Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health
Awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, an NCVET-approved Awarding Body
- 12 certificates including an NCrF Level-4 skill certificate (via a recognised Skill University)
- A skill certificate bearing the NSDC and Skill India marks, plus NNWA certificates any employer can verify online
- Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients
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Chapter I · Why this course
What is the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health, and is it right for you?
What it teaches, who it is built for, and the certificate you leave with, in the order you would ask.
Key facts about the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health
Every fact that matters in one table, so you can compare it line by line with anything else you are considering.
The Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health is a six-month online programme from NNWA (Nutrition & Wellness Academy), taught in English and Hindi. It costs ₹29,999, payable in one instalment or by EMI. It awards 12 certificates, including the NCrF Level-4 Skill Certificate. It runs from beginner to advanced.
| Course | Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health |
|---|---|
| Provider | NNWA (National Nutrition and Wellness Academy), Kolkata |
| Awarded by | Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, and NNWA |
| Format | Online: live classes in English and Hindi, with recordings |
| Duration | 6 Months |
| Level | Beginner → Advanced |
| Fee | ₹29,999 (listed ₹34,999, save 14%) |
| Booking amount | ₹6,999 |
| Certificates | 12, including a Medhavi Skills University award |
| Next batch | 11 October 2026 |
Today's offer price saves you ₹5,000, 14% off the listed fee
Course written by Neha Mohan Sinha and reviewed by Dr. Sucharita Sengupta
Who is the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health for?
Healthcare & wellness practitioners
An add-on to your existing practice
- MBBS Doctors
- BAMS / Ayurveda & BHMS / Homeopathy Doctors
- Physiotherapists (BPT / MPT)
- Wellness & nutraceutical entrepreneurs and consultants
Also open to
Start a flexible, skill-based career
- 10+2 pass students from any stream (Science preferred, not mandatory)
- Fitness trainers, gym instructors & wellness coaches
- Homemakers & career-changers seeking a flexible qualification
- Anyone aiming to start a freelance or online nutrition practice
A path for every stage
Wherever you're starting from.
New to nutrition
Start with the science. No background needed.
Career switcher
Turn a passion into a real qualification.
Fitness & wellness pro
Add nutrition to what you already offer.
Building a practice
The credential to charge with confidence.
What the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health covers: 52 modules in 12 blocks
The full syllabus, published in advance across 2 stages. Compare it block for block, module for module, against anything else you are considering.
Certification Foundation · M01 to M26
Months 1 to 3- A
Foundations of Nutrition Science
Your bedrock: what nutrition science is, how food works in the body, and how to tell good evidence from bad.
- M01Introduction to Nutrition Science & International Guidelines
- M02Overview of Human Nutrition
- M03Global Dietary Recommendations (WHO, USDA, FSSAI)
- M04Research Methodology & Critical Thinking in Nutrition
- B
Macronutrients & Micronutrients
Exactly what carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals do: the language every diet is written in.
- M05Macronutrients: Carbohydrates
- M06Macronutrients: Proteins
- M07Macronutrients: Fats
- M08Micronutrients: Vitamins
- M09Micronutrients: Minerals
- C
Energy, Body Composition & Hydration
Calories, metabolism and body composition, plus hydration and building a complete plant-based plate.
- M10Metabolism & Energy Systems
- M11Health, Obesity & Body Composition
- M12Hydration & Vegan/Plant-Based Alternatives
- D
Diets, Supplements & Myths
Cut through keto, fasting, supplements and detox hype with evidence, not opinion.
- M13Types of Diets (Keto, Mediterranean, Paleo)
- M14Nutritional Supplements: Science & Application
- M15Hormones & Nutrition
- M16Nutrition Myths & Fads
- E
Client Practice & Meal Planning
Turn knowledge into a real plan: assess a client, calculate their needs and track progress.
- M17Client Assessment & Techniques
- M18Calorie Calculations & Meal Planning
- M19Monitoring Client Progress
- F
Applied & Special Nutrition
Nutrition for athletes, every life stage, and India's diverse regional and cultural plates.
- M20Sports & Performance Nutrition
- M21Special Populations in Nutrition
- M22Cultural & Ethical Considerations in Indian Nutrition
- G
Case Studies & Setting Up Practice
Manage real fat-loss and PCOS cases end to end, then learn to set up your own practice.
- M23Client Case Study 1: Fat Loss
- M24Client Case Study 2: Muscle Gain & PCOS
- M25Entrepreneurship in Nutrition & Setting Up Practice
- M26Final Project Presentation & Certification
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Clinical, Therapeutic & Public Health · M27 to M52
Months 4 to 6- H
Applied Human Physiology
How the body works (heart, gut, kidneys, blood and lungs), the foundation for reading a blood report.
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- M27Human Body: Structure & Function
- M28Cardiovascular Physiology
- M29Digestive Physiology & Nutrient Absorption
- M30Blood Composition & Haematology
- M31Renal Physiology & Fluid Balance
- M32Respiratory Physiology & Energy Regulation
- I
Therapeutic Diet Design: Foundations
Where diets become treatment: portion standards, hospital diets, and charts for weight, fever and anaemia.
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- M33Standardisation of Portion Sizes
- M34Planning Routine Hospital Diets
- M35Diet in Weight Imbalance
- M36Diet in Fever
- M37Diet Planning for Nutritional Anaemia
- J
Clinical Diet Charts & Counselling
Your earning power: condition-specific diet charts with counselling across GI, liver, kidney, metabolic, cardiac, PCOD and thyroid care.
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- M38Diet in Gastrointestinal Disorders & Counselling
- M39Diet in Liver Diseases & Counselling
- M40Diet in Kidney Diseases & Counselling
- M41Diet in Metabolic Disorders & Counselling
- M42Diet in Cardiovascular Diseases & Counselling
- M43Diet in PCOD & Thyroid Disorders with Counselling
- K
Clinical & Institutional Feeding
Feeding at scale and in hospital: institutional menus, clinical protocols, specialised feeding and complex cases.
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- M44Meal Planning for Institutional Feeding
- M45Hospital Diets & Clinical Feeding Protocols
- M46Clinical Nutrition & Specialised Feeding
- M47Eating Disorders: Dual Perspectives
- M48Diet Modification in General Disease Conditions
- L
Public Health & Food Service
Scale your impact from one client to whole communities, national programmes and institutional catering.
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- M49Public Health Nutrition: Concepts & Scope
- M50National Nutrition Programmes & Policies in India
- M51Food-Service Systems & Institutional Catering
- M52Advanced Menu Planning & Standardisation
Prefer to weigh it up offline?
Download the brochureStage 1 capstone
Fat-Loss & PCOS Case Portfolio
Take a fat-loss and a PCOS client from intake to a tracked, portion-standardised Indian meal plan.
Stage 2 capstone
Therapeutic Diet-Chart Portfolio
Build condition-specific diet charts with counselling notes across diabetes, CVD, kidney, liver, GI, PCOD and thyroid cases, your job-ready proof of real expertise.
What will you be able to do after the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health?
Stated as capabilities rather than topics: these are the things a graduate should be able to do for a paying client.
By Month 3 · Foundation
- Explain the role of every macro- and micronutrient in plain, confident language
- Calculate energy needs and build a balanced Indian meal plan from common ingredients
- Evaluate popular diets, supplements and food myths against the evidence
- Assess a client, set SMART goals and monitor their progress
- Manage a fat-loss and a PCOS case from intake to a tracked plan
- Set up, price and market your own nutrition practice
By Month 6 · Clinical & Public Health
- Read and interpret blood reports and biomarkers for diet planning
- Build therapeutic diet charts across diabetes, CVD, kidney, liver, GI, PCOD and thyroid care
- Counsel clients through condition-specific dietary change
- Plan hospital and institutional feeding to protocol
- Apply public-health nutrition and India's national programmes
- Engineer standardised menus for institutional catering
Which 12 certificates does the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health award?
Not a single certificate with a dozen topics on it. Separate, individually named awards.
- 01NCrF Level-4 Skill CertificateIssued by a recognised Skill University
- 02Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public HealthAwarded by NNWA: your flagship qualification
- 03Cardiovascular (CVD) NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 04Thyroid & Hormonal NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 05Diabetes & Metabolic NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 06Weight Management & Obesity CareSpecialisation certificate
- 07Women's Health & PCOS NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 08Gut Health & Digestive WellnessSpecialisation certificate
- 09Sports & Fitness NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 10Paediatric & Geriatric NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 11Public Health & Community NutritionSpecialisation certificate
- 12Nutraceuticals & Wellness Product KnowledgeSpecialisation certificate
The certificates you earn
A preview of the credential this course awards on successful completion.
Certificate designs shown are indicative samples and subject to change. Final certificates are issued on completion.
Only 9 seats left · closes 9 October 2026
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- Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients
- 12 certificates in one fee
- Awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim
- Live classes in English and Hindi, with lifetime recordings
Chapter II · Why now
Why enrol now rather than later?
The next batch, the seats still open, the offer on the table today, and the market that is waiting for people who can do this.
Admissions open
Next batch begins 11 October 2026.
Weekend batch: Saturday & Sunday mornings
Registration closes on 9 October 2026
Seats in this batch
9seats
left
A real count, updated by the admissions team as seats are taken. When it reaches zero, enrolment for this batch closes.
Why is now the right time to start?
Nutrition in India has moved from advice to occupation: clinical need, consumer spending and hiring are all rising at once. What has not kept pace is the number of practitioners who can build a plan a real patient will actually follow.
01 / 04
A booming wellness economy
Rising diabetes, obesity, PCOS and thyroid issues, and a fast-growing fitness and corporate-wellness market across India.
02 / 04
Surging demand for diet guidance
Online diet-consulting platforms, gyms, clinics and wellness brands are all hiring and partnering with skilled nutrition people.
03 / 04
A shortage of job-ready talent
There is plenty of theory online, but very few people who can actually build a real, India-appropriate diet plan.
04 / 04
Your clients are already online
People now find and trust nutrition experts on Instagram, Google and YouTube, a space you can learn to own.
Every offer open on the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health today
Worked out from the fee published on this page, so you can see exactly what your money buys before you pay.
- per week of the course
- ₹1,154per week of the course₹29,999 across 6 months
- per certificate
- ₹2,500per certificate12 certificates for one fee
- saved on today's offer
- ₹5,000saved on today's offer14% off the listed ₹34,999
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Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients
Part of this programme's fee, not an add-on you pay for later.
Certificates
12 certificates in one fee
Including a skill credential awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim. Every certificate can be checked online.
Access
Lifetime access to the recordings
Every live class is recorded, so you can revise long after the course ends.
Refer and Earn
A reward for every friend who enrols
Once you are learning, introduce a friend who enrols and receive a reward. A counsellor confirms the current terms first.
How it worksFee support
Merit and need-based fee support
Limited fee support is considered case by case. Ask admissions what is open for this course.
How it works
Included free with this programme: Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients
Every NNWA certificate can be verified online by an employer
Only 9 seats left · closes 9 October 2026
Today's offer saves you ₹5,000
Lock in today's fee before the batch closes
- Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients
- 12 certificates in one fee
- Awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim
- Live classes in English and Hindi, with lifetime recordings
Chapter III · Why trust NNWA
Why trust NNWA with this?
Learners in their own words, the body that awards the certificate, and every claim with the place where it can be checked.
What learners on this programme say
Unedited except for punctuation. Names and roles as the learners gave them.
NNWA made nutrition feel practical, not overwhelming. The India-based examples helped me plan real meals for my patients, and the diet-chart practice gave me the confidence to actually guide people, not just know the theory.
NKDr. NehaPractising Clinician I joined for the flexibility, but what I loved most was the structure. The recorded classes are easy to revisit and the mentor support kept me consistent and improving, step by step.
PRDr. PranayWellness Practitioner This course connected science to real life. From macros and micros to weight management and disease-based diets, everything was taught with application in mind. The certificate made my profile feel genuinely professional.
SDMr. SandeepCareer-Changer · Online Consultant The therapeutic modules and the blood-report reading class were the highlights for me. I can now build clear, condition-specific diet charts for diabetes, thyroid and heart cases, and counsel clients with real clarity.
AVDr. AvantikaDiet & Wellness Consultant
The two certificates this programme awards
Specimens of the actual documents, with the learner's personal details painted out. Everything else is exactly what is printed.
MSU is recognised under section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956 and approved by NCVET as an Awarding Body. NNWA is one of its accredited training partners.
MSU Certificate for Skill Competency
Issued by Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim
NNWA programme certificate
Issued by NNWA, affiliated with Medhavi Skills University
The Medhavi Skills University award applies to NNWA's flagship programmes: the Certification, the Diploma, the Post Graduate Diploma and the Advanced Diploma in Personal Training with Sports Nutrition. NNWA's other short courses carry NNWA's own certificate and are not MSU-awarded. You can confirm the partnership on the university's own directory of training partners, or read how to verify it in three steps.
Every claim on this page, and where to check it
Do not take a course page's word for it. Each line below names where the claim can be checked, on this site or on the awarding body's own.
Flagship programmes awarded with Medhavi Skills University
NCrF Level 4 on flagship programmes
Faculty with postgraduate qualifications
Bilingual batch: English & Hindi
- Awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, an NCVET-approved Awarding BodyCheck this
- Course written by Neha Mohan Sinha and reviewed by Dr. Sucharita SenguptaCheck this
- Every NNWA certificate can be verified online by an employerCheck this
- An ISO 9001:2015 certified, MSME registered academyCheck this
- Registered office and branch office in KolkataCheck this
- Live classes in English and Hindi, with lifetime recordings
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How does the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health compare with the alternatives?
Take this table to any other provider and ask them the same questions.
| Feature | This programme | A typical online course | A university add-on |
|---|---|---|---|
| India-context curriculum & real thali-based plans | Yes | Partial | Rarely |
| NCrF Level-4 certificate (via a recognised Skill University) | Yes | No | Sometimes |
| Blood-report reading & biomarkers | Yes | No | Rarely |
| Therapeutic / disease-based diet charts | Yes | Partial | Sometimes |
| Number of certificates | Up to 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Free Digital Marketing & AI certification | Yes | No | No |
| Lifetime access to lectures & notes | Yes | Often no | No |
| Easy EMI & 0%-interest education loan | Yes | Rarely | Rarely |
| Practice-building & job portal | Yes | No | Rarely |
| Bilingual: English & Hindi | Yes | Rarely | Rarely |
| 24×7 mentor & doubt support | Yes | Often no | Limited |
Last reviewed on 29 August 2026.
NNWA publishes the name and qualifications of everyone who writes and checks its material. You can see the full teaching team on the faculty page.
What do people ask before enrolling on the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health?
What exactly are the 12 certificates?
One NCrF Level-4 skill certificate (issued by a recognised Skill University), one NNWA Diploma, and ten specialisation certificates: CVD, thyroid, diabetes, weight management, women's health & PCOS, gut health, sports, paediatric & geriatric, public health and nutraceuticals. A free Digital Marketing & AI certification is included on top of these twelve.
Who issues the NCrF Level-4 certificate?
A recognised Skill University and NCVET-approved Awarding Body, under the Government of India's National Skills Qualification Framework. NNWA delivers the programme in association with a recognised Skill University.
Do I need a medical or science degree?
No. The Diploma is open to 10+2 pass students from any stream (science preferred, not mandatory), and is also a powerful add-on for doctors, Ayurveda/Homeopathy practitioners and physiotherapists.
Will I really learn to read blood reports?
Yes. A dedicated class and module (M42) teach you to read and interpret reports for diabetes, thyroid, CVD, anaemia and more, so your diet charts are precise and clinical.
Is the Digital Marketing & AI course really free?
Yes. It is included with the Diploma at no extra cost, covering website design, SEO, Google & Meta ads, 10+ AI tools, graphics and e-commerce, with its own professional certification.
Can I pay using EMI or an education loan?
Yes. NNWA offers easy EMI and 0%-interest education-loan options. A counsellor will help you choose the right plan.
Is it online and bilingual?
Yes, 100% online with recorded lectures and live mentor support, delivered in English & Hindi, with lifetime access and 24x7 doubt support.
How much does the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health cost?
The Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health costs ₹29,999, which is 14% below the listed fee of ₹34,999. One fee covers the live classes, the recordings and the certificate.
How long does the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health take?
The Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health runs for 6 months, online, with live classes in English and Hindi and a recording of every session, so it fits around work or study.
What offers are available on the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health?
The offers open on the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health are today's offer price of ₹29,999, saving ₹5,000, a ₹6,999 booking amount to hold a seat, free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients, Refer and Earn rewards and limited merit and need-based fee support.
How it works
What happens after you enrol?
No pressure and no obligation. Speak to us first, decide afterwards.
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Talk to a counsellor
A free call to make sure this is the right course for you, including when a shorter one is the honest answer.
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Complete your enrolment
Pay in full, on EMI, or via a 0%-interest education loan. Your books and login are sent right away.
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Learn, and get certified
Live weekend classes in English and Hindi, lifetime access to recordings, and your certificates on completion.
Enrol yourself in four steps
No call is needed to join. If you would like to talk it through first, a counsellor is one click away.
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Choose to pay ₹29,999 in full or hold a seat with a ₹6,999 booking amount.
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Pay securely online
Checkout runs on nnwa.in through an RBI-authorised payment aggregator. Your card and UPI details never reach NNWA.
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Get your learner access
Your enrolment confirmation brings your login and the class schedule, so you can start straight away.
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Learn, submit, get certified
Join the live classes or watch the recordings, complete the assessments and receive your 12 certificates.
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