Department of Food, Nutrition Dietetics, Andhra University

Department of Food, Nutrition Dietetics, Andhra University was established in the year 2008 offering a full time 2 year M.Sc programme in Food, Nutrition & Dietetics. The founder of the Department was former Vice-Chancellor Prof. L.Venugopal Reddy. T former Vice-Chancellor Prof. L.Venugopal Reddy. The Department at present is housed in Advanced Sciences Bhavan currently functioning under the dynamic headship of Dr V.Lakshmi from the Department of Human Genetics. The M.Sc Food, Nutrition & Dietetics course curriculum is specially designed encompassing different areas of expertise namely Food processing, Food analysis, Clinical Nutrition, Dietetics and Food product development. The course curriculum is expanded and diversified to meet the emerging needs and challenges in the area of Food, Nutrition & Dietetics. The programme is fortified by the internship /industrial training amalgamated with project work and strengthened by industrial visits, organizing nutrition education programmes for rural and tribal communities. The students are nominated for industrial training in pioneering industries such as Telangana Foods, Horlicks, Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) and several others. The Hospitals catering to the internship of students include Mallya Hospital, Bengaluru, Global, Apollo and CARE hospitals. Having the exposure to all the areas under the umbrella of Food and Nutrition, M.Sc students of this Department are equipped sufficiently to pursue a career in all the areas of specialization. The Department takes pride in achieving 80 % placements for the students every year. Alumni of the Department are well placed in various Hospitals across the country including Defence Hospitals as Dieticians and also in several Food Industries, Research Organizations, Voluntary Organizations and State Government Nutrition-related projects. The Department has successfully organized several National and International Seminars/ Workshops/ Food Exhibitions and Community Nutrition Education programmes till date. ...view more