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College of Community Science / Food & Nutrition / Faculty Distinctions

Faculty awards/distinctions for the past 5 years
Year Name of Teacher/Student Name of Award
2025 Dr Sonika Sharma IAPEN- India Excellence Award 2024-25 in the Category of Academic Achievement in Nutrition’ at International Clinical Nutrition Conference (ICNC-2025) held at Varanasi on 22nd and 23rd Feb, 2025
2025 Dr Sonika Sharma Dt Shaveta Batta Ms Pallavi Sehgal Dr Khushdeep Dharni Dr Chandan Kakkar Dr Ajit Sood Best Oral Presentation Award at International Clinical Nutrition Conference ICNC-2025 for the paper ‘Development of Clinical Model to identify Sarcopenia in patients with Liver Cirrhosis: A cross sectional study’ at Varanasi on 22nd and 23rd Feb, 2025
2024 Ms Prabhjot Kaur Dr Harpreet Kaur Dr Renuka Aggarwal Dr Kiran Bains. ‘Best Oral Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled ‘Impact of Various Cooking Methods and Storage Temperatures on the Development of Resistant Starch in Maize Products, as well as Its Influence on Blood Glucose Levels and Lipid Profiles in Vivo’ at an International Conference organized by Indian Ecological Society on November 12-15, 2024 held at PAU.
2024 Dr Monika Choudhary Dr Amarjeet Kaur Special Appreciation Awards at International Conference on ‘Pre diabetes to diabetes- A trajectory of concern’, organized by Lifeness Science Institute in collaboration with Nutrition Society of India and Indian Dietetic Association (Mumbai Chapter) at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai from January 5-6, 2024
2024 Ms Shrishti Joshi Dr Shikha Mahajan Dr Arashdeep Singh Dr Sonika Sharma Best Paper Presentation Award at National Conference on Seed Spices and Allied Crops for the paper entitled “Recent advances in addressing the nutritional, industrial and therapeutic effects of magical spice: Kalonji (Nigella sativa)” organized by Indian Society of Seed Spices and ICAR National Research Centre on Seed Spices on 13th and 15th March, 2024 .
2024 Ms Alisha Bhatia, Dr Sonika Sharma, Dr Kiran Grover, Dr Sanjeev Mahajan Dr Khushdeep Dharni Best Oral Presentation Award at 2nd International Conference on Clinical Nutrition and Dietary Lifestyle for the paper entitled “Efficacy of Vitamin D2 Enriched Mushroom Powder Supplementation on Vitamin D Deficiency and Metabolic Syndrome Biomarkers in Adults- A Randomized Control Trial” organized by Universal Society of Food and Nutrition(USFN) on 23th and 24th February, 2024 .
2023 Ms Priya Rani Dr Sonika Sharma Dr Kiran Grover Dr Navjot Kaur Dr Ranjeet Gill Best Oral Presentation Award at 55th Annual Conference of the Nutrition Society of India (NSI) for the paper entitled “Nutrient Analysis of Germinated Quinoa Varieties: A path towards Superior, Nutrient Dense, Gluten free products” held at ICMR- NIN, Hyderabad on 25th and 26th November, 2023.
2023 Ms Shivani Kumari Dr Sonika Sharma Dr Kiran Grover DrAjmer Singh Dhatt Dr Sanjula Sharma Dr Jaspreet Kaur Best Oral Presentation Award at 6th International Conference on Food and Nutrition by USFN, Universal Society of Food and Nutrition for the paper entitled “Hull-less pumpkin seed fortified Pasta: Nutritional Profiling , Phytochemicals and Bioactive characteristics” held on 25th and 26th October, 2023.
2022 Ms. Prabhjot Kaur Dr. Monika Choudhary Dr. Priya Katyal Dr. Arshdeep Singh Dr. Amarjeet Kaur Young Scientist Award at 54th Annual conference of Nutrition Society of India on December 22nd– 23rd, 2022 held at ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
2022 Ms. Manisha Pati Dr. Sonika Sharma Dr. Kiran Grover Dr. Rahul Kumar Anurag Dr. Khushdeep Dharni Best Oral Presentation Award at 54th Annual conference of Nutrition Society of India on December 22nd– 23rd, 2022 held at ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2022 Ms. Lagima Arora Dr. Renuka Aggarwal Best Paper Award in 5th International Conference on November 16th -17th, 2022 held at Malaysia.
2022 Ms. Lagima Arora Dr. Renuka Aggarwal 3rd prize in Poster Presentation in National Symposium on September 2nd, 2022 held at PGIMER, Chandigarh
2022 Dr. Pooja Bhatt Dr. Sonika Sharma Dr. Kiran Grover Dr. Savita Sharma Dr. Ajmer Singh Dhatt Dr. Khushdeep Dharni Best Oral Presentation Award at International Conference on Clinical Nutrition and Dietary Lifestyle Conference held on May 20th– 21st, 2022 at Bangalore.
2021 Dr. Kiran Bains Dr. Renuka Aggarwal Best paper award in 6th Technical session of International Conference held on December 13th -14th, 2021 at University of Delhi.
2021 Dr. Khushdeep Dharni Dr. Sonika Sharma Dr. Arshdeep Singh Dr. Ramit Mahajan Dr. Vandana Midha Dr. Ajit Sood Best Abstract Award in first annual meeting of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa IBD Consortium (BRICS IBD 2021) held on November 18th-20th, 2021 at Shangai, China.
2021 Ms. Pooja Bhatt Dr. Sonika Sharma Dr. Kiran Grover Dr. Savita Sharma Dr. Ajmer Singh Dhatt Dr. Khushdeep Dharni Best Oral Presentation Award in TNAU Golden Jubilee International Seminar on September 6th, 2021
2021 Dr. Sanjula Sharma Dr. Jomika Devi Dr. V S Sardana Dr. Sonika Sharma Best Oral Presentation Award in ICAAAS-2021 during July 19th -21st, 2021 at Meerut, India.
2021 Ms. Jyoti Bohra Dr. Sonika Sharma Dr. Kiran Grover Swaran Padak Award in Experimental Nutrition in 53rd IDACON 2020-Virtual International Conference of Indian Dietetic Association held on January 8th-10th, 2021
2020 Dr. Kiran Grover Ms. Himlesh Ms. Priyanka Sharma Best Presentation Award in 6th National Seminar (Webinar) organised jointly by Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala and The Society of Economics and Development on June 22nd, 2020