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Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics

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  1. PG Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics

Duration: 1½ years (2 semesters of coursework and 6 months dietary internship in 

Hospital).

Eligibility: Any bachelor’s degree in one of the following:

  1. Food Nutrition and Dietetics
  2. Home Science with Food and Nutrition as a specialization. The student should have covered a minimum of four courses out of the following: Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Microbiology, Basic Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition and Therapeutic Nutrition.
  3. Any undergraduate degree with a minimum of 4 nutrition-related subjects like (i) Basic Nutrition (ii) Biochemistry (iii) Human Physiology (iv) Diet Therapy (v) Clinical Nutrition (vi) Diet in Diseases. PG Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics are eligible for lateral entry to the 3rd semester.

Course Outline

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester I

Subject Code

Subject Title

Credits

Hours

Theory

Practicum

PGDND 500

Advance Nutrition through Developmental Stages

2

2

90

PGDND 501

Advance Nutrition

4

60

PGDND 502

Physiological Aspects of Nutrition

4

60

PGDND 503

Nutritional Biochemistry

1

3

105

PGDND 504

Advance Food Science

1

3

105

 

Total

12

8

420

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semester II

Subject Code

Subject Title

Credits

Hours

Theory

Practicum

PGDND 550

Advance Medical Nutrition Therapy

2

2

90

PGDND 551

Public Health and Epidemiology

2

2

90

PGDND 552

Advance Community Nutrition

1

3

105

PGDND 553

Hospitality and Catering Management

1

3

105

PGDND 553

Sustainable Development Goals

1

3

105

 

Total

7

       13

495

 

 

6 months dietary internship

 

20

600

Total credits & hours from Semester I and Semester II = 40 credits & 1410 hours.

 

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