Meet Dr. Rao

Dr. Srinivasa K. Rao is a New York-based biomedical scientist. He got his Ph.D. from the University of Paris, France, in 1988. He came to Columbia University for postdoctoral research and later became a faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. He taught Cell, Molecular, and Developmental biology as an adjunct faculty at the City University of New York. He worked in the vaccine industry. His association with the vaccine industry gave him insights into the health and nutrition aspects of children. He did several courses related to food and nutrition from Stanford, Harvard, Colorado universities of the USA, Wageningen University, Netherlands, to update his knowledge in this area. He delivered a nutrition lesson online and gained 26,000 plus views, for which India International Science Festival (IISF) 2020 received the Guinness Book of World Record.

Knowledge about food is an essential component of an Individual’s health. So, he developed charts, flashcards, puzzles, coloring book-related materials for 200 to 500 food items.