Veena Nagaraj

N. Veena, Ph.D., is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dairy Chemistry, College of Dairy Science and Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab. She received her B.Tech degree in Dairy Technology from Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, Karnataka, India, and her M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in Dairy Chemistry from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India. Her expertise includes fortification of milk, development, characterization of functional dairy foods, and nanoencapsulation of nutraceuticals and their delivery. She is the recipient of junior research and institutional fellowships during her master's and doctoral programs from the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India. She has been involved in different institutional and externally funded research projects such as Milkfed (Punjab), ICAR, DST, and RKVY as PI and Co-PI. She has published 17 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 2 edited books, 13 book chapters, 15 popular articles, and 7 practical manuals. She has developed the e-learning content for post-graduate dairy chemistry courses under the NAHEP project. She has presented her research work at various national and international seminars and conferences and received several awards for best oral and poster presentations. She is a member of various professional bodies such as life member of SASNET-Fermented Foods, Indian Dairy Association, Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), and Dairy Technology Society of India, among others.