Narayanasamy Sangeetha obtained Ph.D. from Avinashilingam University for Women. She currently holds as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences at Pondicherry University. She has 2 years of research experience. She has been Awarded for the poster presented during the National conference on “Boundless prospects in grain processing and by-product utilization” organized by Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology & Ministry of food processing Industries GOI ,New Delhi and Awarded for the poster presented during National conference “Graintech 2008” organized by Paddy Processing Research Centre, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu & Ministry of food processing Industries, GOI, New Delhi held.

My interest lies on the domains namely promotion of underutilized indigenous crops, vegetables and fruits through development of innovative products, value addition, processing and identification of nutritional values. Furthermore, my specialization is on exploring the causes and functional consequences of micronutrient deficiencies and methods for micronutrient delivery (food-based from regional diets, non-traditional foods, food fortification and evidence based micronutrient supplementation). My research focus will also be on nutrient composition of indigenous foods including analysis of phytochemicals and other bioactive components. Community – based research involving both quantitative and qualitative research techniques.