Joined the National Institute of Nutrition in the year 1996 as Research Officer after a brief stint in Tamil Nadu Police Department. Her area of research interest are Nutrition Education and Social factors effecting the nutrition awareness among different groups of population. She has also been conducting awareness programmes and training programmes at the community level. She successfully conducted nutrition orientation programmes for Programme Officers of National Service Scheme (NSS)  of Andhra Pradesh; students of Women Study Department of Alagappa University, Self-Help Group Women of Tamil Nadu. She also developed a number of nutrition education material including pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, video films and CD Roms on Nutrition. She also published her work in many International and National Journals and presented at many scientific fora.

1. Subba Rao GM, Vijayapushpam T, Venkaiah K and Pavarala V. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of nutrition and food safety information in school science textbooks of India. Health Education Journal (online first published on October 18, 2011) doi:10.1177/0017896911422783
2. Vijayapushpan T, Antony GM, Subba Rao GM, Raghunatha Rao D. Nutrition and health education intervention for student community: topic-wise assessment of impact using non-parametric test. Public Health Nutrition. 2010:13(1); 131-136.
3. Subba Rao GM and Vijayapushpam T. Nutrition education for student-volunteers using televised folkdance form. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour. 2009: 41(6); 436-437.
4. Vijayapushpam T, Subba Rao GM., Antony GM. and Raghunatha Rao D. Nutrition Education For Student Community Volunteers; A Comparative study of Two Different Communication Methods. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol.29, No.2, pp.108-112,  June 2008.
5. Dietary habits and effect of two different educational tools on nutrition knowledge of school going adolescent girls in Hyderabad, India. D.Ragunatha Rao, T.Vijayapushpam. GM Subba  Rao,  GM. Antony and KVR Sarma. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition  (2007) 61, 1081-1085.
6. Vazir S, Balakrishna N, Vijayapushpam T, Vijayaraghavan K and Sivakumar B. Effect of micronutrient supplement on health and nutritional status of school children : Mental function. Nutrition, Vol 22, No.1,  Supplement January 2006, pp S26-S32.
7. .Vijayapushpam T, Menon KK, D.Raghunatha Rao, Grace Maria Antony. A Qualitative Assessment of Nutrition Knowledge Levels of School   Children in Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Public Health Nutrition, London. 6(7): 683-688, 2004.

1. S. Gokilavani, T.Vijayapushpam, GM Antony and Bhanumathy. Gender Development and Related Factors: Study of Indian States.: Gender, Equity and Main Streaming, .Vol. iv  Sep. 2007 Coral issue 04.
   
   
2. The social factors Responsible for fertility decline in Andhra Pradesh” A case study approach. Roopa Ravikumar , T.Vijayapushpam and Grace Maria Antony. Journal of Perspectivse in Education. Gujarat  India. Nov.2003

SEMI-TECHNICAL

• G.M. Subba Rao, T.Vijayapushpam, D.Ragunatha Rao, Vinod Pavarala. Nutrition Education for Adolescents in classroom setting – Different approaches lessons learnt-Part 11.  Nutrition News,  Vol 28 No 4 October 2007, Page 1-4.


• G.M.Subba Rao, T.Vijayapushpam, D.Ragunatha Rao, Vinod Pavarala. Nutrition education for adolescents in class room setting – Different approaches and lessons learnt - Part 1. Nutrition News, Vol. 28 No 3. July 2007, Page 1-4

1. Subba Rao GM, Vijayapushpam T, Venkaiah K, Pavarala V. Communication nutrition through school curricula- a content analysis of text books. Proceedings of the VII International Conference of the Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health, 5-7 March 2010, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
2. D Raghunatha Rao, T Vijayapushpam, Grace Maria Anthony and K V Rameshwar Sarma. Nutrition knowledge and dietary habits of school going adolescent girls in Hyderabad”. Proceedings of the UCG Concept National Conference on Human Health and Nutrition - A Biotechnological Approach” organized by B.N. BondodKar College of Science, Thane, Mumbai, pp. 84-89, December 12-13, 2004.