In India Nutrition jobs in India exit most in the health and hospital sectors. Nutritionists or Dietitians get placements in leading hospitals, hotels and catteries in important Indian Cities. Health resorts, wellness spas and fitness centers appoint dietitians for their team and guest. Qualified Nutritionists are mostly in demand in the health industry and State Hospitals, renowned nursing homes. Government job opportunities include project officers, ICDS-CDPO, anganwadi workers, diabetes educators, dietitians, quality assurance officers, nutritionist, food analyst, research assistant, health educators.   Scope Abroad Candidates successfully completed nutrition courses have wider placement opportunities. Outside India, sports academies exist in most European and North American cities. These Sports Institutes are provided with doctors, Nurses, medical assistants and DIETITIANS. Sports Institutes apart, opportunities for nutritionists and Dietitians are always there in the medical and hospital sectors.       Department Highlights Our department has achieved academic excellence all through the years through effective and committed teaching and goal oriented learning process. Our students have bagged up many University Ranks and awards bringing pride to the department.   Skilled Based Subjects

Family Dynamics	Food Preservation
Food Harvest Technology	Health and Fitness

  Non Major Elective

Food Preservation

Health & Fitness

Nutraceuticals

  Electives

Extension Education and Communication

Interior Decoration

Food Product Development and Marketing Strategy

  Placement In recent years students specializing in nutrition and health science have a remarkable scope in the ever-growing health care and hospitality industries, research institutions and food industries. Our department takes great pride in placing most of the students in well-reputed institutions and industries like Talwalkars fitness on Chennai hospitals, Bangalore, Mumbai, CMCH, Vellore, SRM University, Porur, Apollo, Chennai and many other hospitals.   Research Activities Our department is instrumental in shaping young minds to become eminent research scholars. Research opportunities in the department abound, enabling the final year postgraduate students to design their own unique research study under the expert guidance of the department faculty members. They also carry out their research work in reputed Research Institutions, Food Industries, Hospitals and in Rural Community. These include industries like Heritage India Pvt, Ltd., Hatsun Pvt., Ltd., CMCH Hospital, Apollo hospitals, and Research Institutions such as National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)_,  Fishery Department, Cochin, Defence food Research Laboratory (DPRL), Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) Etc.   Extension and Out Reach Activities The major and unique educational innovation the department brought forth is inclusion of community and social service as a part of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. “We are making our own mark in the community…….” Extended community Nutrition Programmes and camps are organized every year and activities like nutritional assessments, free medical checkups, cookery competitions, imparting of nutritional education using folk arts methods are carried out in these programmes. We have developed close links with ICDS program of Vellore District and in collaboration we celebrate World breast feeding week, ORS week, and nutrition week and also in training anganwadi workers. Our students undergo “Domestic home scale  Preservation training of vegetables and fruits” conducted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, foods and Nutrition Board, Govt. of India. We also train our students to take up large-scale quantity cookery projects to give an insight to take up entrepreneurship.