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Food, Nutrition & Dietetics Careers

Explore NCAHP-aligned designations across clinical practice, public health, academia, and industry — filtered by your academic eligibility.

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Clinical Dietetics (Govt)

Regular permanent appointments and healthcare officer frameworks within state and central autonomous wings.

Clinical Dietetics (Govt)

3 pathways available

M.Sc.

Registered Professional

Dietitian / Senior Medical Dietitian

Central Autonomous Institutes (AIIMS, PGI, JIPMER)

Entry route

AIIMS CRE / Central Institutional CBT + Experience Verification

Role overview

Formulates metabolic profiles for critically ill care units (ICU/CCU), manages parenteral nutrition pathways, and commands advanced clinical nutrition research trials. Requires a strict 2-year hospital experience credential.

B.Sc.

M.Sc.

Clinical Dietitian (Regular Cadre)

State Civil Hospitals (Health Departments / Civil Surgeon Offices)

Entry route

State Public Service Commission (PSC) notifications or State CET Screening Tests

Role overview

Oversees inpatient medical nutrition therapy, audits therapeutic centralized hospital dietary kitchens, and deploys local community non-communicable disease mitigation programs.

B.Sc.

M.Sc.

Railway Medical Dietitian

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Zonal Hospitals

Entry route

All-India RRB Paramedical Cadre Open Competitive CBT Exam

Role overview

Maintains full clinical dietary review frameworks and therapeutic menu planning loops for regional and zonal railway employee healthcare setups.

Regulatory compliance mandate: In alignment with the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions (NCAHP) Act, legacy private RD certifications are replaced by mandatory structural enrolment with the Nutrition Science Professionals Council via the central NCAHP portal.

Academic notice (post-2030 transition): Pursuing a 4-year B.Sc. (Honours) in Nutrition and Dietetics is compulsory for candidates seeking registration who take admission from 2026 onwards; older 3-year generic layouts become non-compliant for direct medical professional practice after 2030.

Framework curated by ADP · Delhi, India · info@adp.org.in