Nutritional Strategies, Predictive Models, and Sustainable Policies

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Panda has been trained in ICAR, CSIR, and IIT laboratories and the University of Johannesburg during his Doctoral and Post-Doctoral research career. His current research focuses on microbial technology for underutilized fruits and vegetables for the development of functional foods and beverages. Dr. Panda’s research work is directed towards food security challenges and poverty amongst communities of Southeast Asia and Africa. His team works in interlinking social engineering to fermentation technology so that the knowledge and technology can be harnessed at the community level for the preservation and bioprocessing of perishable fruits and vegetables. Effective planning and training on fermentation technology at the community level for generating revenue in different tribal pockets of India as well as the globe, has been one of Dr. Panda’s important research agendas. Dr. Ursula Gonzales-Barron is a Food Engineer with expertise in food quality and microbiological safety, including mathematical modelling, predictive microbiology, risk assessment of foodborne pathogens, shelf-life determination, and sensory analysis. Dr. Gonzales-Barron has received 10 grants from competitive European calls and has published 130 peer-reviewed articles in 106 proceedings; presented at 55 international conferences; written 11 book chapters; and has lectured at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has organized and taught at several international dissemination and training events (symposia and workshops) in Europe and America, and currently serves as Editor in the LWT – Food Science and Technology Journal. She is also on the journal editorial boards of Microbial Risk Analysis, and open-access MDPI Foods. She has been appointed Secretary of the International Committee of Predictive Modelling in Food (ICPMF, ICFMH). Surekha Routray is a certified sustainability assessor and valuator, with an MBA in finance and marketing. She has worked with four main sectors of the startup ecosystem: agriculture, climate and environment, livelihood, diversity & inclusion. She brings to the board an interesting amalgamation of 10+ years of corporate exposure (from India and the US), five years academic interfacing, and six years of understanding of the start-up ecosystem. She has extensively worked in many national and international projects (US and European Union) for promoting sustainable solutions through social entrepreneurship and diversity & inclusion. She works with innovators on finding, refining, and promoting sustainable solutions in the agriculture and allied sectors with a special focus on food and nutrition. Having worked with more than 100 startups, she is an ardent promoter of solutions that can be adapted and adopted at the grassroots level to create an exponential and inclusive growth in rural ecosystems.

Section I: Current Nutritional Strategies 1. Nutrition map: Continent wise comparison 2. Nutritional models in India for addressing malnutrition 3. Nutritional models of the Middle East 4. Nutritional status of East African countries 5. West African countries: Nutritional status 6. Nutritional status in South America 7. Nutritional status in North America 8. South East Asia: Nutritional status across age Section II: Strategies for Special Populations i. Maternal Health 9. Pregnancy and nutritional issues 10. Post parturitional nutritional risks and redressal ii. Child Nutrition 11. Protein scarcity and its implications in children of LIC and LMICs 12. Nutrition study of young children in Bangladesh- Scope for Improvement iii. Geriatric Health 13. Nutrition and CVDs 14. Aging and nutrition iv. Disrupted Nutritional Strategies 15. Children nutrition in COVID-19 pandemic in LMICs 16. Disrupted maternal nutrition during COVID-19 and a decade prediction for post-COVID pandemic Section III: Predictive Models 17. Studies on predictive modeling for inflammatory disorders and nutrition 18. Studies on predictive modeling for cancer protective nutrition 19. Studies on predictive modeling for CVD protective nutrition 20. Studies on predictive modeling for microbial risk and food safety in tropical countries Section VI: Regional Policies 21. International policies on the nutrition of women and children of Syria 22. Nutritional policies for war-affected countries 23. Nutritional policies for Ethiopia 24. Nutritional policies for Sudan