Have you ever wondered why even the biggest Bollywood celebrities and film stars follow Rujuta Diwaker, Ryan Fernando, Pooja Makhija, Anjali Mukherjee or Shikha Sharma and what is common between all? So the thing that actually connects all of them is the right kind of food. And if we talk about their professional aspects, while Rujuta Diwaker, Ryan Fernando and Anjali Mukherjee are leading nutrition and exercise science experts, Pooja Makhija on the other hand is a nutritionist, functional practitioner, author and also an entrepreneur. And the time has passed when Dietician was a clinical post and nowadays becoming a dietician is not an ordinary career anymore in healthcare. Because Dieticians work in places like hospitals and gyms, so if you are the one who is interested to join the healthcare sector but don’t want to get engaged with medicines and all, the nutrition and dietetics domain is definitely made for you. 

And for you to study and get knowledge about nutrition and dietetics in order to make a diverse and creative career path, all you need is a Bachelor of Science degree in any relevant discipline. Cited below are some of the job profiles one can get after pursuing M.Sc in Nutrition and Dietetics:

Consulting Dietician: Consulting dieticians are primarily employed in clinics, private hospitals and nursing homes, generally working next to Doctors to provide diet and nutrition advice along with preparing detailed diet plans for patients. So, if you are the one who loves to work in a traditional healthcare setup, this job is for you. 

Administrative Dietician: AD generally works in nursing homes, schools, universities, hospitals and even in the foodservice industry and is mainly responsible to draft meals and diets plans, menus and recipes in the food service industry after having deliberate and detailed discussion with the chefs or manufacturers. And if we talk about how they are different from Consulting Dietician, so one one hand, Consulting Dietician is an individual level job, AD on the other hand is more of an administrative task and involves large scale planning.

Research Dietician: Research dieticians work in universities for the purpose of conducting academic research in the domains of nutrition, diet and food production etc. And their main objective is to discover new ways of providing nutrition under favorable and unfavorable situations, produce budget friendly and nutritional rich food and organize things in the field of dietetics.

Sports Dietician: As the name itself suggests, Sports Dieticians work for individual sports teams, sports clubs or gyms. And their prime responsibility is to give nutrition related advice to athletes with respect to their needs, individual physique and sports they are engaged with. So overall, we can say that a Sports Dietician considers individual lifestyle while suggesting good food habits and plans. 

 So, now as you all are aware about the benefits, perks and positions you will get after studying dietetics and nutrition courses, no reason is left why ambitious youths who are interested in becoming healthcare professionals should not join the medical field. Now, a question must be coming to your mind: what are the possible UG and PG courses I can do and which institute generally provides such kinds pof programs. So stop your search, because you have already landed on right page as NHSM offers various UG and PG courses including B.Sc which is offered in specializations like Dietetics, Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics, Food and Nutrition and M.Sc which institute offers in the domain of Nutrition and Dietetics. And during their M.Sc course which is of 2 years duration, students will get to study about biochemistry/microbiology/food science and will also get hand-on industrial exposure in Food Analysis Technologies. Last but not the least, post finishing M.Sc in Nutrition and Dietetics, Post Graduates can work as a Menu planner, Dietician or Nutritionist, Clinical and Therapeutic Dietician, Researcher in Universities, Specialist Institutions and Hospitals, Public Health and Community Dietician, Food Quality Manager, Preserving Supervisor, Teacher and Professor followed by Article Writer and Columnist in government organizations, NGOs, academic institutions and Research and Development Organizations.