Shayla Nasrin completed Ph.D and obtained a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka. She worked as a national trainer on nutrition and supported to IPHN and other organizations for a number of training on nutrition particularly on MIYCN.
At present, she has been serving as the Head of Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Institute of Child and Mother Health. She has a number of research works with publications and demonstrated good skills on clinical nutrition.