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HELNA PIOUS
Designation: - Assistant Professor
Mobile No: - 9544484503
Email ID: - helnapious@kvasu.ac.in

Educational Qualifications

Degree	Institution/Board
B. Tech Dairy Technology	Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati
M. Tech (Dairy Chemistry)	Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Ph. D (Dairy Chemistry)	ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (Ongoing)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Dairy Chemistry, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University – 2021-2023 (2 year)
Assistant Professor, Department of Dairy Chemistry, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University – Since 2026

First Prize for oral presentation in International Conference on “Recent advances in Food science and Technology- A way forward”-2025 at Haveri, Karnataka.
Winner of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) “Standardization Contest: Shaping Tomorrow’s Sustainability Standards”-2024.
Recipient of ICAR-National Talent Scholarship during the period of 2013-2017 (UG).
Recipient of Junior and Senior Residency Fellowship from KVASU during the period of 2017-2020 (PG).
Qualified ICAR-ASRB-National Eligibility Test (NET) in Dairy Chemistry.
Qualified University Grand Commission (UGC)-National Eligibility Test (NET) in Home Science.

3 days training on FOSTaC in Milk and Milk products
Hands on training on Staple food fortification at NIFTEM, Haryana
Training on Research Techniques used in veterinary and allied sciences at KVASU
CME on good Laboratory Practice (GLP) at ICAR-NDRI
Training on Innovative Teaching & Learning Pedagogy by Research Foundation of India, RFI-CARE-2023

Helna Pious, Sushmi Varghese Joseph, Aiswarya VG and Sharath S (2025). Innovative Whey-Based Pineapple Beverage Enriched with Banana Pseudo stem and Ginger Extract. European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety.
Helna Pious, Parvathy shine and Archana Chandran. (2024). Probiotic potential of pichia kudriavzevii y01 and preparation of fermented whey beverage by Response Surface Methodology. Journal of Research ANGRAU.
Helna Pious, Divya MP and Sharath S. (2024). Effect of organogels on the quality and shelf life of skim milk yoghurt. International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research.
Helna Pious, Vandhana PS and Sharath S. (2025). Oxidative stability of ghee clarified at various time: Temperature combinations. International Journal of Horticulture and Food Science.
Helna Pious, Dr. Divya MP, Dr. P Sudheer Babu, Dr. AK Beena and Dr. Rachana CR (2020). Physico chemical characteristics of Skim milk yoghurt incorporated with sunflower wax canola oil Organogel. The Pharma Innovation Journal.
Helna Pious, Aiswarya VG and Salini SV. (2023). Liposome Technology: Enhancing Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Health and Vitality. Agri Tech Today.
M.K. Anjali, Athira Suresh, Archana Chandran, C. Ankitha Anto, Helna Pious and S. Archana. (2023). Preparation of a novel carbonated fermented probiotic dairy beverage using Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus and Candida krusei as co-cultures. Journal of Research ANGRAU