

Faculty Achievement

Dr. Shivani Kakkar Khanna

ACHIEVEMENTS

·       Cleared CSIR NET (LS) with 29th Rank (AIR) in December, 2011.

·       Completed my Ph.D (Science) degree in Biotechnology in 2017 on the topic ‘Bioprospecting of few fruits and vegetable peel waste’ from University of Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. Meeta Bhot, Head, Department of Botany.

·       Secured 1st Rank in M.Sc. part I and M.Sc. part II Biotechnology in Birla College.

·       Completed one Minor Research Project sanctioned by University of Mumbai in 2019-20 on 'Evaluation of Anticancer activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.'

·       Guided a Research Project titled ‘Evaluation of medicinal properties of Tinospora Cordifolia’ at 18th Aavishkar: Inter-Collegiate/ Institute/Department Research Convention (Zonal Round) organized by the University of Mumbai at C.H.M College, Ulhasnagar on 7th December, 2023 for Thane East zone.

·       Attended Refresher course on 'Contribution of Biology in the 21st Century' organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Mumbai at B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan from 10th October, 2019 to 24th October, 2019  and Secured  Ist Rank with A+ grade.

·       Attended online Refresher course on ‘Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary Science)’ organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Mumbai at B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan from 4th September to 16th September, 2023 and secured A grade.

·       Published 20 research papers in various National and International journals

·       Presented 17 research papers in different National and International seminar and conferences and won prizes in paper presentation

·       Won 3rd prize for poster presentation entitled ’Climate change and Human health: Review’ in Interdisciplinary National Conference on ‘Climate Change and Youth: Time for Action organized by NSS, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 12th January, 2022.

·       Won First Prize for Poster presentation entitled ‘Diverse applications of Solanum lycopersicumin food and cosmetics’ in one day national seminar on ‘Fragnances, Flavours and Cosmetics- Opportunities and Challenges’ organized by Department of Botany in association with Department of Microbiology, Bioanalytical Sciences and Biotechnology, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 5th March, 2019.

·       Won Second Prize for Poster presentation entitled ‘GC MS analysis of Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. vegetable peel waste’ in Two days Multidisciplinary International Conference on "Green Earth: A Panoramic view" on 12th and 13th January, 2018 held at B. N. Bandodkar College of Science, Thane.

 
 
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 
·   Completed training on HACCP Level 3 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 18th July, 2023.
·   Completed training on ISO22000:2018 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 17th July, 2023.
·   Completed one day training on HPTLC conducted by ANCHROM Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. on 12th July, 2023 at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan.
·   Completed training on the course Basic Catering & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 10th  July, 2023.
·   Completed training on the course Basic Manufacturing & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 5th April, 2023.
·     Completed the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Online Teachers Training Workshop on “Genome Editing” Conducted by the Department of Union Christian College, Aluva on November 05th & 06th 2022.
·     Completed 3 day online training program on “General Requirements for the Competence of Testing & Calibration Laboratories & Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017 organized from 11th - 13th May, 2022
·         Short term Plant Tissue Culture training at Reliance Life Science, Rabale (May, 2011).
·         6 months project on ‘Isolation of petroleum degrading bacteria from oil contaminated soil’ at ICT (Formely known as UDCT), Matunga (September, 2011- February, 2012).

Dr. Pooja Gupta

ACHIEVEMENTS

·       Completed Ph.D. (Botany) from University of Mumbai, under guidance of Dr. Naresh Chandra (Pro- Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai), Degree Awarded 12th January 2014 On Study of antidiabetic, antimicrobial and antioxidant property of plant parts of Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub.

·       Published 10 research papers in various National and International journals

·       Presented 14 research papers in different National and International seminar and conferences and won prizes in paper presentation

·       Won 3rd prize for poster presentation entitled ’Climate change and Human health: Review’ in Interdisciplinary National Conference on ‘Climate Change and Youth: Time for Action organized by NSS, B. K. Birla College (Autonomous), Kalyan on 12th January, 2022.

·       Guided a Research Project titled ‘Microgreens: New beginning towards nutrition’ at 18th Aavishkar: Inter-Collegiate/ Institute/Department Research Convention (Zonal Round) organized by the University of Mumbai at C.H.M College, Ulhasnagar on 7th December, 2023 for Thane East zone.

·       Published a book titled ‘ Evaluation of medicinal properties of  Butea monosperma (Lamk.) Taub.’ in Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-620-6-84643-7.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 
·   Completed training on HACCP Level 3 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 18th July, 2023.
·   Completed training on ISO22000:2018 held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 17th July, 2023.
·   Completed one day training on HPTLC conducted by ANCHROM Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. on 12th July, 2023 at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan.
·   Completed training on the course Basic Catering & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 10th  July, 2023.
·   Completed training on the course Basic Manufacturing & COVID held at B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Autonomous), Kalyan under FoSTaC, FSSAI on 5th April, 2023.
·     Completed the Lady Tata Memorial Trust Online Teachers Training Workshop on “Genome Editing” Conducted by the Department of Union Christian College, Aluva on November 05th & 06th 2022.