nnedpro-iane India & SOUTH ASIA regional Network
Active since 2014, the NNEdPro-IANE India & South Asia Regional Network is a collaboration of dietitians, doctors, academics, medical and health educators, researchers, students, professional associations and other key stakeholders across India. NNEdPro manages its key activities in India via the Laketown Scientific Research and Clinicians Association (Remedy Clinic Study Group [RCSG]) based in Kolkata, India. The RCSG is a non-governmental organisation with independent governance and in an exclusive partnership as the principal Indian agency of the NNEdPro headquartered in the UK. Since 2020, the Network also has representation from Bangladesh and Nepal.
The Strategic Goals for the India Network are:
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Medical Nutrition Education
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Nutrition Research and Education for Food Systems Education
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‘Non-Communicable’ Disease and Malnutrition Prevention
Activities
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What are the Terms & Conditions to attend the course?1. The NNEdPro Summer School is for individuals interested in nutrition and its health applications and is also open to undergraduate students as well as adult learners. Whilst the course is open-access, a background in relevant biological sciences and/or health related disciplines is required for candidates to sit the final assessment and to receive a certificate of competence. However, those from other backgrounds will be eligible for a certificate of attendance but will not need to sit the final assessment. 2. To ensure that all participants are able to enjoy as well as benefit from studying with us, you will need to be confident understanding and following arguments presented in written and spoken English at University level. 3. Refunds can only be issued for cancellation requests received up to seven days after the access to the material is given, this will be when the email confirmation with your access details to the NNEdPro Virtual Learning Environment is sent. If you cancel after that, no refunds can be issued. Substitute delegates are not accepted. Please note that any transaction fee incurred will be deducted from your refund.To request a refund, please contact us at info@nnedpro.org.uk
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Who is the course for?The Summer School is intended for individuals interested in nutrition and its health-applications and is also open to undergraduate students and other adult learners.
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How much time should I set aside for this course?The course consists of: Around 40 hours of pre-recorded lectures you can study at your own pace. You will be invited for a 2-day Q&A and mentoring session with the faculty online or in person in Cambridge, according to your selection when booking the course. The assignments (essay, critical appraisal and final test) should not take longer than 3 hours each to complete.
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What are the requirements?Whilst the course is open-access, a background in relevant biological sciences and/or health related disciplines is required for candidates to sit the final assessment and to receive a certificate of competence. However, those from other backgrounds will be eligible for a certificate of attendance but will not need to sit the final assessment. To ensure that all participants are able to enjoy as well as benefit from studying with us, you will need to be confident understanding and following arguments presented in written and spoken English at University level.
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Can I upgrade to the in person mentoring?Yes. If you register for the fully online version but decide to subsequently attend in-person mentoring in Cambridge, please email learning@nnedpro.org.uk to pay the difference in fees.
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What will I learn throughout the course?The course provides in depth exposure to Applied Human Nutrition including basic concepts in human nutrition; nutritional research methods; nutrition in healthcare and nutrition public health and policy. For a taste of what to expect, check out the previous years content at the bottom of the page.
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Will I be assessed?Candidates from healthcare and related backgrounds will be able to undertake an assessment at the end of the course to gain a certificate of competence, accredited by professional bodies in the UK for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development. To date, dual accreditation has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal Society of Biology in the UK, providing internationally recognised quality benchmarks. If are not from healthcare and related backgrounds, you can still complete the final assignment to receive a certificate of completion.
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What additional support and benefits can I get?In addition to learn and network with an international community of peers and experts, the opportunity to be assessed and gain a certificate of competence, as a member of the International Academy of Nutrition Education (IANE) Members you will receive a post-course 1:1 mentoring session. As a delegate of a NNEdPro event, you are also entitled to a 20% discount on the cost of publishing your article in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. Those attending the NNEdPro Summer School will receive discounted registration to the NNEdPro International Summit on Food, Nutrition and Health. This scientific meeting is a opportunity for candidates attending the NNEdPro Summer School to participate in directly relevant international conference proceedings immediately after completing their course.
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Is there a discount for group reservations?A discount of 10%, 12% and 15% will be applied for groups of over 3, 6 and 10 respectively. Please contact us to learn more.
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What is your refund policy?3. Refunds can only be issued for cancellation requests received up to seven days after the access to the material is given, this will be when the email confirmation with your access details to the NNEdPro Virtual Learning Environment is sent. If you cancel after that, no refunds can be issued. Substitute delegates are not accepted. Please note that any transaction fee incurred will be deducted from your refund. To request a refund, please contact us at info@nnedpro.org.uk
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Any more questions?Please contact us at info@nnedpro.org.uk or use the enquire button available on this page
Articles & Newsletters
To learn more about the India network and the work going on, please browse through the following Articles & Newsletters about the network.
Combatting COVID-19 blog in Indian languages mapped to areas of NNEdPro work
key people & partners
Steering Committee Members - India
​Network Co-Leads
Kannan Raman
Sucheta Mitra
Dr Pallavi Bardhar (Deputy Lead)
Dr Ramya Rajaram (Deputy Lead)
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Operation Officer and Project Secretary
Debashis Chakraborty
Volunteer Operation and Academic Officer, MTK Project Officer, Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator
Harmanpreet Kaur
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Assistant Operation and Academic Officer, MTK Assistant Project Officer & Nutritionist
Asim Kumar Manna
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Assistant Project Officers
Ankita Ghosh
Dyuti Bag
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Principal Advisors
Mitali Paladhi
Dr (Prof) Sabyasachi Ray
Subrata Kumar Dutta
Sudeshna Maitra-Nag
Prof Suprakash Pradhan
Dr Urmil Verma
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Specialist Advisors & Educational Supervisors
Mitali Gupta
Chitra Ray
Elizabeth Suchitra Richard
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NB: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of our colleague the late Sanchita Banerjee. Find out more here.
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*From May 24, 2024, Harmanpreet has successfully taken on a substantive role at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and continues to collaborate with NNEdPro in a voluntary officer role.
Steering Committee Members - UK/global
Strategic & Scientific Co-Leads
Prof Pauline Douglas
Prof Sumantra Ray
Principal Advisors
Lord Diljit Rana OBE
Prof Ianthi Tsimpli
Dr Luke Buckner
Dr Minha Rajput-Ray​
Specialist Advisors
Dr Marjorie Lima do Vale
Jodie Webber
Jorgen Torgerstuen Johnsen
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Members
Matheus Abrantes
Dr Harrison Carter
Sukanya Patwardhan
Dr Shilpa Nagarajan
Dr Shivani Bhatt
Ville Paivansalo
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*On leave of absence
Members - India
Aditya Swaroop
Afreen Saiyed
Aishika Das
Alok Varma
Anand Ahankari
Anindita Chakraborty
Anuprita Shukla
Aparajita Saha
Aparna Mandal
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Arunima Dhar
Asis Dey
Asmita Mondal
Atanu Chakraborty
Ayusmati Thakur
Baishali Mondal
Bijaya Kumar Nayak
Bijoya Bhattacharjee
Biplab Kanti Nandi
Fatma Firdaus
Hassan Raza
Ipsita Chakraborty
Jyoti Pachisia
Kashmira Ghosh
Komal Srivastava
Kuntalika Kumbhakar
Madhumita Pal
Mahuya Karmakar
Mala Mukherjee
Manash Chatterjee
Maneesh Mishra
Manideepa Mukherjee
Marla Fuchs
Mita Yadav
Narayani Rajashree Kanungo
Pallabi Sarkar
Pankaj Mittal
Parag Ranjita
Paromita Chowdhury
Payel Maji
Piya Sengupta
Piyali Debnath
Prachi Prabhat Pandit
Pramita Ghosh
Priyanka Das
Prof Chittaranjan Yajnik
Prof Gitanjali Yadav
PS Rishikesh
Pubali Dhar
Rakhi Mandal
Rekha Bhangaonkar
Rituraj Phukan
Riya Bhandari
Sagarika Mukherjee
Sahrin Begam
Sampriti Kar
Sangita Acharya
Sania Mirza
Santona Naskar
Sarmila Mukherjee
Saundaria Chatterjee
Shobhana Nagraj
Shreya Ash
Shreya Chatterjee
Shreyasi Mandal
Shuvajit Chakraborty
Sneha Deshpande
Somnath Bhar
Sonia Gorai
Soumyabrata Ray Chaudhuri
Soumyendu Ghosh
Souvik Banerjee
Souvik Chakraborty
Sujan Karim
Sukanya Patwardhan
Sulekha Biswas
Sumona Mondal
Suparna Sengupta
Sutapa Biswas Majee
Swagata Dhan
Swaroop Balakrishna Uday
Swastika Mukherjee
Swati Pandey
Tamali Maity
Taniya Sabnam
Tithi Sui
Tousin Khatoon
Writam Pal
Members - Nepal & Bangladesh
Representatives from Nepal
Dr Buddhiman Sreshtha
Dr Santosh Gaihre
Representatives from Bangladesh
Mohammad Sayeem
Dr Sohana Shafique
Members from 'TIGR2ESS' (Flagship Project-6) Partner Organisations
[From 1st April to 31st December 2022 the NNEdPro India & South Asia Regional Network will host a Post FP6 Collaborative Forum]
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
Prof Srijit Mishra*
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*Previously representing Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies (NCDS) Odisha and Watershed Support Services and Activities Network (Wassan)
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad
Dr R Padmaja
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Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Dr Krishnan Narayanan
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Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)
Dr Shubhasree Shankar
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MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
Vivek Girija
Rengalakshmi
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National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) Cambridge
Dr Lydia Smith
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Panjab University
Prof Ramanjit Kaur Johal
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Charities Aid Foundation India
Dr Nivedita Narain
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University of Cambridge
Prof Shailaja Fennell
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University of East Anglia
Prof Nitya Rao
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Vertiver
Chhaya Bhanti
Aakriti Wanchoo
Members from key indian organisations Partner Organisations
Bhavishya Shakti Cooperative Society
Champions
Anumati Saradar
Chandana Naiya
Kanika Das
Kanika Mondal
Mousumi Naiya*
Puja Purkait
Sukla Karmakar**
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Trainee Champions
Madhumita Dey
Moumita Biswas
Tapasi Patra
Calcutta Rescue
Dr Marcello Scopazzini
Dr Alakananda Ghosh
Dr Esther Sulkers
Jaydeep Chakraborty
Shibani Basu
Rumiya Mukherjee
Dr Jaydeep Majumder
Cordia Colleges Punjab
Dr Harjinder Singh
Taruna Narang
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IGNOU
Dr Heena Bijli
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Panjab University Management Studies
Dr Monika Aggarwal
Jaswinder Singh
Prof Suveera Gill
Bharti Goel
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Daily9
Kannan Raman
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The Nurture Academy Welfare Trust
Suprakash Pradhan
Saundaria Chatterjee
Madhumita Pal
Remedy Clinic Study Group (NNEdPro Agency in India) & Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (Indian Academy)
Dr (Prof) Sabyasachi Ray***
Sudeshna Maitra-Nag***
Debashis Chakraborty***
* Temporarily change of role
** On maternity leave
*** Also members of the India/Global Steering Committee
The Regional Networks are overseen by Advisory and Facilitation Panels.