National Institute of Nutrition
From Indian Science Information
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 as ‘Beri-Beri’ Enquiry Unit in a single room laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Within a short span of seven years, this unit blossomed into a "Deficiency Disease Enquiry" and later in 1928, emerged as full-fledged "Nutrition Research Laboratories" (NRL) with Dr. McCarrison as its first Director. It was shifted to Hyderabad in 1958. At the time of its golden jubilee in 1969, it was renamed as National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).
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Research Area
NIN mainly monitors the nutrition based data and conducts basic and applied research in nutrient related aspects. It has following basic units
- Biophysics : micronutrient malnutrition and intervention strategies to control body composition and energy metabolism.
- Biochemistry : biochemistry of dietary ingradients.
- Molecular Biology : gene-nutrient relation.
- Analytical Chemistry
- Endocrinology and metabolism: endocrine disorders.
Directors
- DR. B Sesikeran - current.
- Dr. Robert McCarrison - 1928 - First diector
Location
National Institute of Nutrition i.e. NIN (ICMR) is located in the Osmania University campus area in Hyderabad, Andhrapardesh.
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