Yamunadevi Puraikalan is an Associate Professor in the department of Nutrition Science. She is particularly interested in developing a healthy food product that utilizes value-based products and reduces food waste. In her opinion, supplementing the community with these food products can reduce the risk of metabolic diseases. Her passions include developing healthy products that can be highly beneficial to society. Due to the fact that children are the future of the nation, she intends to target them specifically as a target population. She has 14 years of teaching experience and three years of clinical experience. Before coming to º£½ÇÉçÇø, she taught Master's level courses at a university in India and mentored more than 17 dissertations. Her teaching experience in the nutrition major ranges from 100 to 400 level courses.
Education
ISPP, Individualized Supervised Practice Pathways in Dietetics, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2016
PhD, Foods and Nutrition, Vellalar College for Women, Bharathiar University, Erode, India, 2015
MPhil, Foods and Nutrition, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India, 2009
MS, Foods and Nutrition, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, India, 2008
BS, Nutrition Food Service Management and Dietetics, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, India, 2006
Research Interests
Food product development, Clinical Nutrition, and Community Nutrition
Certificates and Licensures
RDN, 2017-present
Completed Online Teaching Certificate Program, 2024
Certificate of Completion- Increasing Interaction and Engagement, 2024
Certificate of Completion- Game-based learning, 2024
Certificate of Completion- Flipped Learning Course Design, 2024
Selected Publications
Puraikalan, Y. & Laton, A, (2023). Nutritional value of red-fleshed and skinned pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) species. International Journal of Home Science, 9(3), 271-275. ISSN: 2395-7476. Retrieved from .
Puraikalan, Y. & Scott, M. (2023). Sunflower Seeds (Helianthus Annuus) and Health Benefits: A Review. Recent Progress in Nutrition, 3(3), 1-5. 010. doi:10.21926/rpn.2303010. Retrieved from .
Puraikalan Y. (2018). Characterization of Proximate, Phytochemical and Antioxidant Analysis of Banana (Musa Sapientum) peels/skins and Objective evaluation of ready to eat/cook product made with banana peels. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, 6(2). ISSN: 2347-467X, Online ISSN: 2322–0007. Retrieved from .
Puraikalan Y. (2018). Obesity: Perceptions of body image and obesity among cross culture: A Review. Obesity Research Open Journal, 5(1), 1-4. e1-e2. ISSN: 2377-8385. doi: 10.17140/OROJ-5-133. Retrieved from .
Puraikalan, Y. & Natarajan, S. (2016). Proximate analysis and Objective evaluation of recipe made with sunflower meal. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 5(11), 609-612. ISSN (Online): 2319-7064, Impact Factor (2015): 6.391, Index Copernicus Value 2013: 6.14. Retrieved from .
Selected Presentations
Cassandra Hansen and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Nutrition Education and Awareness of Nutrition Labels Across Cultures: Synchronous, Asynchronous, and In-Person. SI Expo, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2023
Mahnoor Saghir and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Dietary Trends and Lifestyle Changes During COVID-19, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2022
Geneva Capp and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Development and Objective Evaluation of Functional Muffin using Broccoli Stalk Flour, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2021
Lucille Benoit and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Applications of Whey in Orange Juice Based Beverages, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2019
Morganne Schmidt and Yamunadevi Puraikalan, Development and Objective evaluation of Buckwheat incorporated Sugar Cookies, URSCI Expo and Global Learning Symposium, º£½ÇÉçÇø, 2018
Selected Conferences
Chicago Section IFT Annual Supplier’s Night, 2016-2024
Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo, Virtual, 2022
Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo, 2017
International Conference on Quality Enhancement in Higher Education beyond Cognition, Tamilnadu Open University, India, 2013
National Symposium on Food and Nutrition Security, Women’s Christian College, India, 2009
National Conference organized by NSI & ISPEN, Chennai, 2008
Awards and Grants
Awarded º£½ÇÉçÇø Summer Stipend, 2017
Junior Research Fellowships, University Grants Commission, India, 2011
Awarded Dr. Jubilee S. Prathap Kumar Prize for securing the highest mark in dissertation in Master of Philosophy, 2009
Awarded Dorothy Pearson Endowment Prize for securing the highest scores in the final total for course work in Master of Philosophy, 2009
Certificate of Merit for securing the highest scores in all semesters during Bachelor of Science at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, 2006