Department of Clinical Nutrition - About the Department

       The department was inaugurated in September 2022 by our distinguished secretary Dr. C.A. Vasuki. Clinical Nutrition is one of the thrust areas of biological sciences which helps to have a direct connect with the food we eat and its impact on our health.

           The course enhances the skills on dietary recommendations for all sections of population both to maintain good  health and the modifications in disease conditions based on our Indian diet.

To create a healthy society with sound  knowledge of the principles of diet and nutrition and its application in daily living.

            To produce competent post  graduates in the field of dietetics and clinical nutrition with the requisite skills to guide   people on  sound dietary practices  and apply the principles of diet therapy based on our traditional food.

1. To enable students to learn and apply the concepts of menu planning for quality and scalable preparation.

2. To obtain the skills for nutritional assessment and nutrition education.

3. To plan therapeutic diets based on the nutrition knowledge acquired by integrating knowledge with skills.

4. To kindle a thirst for research based on the current findings and augmenting it with the knowledge and skills gained.

• Dietitians  in hospitals and clinics

• Diet Counseling services in clinics and fitness centres

• Free lance/online diet counseling

• Diet Counseling services in industries and health resorts

• Diet Advisors in food service industries (restaurants and hotels)

• Sports nutritionists

• Nutritionists in health food manufacturing industries

• Scientific content writer

•        Nutrition for different age groups

•        Nutrition for fitness and sports

•        Diet therapy for different disease conditions

•        Training in Community Nutrition

•        Exclusive hands on 6 month training in multi speciality hospitals

•        Development of research

   The department is established in the academic year 2022 -2023