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National Institute of Nutrition
MottoTo achieve optimal nutrition in vulnerable segments of population by 2020
Established1918
Field of research
Nutrition
DirectorDr. B. Sesikeran
AddressJamai-Osmania,
Hyderabad- 500 007
LocationHyderabad, India
CampusUrban, Tarnaka
Operating agency
ICMR
Websitehttp://www.ninindia.org/

The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is an Indian Biotechnology and Translational research center located at Osmania University in Hyderabad.[1][2] The institute is one of the oldest research centers in India, which operates under the Indian Council of Medical Research[3] for India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The institute carries out cutting edge research in clinical nutrition, pharmacology, pathology, toxicology, endocrinology, molecular biology, stem cell research and community nutrition.[4][5] The institute has received International recognition, and has several approved patents[6][7]

The institute is equipped with state of the art facilities in Flow cytometry, DNA Microarray, Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, Scanning electron microscope, Confocal laser scanning microscopy, Transmission electron microscopy, DNA sequencer, Cryogenic equipment, thermal cyclers etc. [8][9][10]

History

The Institute was founded in 1918 by Sir Robert McCarrison. It was originally a single room laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu for the study of Beriberi, and was called the Beri-Beri Enquiry Unit.[11]

Pasteur Institute at Coonoor in 1927.

McCarrison was invalided to Britain from 1920–1922, and in 1923 the enquiry was axed on financial grounds. It was restored two years later as the Deficiency Disease Inquiry, which McCarrison headed from 1925-1929.[12] The scope of the laboratory expanded to include all deficiency diseases, and around 1928-29 became the Nutrition Research Laboratories (NRL), with McCarrison as its first Director, until his retirement in 1935, when he was succeeded by Dr. W.R. Ackroyd.[11][12][13] The facility moved to Hyderabad in 1958 and in 1969 was renamed the National Institute of Nutrition.[11]

Activities

NIN offers advanced education courses and PhD program for nutrition and laboratory animal sciences. This institute also houses the Food and Drug Toxciology Research Centre, the National Centre for Laboratory Animal Science, and the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau. NIN has associated nutrition wards at various hospitals for the research in clinical nutrition, including the Niloufer Hospital for Women and Children, the Government Maternity Hospital, and the Osmania General Hospital.

NIN and FSSAI

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), chaired by the Director of NIN [14] is an agency of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.[15] The FSSAI is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.[15] The FSSAI has been established under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which is a consolidating statute related to food safety and regulation in India.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bhargava, Pushpa M (12 November 2011). "Could they buy salt and spices, fuel and milk, and pay rent... with Rs. 2.33 a day?". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  2. ^ http://www.indianpharmacology.org/Announcements_2010.pdf
  3. ^ About ICMR, Indian Council of Medical Research, retrieved 15 August 2010 ICMR's Institutes/Centres (scroll down page to find NIN)
  4. ^ "Hyderabad to host national meet on diet". The Times Of India. 11 April 2012.
  5. ^ http://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/islets/article/17704/
  6. ^ "NIN bags 'City Strategist' award". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 April 2010.
  7. ^ http://whoindia.org/LinkFiles/NMH_Resources_NCD_RIsk_NIN_report.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.icmr.nic.in/000268/000229/nin.htm
  9. ^ http://www.inteqsolutions.com/ninindia.org/AnnualReports/2007-08.pdf
  10. ^ http://www.dsir.gov.in/reports/ittp_icmr/chapter-5icmr.pdf
  11. ^ a b c Down the memory lane, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, retrieved 12 August 2010
  12. ^ a b Arnold, David (2000), Science, technology, and medicine in Colonial India, The New Cambridge History of India. Part III, Volume 5, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 201, 215, ISBN 0-521-56319-4, retrieved 12 August 2010
  13. ^ "Obituary: Sir ROBERT McCARRISON, C.I.E., M.D., D.Sc. L.L.D., F.R.C.P", British Medical Journal, 1 (5186): 1663–1664, 28 May 1960, doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5186.1663, PMC 1967996, PMID 13856887 {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  14. ^ "New provisions for packaged food labelling soon". The Times Of India. 2 April 2012.
  15. ^ a b c "Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)". Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Government of India. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

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