Mahableshwar Hegde, PhD in biochemistry, has over 30 years post garduate teaching experience, guiding M.Sc, M.Phil, PhD students at Pune University and for the

last 20 years has passionately working for omega-3 nutritional security, by establishing a “Center for Innovation in Nutrition Health and Disease (CINHD)” and “Real

World Nutrition Laboratory Foundation (RWNLF)” in Bharati Vidyapeeth (deemed to be)University Pune, to validate the innovative omega-3 enriched products throgh FLAX

BIOVILLAGE” concept devloped by him. He has published extensively and edited a book “OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID” keys to nutritional health, published by Springer International.