Bhakti Samant is the Chief Dietitian at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH), Mumbai, with over 15 years of experience in clinical nutrition therapy. She holds an MSc in Dietetics from the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Pune, and S.V.T. College of Home Science, SNDT University, Mumbai, and is a Registered Dietitian. She has also earned the prestigious European ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, along with an extensive portfolio of internationally recognised certifications and fellowships from institutions including Monash University (Australia), the Asian Institute of Ketogenic Diet, and Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, reflecting her deep commitment to advancing evidence-based clinical nutrition practices. Bhakti Samant's clinical expertise spans a wide spectrum of therapeutic nutrition, encompassing diet counselling for metabolic, physiological, and medical conditions including diabetes, gestational diabetes, cardiac disease, liver ailments, renal disease, cancer, gastrointestinal and neurological conditions, and critical care nutrition. She is particularly noted for her specialisation in pre- and post-bariatric surgery nutrition, ketogenic diets for epilepsy and weight loss, paediatric oncology nutrition, low-FODMAP diets for irritable bowel syndrome, and nutrition support for pulmonary disease and metabolic syndrome. She has been the recipient of the IAPEN Quality Award for Excellence in Therapeutic Food Service Management at the ICNC 2022 Congress held at AIIMS, New Delhi, a recognition of her outstanding leadership in hospital nutrition services. Since 2009, Bhakti Samant has been leading the entire Nutrition Therapy Department at KDAH, coordinating both inpatient and outpatient diet services and managing the department team. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Dietitian at the Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre, and completed training attachments at S.L. Raheja Hospital, KEM Hospital, and Bai Jerbai Wadia Children's Hospital - building a broad and diverse clinical foundation across adult, paediatric, and cardiac nutrition settings.