Harkirat Bains
Associate Professor
Tourism and Hospitality Service Management
Indira Gandhi National Open University
India
Biography
Dr Harkirat Bains completed her Post-Graduation, securing 2nd position in Punjab University in 1986. She did her bachelor’s in Education from the same University the subsequent year and cleared NET in 1999. She did her Doctorate in Food and Nutrition from Barkatullah University, Madhya Pradesh, where she is also pursuing her D.Sc. She was working on UNICEF projects and she has been the Vice President of ‘Childs Rights Observatory’ of Madhya Pradesh and is a resource person for various organisations. She has designed and developed innovative programmes in the field of Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and Therapeutic Nutrition. She has a passion for gardening which has won her numerous state-level awards. Her collection of poems, ’The Last Autumn Leaf’, was first published in 2002.
Research Interest
Dietetics, Physiotherapy, and Therapeutic Nutrition.