Name:
Prof. Mahabaleshwar Hegde. B.Sc., B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., Ph.D.

Present Designation:
Director, Center for Innovation in Nutrition health Disease
Director, Scientific Adviser Interactive Research School for Health Afffairs
Director, Real World Nutrition Laboratory Foundation

Mobile Number: +91-9922070170
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Office Address: Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Medical College Campus, Dhankawadi, Pune 411 043 INDIA

Experience:

Prof. Dr.  Mahabaleshwar Hegde BSc, BSc(Hons). MSc. PhD taught biochemistry at post graduate level for 33 years at Pune University, training students for MSc, and guided for M. Phil and PhD degrees. In early 1980s, he acquired expertise  in  Molecular Biology, Genetic engineering, DNA sequencing  at Albert Einstein College of Medicine,  and was Visiting Scientist at Sloan Kettering Cancer research Center.

Post retirement, since last nearly 20 years, Prof Hegde, has focused his research on the role of omega-3 fatty acid for human health  at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University (BVDU), Pune. He put forth Flax Biovillage Concept in 2007 and established Center for Innovation in Nutrition in Health and Disease (CINHD) to develop omega-3 products (egg milk and chicken etc) by resourcing omega-3 from linseed. Further Prof Hegde established Real World Nutrition Laboratory, a not for profit company, for validating omega-3 and other nutritional products a link between research in University and industry.

Name:
Prof. Manohar Panse

Present Designation: Consultant 

Qualifications: M.Sc. (Biochemistry) D.B.I.M.

Area of work: Production and Quality Control

Experience:
Mr Manohar L Panse, joined RWNLF as Managing Director in 2013. Earlier he has worked in Dr Reddy’s Laboratory, Tans Asia Biomedical, Monozyme and Span Diagnostics at senior positions.  He had advance training at International Institute of Immunodiagnostics at New York USA. He has long experience in technology transfer and scale-up operations. He is approved manufacturing chemist for parental products, diagnostic reagents and medical devices. He is instrumental in translating the research at BVDU to commercializable nutraceuticals for human health.

Name:
Dr. P. B. Ghorpade

Present Designation:
Emeritus Scientist (Former Principal Scientist &. Linseed Breeder)

Qualifications:
M. Sc. (Agri. ), PhD, FAO Fellow

Area of work:
Genetics and Plant Breeding

Dr Praakash B Ghorpade MSc (Agri) PhD is a renowned linseed breeder. He is Prof Emeritus at CINHD. BVDU, and founder Director of RWNLF. He was FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) Visiting Scientist at Washington State University Pullman, USA.  As a Principal Scientist at ICAR AICRP Linseed center at Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Agricultural  University, Dr Ghorpade  developed high yielding disease resistant linseed variety  PKV.NL260. He has been instrumental in successfully demonstrating with the help of ICAR. NAIP projects, that by providing these high yielding linseed varieties to farmers, it is possible increase the productivity 4-9 times, both in rain fed and irrigation conditions. Farmers also could get good price because of the value addition research at BVDU. This resulted in substantial increase in area under linseed cultivation in Vidharbha Maharashtra.  RWNLFs commitment to provide omega-3  products of consistently high quality, rests on the strength of Dr Ghorpade to supply the authentic high omega-3  PKV NL 260 variety.

Name:
Prof. S.F. Patil.

Present Designation:
Director, Center for Innovation in Nutrition health Disease
Director, Scientific Adviser Interactive Research School for Health Afffairs
Director,

Experience:

RWNLF is proud to have renowned scientist Prof Somaji Fakira Patil, ex-vice chancellor of North Maharashtra University ,Jalgaon and Ex -vice chancellor Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) as founder member of RWNLF his critical evaluation of RWNLF performance, timely advise has been invaluable for the sustenance of RWNLF in ceritical period of COVID and thereafter.

Name:
Mr. Rajesh Kirad

Present Designation: Production Manager

Qualifications:-

Area of work: -

Experience:
With long experience of 27 years at CIPLA, with his pharma background is now in charge of production facility at RWNLF.