Probiotics and Prebiotics

Vasantha Esther Rani has 32 years of Research and Teaching experience. She is a Professor and Head, Research Center of Home Science with Food Biotechnology at Fatima College (Autonomous), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India from 1999. She is the Coordinator of the UGC sponsored Innovative Program M.Sc Human Nutrition and Nutraceuticals. She is the Fellow of the International College of Nutrition from 1988. She has to her credit several research papers published in reputed journals. She has served as Principal Investigator in University Grants Commission sponsored Major Research Project. She enthusiastically involves herself as Regional Director/Convenor/Chapter President in the activities of Nutrition Society of India, Indian Dieteic Association, Home Science Association of India,Indian Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.She has authored a book ‘Developing a Software “Dia Diet @ Ease” on Diet Advice for Diabetics’published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. She is the reviewer for the Journal Malaysia Journal of Public Health Medicine (MJPHM).