Other Memberships/Affiliations
Street Food Global Network
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)
Nutrition Society of India
Association of Food Scientists & Technologists
Degrees:
2017
Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
The topic of Research: Effect of Directly Observed Medicinal Iron Supplementation on Iron Deficiency Anaemia among females from tea garden community of Assam.
2006
Master Agricultural Sciences
The topic of Research: Nutritional Evaluation of Popped and Malted indigenous millet of Assam, India
Publications resulting from Research
Publications:
I. BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTER:
1. Manisha Choudhury*& Barman N.N (2016). Health & Nutrition Status in Tea Gardens of Assam: Brewing a cup of Tea. Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany. (ISBN: 978-3-659-92793-5)
2. Manisha Choudhury*, Pranati Das & Basanti Baroova (2015). Standardization of Indigenous millet processing technology –A sustainable approach for food security. Book Chapter in Advances in Plant Research. Published by Eastern Book House (EBH) and University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya.
3. Manisha Choudhury*. (2010). Nutritional Evaluation of Popped and Malted Indigenous Foxtail Millet: A study from North East India. Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH& Co.KG.
II. RESEARCH PAPERS:
1. Konwar P, Vyas N, Hossain SS, Gore MN, Choudhury M. Nutritional status of adolescent girls belonging to the tea garden estates of Sivasagar district, Assam, India. Indian J Community, Med 2019;44(3):238-42. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_357_18
2. Mahanta L. B, Choudhury M*, Borthakur S, Bhagabati R and Gogoi P (2015). Can communication media improve the KAP status of frontline health workers? A cross- sectional study on MCH indicators from Assam, India. South East Asia Journal of Public Health. 5 (2): 57-64.
3. Mahanta LB, Choudhury M, Devi A, Bhattacharya A. (2015). On the study of pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI) and weight gain as indicators of nutritional status of pregnant women belonging to low socio-economic category: A study from Assam. Indian J Community Med; 40 (2):198-202. (Thomson Reuters Impact Factor: 1.661)
4. Choudhury, M*.,Barua I.C & Das P. (2012). Comparative study on indigenous verities of Setariaitalica grown in Assam, India. J Econ. Taxon. Bot. 36 (2): 244-249.
5. Choudhury M*., Das P. and Baroova B. (2011). “Nutritional Evaluation of Popped and Malted indigenous millet of Assam”. J Food Sci Technol, 48(6):706–711. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 1.849, NAAS rating: 7.85)
6. Choudhury, M*.,Mahanta, L., Goswami, J. & Mazumder, M. (2011). Will capacity building training interventions given to street food vendors give us safer food?: A cross-sectional study from India. Food Control, 22 (8), 1233-1239. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 4.420, NAAS rating: 10.36)
7. Choudhury, M*.,Mahanta, L., Goswami, J., Mazumder, M., &Pegoo, B. (2011). Socioeconomic profile and Food safety knowledge and practice of street food vendors in the city of Guwahati, Assam, India. Food Control, 22 (2), 196-203. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 4.420, NAAS rating: 10.36)
* Corresponding Author
III. REPORT/GUIDELINES:
1. Guidelines of Emergency Response System (ERS) for strengthening Weekly Iron & Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme in Assam published by National Health Mission (NHM), Assam and UNICEF (2014) (Both in English and Assamese)
2. Guidelines for Enhancing Infant& Young Child Feeding in Assam published by Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Assam Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Assam (2013)
3. Action Research on Street Food Safety published in National Report on “Action Research on Street Food Safety; a capacity Building Project on Street Food Services”, sponsored by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India. (July’2006-Nov’2007)
I. BOOKS/BOOK CHAPTER:
1. Manisha Choudhury*& Barman N.N (2016). Health & Nutrition Status in Tea Gardens of Assam: Brewing a cup of Tea. Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany. (ISBN: 978-3-659-92793-5)
2. Manisha Choudhury*, Pranati Das & Basanti Baroova (2015). Standardization of Indigenous millet processing technology –A sustainable approach for food security. Book Chapter in Advances in Plant Research. Published by Eastern Book House (EBH) and University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya.
3. Manisha Choudhury*. (2010). Nutritional Evaluation of Popped and Malted Indigenous Foxtail Millet: A study from North East India. Germany, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH& Co.KG.
II. RESEARCH PAPERS:
1. Konwar P, Vyas N, Hossain SS, Gore MN, Choudhury M. Nutritional status of adolescent girls belonging to the tea garden estates of Sivasagar district, Assam, India. Indian J Community, Med 2019;44(3):238-42. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_357_18
2. Mahanta L. B, Choudhury M*, Borthakur S, Bhagabati R and Gogoi P (2015). Can communication media improve the KAP status of frontline health workers? A cross- sectional study on MCH indicators from Assam, India. South East Asia Journal of Public Health. 5 (2): 57-64.
3. Mahanta LB, Choudhury M, Devi A, Bhattacharya A. (2015). On the study of pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI) and weight gain as indicators of nutritional status of pregnant women belonging to low socio-economic category: A study from Assam. Indian J Community Med; 40 (2):198-202. (Thomson Reuters Impact Factor: 1.661)
4. Choudhury, M*.,Barua I.C & Das P. (2012). Comparative study on indigenous verities of Setariaitalica grown in Assam, India. J Econ. Taxon. Bot. 36 (2): 244-249.
5. Choudhury M*., Das P. and Baroova B. (2011). “Nutritional Evaluation of Popped and Malted indigenous millet of Assam”. J Food Sci Technol, 48(6):706–711. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 1.849, NAAS rating: 7.85)
6. Choudhury, M*.,Mahanta, L., Goswami, J. & Mazumder, M. (2011). Will capacity building training interventions given to street food vendors give us safer food?: A cross-sectional study from India. Food Control, 22 (8), 1233-1239. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 4.420, NAAS rating: 10.36)
7. Choudhury, M*.,Mahanta, L., Goswami, J., Mazumder, M., &Pegoo, B. (2011). Socioeconomic profile and Food safety knowledge and practice of street food vendors in the city of Guwahati, Assam, India. Food Control, 22 (2), 196-203. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor: 4.420, NAAS rating: 10.36)
* Corresponding Author
III. REPORT/GUIDELINES:
1. Guidelines of Emergency Response System (ERS) for strengthening Weekly Iron & Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme in Assam published by National Health Mission (NHM), Assam and UNICEF (2014) (Both in English and Assamese)
2. Guidelines for Enhancing Infant& Young Child Feeding in Assam published by Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Assam Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Assam (2013)
3. Action Research on Street Food Safety published in National Report on “Action Research on Street Food Safety; a capacity Building Project on Street Food Services”, sponsored by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India. (July’2006-Nov’2007)
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