Department
Food & Nutritional Sciences
Designation
Professor & Dean of Sciences
Qualifications
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Telephone
+91 8554 272567
Professional Pages
Prof. N. Srividya is an active researcher in the field of Food Science and Nutrition, in addition to her full-time teaching responsibilities at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
With over 25 years of teaching and research experience at SSSIHL, she has guided five Ph.D. scholars and supervised 33 M.Sc. projects. She has completed one research project and is currently working on two more, funded by reputable national agencies. Prof. Srividya was awarded gold medals for her outstanding academic performance in both B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Food Science and Nutrition from SSSIHL. She qualified for the UGC-NET Research Fellowship and has received multiple awards for her oral and poster presentations at national and international scientific conferences. Additionally, she has served as the Director of the Anantapur Campus.
Prof. Srividya is a reviewer and editorial board member for several scientific journals. She has published over 50 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, along with numerous contributions to conference proceedings and book chapters. She is currently the Dean, Faculty of Sciences.
Areas of Teaching
Public Health, Clinical and Ayurvedic Nutrition, Postharvest technology, Food Microbiology and Safety, Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, Culinary science and Food Chemistry
Research Interests
Nutrient and nutraceutical profiling of indigenous and novel food crops, Food bioprocesses for addressing micronutrient malnutrition, Nutritional biology of diabetes, Therapeutic and postharvest applications of Aloe vera and chitosan biopolymers, Development of several rural and industry-based functional food technologies
Current Ph.D. Supervision
Ms. Shrijana Rasaily (Therapeutic and bioactivity assessment of functional foods)
Ms. Sai Sruthi Shree K K (Nutritional Profiling of Food Materials)
Ms. Mounika Pandey
Current Research Projects
Antidiabetic evaluation of Indian pigmented rice varieties: A mechanistic metabolomic based approach
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) – ₹24 Lakhs (2019-2022)
XRF based profiling of essential minerals in native and bio-processed pigmented rice varieties
UGC-DAE-Consortium – ₹45,000 (2019-2020)