National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad

National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 as ‘Beri-Beri’ enquiry unit and the Institute emerged as full-fledged laboratory called National Institute of Nutrition in 1967. The NIN has attained global recognition for its pioneering studies on various aspects of nutrition research, with special reference to protein energy malnutrition (PEM). Institute’s activities are broad-based, encompassing the whole area of food and nutrition. The Institute has achieved close integration in its research activities between the laboratory, the clinic and the community. The emphasis shifted to problem-oriented research, with a view to discovering practical solutions to nutrition problems that can be applied within the existing socio-economic framework. The NIN, over the eighty years of glorious service to the nation, has to its credit an impressive record of achievements in the amelioration of several nutritional disorders of our people. The Institute has been recognized by many national and international agencies as Centre for conducting advanced as well as ad-hoc training courses in nutrition and laboratory animal sciences. Institute is highly involved in identification of various dietary and nutrition problems prevalent among different segments of the population of the country, monitors diet and nutrition situation of the country and to come up with effective methods of management and prevention of nutritional problems besides planning and implementation of national nutrition programmes.