Research and Innovation
OUR ASSOCIATE PARTNER
Name: Prof. Mahabaleshwar Hegde. B.Sc, B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc, PhD
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
E-mail: mvhegde26@gmail.com
Office Address: Interactive Research School for Health Affairs
Bharati Vidyapeeth University,
Medical College Campus, Dhankawadi, Pune 411 043 INDIA. 9922070170.
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: : Managing Director
Qualification:: 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.
Center for Innovation in Nutrition Health Disease (CINHD) is a platform to research and develop ideas, to effectively tackle problems in Nutrition Health and Disease, into innovative solutions. In order to further validate such promising innovations, another unit has been established under the name: Real World Nutrition Laboratory Foundation (RWNLF): RWNL Foundation undertakes production of promising innovations and validates them, in real life situations and markets them for consumer acceptability and probable market for such products. Fully tested and proven technologies then get ready for full scale commercial exploitation to achieve the desired impact on the welfare of the society.Linseed Value Addition – wealth to Farmers and health to society is a mission of RWNLF.
Seed production of PKV.NL.260, a high yielding, disease resistant with high omega-3 fatty acid, was undertaken for supplying high quality seeds to the farmers. Pioneering Innovative “Flax Bio-village” model, developed by BVDU, adds value to linseed in multiple ways. The omega-3 oil is extracted under non-oxidizing (under nitrogen) cold press extraction from High Omega linseed (PKV.NL.260) and processed to produce various omega-3 products, such as omega-3 oil, omega-3 soft gel, omega-3 fortifier that can enrich dairy products (milk, ghee, chocolates, sweets etc).Partly de-oiled cake still rich in omega-3 is processed to produce omega-3-enriched poultry feed to produce omega-3 egg and omega-3 chicken meat. These products will boost dairy, poultry, bakery and nutraceutical industries in the country.