Education:
B.Sc., Home Science, COHSc, PAU, Ludhiana (1989). M.Sc., Food and Nutrition, COHSc, PAU, Ludhiana.(1992) Ph.D., Food and Nutrition, COHSc PAU, Ludhiana (1997).

Positions held :
Assistant Professor, PAU, Ludhiana (2005-2017),Associate Professor, PAU, Ludhiana (2017-2020), Professor (2020 till date)

Field of Specialization:
Food and Nutrition

Research Interests:
1.Food Analysis
2. Community Nutrition

Ongoing Projects:
1. Nutrition awareness training program for rural girl students funded by Nestle India Limited (2009 till date).

Selected Research Publications :
1.Grewal HK, Hira CK and Kawatra BL (2000) Iron availability from processed and cooked wheat products using haemoglobin regeneration efficiency method. Die Nahrung 44:398-402. Now Molecular Nutrition and Food Research (NAAS rating=8.2)

2. Sadana B, Hira C K, Singla N and Kaur H (2006) Nutritional evaluation of Rice bean (Vigna umbellata). J Fd Sci Technol 43:575-83.(NAAS rating=6.9)
3.Miglani N, Bains K and Kaur H (2015). Development of baked and extruded functional foods from metabolic syndrome specific ingredient mix. J Fd Sci Tech 52:5850-7.(Impact factor: 2.203; NAAS rating: 8.20)
4.Kaur H, Jain D and Brar J K (2012) Organization and economic contribution of home gardens in a semi urban set-up of Punjab state. Env and Ecol 3B:945-50.(NAAS rating=2.1)
5. Uppal V, Bains K and Kaur H (2014) Optimization of germination time and heat treatments for enhanced availability of minerals from leguminous sprouts. J Fd Sci Technol 51: 1016-1020.(NAAS rating=6.9)


Awards/Honours/Distinctions :
1. Completed a competitive project in 2012 with the funding of Rs 53,04,308 from HarvestPlus c/o IFPRI, Washington DC as Co PI.