Smritee Raghubalan

Biography

Prof.Smritee Raghubalan has done her Masters in Food Science and Nutrition. She passed the UGC NET for lecturership in 1998. She also passed her RD (Registered Dietician) examination of the Indian Dietetics Association. She has a teaching experience of 12 years. She is also a recipient of the ‘Best Teacher Award’. Her stint in the industry included working as a team member in Dr. Devi Shetty’s team in Manipal Heart Foundation from 1998 – 2000. She was a consultant nutritionist with The Nature Store, Bangalore for two years. She is the co-author of the textbook - Hotel Housekeeping - Operations and Management, Oxford University Press, which is being used in Indian and International Universities. Many hotel chains use her textbook for training their staff and to develop standard operating procedures. She has presented and published 8 papers in various seminars and journals. She is the Chief Editor of the Departmental Journal "RIPPLES" which is a National journal (with ISSN) for hospitality professionals. She has delivered several guest lecturers. She is a part of the syllabus review committee for housekeeping in Bangalore University’s Hotel Management course. She has been a paper setter in housekeeping and Food Science and Nutrition at Bangalore University and other state universities. She has been invited to train hotel housekeeping employees by the Southern Housekeeper’s Club. She has completed the basic course in Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement under the third Grand Master of Ohara Ikebana in India. Her key strengths are motivating students to excel, which is evident in the fact that students trained by her always win competitions. Her constant endeavor is to make learning simple and concept based for her students. Her areas of academic interests are hotel housekeeping and food science and nutrition

Research Interest

Food Science