Aims & Objectives

  • The Indian Nutrition Academy provides a credible and independent platform for comprehensive information on Nutrition for Health care, Nutrition industry and the General Public.
  • The INA is a tool for appropriate interpretation of Nutrition messages to common public, community and Nutrition industry.
  • Acts as a resource hub for facts and information and analysis of statistics for policy makers, NGO’s, healthcare organizations and general public.
  • The Indian Nutrition Academy will generate/ formulate nutritional guidelines for therapeutic conditions on a regular basis.
  • INA offers short term certificate courses on Dietetics, Health and Therapeutic Nutrition.
  • The council has the know how to facilitate the nutritional analysis of products/ brands and food items from accredited / certified laboratories.
  • Bridges the gap on Nutrition information by integrating academic centers, industry and Nutrition organizations.
  • Organizing education workshops and seminars for writers, HCP’s, Counselors’, researches, and policy makers.
  • Generation of world class data resource with relation to health, nutrition and wellness.
  • Assisting partnership with government and non-government nutrition health bodies.
  • Advocacy on nutritional brands by conferences, workshops, campus and public health programs.
  • Involving corporate, NGO, public sector units and government organizations in dissemination of nutrition information.
  • Pursuing international and national fund support for various research and nutritional programs in public domain.
  • To uplift the nutrition equity in both commercial and public sector and improve nutrition awareness in general
  • INA will develop marketing, media and public relations program which includes partnerships with industry.
  • INA will create an online dietitian referral system which will facilitate access to dietitians for the public, for the media, and for other health professionals.
  • INA will publish a quarterly peer-reviewed journal on Nutrition, Food technology, Food science etc.
  • INA will conduct training sessions in hospitals/ colleges on nutrition communication. ( may be in association with BMJ, or some other organization)
  • INA will provide educational/career counseling sessions to college students and help them make more informed choices
  • INA will honour researchers, students and scientists by giving awards for some path breaking research in the field of nutrition