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Employee's Directory
Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences
Masood Sadiq Butt, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Professor/Dean, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Working mainly in the domain of human nutrition with special reference to functional & nutraceutical foods and their mechanisms against various metabolic syndromes. Plant based bioactive molecules, antioxidants and their allied health enhancing perspectives to prevent various maladies. Moreover, assessment of nutraceutics in the form of designer foods to alleviate lifestyle related disorders involving hidden hunger, diabetes, cardiovascular complications and cancer protection are amongst the core research areas. Additionally, working on food preservation by the application of edible coatings to improve the quality and shelf life of whole and minimally processed fruits. Besides, wheat flour fortification is also one of the expertise domains.

 
Dr. Beenish Israr

Position & Department: Incharge/Associate Professor, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: My domain is Nutrition, Health & Food choice. Nutrition has been now considered as center for maintaining health and reducing risk of diseases. So, Intake of food, bioavailability and its link with human for maintenance as well as restoration of health is core objective of my research theme, role of nutrition throughout life cycle especially mother and infant health is priority. That includes prenatal & postnatal care of mother and new born, maternal health with special emphasis to micronutrient deficiencies and combating malnutrition in children via diet based strategies. Moreover, food oxalates and its link with kidney stones is also my primarily focus research interest too. That includes food oxalate content and factors affecting bioavailability of dietary oxalate and probiotic treatment for decrease of oxalate. Solubility of oxalate form food and its effect on exalate absorption as well as urinary excretion and formation of kidney stones are major area of emphasis. Further, I am interested to conduct research via using in vitro model as well as intervention trails in humans.

 
Dr. Ayesha Riaz

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Art and design is an integral part related to human aesthetics. My major interest is in painting and drawing and crafts. Other field of interest is Agri-extension. I focus on imparting skill development trainings to community through extension services.

 
Dr. Aisha Siddique

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Human Development and Family Studies

 
Dr. Imran Pasha (Incharge)

Position & Department: Director/Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Food Science & Technology, Cereal Science: wheat quality and characterization, Milling and baking science, Food analysis: Instrumental techniques like chromatography (GC-MS, HPLC), spectroscopy (FTIR, Atomic absorption & emission), electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE, Agarose)

 
Dr. Farah Riaz

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Sociology

 
Sadaf Iqbal Khan

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Lot of natural fibers are being used in making textile products as cotton, just etc. however, still there are such natural fibers that need utmost attention of researchers for being having great potential of fulfilling needs of modern world both in terms of comfort and versatility. Sisal fiber is the big example of such neglected natural fiber and it has great potential of generating powerful revenue for the country. The area of my research is to soften the sisal fiber before spinning. Such fibers will be helpful in home textile industry that can be established women entrepreneurship.

 
Muhammad Atif Randhawa, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: • Post-Harvest Processing of Fruits and Vegetables • Food Safety

 
Asma Lodhi

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: I am working on Sensory Evaluation of different food commodities. Sensory analysis measures the human senses including taste, texture, appearance and smell in a controlled environment. Sensory evaluation is essential for developing new products and assessing product characteristics. It can help to ensure consumer satisfaction and market success. It helps to design questionnaires, recruit consumers, conduct sensory tests and work with the food industry on sensory studies. Whether it is a brand new product or a product that has been on grocery store’s shelves for years, or in clinical trials, we can help.

 
Muhammad Issa Khan, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: My current research is focused in the area of Meat Science and Functional Foods development. Completed a research project on “Tackling metabolic syndrome by developing functional foods” and current in progress projects are “Development, evaluation and promoting of cost effective and low polluting fish feed for Labeo rohita to enhance productivity” and “Development of Conditioned (Omega-3 rich) meat and eggs through modifications in feed ingredients”. The laboratory work is is focused on exploring potential of agricultural waste to utilize as a source of natural antioxidant in broiler feed. Assessment of nutritional quality and biochemical characterization of Pakistani indigenous chicken is also in progress. Value addition of meat by-products by exploring their potential for therapeutic application is also a work domain of laboratory. The research work is focused on assessment of meat quality and to ensure best quality meat products to consumers.

 
Aysha Sameen, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Dairy technology, with reference to milk and milk products, working on different types of cheese e.g., Cheddar, Mozzarella, soft cheeses, dairy spread and yoghurt. Development of stabilizer for dairy product, dairy ingredients

 
Binish Sarwar Khan/ Asad

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Clinical Counseling methods, Effects of different anti obesity drugs and nutrients on various complex diseases like Diabetes, Obesity, CVD, dialysis, Growth stunting, malnutrition, Medica Nutrition therapy (MNTS).Development of homemade NG foods,Ways to improve community services and awerness programs in nutrition and prevention of nutritional deficiences in Pakistan

 
Alvina Haseeb

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Research interest is to bridge the areas of social, personality, developmental psychology and family relations. Focus on the aspects of moral development, and clinic sense to enhance the above areas to precede the world towards the new vision to locus on moral and emotional regulations with the collaboration of psychotherapies.

 
Adeela Manzoor

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Early social and communication development both oral and written among typical developing children and children with developmental disorders. Emphasis on children behavioral problems and guide their parents to solve-out those problems. Observe negative perception of different people and fine ways to change their perception about target subject. I am also interested in helping students gain better awareness of self as it pertain to their interactions with people of diverse backgrounds.

 
Verdah Tariq

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: The bond of clay with the human is very strong. My area of interest is ceramics & sculpture. There are two types of forming ceramics 1. Hand build, 2. On pothers wheel sculpture and relief is a form of visual Art and operates with three dimensional effects.

 
Fareha Ghaffar

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Visual Arts is a forum for historical, critical, cultural, psychological, educational and conceptual research in arts and aesthetic education. I committed to excel in art history, Islamic art and architecture, painting, drawing, miniature, calligraphy, illumination, design, craft. Pakistan possesses in classical culture, art and dynamic expression of historical architecture where mughals gave an avenue of art and architecture. My research studies and analyzes majestic motifs in Shish Mahal of Lahore fort which owed a lot to the influence of individual eras, Iranian sense of beauty, British aesthetic vision, Hindu sense architectural beauty, Mughal blending of vision and miniature paintings as well. Additionally, working on a framework of their unique artistic process. Overall my domain is also focuses on theoretical and historical perspective and even more closely integrated as “creative industries” with the globalization culture.

 
Kiran Khalid

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: They interest is in the field of painting both realistic and conceptual. In realistic work attempt is to represent subject matter truthfully without artificially and supernatural element, another way of my expression is conceptual art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical material concerns.

 
Qurat-ul-ain

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Focuses on research, outreach and education to strengthen the quality of everyday life and the well-being of human. To assist with schools, Psychologists and to explore the culture.

 
Sana Arif

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Nutraceuticals are the natural bioactive, chemical compounds that have heath promoting, disease preventing or medicinal properties. Nutraceutcal and functional foods are used to combat the nutritional disorders. Efficacy study is a way to check the effectiveness of certain nutrient or drug. Efficacy can be defined as the performance of an intervention under ideal and controlled circumstances. Efficacy means that the tested dose of the drug or specific nutrient is effective at ameliorating the treated condition. A typical goal of a safety and efficacy (SE) study is to estimate certain clinical end points with a specified amount of precision.

 
Hira Iftikhar

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: The field of nutritional epidemiology and public health aims at elucidating the relationships between dietary intake, nutritional status and health outcomes. This will be based on studying the etiology of diet related diseases (from a biomedical perspective), the strategies or prevention in the community setting (from a behavioral and environmental perspective) and treatment in the curative setting (from a clinical perspective). In this way, epidemiology strengthens the understanding of maintaining good health and diseases etiology, and helps quantify the impact of public health interventions on individual and environmental outcomes.

 
Allah Rakha PhD

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Dietary fibre, nutrition

 
Moazzam Rafiq Khan, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Fruits and Vegetables Processing

 
Muhammad Saeed, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Food microbiology is the main field of interest. Isolation, characterization and utilization of numerous strains of beneficial lactic acid bacteria at indigenous level. Potential application of Lactobacillus species have potential role in industrial application for the production of different food products: instrumental techniques like HPLC, GC-MS

 
Mian Kamran Sharif, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Pakistani population is suffering from a variety of nutritional deficiency disorders which range from protein-calorie malnutrition to micronutrient deficiencies like Fe, Zn, Iodine and vitamin A. Besides micronutrient deficiencies, metabolic disorders like hypercholesterolemia, hyperglycemia, elevated blood pressure, diabetes and cancer are also prevalent among the masses. To overcome the menace, there is dire need to focus on diet diversification and diet modification. I have worked on extraction and utilization of rice bran oil as edible oil and in various baked products. My current research interest is on fortification of food especially wheat, rice, processed foods (like kheer, noodles, VitaRice, puffed rice), composite flour technology, and food allergens. I am also working on value addition in agricultural commodities through processing, curtailment of postharvest losses by the use of edible coating, preparation of syrups, jams, jellies.

 
Dr. Amna Sahar

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Development of rapid methods based on spectroscopy & chemometrics to determine the quality of Food

 
Muhammad Asim Shabbir, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: I am working in the domain of Edible Fats and Oils in relation to their Nutrition, safety and processing. The primary health risk identified for undesirable fats like (transfats) consumption is an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). It is the highly unorganized segment of Pakistan where issues related to food safety are still to be addressed. Moreover the culture of value addition in this sector is very stumpy. I am focusing on product development, nutritional attributes regarding its valuable ingredients of various edible oils and safety aspects like Trans fats, heavy metals, aflatoxin etc.

 
Dr. Ahmad Din

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts:

 
Rana Muhammad Aadil Ph.D

Position & Department: Associate Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Non-thermal processing techniques, sonication, thermosonication, Pulsed Electric Field, High Pressure Processing, fresh juice processing

 
Muhammad Inam-ur-Raheem, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: • Post-Harvest Technology • Fruits and Vegetables Processing and Preservation

 
Syed Qamar Abbas, PhD

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Novel Technologies, High Hydrostatic Pressure Processing, Ultraviolet Light processing, Food microbiology, Juices and dairy processing

 
Najma Shaheen

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Clothing & Textile

 
Anum Asghar

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Surface creation through Textures and Embellishment in the field of Fashion & Textile designing.Explore new cut-lines in the field of Fashion designing. Application of special finishes (including dyeing & printing) to attain variation and special characteristics in the fabrics.

 
Aisha Mushtaq

Position & Department: Lecturer, Institute of Home Sciences, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Fashion and the concept of beauty, luxury, fashion, contemporary fashion trends,creation design in apparel wear, fashion as mirror of lines, Develop clothing with enhanced functional performance and aesthetic appearance.

 
Abid Aslam Maan, Ph.D

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Microfluidic emulsification, microencapsulation, coating and packaging.

 
Rizwan Shukat

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Encapsulation, Food and Nutrition,

 
Muhammad Kashif Iqbal Khan, Ph.D.

Position & Department: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Sustainable production, Edible coating, Encapsulation, Food Process Engineering

 
Mr. Muhammad Naeem

Position & Department: Lecturer, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts:

 
Dr. Muhammad Aamir

Position & Department: Lecturer, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts:

 
Dr. Ali Hassan

Position & Department: Lecturer, National Institute of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Food, Nutrition & Home Sciences

Research Intersts: Mr. Ali Hassan did B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science & Technology from University of Agriculture Faisalabad. After that, he did Masters from London (UK) with specialization in Food Safety & Quality Management. His research was on National Food Control System of Pakistan in which he has also recommended a model food control system for overcoming the gaps. His main areas of expertise in research are Food Safety, Food Safety & Quality Management Systems, HACCP modeling, Food Microbiology, Pre-harvest & Postharvest Quality Management of Food Commodities and Food Product & Process development

 

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