Department of Nutrition & Dietetics

About Department

Nutrition and Dietetics department was established in the year 2006 under Faculty of FIT (Faridabad Institute of Technology) which was later merged under Faculty of Applied Sciences (Now, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences). It is an integrated and a professional program preparing students to work in various disciplines of Nutritional Sciences, explore how it affects the health of the individual and the nation and also to discover how diet can be used in the treatment of communicable and non-communicable disease. It is a health-related career which involves translating the sciences of nutrition and food to promote good health. It is a vital and growing profession with ample career opportunities. The internship/training program with various hospitals, food industries, research labs, sports organizations etc provide opportunities to practice and master the core competencies to place its students in covetable jobs. The Master’s program in this discipline, introduced in 2009 aims at developing research skills and abilities in nutritional issues of contemporary interest.

The highlights of this course at Faculty of Allied Health Sciences is focused on teaching, strong research and outreach in Clinical Nutrition, Sports Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, and Public Health Nutrition. The Department offers a plethora of Academic and Co-curricular activities at various platforms be it a school, community or corporate like NTPC, ONGC, IBM that shapes students’ careers and make them distinct from others in their chosen field of specialization. The Programme has been designed to build and enhance skills of the students to meet industry requirements. The Department pays special attention to Industry-University Collaboration to leverage student’s placements, Joint R&D Projects with various National and International Organizations.

• Internship/training program with various hospitals/food industries/ research labs/sports organizations in BSc Nutrition and Dietetics
• Student exchange programme with Tsukuba University, Japan for Master’s Student
• In house Nutrition and Diet clinic to enhance counseling skills.
• Internship and placements with organizations like DRDO, SAI, PHFI, HCL Health care, NFI, Amul, Shikha Sharma’s clinic etc.

Our Achievers 

Our Courses

B.Sc – Nutrition & Dietetics – MRIIRS (Nutrition & Dietetics (Hons/ Hons with Research) with exit option after 3 years with award of Regular B.Sc.-Nutrition & Dietetics as per University Norms and NEP-2020)

B.Sc. (Hons.) Food Science & Technology (B.Sc. Food Science and Technology (Hons/ Hons with Research) with exit option after 3 years with award of Regular B.Sc. -Food Science and Technology as per University Norms and NEP-2020)

M.Sc – Nutrition & Dietetics

Ph.D – Nutrition & Dietetics – MRIIRS