Global research landscape on specific diets and cardiovascular diseases: assessing the current status and charting future directions Available to Purchase

Dilip Kumar is a seasoned hospitality academician with a PhD (Management) with more than 20 years of experience with various reputed organisations. Presently, he is working with Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. He has published one book titled “Hotel and Resort Management” under the Paradise Press. He has also published various articles in Scopus and Web of Science-indexed journals. His area of research revolves around tourism, hospitality, food, sustainable development goals, sustainability and artificial intelligence. He has organised two international conferences as a convenor and published the conference proceedings as edited books.

Abhinav Kumar Shandilya is an educationist with a PhD (Management), Master in Business Administration (HRM), Master in Tourism Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Management and B.Sc. in Hospitality and Hotel Administration having more than 20 years of teaching and industry experience. He is presently working as an Associate Professor, HMCT at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. His core competence is in consumer behaviour and food production. He has conference/seminar presentations, edited books and journal articles to his credit. He was resource person for orientation programs and capacity-building programs sponsored by different State Govt. agencies of Jharkhand.

Thirugnanasambantham K. is the Principal of Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration. He is an accomplished Chef, an erudite Academician, a conversant Leader, a proficient Administrator and an eminent personality with 33 years (9 years in Industry and since 1999 on words in academics) of competence experience – both in hotel operations and academics. Scholastically, he pursued a Doctorate in Food and Nutrition in 2022 from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. His study focused on the Prevalence and assessment of antecedents of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and the effect of diet and lifestyle intervention among hotel employees. This study has relevant theoretical and practical implications for the academic fraternity and industry professionals. He also has an MBA and is adorned as a Distinguished Member of the esteemed “Institute of Hospitality”, London. His areas of functional expertise include academic processes and curriculum enrichment, Hotel and Kitchen Operations Management, Cost Containment and Quality Assurance, Customer Service and Special Events.