Executive Diploma in Public Health Nutrition

Executive Diploma in Public Health Nutrition offers knowledge and skill up gradation
among students/healthcare professionals as dietitians/doctors/public health
professionals to deal with health and nutritional problems in masses. They will get a
deeper insight of designing, planning, evaluating and monitoring Government based
nutrition policies. This will help students to work closely with nutrition programmes in
community setting.

Centre for Nutrition and Dietetics Studies (CNDS), IGMPI has designed the course with
a focus on practical approach related to issues of major health and socio-economic
concern in order to develop successful public health services. Students will have the
chance to work on various case studies after completing all the modules in order to
strengthen their hold for field work.

The objective of this course is to demonstrate an understanding of the political,

institutional, social and scientific influences on Public Health Nutrition and to translate
research into practice through successful implementation and management of
nutritional policies/programmes.

On completion of this course students will be able to gain better insight to prevailing
nutritional polices/programmes like Mid-Day Meal, Janani Suraksha Yojana and many
more. Students will be able to apply research methods, including epidemiology.

The course has been designed for professionals and students aspiring to work in the
field of public health or research projects of Government.

Programme Structure

Module 1: Concept and Principles of Public Health Nutrition

Module 2: Nutritional Epidemiology

Module 3: Nutrition in Life Cycle

Module 4: National Nutrition Problems and Strategies to Combat these problems

Module 5: Health Economics and Economics of Malnutrition

Module 6: Research and Biostatistics in Public Health

Module 7: Categorical Statistics & Multivariate Statistics

Module 8: Nutrition Assessment and Nutrition Surveillance in Community Setting

Module 9:  Nutrition Policies and Programmes

Module 10: Programme Management and Administration

Module 11: Public Nutrition: Formulation, Implementation and Evaluation

Module 12: Project Work

Eligibility

Graduation in Science/Nutrition Science/Food and Nutrition/Pharma/Medical/Food

Science & Technology/Related disciplines & Candidates appearing for the final year of
Bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification exam or awaiting their results, are eligible to
apply.

Programme Duration

Minimum time in which a student can complete this Executive Diploma course is six
months while a maximum of one year is allowed to complete the course.

Registration

The registration dates for this bi-annual Executive Diploma programme run by the
Institute are updated timely on the webpage. Effective E-learning tools incorporated
into the design of the webpage make the course lectures, online live classes and study
material easily accessible. This gives a huge window of self-regulated and self-paced
performance to the participants.

Programme Deliverables

A comprehensive study material for all the modules in hard copies ensuring the needs of
the audience. The accompanying training material is appropriately aligned with the
current Industry’s expectations.

 Assignments for all the programme modules for continuous evaluation and
guidance.
 Interactive or online live sessions on all key areas of the programme giving all
flexibility to the participants.
 Online classes for all the modules will be conducted on the weekends. Moreover,
a doubt clearing session will also be scheduled before the examination.
 All the efforts are made by IGMPI faculty members to make the entire
programme modules easily understandable.
 Assessment and evaluation for all the programme modules in order to enhance
the levels of competencies and skills of the participants leading towards the
objective of application in the job.
  At the end of each programme modules, the trainers shall obtain feedback from
the participants using specially designed questionnaires.
 All learning and training delivery initiatives shall be conducted in English.

Examination & Certification

CNDS, IGMPI follows a credit system based on all learning activities involved in
studying for all PG Diploma, Executive Diploma and Certificate Programmes. Each of
your modules is equal to 4 credits. To successfully complete the programme, you will
have to earn all the credits assigned to your programme.

All the participants are obliged to timely submit completed assessment assignments
(during the course, usually after every module) and appear for an online exam at the end
of the course. After successful completion, the participants will be awarded Executive
Diploma in Public Health Nutrition by Centre of Nutrition and Dietetics Studies
(CNDS), IGMPI. For all the above-mentioned modules elaborate course material, self-
assessment assignments and project work details would be provided by the Institute
from time to time. Details get updated on the webpage as well.

Placement Assistance & Corporate Relations

The Institute has partnered with many organizations for providing with placement
assistance to its participants. The robust placement cell comprises of senior level
Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close
links with business and industry. We are engaged in promoting the employability of our
participants by maintaining good rapport and relation with HR cell and recruiting
managers of leading Food, Biotechnology, Health centers and Agriculture companies
across the globe.

The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing,
interview skills & conducting mock interviews etc.

Future career prospects

IGMPI’s e-distance course is a professional course targeted to meet the growing demand
of health professionals. The information, guidance, practical training and off course
completion certificate will provide the participant with not one but many opportunities
in the health sector. This would come true in the form of job roles and positions like that
of NGO’s, Public Health Educators, Health Assistants. Other Job prospects could be in
the field of Public Health Analysis, Global Health policy, Educators, Company
consultants, Public Health Nutrition Projects in Government and Health sector,
Research & Development (R&D).