Careers & Placement Opportunities for Food & Nutrition Hons.

Food companies : Most packed food brands (Nestle, etc) employ Food science graduates in various departments (Research, production, quality etc).

Hospitals : For this, one needs to get an internship with a registered dietitian (RD) after graduation and then give an exam to be certified as an RD. Every good hospital employs a few clinical nutritionists and dieticians for routine patient checks.

Independent consultation and practice : After getting a few years of experience, one can become a consultant for health centres (Diabetic centre, fitness, weight loss etc) depending on their area of expertise.

Research – An individual may also decide to get into industrial or academic research.

Also, hotels, food safety, quality control & much more