General Informations

  • Join Date: 01/11/1991
  • College: College of Community Science
  • Department: Food Science and Nutrition
  • Office Email: mamoni.das[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: Dean

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1988
BSc (Food and Nutrition)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1990
MSc (Food and Nutrition)

Avinashilingam University for Women and Higher Education

 
 
 
 
 
2002
PhD

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2020
Other Qualifications

Short term visiting scholar at IOWA State University, Ames, IOWA, USA under Faculty Upgradation Programme of NAHEP funded by ICAR and World Bank

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-11-1991 - 21-11-2003
Junior Extension Specialist

Directorate of Extension Education. Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
22-11-2003 - 14-12-2009
Extension Specialist

Directorate of Extension Education. Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
14-12-2009 - 01-07-2013
Associate Professor

Department of Food Science & Nutrition. Faculty of Home Science

 
 
 
 
 
01-07-2013 - 02-09-2019
Professor

Department of Food Science & Nutrition. Faculty of Home Science

 
 
 
 
 
02-09-2019 - Till date
Principal Scientist

Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Directorate of Research. AAU

 
 
 
 
 
26-06-2022 - Till date
Dean

Faculty of Community Science

Achievements
  • Best Teacher Award 2017 by Assam Agricultural University
  • Excellent in Teaching Award 2018 by Bhim Roa Ambedkar University and SVWS, Lucknow
  • Member, National Talk Force in Anaemia ICMR, New Delhi 2014
  • Selected as faculty member of IRDP programme with Cornell University funded by Sathguru Foundation, India 2013
  • Awarded overseas fellowhip by ICAR and World Bank under NAHEP for short training at IOWA State University, IOWA, Ames, USA 2020
  • Awarded Fellow of the Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemistry 2016
  • Awarded Fellow of Hind Agri Horticultural Society on 3rd Dec 2011 at Fifth Annual General Body Meeting held at Head Office, HAHS, Muzzafarpur.
  • Nominated as the Organising Secretary of the 49th Annual National Conference of NSI by the Nutrition Society of India held from 2nd to 4th Nov 2018 At AAU
  • Nominated as Faculty of Scientific Advisory Committee Member of California Walnut by California Walnut Commission 2018
  • Selected as Executive Committee Member of Nutrition Society of India, National Institute of Nutrition Hyderabad from 2018 to 2022.
  • Member of Editorial Board of Food Science Research 2010.
  • Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Social Science Research 2010
  • Reviewer of ARCC Journals 2021
  • Commercialised two technologies namely papaya candy & ginger candy developed under the USAID funded project on Food Product Development Programme , Initiated by Sathguru Foundation To phi Enterprise , Gauhati in 2015
  • Developed an mobile app named "Dab fix" on holistic management of Diabetes
  • Invited to Co chair Oral presentation on Community Nutrition during 49th National Conference of Nutrition Society of India, held at Assam Agricultural University from 2nd to 4th November 2017
  • Invited as Chairperson for the Oral Presentation of Community Nutrition during 50th International Conference of Nutrition Society at National Institute of Nutrition of India Hyderabad15th to 17th November 2018
  • Invited as a Chairman for judging poster presentation of Experimental Nutrition and Community Nutrition during 50th International Conference of Nutrition Society held at NIN , Hyderabad15th to 17th November 2018
  • Organizing secretary for three days webinar series on Immunonutrition,, wellness management and livelihood security in July 2020
  • Organizing Secretary for Regional Workshop on” Food and Nutrition Security”- Perspective in North East India organized by Nutrition Society of India, Jorhat Chapter from 26th to 28th April 2019
  • Invited as panel speaker for the First International Shillong Communication Conference on NCD and Nutrition-North East Perspective from 12th to 14th December 2019.
  • Invited as a speaker for national seminar on Food and culture of North East- Solutions to sustainable development on 22nd August 2019 by University of Delhi, Centre for North East and NSI Delhi chapter
  • Invited as a judge for the poster presentation of Community Nutrition during 48th National Conference of Nutrition Society of India held at St. John's Medical Hospital, Bangalore in 2016
  • Invited as lead speaker to deliver a talk on "Inclusive Food and Nutrition Security" for the 35th Biennial Conference of Home Science Association of India, Organized by College of Community Science, CAU, Tura held from 17th January to 19th January 2024 at Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, CAU, Umiam
  • Nominated as core group member of Right to Food and Nutrition by National Human Rights Commission in October 2023.
  • Nominated as chairperson for Technical Session on Food Science and Nutrition during the 53rd National Conference organised by Nutrition Society of India on 23 to 25th November 2023 at National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR, Hyderabad
  • Organized 21days ICAR sponsored Winter School on " Health Foods for Sustainable Living"as Course Director from 30th Nov to 20th Dec 2022 at the Department of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Community Science
  • Organized NAHEP sponsored 15 days International training on " Skill Development Training New Approaches and Perspective in context to Nutrition , Dietetics and Wellness as Course Director from 1.9.2023 to 15.9.2023 at the Department of Food Science & Nutrition, CCSc.
Membership
  • Life member of NSI,National institute of nutrition
    Life Member
  • Life member of Indian Dietetic Association
    Life Member
  • Life Member of North East Council for Social Science
    Life Member
  • Patron Member of North east Nutrition and Dietetic Association
    Life Member
  • Life Member of Society for Ethnopharmacology.
    Life Member
  • Life member of Association of Food Scientists & Technologist(AFST), India
    Life Member
Projects
  • APART sponsored project on "APART sponsored project on "APART FUNDED project Millet Mission in collaboration with ICRISAT"", project cost Rs.46961500 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Assam Agricultural University sponsored project on "Value addition of Grand Naine(G9) banana: For Entrepreneurship Development", project cost Rs.730000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • Indian Council Of Agricultural research sponsored project on "All India Coordinated Research Projects on Home Science", implemented in 1997.
  • STC,ICAR sponsored project on "Skill Development training in Food Product Development", project cost Rs.20 lac Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • ICMR sponsored project on "Consumption pattern of food and food products/item high in fat, salt and sugar among selected cities/ towns and rural population of India", project cost Rs.50 lac Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • NTRF sponsored project on "Knowledge and practice of women tea plantation workers of Assam regarding Nutrition, Health & Hygiene", project cost Rs.4.0 lac Lakh implemented in 2010.
  • USAID initiated by Sathguru Foundation sponsored project on "Food Product Development Programme under AIP", project cost Rs.3.0 lac Lakh implemented in 2011.
  • ICAR sponsored project on "AICRP on Home Science (Food and Nutrition)", implemented in 1997.