Faculty Profile

About

I have Ph.D. in Biological sciences, with 5 years of research experience under Dr. H.K. Manonmani at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, focusing on the extraction and characterization of secondary metabolites from plant and microbial sources and their application in diabetes management. My doctoral work involved both in vitro and in vivo evaluation of antidiabetic compounds and their encapsulated formulations. I completed a postdoctoral project at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, investigating the mechanobiology of tissue fibrosis, in collaboration with Profs. P. Kondaiah (MRDG) and B. Gopal (MBU), using biochemical and chromatographic techniques to quantify collagen and crosslink density in animal tissues. In addition to this foundational research, I actively engaged designing a dietary formulation for diabetic management with low glycemic index from Gymnema sylvestre. My current research focuses on holistic, diet-based interventions aimed at improving gut health, managing postpartum depression, and enhancing mental health. My interdisciplinary approach combines nutrition science, traditional medicine, and food technology to explore sustainable strategies for overall wellbeing.

Grant Aided Research Projects
 “Cost-effective herbal disinfectant chamber for covid-19 sample collection kiosk” Prof. Savithri Bhat and Dr.Rashmi S Shenoy, (2020) Funded by VTU-TEQIP cell
 “A low glycemic index based ‘miracle bar’ from Gymnema sylvestre” Dr.Rashmi S Shenoy, (2021) Funded by TEQIP
 “Low GI based miracle bar from Gymnema sylvestre for amelioration of insulin resistance in Drosophila melanogaster” funded by College Management under research promotion scheme (FRPS) Dr.Rashmi S Shenoy and Prof. Savithri Bhat
*AWS credit worth 6500 dollars as award under National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) 2022-2024
Title: "LOW GI BASED MIRACLE BAR FROM GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE FOR AMELIORATION OF INSULIN RESISTANCE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES AND PCOD -A UNIQUE AYURVEDIC INTERVENTION" Prof. Savithri Bhat and Dr. Rashmi S Shenoy.
*Amount of 6L granted for project "A study of social awareness and education about Eco-Friendly Menstruation Hygiene Practices in Rural Karnataka" funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Education, GoI, under Swach Bharath S, 2023 PI-Prof Savithri Bhat, CO-PI- Dr Rashmi S Shenoy

Patents published:
"DIET-BASED COMPOSITION FOR PREPARATION OF EDIBLE NUTRIENT BAR FOR DIABETIC MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF".Application Number :202341028331 Filed April 18, 2023, Published June 2023 (Dr Rashmi S Shenoy and Prof. Savithri Bhat)

Certifications:
Level 2 Award in Mindfulness Teaching (Virtual mode),Holbeck College,Kington, recognised by British Accreditation Council (BAC).
Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health- Coursera (University of Sydney)
Diabetes-Coursera

Education

• PhD - Biological Sciences
  CSIR-CFTRI
  Passed Year: 2019 | Program Type: FullTime
• M.Tech - Industrial Biotechnology
  MIT,Manipal
  Passed Year: 2013 | Program Type: FullTime
• BE - Biotechnology
  NMAMIT,Nitte
  Passed Year: 2011 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Conference | Published On : 28-12-2023
  T. Jatti, N. Maniyal, S. Mouli, R. Shenoy and S. Bhat
  T. Jatti, N. Maniyal, S. Mouli, R. Shenoy and S. Bhat, "Molecular Docking and ADMET of Levodopa against Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinases, and In-Vitro Mobility Analysis in C. Elegans for Parkinson's Disease," 2023 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Dayton, OH, USA, 2023, pp. 369-376, doi: 10.1109/BIBE60311.2023.00067.
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• Conference | Published On : 09-05-2023
  I. Bhat, V. Umadevi, N. Jagadeesh, S. Bhat and R. S. Shenoy
  I. Bhat, V. Umadevi, N. Jagadeesh, S. Bhat and R. S. Shenoy, "Tender Coconut Classification using Decision Tree and Deep Learning Technique," 2023 10th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), Noida, India, 2023, pp. 395-398, doi: 10.1109/SPIN57001.2023.10117353 .
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• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 01-02-2023
  Rashmi S. Shenoy, Prathibha Narayanan & Savithri Bhat
  Emerging Technologies for Separation and Recycle of Phosphorous from Sewage Sludge for Hydroponic Farming System Springer, Cham, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20822-5_12
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• Conference | Published On : 19-11-2021
  Surya Ravi, Nita Hegde, Prapthi R. Adiga, Ronith J, Rashmi S. Shenoy
  Insilico docking approach for functional prediction of food formulation towards gut health,NITTE-BIO 2021: Nurturing Innovative Technological Trends in Engineering – BIOscience NMAM Institute of Technology, NITTE Udupi, India, November 19-20, 2021.
• Journal | Published On : 16-11-2021
  Rashmi S Shenoy, Jagadeesh Kumar, Nagendra HG and H.K.Manonmani
  In silico evaluation of naturally isolated triterpene glycosides (TG) from Gymnema sylvestre towards diabetic treatmentHeliyon, Volume 7, Issue 12, 2021,e08407,ISSN24058440https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08407.(Published on November 16th 2021, Cell press-Heliyon).
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• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 14-01-2021
  HK Manonmani SS Rashmi
  High Throughput Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Repair of Genes Involved in Insulin Signalling Pathway in MIN6 Cells on Treatment with TG Trends in Pharmaceutical Research and Development Vol 6 12 pg 2021
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• Journal | Published On : 01-11-2020
  Rashmi, S. and Manonmani, H.
  A Triterpene Glycoside Fraction, TG from Gymnema sylvestre Ameliorates Insulin Resistance by Stimulating Glucose Uptake in 3T3L1 Adipocytes and C2C12 Skeletal Muscle Cells. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8, 137-151,2020 doi: 10.4236/jbm.2020.811013.
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• Conference | Published On : 11-12-2019
  SS Rashmi and HK Manonmani.
  A triterpene gylycoside fraction, TG From Gymnema Sylvestre ameliorates insulin resistance By stimulating glucose uptake In 3T3L1 Adipocytes And C2C12 skeletal muscle cells. National conference, IWSA, 11th -13th December, 2019, Tarnaka ,Hyderabad,India.
• Journal | Published On : 08-08-2018
  RS Shenoy, KV Prashanth, HK Manonmani
  Rashmi Shenoy, Keelara Veerappa Harish Prashanth and Haravey Krishnan Manonmani "In vitro antidiabetic effects of isolated triterpene glycoside fraction (TG)” from Gymnema sylvestre Evid. Based. Complementary. Altern. Med. vol. 2018, Article ID 7154702, 12 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7154702 (Journal of Evidence based complementary and alternative medicine)
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• Journal | Published On : 24-03-2015
  TS Deepak, S Rashmi, HK Manonmani
  1. T. S. Deepak, Shenoy Rashmi and Haravey K. Manonmani Comparison of colorimetric and chemiluminescent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of endosulfan in food samples. Luminesence 2015, Vol.30, pp1274-1279 (Journal of Luminescence).
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Other Information

Academic achievements
 BE dissertation project funded by Karnataka State Council of Science and Technology, IISC, Bangalore and selected as “Best Project of the Year 2011 Award” at state level in July 2011.
 Qualified National Level Biotechnology Talent Search Examination, 2011.
 Qualified GATE (2011 &2013) in Biotechnology.
 Secured 16th rank in Manipal Entrance test, Manipal
 Awarded CSIR-GATE fellowship in 2013.
 Best Project award for the work entitled “In silico analysis of triterpene glycosides (TG) from Gymnema sylvestre with targets related to diabetes” by Rashmi S.S and Manonmani H. K, at CSIR symposium in association with AFSTI, July 13th, 2018.
 Recognised as VTU Research supervisor
 Life time member of Indian Women Scientist Association.

TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
• Training in BASF India, Surathkal in January 2011
• Training on different techniques involved in Animal housing and facilities at CFTRI, Mysore.
• One week Faculty Development Programme on Outcome Based Education and Accreditation from 27th -31st January at BMSCE, Bangalore.
• Attended Workshop entitled “Applications of Biostatistics” on 26 th February, 2020, organized by Department of Biotechnology, Dayananda Sagar college of Engineering and BMS college of engineering in association with Indian Women Scientists’ association (IWSA), Bengaluru.
• Actively participated in the 2 Days Instructor Led Live Online Workshop On ML & AI Using Covid-19 Virus Data Analysis held during 27th- 28th April 2020 Organized by Finland Labs (A Unit of Revert Technology Pvt. Ltd.) In Association with NSS – IIT Roorkee.
• Actively participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Bioconversion Technologies and Start-up
Opportunities in Biofuels Production" from 2021-06-14 to 2021-06-18 at Silver Jubilee Govt College
• Actively participated & Successfully completed One Week AICTE – VTU Joint Teachers Training Programme on “An Overview of Teaching Techniques in Innovation & Design Thinking” between 27th & 31st December 2021 Organized by VTU Human Resource Development Centre (VTU - HRDC), Centre for PG Studies, VIAT, Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapur (Dist.) - 562101.
• Actively participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Waste Technology" from 04/01/2021 to
08/01/2021 at NIT WARANGAL.
• Actively participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Recent Advances in Biosimilars Development" from 05/07/2021 to 09/07/2021 at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Kolkata.
• Actively participated & completed successfully one week FDP program on "Universal Human values" organised by Department of Maths, EC and TCE Department from 7/11/2022-12/11/2022 at BMSCE.
•Actively participated in One Week Faculty Development Program (FDP)- Empowering Educators: Leadership, Research, and Pedagogical Excellence Organized at BMSCE during Feb 17, 2025 to Feb 22, 2025
•Actively participated in Faculty Development Program (FDP)- Outcome based education Organized at BMSCE during 23rd January, 2025
•Actively participated in Two-Day International Seminar on Indian Knowledge Systems held on 12th and 13th March 2025 in B.M.S. College of Engineering Auditorium - I, Bengaluru 560004.

Reviewer:
Recognized as reviewer for 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSFORMATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCTION ORGANISED BY IUCEE FOUNDATION.
Recognized as reviewer for The Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET), a Scopus Indexed journal.
Reviewer for Heliyon- cell press journal, Q1 ,IF-4.0, indexed in scopus/web of science/SCIE

WEBINARS
• Participated in DBT_STAR college Scheme FEP, "Frontiers in smart learning" WEBINAR for 3 days from 14th to 16th May 2020.
• Participated in has successfully participated in the International Webinar on “Research Reinvented” organized by the Departments of Commerce &Management,
Indian academy, Bangalore on 29th May 2020.

SEMINARS ATTENDED
Attended Popular science lecture series on “Cancer genes: Biology to therapy” under BRNS and Indian Women scientist’s association on 28th Feb 2020 at BMSCE, Bangalore.
Attended distinguished guest lecture on “Atomic Resolution Structures to Biological Function” by Dr. Ramaswamy Subramanian, Director, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette. Indiana, USA, on February 28th , 2020, ISE Seminar Hall, 5th Floor, Platinum Block, BMSCE,Bangalore.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES HANDLED
 Member of Institute BMSCE Women Cell- conduction and organisation of various events and activities at BMSCE
 Department Website coordinator
 Department AICTE coordinator
 Department Cultural coordinator
 Graduation day Core committee (Coordinator)

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