department profile

Food Service Management and Dietetics is the management of all establishments where food is served and dietetics is the profession concerned with the science and art of human nutritional care. The course thus ensures wholesome food service in health and disease.

Since its inception in 1975, the department of Food Service Management and Dietetics offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including a post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics. In 1987, programmes in M.Phil and Ph.D in Food Service Management and Dietetics were started. The UGC sponsored first degree vocational course in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics and Catering Management was started in the academic year 1994. A new Undergraduate course B.Sc., Hospitality Management and Dietetics has been introduced from the academic year 2007-2008.