Shardabai Pawar’s scientific contributions

Millets have been an integral part of our diet for centuries. Millets aid in the prevention of numerous non- communicable lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases and are considered to be potential choice to address the problems of malnutrition and to consequently improve the food and nutritional security of the nation. Recognizing the enormous potential of millets, the Government of India proposed the year 2023 as ‘International Year of Millets (IYM 2023)’ which was accepted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). To support production and consumption of millets, coupled with enhanced consumer awareness of their nutritional and health benefits, a two-day National Conference on ‘Need for Sustainable Development in Food, Agriculture & Allied Sciences’ was organized by Department of Home Science at our campus during December 12-13, 2023. We are delighted to present before the readers a compendium of full length papers, titled ‘Shree Dhanya: Conference Proceedings’.