Once completed the bachelor course of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, students will be opted to go for certain job opportunities. You can choose your career as a Researcher, Consultant, Therapeutic Dietitian, Food Show Host, Sports Nutritionist, Nutrition Trainer, Administrative Nutritionist, Public Health/Community Dietitian, Professor, Business Development Manager. There are various well-reputed companies in India providing jobs after you have completed your bachelor or master.
After completing bachelors, you can go for the masters’ course for the nutrition and food science. And then if you wish, you can take up the doctorate course (PhD). The salary can vary based on the college from where the course has been done, year of experience, the location where you are looking for the job, the company you will be doing your job in, or any higher education you have pursued after the bachelors. Your starting salary after graduation should vary from 1.5lakhs to 2.5lakhs per annum which may eventually go up to 10lakhs. You can also work from abroad and advice your patients their therapeutic diet or balanced food.
Job Roles
Few employment sectors candidates can opt after completing Bachelors in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics:
- Researcher
- Dietician
- Therapeutic Consultant
- Nutrition Trainer
- Food Show Host
- Professor
- Sports Nutritionist
- Public Health/ Community Dietician
- Administrative Nutritionist
Below mentioned are few employment areas:
- Colleges/ Universities
- Food industry
- Food Service Field
- Govt./ private Hospitals
- Hotel and Catering firms
- Social Welfare Organisation
- Research and Development Centres