Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies organized a 2 Day – Virtual International Conference on Role of Micronutrients: Immunity and Health.

The conference is being organized to focus on the importance of micronutrients and their role in health and disease.

The conference commenced with the welcome address by Dr. GL Khanna, PVC, MRIIRS followed by an inspirational message by Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor MRIIRS.

The gracious presence of Chief Guest, Dr. R Hemalatha, Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad India rekindled the fervor of the event. 

Dr G. S. Toteja, Former Additional Director General, ICMR, Delhi, Prof. Klaus Peter Herm, from Germany, Dr Somnath Singh, Head, Department of Nutrition & Biochemistry, Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, DRDO , Delhi, Dr Monika Jain, from Department of Food Science & Nutrition, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk, Rajasthan, Dr Umesh Kapil, from Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, Dr Rakesh Tomar, from Physical Education Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia were the speakers for the day.

The final session of the day was the presentations of scientific papers. In both the senior and junior categories, 65 researchers gave poster presentations on scientific issues chosen by the scientific committee.

Along with that, there were 12 oral presentations on scientific issues chosen by the scientific committee.