Dr. G Bhanuprakash Reddy elected Fellow of International Union of Nutritional Sciences
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Dr. Reddy has been with ICMR-NIN for over 25 years. Previously, several organizations of repute like Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Biotechnology, Gates Foundation and Scopus have conferred awards on Dr. Reddy. He is a fellow of many national and international academies like the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), Telangana Academy of Science, and Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
Dr Reddy’s research is devoted to molecular nutrition of chronic non-communicable disorders. He has more than 190 scientific publications in international journals of repute. His recent analysis on Vitamin A status among under-five children in India led to revision of current universal vitamin A supplementation (VAS) policy to a targeted state-based VAS programme. His work revealed the role for micronutrients and their influence on molecular processes involved in complications of diabetes. He identified novel bioactive molecules from functional foods against diabetic complications.
He developed animal models for studying the biology of nutrition and, diabetes / obesity-associated complications. He obtained PhD in Biochemistry from Osmania University; Postdoctoral Research training at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland-USA.