Dr. Madhu Datta (RD)

Current or Most Recent Employer

Previous Employment

Education

Courses Attended (Conferences, Seminars and Workshops)

Membership of Professional Bodies

National Conferences and Publications

• Arora, M. (2019).  Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) among food handlers in catering units of Government and Semi Government Hospitals. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) (May, 2019).

• Arora, M., Thakur, S., & Gupta, R. (2022). A Pilot Study on Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction through Dietary Services in Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India. Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, (ISSN 2278-8808, March, 2022).

• Arora, M., Thakur, S., & Gupta, R. (2022) Assessment of Patients’ satisfaction through dietary services in Government and Private Hospitals in India. International Journal of Health Sciences. 6(S3), 6536-6546.

• Thakur,S., Kaushik, R., Gupta, R., & Arora, M. (2022). A Comparative Study of Outsourced Vs In-House Dietary Services in two hospitals to study the cost effectiveness. Web of Science General, (Vol. 19 No.4, 2022).

• Mrs. Manju Mathur and Ms. Madhu Arora, Dietetic Management of Hyper Tension Current Medical Journal of North Zone (Feb 1999).

• Publications in the current Medical Journal on Diabetes, VT-D.
• Assessment of knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) among food handlers in catering units of Government and semi government hospitals. © 2019 JETIR May 2019, Volume 6, Issue 5. www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162).

• Arora M., 1994. Pediatric Nutrition. In XXVII Annual National Conference of Indian Dietetic (Association, PGIMER, Chandigarh December 1-2)

• Arora M., 2002. Maintenance of continuity of the gastro intestinal tract in the stoma patients. In XXXV Annual National Conference of Indian Dietetic Association, Bangalore (March 14-15) Received A.N. Radha Award for above paper at the conference.

• Arora M., attended workshop on train the trainer held for registered dieticians organized by IDA, Delhi Chapter at AIIMS, New Delhi on 1st September 2009.

• Arora M. 2009 attended the 42nd Annual National Conference held at Lucknow on 12th and13th December and presented a paper on "Evaluation of behavior, lifestyle and Dietary patterns of a patient with Diabetic foot leading to foot complications.

• Ms. Madhu Arora delivered a lecture on Dietary Management on Diabetes in the Nurses Week Celebration held at GMCH on 14-06-2010.

• Seminar on Nutrition organized by Nestle Food at Piccadilly Hotel, Sector 22, Chandigarh on 22nd September, 2010

• Arora M. 2011 was in the Panel of Judges for the Rose Festival Chandigarh on February  26th.

• Arora M. 2012, attended, CNE on “Latest Trends in Nutrition” by Hexagon Nutrition at Agrasen Hospital, NewDelhi on 13th October

• Arora M. 2012, attended Conference on “Renal Nutrition Update” by Nestle Nutrition at Apollo Hospital, New Delhi on 14th October

• Arora M. 2012, acted as a chairperson in a seminar on “Difficult Case Meetings On Weight Management” by Lisa’s Secret at Fortis Hospital, Mohali on 19th October.

• Arora M.2012 acted as a panelist in a workshop on “Role of Calcium in Osteoporosis” held by the Menopausal Society of Chandigarh at Majestic Hotel, Mohali.

• Arora M. 2012 acted as a panelist on the topic “Role of Vitamin D & Calcium in Pregnancy & Menopause” by the Menopausal Society of Chandigarh

• Attended National Seminar on “Food for Heart” at Kanya Maha Vidyalya Jalandhar. Delivered a lecture on “Food for Heart” in prevention of Cardiovascular diseases on 11- 12 Nov 2014

• Appointment of external examiner for conducting practical exam M.sc (DFSM) 1st year

• Attended two-day national seminar on hearty meal “food for the heart in prevention of CVD on 5th- 6th September 2014 at the department of home science, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar

• Delivered a lecture on “Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding” on 7th and 8th Oct 2014 from 11.15 am to 12.15 pm at Community Center 23-C, Chandigarh.

• Invited as a judge for healthy food competition at Moti Ram School sec-27 Chandigarh on 21.11.2013

• Delivered a lecture on “Current Nutritional Recommendation For Diabetes and Pre- Diabetes” for the plenary session on 1st feb, 2014 in Deptt. Of cardiovascular and thoracic sciences Fortis Mohali

• Delivered a guest lecture to B.sc hotel management student on the subject of food science at Sarswati Group of Colleges at Gharaun, Kharar on Saturday 9th Nov.

• Attended the workshop and deliver the views on “Impact of Anemia on Adolescents, Nutrition for Anemia and Importance of WIFS” organized by NRHM, Haryana Panchkula on 9th July 2013 in hotel Mount view.

• Training the staff of CITCO on Nutrition Awareness

• Delivered a lecture on “diabetes and health foods” on 22nd December 2014 at Hotel  Mountview.

• Chief Dietician Ms. Madhu Arora invited as a external examiner for the post graduate nutrition exams

• She is also the Paper setter of many exams also a External Examiner for the thesis of Food and Nutrition students of various universities

News Paper Articles

• Article in the Chandigarh Newsline on ‘Canful of Poison’ Dated 20.04.99
• Article in the Chandigarh Newsline ‘Cool Cuisine’ Dated 27.04.99
• Article in the Chandigarh Newsline ‘ Anorexia Nervosa’ dated 20.07.99
• Article in the Chandigarh Newsline ‘Safety of Milk’ dated 27.07.99
• Article in the Chandigarh newsline dated 7th February 2009 on Junk food
• Article in the Chandigarh newsline on Nutrition in examination 2009
• Benefits of ice tea in summer – article in the tribune Chandigarh 2009
• Diet in adolescence period. 2009.
• Editor of the quarterly nutrition newsletter of the dietetics department of Government Medical College Hospital Chandigarh.
• Articles in the half yearly Newsletter of the Chandigarh Chapter of the Indian dietetic association (Designated as Joint Secretary of the Chandigarh chapter)

Lectures and Activities

• Ms. Madhu Arora delivered a lecture on Type I Diabetes in Art Gallery Museum, Sector 10, Chandigarh on 28th June 2009.

• Attended the 20th world Diabetes Conference at Montreal, Canada from 18th to 22nd October 2009.

• Attended the 42nd annual national Conference of the Indian dietetic Association, held at lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) on 12th and 13th December 2009.and presented a paper.

• Ms. Madhu Arora delivered a lecture on Dietary Management on Diabetes in the Nurses Week Celebration held at GMCH on 14-06-2010.

• Ms. Madhu Arora delivered a talk on "Balanced Nutrition" to the school children of Sacred Heart school, Sec.26 on 20-08-2010.

• Attended a Seminar on Nutrition organized by Nestle Food at Piccadily Hotel, Sector 22, Chandigarh on 22-09-10.

• Delivered lecture on junk foods and healthy eating to the students of DAV School, Sector 15.

• Organized a symposium on eating Disorders on 25th April 2009(This was organized by the department  of Dietetics and department of Psychiatry)

• Delivered a series of lecture on Sports nutrition to the union territory coaches at sports complex sector 42 Chandigarh.

• Lecture Deliver at Lovely Professional University Phagwara (Jalandhar) on Management of Diabetes.

• Organized a Nutrition Exhibition on Diabetes on 13th November 2010. For the staff, students of Government Medical college Hospital and the Nutrition professionals.

• Was in the Panel of Judges for the Rose Festival Chandigarh February 26th 2011.

• Delivered a lecture to the Non-Government organization at karuna Sadan sector11 Chandigarh. On Healthy nutrition.

• Delivered a lecture on Nutrition on women’s day for the female dependents of BSF employees on 8th March 2011.

• Delivered a  presentation on the theme “How Safe is Food” on occasion of Dietetics Day celebration on 9th January 2016 at Fortis Hospital, Mohali.

• Invited as a Chair person for CME on INUTERO TO EXUTERO (A medical discussion encompassing Fetal Medicine, NICU, Paediatric Nutrition) on 30th January 2016 at Hotel Lalit, IT Park, Chandigarh.

•   On 8th Dec 2016 Chief Dietician Ms. Madhu Arora participated in the Industrial Meet at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya College, Jalandhar regarding the aim of strengthen syllabus as per the industrial standards.

• On 9th Jan 2017, Chief Dietician Ms. Madhu Arora invited by the Principal In- charge, M.M.I.C.T and B.M (Hotel management), Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana for the conduct of practical examination of M.Sc dietetics and nutrition semester 1 students for subject of Food Science and Nutritional Biochemistry.

• Invited as guest speaker in National Seminar on “Yoga and Holistic Health” on 15th Feb 2017 at Brahmrishi Yoga Training College, Sector 19 A, Chandigarh.

•   Invited as Pleanary Speaker in Second National Conference on “New Horizons in Human Health and Nutrition on 2-3rd March 2017 at Shoolini University, Solan, HP.

• Audit conducted at Chandigarh University on 21-1-2023 regarding Nutrition Course.

• Performed the duty of External Examiner at Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University)  Mullana – Ambala (Haryana) on 16-02-2023.

• Commendation Award on Republic Day 2019.