Episode 8 – Dr. Connie Nshemereirwe in conversation with Professor Shalini Arya

In this episode, you will meet Professor Shalini Arya.
She is a Professor of Food Technology, at the Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT/UICT), in Mumbai, India.

Dr Shalini S. Arya is currently faculty at Food Engineering and Technology Department Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. She works in the area of Indian traditional foods, in particular cereal based staple foods such as chapatti, phulka, thepla, khakhara, thalipeeth, naan and kulcha. Her work is focused on various aspects such as product development and standardisation, nutritional improvement and characterisation, chemistry and technology, staling, extension of shelf life using various technologies (MAP, oxygen scavenger, chemical, freezing etc) for these products, all of which would have far reaching significance in improving public health in India and that too based on the resources that are locally available and food staples that are regularly consumed by the locals. She has more than 60 publications in international journals of high repute.