Education
MSc, PhD Home Science (Food and Nutrition). University of Delhi
Specialized training in Nutrition Research methods, Ethics in health research, Monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programmes, SCOPE summer schools, Adolescent health, Obesity management; UGC-sponsored courses in Nutrition
Teaching and Research
n Teaching (33 years), Examiner (UG/PG/PhD), Moderator and Curriculum development (>17 years)
n Doctoral research on ‘ICDS scheme for Adolescent Girl Scheme- a study’ (2004)
n Guiding 4 PhD scholars (University of Delhi) at hospital-based studies on Obesity management, RCT on Dietary intervention in NAFLD, Adherence to Gluten free Diet among Celiac disease, barriers to health management of HIV/AIDS children, Guided 7 Masters dissertations in public health nutrition.
n UGC-funded Research Project (Principal Investigator) on evaluation of a national nutrition program for adolescent girls (2000-2002)
n DU-funded Research project (Principal Investigator) on potential determinants of obesity among adolescents (2013-15)
n International-funded project Women Empowerment (2016-17); IIPA-funded project Consumer awareness (2006-07)
n Presently involved in 3 research projects (as Co-PI) on RCT on Dietary intervention in NAFLD, Adherence to Gluten free Diet among Celiac disease, Estimation of gluten in packaged foods

Publications (37)
n 9 full papers, 3 books- (Pearson, Elite Publishing House, Vikas Publishing House), 3 chapters in books, 3 proceedings of national seminars, 9 newsletters, 10 articles/feature.
n Peer reviewer for Pubmed listed international journals –- Maternal & Child Nutrition (by Wiley), Journal of Education and Health Promotion
n Reviewer for MOOC with NCERT, India

Full Papers (9) +(1 under publication)
1. Mehtab W, Singh N, Malhotra A, Makharia GK. All that a physician should know FODMAPs. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2019. ISSN: 02548860.H index 36, Impact factor 0.7. (accepted for publication, September, 2019)
2. Mehtab W, Singh N, Malhotra A, Makharia GK. All that a physician should know about gluten-free diet. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2018. 37(5): 392-401. ISSN: 02548860.H index 36, Impact factor 0.7.
3. Malhotra A. Addressing Gender and Nutrition Inequities - A Study of Surguja Fulwari Initiative in Chhatitsgarh. In: Kaul R and Malhotra A (Eds). Women and Development: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Elite Publishing House, 2018: 177-188.
4. Arora C, Sinha B, Ranjan P, Malhotra A. Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Problems in Perception and Solution. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2018, 12(1): 1-5.ISSN: 0973709X (UGC recognized) H index 18, Impact factor 0.65
5. Arora C, Sinha B, Malhotra A, Ranjan P. Development and Validation of Health Education Tools and Evaluation Questionnaires for Improving Patient care in Lifestyle Related Diseases Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2017, 11(5): 6-9.ISSN: 0973709X (UGC recognized) H index 18; Impact factor 0.65. Cited by 2.
6. Malhotra A. Obesity among Indian adolescents- some emerging trends. Journal of Obesity and Metabolic Research 2014; 1 (1): 46-48. ISSN: 2347-9906
7. Malhotra A and Passi SJ. Diet quality and nutritional status of rural adolescent girl beneficiaries of ICDS in north India. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007; 16 (Suppl 1): 8-16. H index 57; Impact factor 1.62; Cited by 82.
8. Malhotra A and Passi SJ. Incidence of iron deficiency anemia in adolescent girls from rural blocks of north India, Proceedings of National Symposium on Child Health and Nutrition, Delhi: ICMR 2004: 29-35.
9. Malhotra A. Obesogenic marketing of unhealthy food to children and adolescents. Proceedings of UGC-sponsored national seminar on Food and Textile Industry – Emerging Trends and Perspectives, Delhi: KK Publications 2015: 52-56 (ISBN: 978-81-7844-331-0).
10. Gugnani S and Malhotra A. Obesity prevalence, body composition, dietary practices and physical activity affluent adults attending a health club in Delhi. Proceedings of UGC-sponsored national seminar on Food and Textile Industry – Emerging Trends and Perspectives, Delhi: LBC 2015: 11-20 (ISBN: 978-81-7844-331-0).

Books
1. Kaul R and Malhotra A (Eds). Women and Development: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Elite Publishing House, 2018. (ISBN: 978-81-935-9963-1)
2. Suri S and Malhotra A. Food Science, Nutrition and Safety, Pearson, 2014 (ISBN: 978-81-317-7110-5)
3. Malhotra A. Food Preservation. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 2010 (ISBN 978-81-259-4039-5)

Seminar proceedings (as Editor)
1. Malhotra A and Sareen S. Proceedings of UGC-sponsored national seminar on Food and Textile Industry – Emerging Trends and Perspectives, Delhi: LBC 2015: 11-120 (ISBN: 978-81-7844-331-0).
2. Malhotra A and Mundeja R. Eds Representation of women in the media − proceedings of seminar (UGC-sponsored) held on 3rd and 4th February 2005. Delhi: Women’s Development Centre, Lakshmibai College, 2006.
3. Malhotra A and Chhabra I. Entrepreneurship: The key to Empowerment of Women- Proceedings of seminar-cum-interactive workshop. Delhi: University Women’s Association of Delhi and Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute, 2016.

Chapter in books
4. Malhotra A. and Gayatri. Marketing for inculcating healthier food preferences among children. In: Sharma S, Aggarwal M and Sharma D (Eds) Food Frontiers, New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers, 2019: 201-14. (ISBN: 978-93-86453-84-6)
5. Malhotra A. Food marketing-an underlying link to child and adolescent obesity In: Bhave S. ed. Obesity in Children and Adolescents’, IJCP Group of Publications 2014:138-143.
6. Passi SJ and Malhotra A. ‘Nutrition during Adolescence’ for the Postgraduate course in Public Health Nutrition, supported by European Union. New Delhi: National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, 2014.

Paper Presentation (51)
• Teaching 17 as invited speaker; 16 research papers in international conferences held at Canada, Spain, USA, China, UK, Japan, Ireland, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka
• 13 research papers at national conferences, and 4 at refresher/orientation courses.

Paper presentations as invited speaker /resource person (seventeen)
1. As invited expert spoke on ‘Ensuring Safe And Nutritious Food’ at the National Dietetics Day celebration at Dilli Haat on 10 January 2018.
2. As invited faculty delivered a talk ‘Packaged foods: decoding information for the patients’. Workshop for Nutritionists’ at 17th International Celiac Disease Symposium. Delhi Sep 8-10, 2017.
3. As Invited Speaker delivered a talk Tracing the Food Safety Issues from the industry to the consumer in the Technical session II of 3-day Global Traditional Food Summit organized by Council for Promotion, Research and Trade in Traditional Foods on 24- 26 February 2017.
4. As a panelist in the panel discussion ’Meet the Diet Gurus’ organized by Indian Dietetics Association, Delhi chapter spoke on ‘Food safety at consumer level’ on Dietetics Day, Jan 10, 2017.
5. As Invited Speaker presented a lecture on “Facts on Food Safety” at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (University of Delhi) on 2nd August, 2016.
6. As invited expert participated in a Panel Discussion on the theme: Safe & Health Food: Combating Food Adulteration organized by Department of Food, Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of NCT of Delhi on National Consumer Day celebrated on 23rd December, 2015.
7. As resource speaker presented a lecture on “Update on Food Safety” at the Hygiene and Sanitation education programme at AIIIMS on 10th July 2015.
8. As Invited Speaker presented a scientific talk on ‘Adolescent obesity – emerging trends in India’ for the staff and doctoral students of International Doctorate in Global Health (INDIGO), at the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, 9 June, 2015.
9. As a Panelist in the Panel Discussion on Nutrition and gave a presentation on ‘An Update on Food Safety’ at Lakshmibai College (University of Delhi), Delhi, Mar 19, 2014.
10. As Invited Speaker presented the scientific talk ‘Marketing of high fat, salt and sugar food to children and adolescents’ at the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Healthcare, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, Jan 12, 2014.
11. As Invited Faculty delivered a scientific talk ‘Food marketing – a causal link to unhealthy food choices and obesity among adolescents’ at the 9th National Conference of All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity, Kolkota, Dec 2013,
12. As Invited Speaker delivered a talk “Nutrition and well-being for young women” at Healthy Investments organized by Comspect Lakshmibai College (University of Delhi), Dec 22, 2009.
13. As Invited Resource Person delivered a scientific talk “Diet, nutrition and prevention of chronic diseases” at Orientation Programme for the University and College teachers organized by CPDHE University of Delhi, Feb 28-March 30, 2009.
14. As Invited Resource Person conducted a workshop on “Optimal nutrition – a lifeline for well-being” at Orientation Programme for the University and College teachers organized by CPDHE University of Delhi, Feb 28-March 30, 2009.
15. As Invited Speaker delivered a talk “Optimal nutrition for college going girls” at the Health Awareness Day organized by Vivekanand College (University of Delhi), Feb 13, 2009.
16. As Invited Speaker delivered a talk “Women’s nutrition throughout the lifecycle” at the Fifty Eighth General Body Meeting of University Women’s Association of Delhi at Indraprastha College (University of Delhi), July 25, 2009.
17. As Invited Speaker delivered a talk “Consumerism and youth” at the Seminar on Emerging Issues in Commerce and Business organized by Aditi Mahavidyalaya (University of Delhi), September 26 -27, 2008.
Research papers in nutrition presented at international conferences (sixteen)
1. Comparative analysis of cost and nutritional composition of gluten free food with their gluten containing counterparts. Asia Pacific Digestive Week 2018 (APDW 2018) conference November 15-18,2018, Seoul, Korea. (co-presenter)
2. Estimation of gluten content in unlabeled and labeled gluten free food products and commonly used food items used by celiac patients. Asia Pacific Digestive Week 2018 (APDW 2018) conference November 15-18,2018, Seoul, Korea. (co-presenter)
3. ‘Intake of gluten in Indian patients with celiac disease and their first-degree relatives: a pilot study’. 17th International Celiac Disease Symposium. Delhi Sep 8-10, 2017. (co-presenter)
4. ‘Nutrition education improves maternal nutrition, antenatal care and pregnancy outcome in a low income setting of outer Delhi’ International Conference on Maternal and Child Nutrition organized by South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) at Colombo, Sri Lanka, Nov 23-24, 2015.
5. ‘Prevalence and determinants of obesity among affluent school going adolescents’ at 17th World Congress of Food Science and Technology organized by International Union of Food Science and Technology and Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology at Montreal, Canada, Aug 17-21, 2014.
6. ‘Effect of Nutrition Education and Biweekly IFA Supplementation on Anemia Related Knowledge and Iron Status of Underprivileged Adolescent Girls’ at 20th International Congress of Nutrition organized by International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) at Granada, Spain, 15-20 September 2013.
7. “Nutrition Education Intervention Improves Nutritional Status and Healthcare Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women in Low Income Settings” at 20th International Congress of Nutrition organized by International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) at Granada, Spain, 15-20 September 2013.
8. ‘Dietary behaviour, physical activity and obesity among adolescents attending a day-boarding school in Delhi’ at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) at Austin, Texas, USA, May 23-26, 2012.
9. ‘Process-outcome evaluation of national level ICDS adolescent girl scheme in selected blocks of north India’ at Evaluation Conclave, organized by CoE, funded by IDRC, Rockfeller Foundation, Packard, UNIFEM, 3ie and UNICEF New Delhi, India, Oct 25-28, 2010.
10. Nutritional status and dietary intake of rural adolescent girls in selected blocks of north India’ at the 15th International Congress of Dietetics (ICD 2008) held at Yokohama, Japan, Sep 8-11, 2008.
11. ‘Nutritional status and related knowledge of adolescent girls in rural blocks of Delhi and Rajasthan’ at the international, interdisciplinary conference on ‘Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Bio-cultural Perspectives’ held at Cumbria, Preston, United Kingdom, 25th to 27th June 2007.
12. ‘Diet quality and nutritional status of rural adolescent girl beneficiaries of ICDS in north India’ at the joint 8th IUNS- International Symposium on Clinical Nutrition and 5th Asia-Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society Conference 2006, Hangzhou, China, Oct 2006.
13. ‘National level ICDS Adolescent Girl Scheme – an evaluation study in selected blocks of north India’ at the XIV International Congress of Dietetics, Chicago, USA, May 2004.
14. ‘Adolescent Girl Scheme of ICDS – an evaluation study’ at the IX Asian Congress of Nutrition, New Delhi, India, Feb 2003.
15. ‘Dietary intake, iron status and Body Mass Index of rural adolescent girls in north India’ at the 5th International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, Chiang Rai, Thailand, Jan 2003.
16. ‘Assessment of nutrition/health status and related knowledge of rural adolescent girls’ at the 3rd Asian Congress of Dietetics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2002.


Awards and Honours
n Award for Meritorious College Lecturer, Dept of Higher Education, GNCTD, 2016
n Nominated as Domain expert by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Musssoorie for “Prime Minister Awards for Excellence in Public Administration 2014”
n Educational scholarship grant by Howard Foundation, UK 2011
n Fellowship by USAID’s MEASURE Evaluation, 2011
n SCOPE Certification, World Obesity, UK 2014
n Developing Country Sponsorship Award, International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Canada 2014
n Foreign travel grant (UGC, DST, CSIR, ICMR, INSA)

Important Positions held at National, State and University level
n Professional Expert Member of Academic Council, SVT College of Home Science, SNDT University, Mumbai (2018-21)
n Member, FSSAI Scientific panel on Cereals, Pulses, Legumes and their products (2015-18, 2018-present))
n National faculty, All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity (2013)
n Nutrition expert, Directorate of Education, GNCTD to review the menu of Mid-Day Meal (2013-present)
n Nutrition expert, Department of WCD, GNCTD to monitor the nutrition component of ICDS (2011- present)
n Member, State level Steering-cum-monitoring Committee for National Program of Nutritional Support to Primary Education, NP-NSPE (2017)
n Member, Faculty of Science, University of Delhi (2013 –2016)
n Convenor, course development and revision; Member, Core Academic Committee, University of Delhi (2010-16, 2019)
n Honorary Secretary, Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (I), Delhi (2015- 2019)
n Vice President, Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (I), Delhi (2019-present)
n Member of Executive Committee, and Editor-in-Chief Indian Dietetic Association, Delhi (2014- present)
n Convenor/member of 6 international/national (sponsored by UGC, ICSSR) and 17 state/university/college level symposia, workshops, seminars

Administrative/ Leadership experience at College Level
• Staff Council Secretary (2017-present); Staff-representative, Governing Body (1998-99); Deputy Superintendent, DU examination (2004, 2016)
• Convener of major decision-making committees- Vision Committee, Academic Improvement Committee (2008-10, 2013-15, Women’s Development Centre (2004-06), Medical Committee (2010-12), Admission Committee (2008-09), Students’ Union Advisor (2011-13), Innovation and Skill Development (2016-), Academic and Extracurricular Policy Committee (2016-) and member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Purchase committee and Planning Board

Life Membership of Scientific/Professional Bodies
Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (I), Nutrition Society of India, Indian Dietetics Association, All India Association for Advancing Research in Obesity World Obesity,University Women’s Association of Delhi , Graduate Women International

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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5177-4514

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