Vision:
The Department of Nutrition and Health Education, RKMV, Shimla endeavours to achieve excellence in teaching for outreach to the community, industry and institutions to ensure health for all.
Mission:
The Department of Nutrition and Health Education ,RKMV,Shimla strives to achieve academic excellence in the field of nutrition education and development. The aim is to train a cadre of professionals who work as teachers, researchers, public health nutritionists, dietitians, nutrition consultants, food quality control officers and experts in development of innovative food products. The larger objective is creation of nutrition awareness through community outreach for promotion of healthy lifestyle among the population.
Objectives
- -Training professionals in the field of Food and Nutrition with specialization in Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, and Food Science & Processing
- -Conducting extension work in these areas of specialization.
Eligibility
| Course Name | Duration | Eligibility | Admission Procedure |
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BA in Nutrition and Health Education
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3 Years
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10+2 with any stream
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On Merit Basis
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Student Enrolment in Nutrition and Health Education
| Class | Class Enrolment |
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B.A/B.Sc. 1st Year
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08
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B.A/B.Sc. 2nd Year
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11
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B.A/B.Sc. 3rd Year
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17
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Dr.Jyoti Pandey
Assistant Professor
Ms. Preeti Sood
Assistant Professor
Mukul Kumar
Laboratory Attendant| Name | Academic Qualifications | Designation | E-mail ID |
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DR JYOTI PANDEY
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M.Sc. CCSHAU,Hissar,Haryana, Ph.D. ANGRAU,Hyderabad,A.P.,PDF ,HPU,Shimla,H.P
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Assistant Professor
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drjyotishukla@gmail.com
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Courses Offered in the Department
| Year | Discipline Specific Courses (DSC) | Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) | Discipline Specific Electives (DSE) |
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B.A. 1st Year
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B.A. 2nd Year
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B.A. 3rd Year
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COURSE OUTCOME FOR B.A NUTRITION AND HEALTH EDUCATIO
| Course code | Course name | Course outcome |
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BANHE-A- 101
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Fundamentals of Nutrition and Food Science
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1. To familiarize the students with fundamentals of food, nutrients and their relationship to health.
2. To create awareness with respect to deriving maximum benefit from available food resources.
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BANHE-A-102
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Nutrition for the Family
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1. To enable the students to understand the concepts of balanced diet, various food groups, recommended dietary allowances.
2. To understand the concept of meal planning, nutritional requirements of different age groups.
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BANHE-A-201
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Introduction to Food Safety
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1. To create awareness about the importance of food safety and related issues in the students by discussing the various food handling practices.
2. To discuss food adulteration and the common food adulterants used.
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BANHE-A-202
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Public Health Nutrition
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1. To enable students to identify and contribute to the prevention of public health/social health problems in the country.
2. To equip students with workable knowledge to treat common illnesses at home.
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BANHE-A 203
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Home based Catering
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1. To apprise the students regarding Food service Industry, food production as well as standardization of a recipe 2. To share with the students the various steps to set up one’s own unit.
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BANHE-A- 204
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Nutrition and Fitness
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1. To help the students in understanding the importance of fitness and its relation to health and nutrition. 2. To enable the students to know about the guidelines about physical activities, weight reducing diets and nutritional supplements.
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BANHE-A- 301
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Public Nutrition
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1. To make students understand the meaning,importance and scope of Public nutrition. 2. To obtain knowledge about malnutrition, related deficiencies, methods of assessing nutritional status, nutritional policy and National programmes.
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BANHE-A-302
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Therapeutic Nutrition
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1. To help the students to understand about the adaptation of a normal diet to a modified diet. 2. To teach the students about the causes, clinical symptoms and planning of diets for various diseases.
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BANHE-A- 303
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Maternal and Child Nutrition
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1. To understand the role of nutrition for the pregnant women, lactating mothers, breast feeding and complementary foods. 2. To enable the students to know about child health, morbidity, maternal and child health programmes.
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BANHE- A-304
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Food and Nutrition
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1. To introduce the students to cooking, preparation of simple recipes using different methods of cooking. 2. To understand the parameters of Body Mass Index and meal planning for different activity levels.
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BANHE-A-305
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Human Nutrition
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1. To enable the students to understand basic concepts in Nutrition, nutrients and their functions, sources and deficiency symptoms. 2. To understand the nutritional requirements during different stages of life.
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BANHE-A-306
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Nutrition: A Lifespan Approach
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1. To know about the principles, factors affecting meal planning, dietary guidelines and methods of assessment of nutrient requirement. 2. To inculcate interest in the students to know about the need for the nutrients in different stages of life span of human beings.
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DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Session 2022—2023
Session 2019—2020
- National breast feeding week—1st Aug --&th Aug 2019—on this occasion various competitions were organized as—
- 1.Poster making Competition
- 2.Competition on preparation of weaning food.
- National Nutrition week---1st to 7th sep 2019---Following programme were organized—.
- Slogan writing competition, poster making competition,competition on preparation of Nutritious food with healthy ingredients for Adolescent and labourers.,lecture on sanitation and hygiene.
Session 2018-2019
- From 8th to 13th Aug 2018 Training Cum Demonstration Workshop ---Ministry of women and child development in collaboration with community Food and Nutrition Extension unit Shimla organized five days Demonstration cum Training in Fruit and vegetable processing for Sc and ST students .
- Breast feeding Week was Celebrated from —1st Aug to 7th Aug 2018—Lecture by Mr Sanjay, from Department of Food and Nutrition,Government of India; Quiz competition was organized./ol>
- National Nutrition Week was Celebrated of 1st Sep to 7th Sep 2018.The Theme was “Ensuring focused Interventions on addressing under nutrition “in collaboration with community food and Nutrition Extension unit,shimla
Session 2017 to 2018
- Five days Workshop on Fruits and vegetable processing organized by Department of foods and Nutrition,GOI—22.08.2017 to 26.08.2017.
- Workshop on Arts and Creativity was organized in collaboration with Fine Arts,from 31st to 5th August 2017.
- Celebration of national Nutrition week—1st to 7th seo 2017—Weight management and its importance through BMI ---quiz and lecture organized by Food and Nutrition Unit,Ministry of Women and Child Department,GOI.