Centre for Research on Nutrition Support Systems (CRNSS)

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON NUTRITION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (CRNSS)

The main thrust of programmes being promoted by Nutrition Foundation of India falls within the purview of Community Nutrition and Preventive Nutrition. Dietary management of diseases especially in a hospital setting also needs attention, especially in view of great advances in therapeutic techniques and the increasing realization that diets play an even more important role than hitherto recognized with respect to the pathogenesis, course and outcome of diseases. With advances in therapeutics, it has become increasingly necessary to sustain patients nutritionally for fairly long periods of time while they are under therapeutic care using the techniques of Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition. In recognition of these needs, the Foundation has encouraged the formation and location within its premises of the Centre for Research on Nutrition Support Systems (CRNSS).

CRNSS was set up on December 11,1997 as a Registered Scientific Society under the Societies Registration Act of 1860, with Dr S. Padmavati as the Chairman, Dr Sarath Gopalan as Secretary and Honorary Director and seven distinguished scientists on its Governing Body. Its main objective is the promotion of knowledge in the field of Clinical Nutrition and in the dietary management of diseases. CRNSS works in close association and collaboration with the Nutrition Foundation of India and has its own website: www.crnssindia.org

Objectives

The CRNSS has the following objectives:

  • To undertake, promote, and co-ordinate research on systems and procedures for providing critical nutrition support to subjects suffering from acute or chronic diseases and from disabilities arising from old age or other causes. Such research may be undertaken by the Society on its own initiative, or at the instance of the Government, company or association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not
  • To promote and foster the application of such research for the benefit of the diseased and the disabled
  • To identify indigenous and low cost technologies for providing nutrition support
  • to the diseased and the disabled
  • To undertake testing and investigation of locally available food products in order to evolve appropriate and low-cost methods of providing enteral and parenteral nutrition. Such testing and investigation procedures will be undertaken purely for research purpose and not as a routine activity or for profit.
  • To exchange information and to co-operate for the promotion for the objects of the Society with other institutions, associations and societies within India or elsewhere interested in the same subjects.
  • To collect and disseminate information in regard not only to research but on the importance of maintaining proper nutrition support in diseases and disabilities.
  • To advise the Central and State Governments on the best procedures for ensuring Nutrition Support to the diseased and the disabled
  • To foster training of research workers in fields related to activities of the Society
  • To establish and award research studentship and fellowship
  • To prepare, print and publish bulletins and periodicals in furtherance of the Objectives of the Society
  • To establish and maintain a Research Reference Library in pursuance of the objectives of the Society.