ICMR Advanced Centre for Nutrition Research

The Nutrition Foundation of India is happy that in the Silver Jubilee Year of NFI(2005), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) set up an Advanced Centre for Nutrition Research at NFI and it will support the Centre for the next five years. The ICMR Advanced Centre for Nutrition Research will take up long-term sustained:

  • Nutrition Policy research
  • Clinical research
  • Research aimed at operationalisation of newer strategies proposed in the Tenth Plan for tackling some major nutrition programmes
  • Capacity Building for nutrition and health education.

The brief outline of the research projects proposed and expected outcome of the projects is indicated in the following paragraphs. Initiatives under capacity building are indicated in the chapter on capacity building.

NUTRITION POLICY RESEARCH

Nutrition Policy Research is an emerging priority area of research because it enables research workers to

  • review available data from ongoing survey and research efforts and assess rapidly changing nutrition and health scenarios
  • review ongoing basic, clinical and operational research studies in the identified priority areas and assess the feasibility, cost effectiveness and efficacy of the interventions required
  • suggest appropriate modifications in policy strategy and programmes for tackling the existing and emerging nutrition problems
  • enable the policy makers and programme managers to make informed and rational choices regarding priority interventions.

Some of the major areas of the proposed policy research are summarised below.