Dt. Sushmita Chanda is a Bariatric Nutritionist and a clinical research co-ordinator with a experience of more than 6 yrs. as a dietician and an exclusive experience of more than 6 months in dealing with patients of pre and post Bariatric surgery and non-surgical Weight loss management. She has a passion for helping people maintain a good health through healthy nutrition and takes it as a challenge to motivate people to reduce weight and lead a healthy life.

She is Masters in Food Biotechnology from S.P. University, Vidyanagar. She has worked for multi-speciality hospital for around 4 years in Sterling hospital and Zydus hospital. Also has worked for 2 years in the U.N.Mehta cardiology and research centre. She is an active member in Indian Dietitics Association.

Research Areas

• Development of herb flavored probiotic buttermilk to increase the shelf life and nutritional value
• Study on growth of lactobacillus at different temperature and effects of Ultra violet radiations on growth of lactobacillus

Conferences &Symposiums

• Faculty of CNE on Bariatric Nutrition workshop at Asian Bariatrics hospital, Ahmedabad
• National Seminar on food: Managing Health in Modern Age ?S.P.University,Vallabh ?Vidyanagar (poster presentation)
• Conference cum workshop on promoting nutrition and health development, MS University, Vadodara.
• Novel dairy and food products for the future, Anand Agriculture College, Anand.
• Current health problems in the community, K.P. Patel college of Home Science,Anand.
• Health of the female child- issues, concerns and challenges, S.M. Patel College of Home Science, Vallabh Vidhyanagar.

Academic

• Educating the community about Vitamin-A requirement for pregnant and lactating mothers.
• Mid-day meal program- detailed analysis of food services in schools
• ICDS- Overview