Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Food Studies: Intersections of Culture, Science and Sustainability (ICEFS 2026)

International Conference on Emerging Food Studies: Intersections of Culture, Science and Sustainability (ICEFS 2026)

📍Jaipur, India🗓️ 9-10 January 2026
87 authors
Anakha
Spice Narratives and the Triguna: An Integrated Semiotic–Narrative Analysis of Ayurvedic Psychology in The Mistress of Spices
Arora, Rachna
The Womb as a Cultural Kitchen: Garbh Sanskar, Dietary Taboos, and Nutritional Science
Arti
Salted Shores and Sustained Lives: Food Habits of the Parathavar Fishing Community in Joe D’Cruz’s Ocean Rimmed World
Bala, Kirti
The Role of Food in Shaping National and Cultural Identity
Banger, Minakshi
Food and Water Sustainability: A Comparative Framework Across the American Southwest and Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams
Bansal, Sonia Kaur
The Social Narrative of Sustainable Eating and Its Cultural Challenges
Banupriya, S.
Maternal Diet and Its Role in Child Neurodevelopmental and Physical Disabilities: A Descriptive Study
Bijawat, Swati
“Relishing Heritage: A Culinary Journey of the Marwar Region’s Vernacular Response to Cuisines Across Cultures and Histories”
Binola, J.
A Plate of Barrenness: Dietary Practices and The Construction of Male Infertility in Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman
Chauhan, Anurag
Reclaiming the Margins: Food Memoirs as Historiographical Interventions of Fractured Histories and Changing Landscapes
Chauhan, Garima
The Social Narrative of Sustainable Eating and Its Cultural Challenges
Dave, Nigam
The Womb as a Cultural Kitchen: Garbh Sanskar, Dietary Taboos, and Nutritional Science
Dhanya, P.
Spoons, Smells, and Silences: Culinary Memory and the Gendered Kitchen in Contemporary Indian Women’s Memoirs
Ghosh, Subham
From Naan to Luchi: Bread as a Literary Motif of Memory, Migration, and Belonging along the Grand Trunk Road
Godara, Abhishek
The Edible Palimpsest: Food Practice as Strategic Ritualization
Gupta, Sangita
Utilization of Indigenous Food Processing Methods for the Development of Cereal and Legume Based Complementary Food
Gupta, Sangita
Beyond Ethanol: A Comprehensive Review of the Nutritional, Microbiological and Functional Potential of Traditional Alcoholic Beverages
Gupta, Sangita
Maternal Isodisomy of Chromosome 13: A Case Study Linking Genetic Inheritance, Nutrition-Related Traits, and Sustainable Health Outcomes
Hamad, Ahmed
Utilization of Indigenous Food Processing Methods for the Development of Cereal and Legume Based Complementary Food
Jincy, S. S.
From Appetiser to Multifaceted Dimensions: Manifestations of Food in Mollywood Movies
Joshi, Divya
Food and Emotion: Exploring Culinary Imagery and Cultural Expression in Rajasthani Folk Songs
Kanimozhi, P.
Food Creolization as a Medium of Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of the Graphic Novel Rare Flavours
Karam, Sapana Devi
Negotiating Identities Through Food: Northeastern Migrants and Racism in Urban India
Karthik, R.
IoT and AI for Rural Fishing: A Research for Enhancing Traditional Chinese Fishing Nets
Kaur, Satwant
Redistributive Justice in Sikh Philosophy: Langar, Seva, and the Metaphysics of Food
Kishor, Indra
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics for Sustainable, Resilient, and Efficient Food Production
Krishnan, Manoj
IoT and AI for Rural Fishing: A Research for Enhancing Traditional Chinese Fishing Nets
Kulhari, Priyanka
Culinary Narratives and Gendered Spaces: Women, Food, and the Cinematic Gaze in Hindi Films
Kumar, Meera
The Insane Vegetarian: Gender, Sanity, and Food Politics in World Literature
Kushwah, Shrishti
The Womb as a Cultural Kitchen: Garbh Sanskar, Dietary Taboos, and Nutritional Science
Lal, T. S. Sarath
From Appetiser to Multifaceted Dimensions: Manifestations of Food in Mollywood Movies
Mahisha, A. Annie Divya
A Plate of Barrenness: Dietary Practices and The Construction of Male Infertility in Perumal Murugan’s One Part Woman
Mamodiya, Udit
Peer-Review Statements
Mamodiya, Udit
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics for Sustainable, Resilient, and Efficient Food Production
Mathur, Sakshi
Between Fire and Flour: Rethinking Women’s Invisible Culinary Labor in Modernity Gender, Modernity, and the Politics of Culinary Work
Megavarshini, P.
Edible Nostalgia: Intersection of Food and Memory in Hisashi Kashiwai’s The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Mehta, Aishwarya
Reclaiming the Margins: Food Memoirs as Historiographical Interventions of Fractured Histories and Changing Landscapes
Mishra, Richa
Digital Offerings and the Virtualization of Ritual Food: Rethinking Death Practices in the Age of Technology
Mohanty, Namita
Food as Agency in Odia Folklore: Ritual, Transgression, and Power
Mohanty, Sulagna
Food as Agency in Odia Folklore: Ritual, Transgression, and Power
Murali, Anupama
From Segregation to Integration: Tracing the legacy of Food Acculturation in Parayipetta Panthirukulam
Nandhini, M.
Salted Shores and Sustained Lives: Food Habits of the Parathavar Fishing Community in Joe D’Cruz’s Ocean Rimmed World
Ngullie, Yantsubeni
Food as Agency in Odia Folklore: Ritual, Transgression, and Power
Nisar, K. S.
A Search for Feminine Desires in Patriarchal Social Structure in Khushwant Singh’s Nirmala and Gita Hariharan’s The Feast
Pandit, Mansea
Carceral Kitchen, Culinary Labour and Cumulative Trauma: A Reading of Arati Kadav’s Mrs.
Pathak, Shashi
Digital Offerings and the Virtualization of Ritual Food: Rethinking Death Practices in the Age of Technology
Patni, Geetika
The Role of Food in Shaping National and Cultural Identity
Poonia, Bhawna
Maternal Isodisomy of Chromosome 13: A Case Study Linking Genetic Inheritance, Nutrition-Related Traits, and Sustainable Health Outcomes
Prabakaran, Tharini
Flavours of the Roots in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices
Pundir, Aditya Kumar Singh
Utilization of Indigenous Food Processing Methods for the Development of Cereal and Legume Based Complementary Food
Ragul, S.
Salted Shores and Sustained Lives: Food Habits of the Parathavar Fishing Community in Joe D’Cruz’s Ocean Rimmed World
Rani, Rakhi
Food and Water Sustainability: A Comparative Framework Across the American Southwest and Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams
Ravindran, P. Reshmi
From Segregation to Integration: Tracing the legacy of Food Acculturation in Parayipetta Panthirukulam
Sachdeva, Sarveen Kaur
A Search for Feminine Desires in Patriarchal Social Structure in Khushwant Singh’s Nirmala and Gita Hariharan’s The Feast
Sadhana, G.
Salted Shores and Sustained Lives: Food Habits of the Parathavar Fishing Community in Joe D’Cruz’s Ocean Rimmed World
Saradhambal, K. S.
Edible Nostalgia: Intersection of Food and Memory in Hisashi Kashiwai’s The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Sarma, Rukmini
Food Creolization as a Medium of Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of the Graphic Novel Rare Flavours
Shahnawaz
A Search for Feminine Desires in Patriarchal Social Structure in Khushwant Singh’s Nirmala and Gita Hariharan’s The Feast
Sharma, Krati
A Search for Feminine Desires in Patriarchal Social Structure in Khushwant Singh’s Nirmala and Gita Hariharan’s The Feast
Sharma, Krati
The Social Narrative of Sustainable Eating and Its Cultural Challenges
Sharma, Kuldip
The Social Narrative of Sustainable Eating and Its Cultural Challenges
Sharma, Nandini
Food Culture, Migration, and Memory in the Works of V. S. Naipaul
Sharma, Neetu
A Search for Feminine Desires in Patriarchal Social Structure in Khushwant Singh’s Nirmala and Gita Hariharan’s The Feast
Sharma, Sucharita
Peer-Review Statements
Sharma, Sucharita
Food and Emotion: Exploring Culinary Imagery and Cultural Expression in Rajasthani Folk Songs
Sharma, Vinay
Beyond Ethanol: A Comprehensive Review of the Nutritional, Microbiological and Functional Potential of Traditional Alcoholic Beverages
Shikhila, T.
Spice Narratives and the Triguna: An Integrated Semiotic–Narrative Analysis of Ayurvedic Psychology in The Mistress of Spices
Shivani, R.
A Study of Tamil Nadu’s Tribal Communities: Indigenous Foods as Foundations of Governance, Spirituality and Ecological Harmony
Shohe, Inatoli
Negotiating Identities Through Food: Northeastern Migrants and Racism in Urban India
Shruthy, P. Jane Evangelin
Embodied Labor and Taste: Analyzing the Parotta in Thalaivan Thalaivi Through Bourdieu
Singh, Namita
Food and Emotion: Exploring Culinary Imagery and Cultural Expression in Rajasthani Folk Songs
Singh, Pallavi
Utilization of Indigenous Food Processing Methods for the Development of Cereal and Legume Based Complementary Food
Singh, Sakshi
Mid-Day Meals in India: A Political and Psychological Study
Soni, Ritu
Preserving Food, Preserving Culture: A Heritage of Rajasthani Folklore and Tradition
Srivastava, Shashi
Saving Spoon as a Beacon in Preethi Nair’s 100 Shades of White
Swapna, N. R.
From Segregation to Integration: Tracing the legacy of Food Acculturation in Parayipetta Panthirukulam
Thankalayam, Sheen
From Appetiser to Multifaceted Dimensions: Manifestations of Food in Mollywood Movies
Tiwari, Anoop Kumar
Carceral Kitchen, Culinary Labour and Cumulative Trauma: A Reading of Arati Kadav’s Mrs.
Tiwari, Shruti
The Social Narrative of Sustainable Eating and Its Cultural Challenges
Umamaheswari, K.
Maternal Diet and Its Role in Child Neurodevelopmental and Physical Disabilities: A Descriptive Study
Veni, K. Krishna
Maternal Diet and Its Role in Child Neurodevelopmental and Physical Disabilities: A Descriptive Study
Vimala, D. Annie
Embodied Labor and Taste: Analyzing the Parotta in Thalaivan Thalaivi Through Bourdieu
Vishakha, Vishakha
Mid-Day Meals in India: A Political and Psychological Study
Walia, Divya
Food and Emotion: Exploring Culinary Imagery and Cultural Expression in Rajasthani Folk Songs
Yadav, Priyanka
Peer-Review Statements
Yadav, Priyanka
Food Culture, Migration, and Memory in the Works of V. S. Naipaul
Yadav, Priyanka
The Edible Palimpsest: Food Practice as Strategic Ritualization