Hilda Vasanthakaalam Email & Phone Number

I am a seasoned academic professional with scholarly activities with a wealth of transferable skills due to multidisciplinary background in Food Safety, Nutrition & Food System. I have gained creative endeavors through the establishment of postharvest training unit to provide skills & prevent postharvest loss of horticulture crops and deployed postharvest technologies. I have crafted scholarly programs like the Masters in Postharvest & Food Technology, prepared the Proposal for MSc in Food Quality & Safety for approval. I am the sub-team Lead of the MSc in Circular- Agro- Economy. Lectures undergraduate & graduate programs and supervises BSc [Food Science, Crop Science], MSc [Agribusiness, Public Health] & PhD students. I lecture Food Borne Diseases, Cereal Technology, Community Nutrition & Global Food System Analysis. I possess a wide set of teaching [using PBL approach], training, research, publication, supervision and founding skills. I have written several scholarly peer reviewed research articles in international journals. I am competent in writing research / project proposals / training programs for funding and have obtained from USAID, HarvestPlus, Nuffic, UR_Sida and UR_MS. Recently submitted 6 competitive research grants – 1 to EU and 4 related to academia - industry research call. To my credit, I am the Founding Team Lead of Research Centre for Nutrition & Food Security at the University of Rwanda [UR_RCNFS]. Currently, undertaking additional training in Food Innovation, Design Thinking & Circular Economy to strengthen my career in Food System.