Executive Diploma in  NUTRACEUTICALS

With the trend towards preventive healthcare, Nutraceuticals becoming an evolving and promising field in healthcare industry. Basically, Nutraceuticals are any food, or parts of a food, that provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease in addition to its normal nutritional value.

As, there is a growing awareness of the significant roles played by functional foods and nutraceuticals beyond basic nutrition, FFSQ has developed this comprehensive training programme on Nutraceuticals to provide thorough knowledge of the subject to help you analyze the precise body requirements and a reliable technological developments in the sector. The course is basically designed for food, nutrition, health and allied professionals, the food industry professionals and the general public.

Understanding the needs of health and the worth of time we have designed this fast track programme in Nutraceuticals so that thorough practical knowledge can be provided to the interested individuals. Apart from this, providing a comprehensive training in the fields of health foods, food ingredients, dietary supplements, and natural medicines is another important goal of this course. As a growing field, it also helps to demonstrate the benefits of functional foods in health promotion and in reducing the risk of chronic diseases and establishing a network of academia and industry experts as well.

The executive diploma in Nutraceuticals is a fast track programme with rigorous industry based case studies which will help individuals in finding an exciting and promising career in related industries.

Programme Structure

Module 1 : Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods: An Introduction

Module 2 : Food, Nutrition and Health Claims

Module 3: Active Ingredients and their Origin

Module 4: Extraction and Processing of active Ingredients

Module 5: Product development

Module 6: Delivery and Stability of Nutraceuticals

Module 7: Nutraceutical and Disease Control

Module 8: Analytical Techniques in Nutraceutical Industry

Module 9: Laws and Regulations on Nutraceuticals

Module 10: Case Studies

Eligibility

All those who have completed their Graduation or Post Graduation are eligible to enroll for the course. Moreover, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Pharmacy, Agriculture, Veterinary, MBBS and BDS are also eligible to apply for this course. As this course is truly professional and industry oriented, employed individuals from any sector (production, processing, quality, trial, R&D etc.) can also seek benefits of the course who have interest in food, nutrition and human health.

Programme Duration

Minimum time in which a student can complete this diploma course is six months while a maximum of twelve months is allowed to complete the course.

Registration

The registration dates for this bi-annual program run by the institute are updated timely on the webpage. The Training sessions and webinars are strictly scheduled depending on the availability of speakers. Moreover, the recorded lectures are also made available through the IGMPI Learning Management System so, the participants are able to listen to them according to their own pace. Effective E-learning tools incorporated into the design of the webpage make the course lectures, videos and study material easily accessible. This gives huge window of self-regulated and self-paced performance to the participants.

Programme Fee

The mandatory course fee (one-time payment) for the distance cum e learning mode is Rs. 20,000/-(700 USD for overseas students).This covers for the course registration fees, tuition fees, course material fees etc. Apart from this an examination fee of Rs 400/- (USD 15) per module needs to be paid later as per the examination notification of the Institute.

Examination & Certification

All the participants are obliged to timely submit completed assessment assignments (during the course, usually after every module) and appear for an online exam at the end of the course. After successful completion, the participants will be awarded Executive Diploma in Nutraceuticals by Faculty of Food Safety and Quality, IGMPI. For all the above mentioned modules elaborate course material, self-assessment assignments and project work details would be provided by the Institute from time to time. Details get updated on the webpage as well.

Placement Assistance & Corporate Relations

The Institute has partnered with many organizations for providing with placement assistance to in its participants. The robust placement cell comprises of senior level Human Resources professionals and Talent Acquisition experts which maintains close links with business and industry. We are engaged in promoting the employability of our participants by maintaining good rapport and relation with HR cell and recruiting managers of leading food and agriculture companies across the globe. The efforts of our placement cell also include helping with professional resume writing, interview skills & conducting mock interviews etc.

Future career prospects

Successful completion of this course will enhance employment prospects within the functional foods, general food & health sector and from food manufacture to retail and legislation. An Executive Diploma in Nutraceuticals is also relevant for nutritionists, dieticians, and members of pharmaceutical professions, as well as professional from independent or private laboratories. The diploma provides graduates with professional competencies related to either research and development, quality control, analysis, education or training. The course will also benefit professionals associated with the maintenance and/ or promotion of public health.

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