Awards & Honors

Faculty Awards

Sr. No.	Name of the faculty	Award Details	Department	Year
1.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Invited as an expert for ‘WHO Research Priority Settings for Traditional Medicine’ consultative meeting by CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush	Obesity - Diabetes	June 2024
2.	Dr. Anand Zanwar	Best AICRP on Oilseed Centre award (AICRP-Linseed Value Addition Centre) by ICAR, New Delhi	CINHD	Sept 2023
3.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Indian Council of Medical Research has designated the Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Interactive Research School in Health Affairs, Pune led by Dr. Sadhana Ramchandra Joshi as ICMR- Collaborating Centre of Excellence - (ICMR-CCoE) in recognition of the commendable achievements in biomedical research	Mother and child health	Sept 2023
4.	Dr. Harshad Patil	ISV award for Researchers from LIMS countries, International Society of Vaccines Annual Congress, Lausanne, Switzerland	Communicable Diseases	Oct 2023
5.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Member of the ‘World Health Organization Global Centre for Traditional Medicine Evidence Editorial Board/Task Force (‘WHO-GCTM-EB’)”	Obesity - Diabetes	2023
6.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Serve as member of expert group of Indian Council of Medical Research’s Division Of Reproductive, Child Health And Nutrition to discuss composition of an Indian tailored made MMS	Mother and child health	2023
7.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Served as a Convener of Scientific committee at 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, Panjim, Goa	Obesity - Diabetes	2022
8.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	External Member of Research and Development Cell of KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research Balegavi	Mother and child health	2022
9.	Dr. M. V Hegde	Fellow of “Maharashtra Academy of Sciences” for significant contribution of field of Life sciences	CINHD	2022
10.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Serve as Evaluator of research abstracts (Dr. Bhanuben Mahendra Nanavati College of Home Science (Autonomous))	Mother and child health	2022
11.	Dr. A. C. Mishra	Ranked among top 7% of scientist Standford University in India	Communicable Diseases	2021
12.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Member, Expert Committee for Products Approval, FSSAI, Govt. of Health & Family Welfare.	Communicable Diseases	2021 till date
13.	Dr. Vidya Arankalle	Ranked among top 2% of scientist Standford University in India	Communicable Diseases	2021
14.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Member of “Advisiory panel for scientific publications for clinical trials and populations based prophylactic studies of AYUSH Interentions related to Covid 19” under Ministry of Ayush	Obesity - Diabetes	2020
15.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Serve as Editorial Board member of “BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth”	Mother and child health	2020
16.	Dr. Harshad Patil	Recipient of fellowship by “Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance”	Communicable Diseases	2019
17.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Editorial member of “Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism”	Mother and child health	2019
18.	Dr. Anand Zanwar	Recipient of “American Oil Chemists' Society’s Junior researcher travel grant”	CINHD	2019
19.	Dr. Harshad Patil	Recipient of “Early Career Research Award” Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)	Communicable Diseases	2018
20.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Served as a Secretary of 8th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, Ahmedabad, Gujrat	Communicable Diseases	2018
21.	Dr. Supriya Bhalerao	Member of working and consultation group of Prakriti Assessment constituted by CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush	Obesity - Diabetes	2018
22.	Dr. Anvita Kale	Best oral presentation by Nutrition Society of India for the paper titled “Short and Long Term Effects of Maternal Butter Consumption on Adult Wistar Rat Offspring Cardiometabolic and Neurodevelopmental Health”	Mother and Child Health	2018
23.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Member of “Task Force Human Developmental and Disease Biology”	Mother and Child Health	2018
24.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Dr. Rajammal P. Devadas Memorial Award by Nutrition Society of India This award was given for her outstanding contributions in the field of applied nutritional sciences as evidenced by peer review publications, projects handled and high academic pursuit.	Mother and Child Health	2018
25.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Nominated to be part of an Expert Group formed to give recommendations to the State Project Directorate, RUSA, Department of Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra	Mother and Child Health	2018
26.	Dr. Sadhana Joshi	Board Member for the Preterm Birth International Collaborative PREBIC Australasian Branch (China)	Mother and Child Health	2017
27.	Dr. Anand Zanwar	Recipient of “Early Career Research Award” by Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)	CINHD	2017

Student Awards

Sr. No.	Name of the student	Award Details	Department	Year
1.	Ms. Gauri Ligade	Best poster award for ‘Development and stability assessment of flour pre-mix fortified with omega-3 fatty acids and protein’ in 56th Annual National Conference by the Nutrition Society of India on “Transdisciplinary Approaches in Addressing Nutrition Challenges” Location: Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts and Nutritional Sciences (SSCANS), Pune Dated14th and 15th Nov. 2024	Innovative Nutrition	2024
2.	Ms. Apurva Jadhav	Best poster award in 3rd virtual international conference entitled ‘Innovation and Research in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development’ organized by School of Science, O.P. Jindal University, Raigarh, Dated 30th -31st May 2024.	Herbal Medicine	2024
3.	Ms. Aditi Godhamgaonkar	NSI Prize for Best Oral Presentation in free communication (clinical nutrition) for the paper "Fatty acids status during pregnancy influences placental telomere length"	Mother and child health	2023
4.	Dr. Nisha Kemse	NSI Prize for Oral Presentation, for the paper "Maternal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Improves Brain Neurotrophins and Angiogenic Markers in the offspring Born to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Mothers"	Mother and child health	2023
5.	Dr. Nisha Kemse	2nd Prize for Oral Presentation, for the paper "Effect of Prenatal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Brain Neurotrophins in Offspring Born to Dams With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)"	Mother and child health	2023
6.	Ms. Apurva Jadhav	1st Prize for Best Oral Presentation award on the theme ‘Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being’ held on 21st-22nd November 2023 organised by North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Shillong, Meghalaya in Association with SASNET-FF.	Herbal Medicine	2023
7.	Ms. Eitisha Sandecha	Best presentation award on the theme ‘Medical Biotechnology’, organized in international conference on ‘Innovations in Biotechnology Research for Sustainable Development: Challenge and Practices’ Held on 28th and 29th, March 2023 in Association with Microbiologist Society, India.	Herbal Medicine	2023
8.	Ms. Asavari Joshi	Best Oral Presentation award at International Conference on Clinical Nutrition and Dietary Lifestyle for the paper ‘Understanding effects of flaxseed oil blends on liver cells	CINHD	2022
9.	Dr. Juhi Nema	Young Scientist's Senior Award (Community Nutrition) category at 54th Annual International Conference of Nutrition Society of India (NSI) for the paper entitled 'Association of Maternal Vitamin D Status and Risk of Preeclampsia	Mother and child health	2022
10.	Ms. Nikita Joshi	NSI Prize for Best Oral Presentation in the Free Communication session (Experimental Nutrition) for the paper 'Altered expression of nutrient transporters in syncytiotrophoblast membranes in preeclampsia placentae	Mother and child health	2022
11.	Dr. Nisha Kemse	NSI Prize for Best Poster presentation in the Free Communication session (Experimental Nutrition) for the paper 'Maternal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Attenuates Memory Deficits in Offspring Born to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Mothers: Animal Study	Mother and child health	2022
12.	Ms. Shweta Madiwale	NSI Prize for Best Poster Presentation in the Free Communication session (Clinical Nutrition) for the paper "Longitudinal assessment of maternal plasma folate, vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels in women with gestational diabetes mellitus	Mother and child health	2022
13.	Ms. Juhi Nema	Free registration to attend Vitamin D Workshop. Paper titled “Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency Reduces Docosahexaenoic acid, Placental growth factor and Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma levels in the Pup Brain in a Rat model of Preeclampsia"	Mother and child health	2021
14.	Ms. Anjali Jadhav	2nd prize for the "Oral Presentation” in 5th International Diabetes Summit (Virtual) -2021 organized by The Chellaram Diabetes Institute (CDI), Pune for the paper “Placental Neurotrophin Levels in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus	Mother and child health	2021
15.	Ms. Shama Aaphale	First Rank in oral presentation by Seth Raghunath College of Pharmacy Saswad	Cancer Research Lab	2020
16.	Dr. Amrita Khaire	Nanik Gurnani Award by ICMR for the paper “Preeclampsia is associated with higher proportions of saturated fatty acids”	Mother and child health	2019
17.	Ms. Vaishali Kasture	Travel grant Award by DOHaD for the paper “Effect of Maternal Omega-3 Fatty Acid and Vitamin E Supplementation on Placental Angiogenic Factors in Subtypes of Preeclampsia”	Mother and child health	2019
18.	Ms. Anindita Nandi	Best Poster by SNEHA-MRC Presentation for the paper “Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency Increases the Thromboxane/Prostacyclin Ratio through Alterations in the One Carbon Cycle in Wistar Rats’’	Mother and child health	2019
19.	Ms. Kinjal Dave	Best Presentation by (Bangalore Boston Nutrition Collaborative at St. Johns Research Institute, Bangalore for the presentation on “Assessing The Effect Of RUTF on the body composition parameters of severely malnourished children”	Mother and child health	2019
20.	Ms. Varsha Shetty	Best oral presentation by International conference on advances in medical and industrial biotechnology.	Cancer Research Lab	2019
21.	Ms. Kavita Shinde	Dr. A. P.J. Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement National Award’, in the field of teaching, research and publication. International Institute for Social and Economic Reforms	Cancer Research Lab	2018
22.	Ms. Vaishali Kasture	Young Scientist Award in Experimental Nutrition by Nutrition Society of India for the paper “Omega-3 fatty acids differentially influences embryotoxicity in Subtypes of preeclampsia”	Mother and child health	2018
23.	Ms. Anindita A. Nandi	Young Scientist Award in Experimental Nutrition by Nutrition Society of India for the paper “Omega-3 fatty acids differentially influences embryotoxicity in Subtypes of preeclampsia”	Mother and child health	2018
24.	Ms. Juhi Nema	Best oral presentation by Nutrition Society of India for the paper titled “Vitamin D status in pregnancy and its association with neonatal vitamin D: A longitudinal study”	Mother and child health	2018
25.	Dr. Amrita Khaire	Best Poster presentation by Nutrition Society of India for the paper titled “Micronutrient levels in women with preeclampsia and their association with birth outcome”	Mother and child health	2018
26.	Ms. Vaishali Kasture	Best oral presentation by Nutrition Society of India for the paper titled “Micronutrient levels in women with preeclampsia and their association with birth outcome”	Mother and child health	2017
27.	Ms. Anindita A. Nandi	Best oral presentation by Nutrition Society of India for the paper titled “ Vitamin D, Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty acid and Inflammation in Preeclampsia ”	Mother and child health	2017