SBDM: Elected to serve on the Site Based Decision Making Committee for Collins Lane Elementary School, for years 2007-2008
Selection Committees for Various Positions, prominent ones include such as Associate Director of KSU's Land Grant Program (ARD), Asst. Prof. Position in Organic Agriculture, Extension Associate-ANR position, etc.
Gold Medal: M.Sc. (Biotechnology): For the 1993 batch.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Avinash Tope
Presentations
1 Tope, A., Patel, S. (2017) “Evaluation of Microbial Quality of Agricultural Water from Small Farms in Kentucky” Oral Presentation and Demonstration of Testing Water Quality at Third Thursday Thing programs in March 2017.
2 Tope, A., Patel, S. (2017). “Basic Nutrition Concepts” Oral Presentation made at Third Thursday Thing programs in March 2017.
3 A video interview was given showcasing various research projects under the Food Safety and Human Nutrition at KSU CAFSSS for the KSU Gold Series. May 2017
4 Tope, A., “Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Individual Criteria in Students Attending a Historically Black University” at the World Congress on Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Conference on November 20, 2016 in Dubai.
5 Tope, A., Grimes, K. “Kentucky State University Nutritional Sciences Option for the Agriculture, Food and Environment Degree” at the 1890 CBG Program Director Meeting, held in Virginia Beach, VA. Sept. 2016
6 Representation of Research at Rosenwald Center for Families and Children: Dr. Avinash M. Topè made a research presentation, showcasing the ongoing and proposed research initiatives at KSU’s Rosenwald Center for Families and Children to the delegation of representatives of KY’s Legislative Research Council, led by Rep. Simpson and his team on Nov. 4th 2015.
7 Avinash M. Topè represented four KSU’s CAFSSS students of the AFE 417 Class to attend a one day ‘Annual KY Diabetes Symposium’, held in Louisville, KY on Friday, Nov. 6th 2015.
8 A poster presentation titled “Urinary Levels of 8-hydroxy-deoxoguanosine (OHdG) in Young African American Population with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS).” Avinash Tope and Phyllis Rogers at the Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology, held in March, 2015 in Boston.
9 Tope, A. (2014): “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Produce Growers”. Offered training to produce growers at the Third Thursday Thing Program in Sept. 2014.
10 Tope, A., Rogers, P. (2014). “Health and Nutrition”: Oral presentation made at the Third Thursday Thing program in Sept. 2014.
11 A Documentary for Health & Wellness: Under the recommendation from Rep. Riner, (Jefferson County, KY), a KSU alum, we were suggested to participate in a documentary being produced under the leadership of Mr. Nelson Campbell, which is a sequel to the most watched Netflix Documentary