Mahendergarh : Department of Nutrition Biology, Central University of Haryana (CUH), Mahendergarh celebrated National Nutrition Month from 1-30 th September, 2024. The RASHTRIYA
POSHAN MAAH is celebrated every year in September across the country. Its aim is to improve the nutritional status of the community. In this context, various events have been
conducted by the department. The event was started with flag-off rally by Prof. Tankeshwar Kumar, Vice-Chancellor with a tagline “Eat a balanced meal to let your body heal”.
Prof. Neelam Sangwan also given opening remarks regarding the event. The poster, slogan, debate competition and technical presentations were also held for the university students.
Along with this, an outreach programme for the awareness of School Children of Jant Sr. Sec. 

School was also organized wherein series of lecture related to nutrition were delivered byProf. Kanti Prakash Sharma; Dr. Vidhyullatha P. Reddy; Dr. Ashwani Kumar and Dr. Anita
Kumari. To make the nutrition education more effective, a play by M.Sc. students of Nutrition Biology students on importance of macro and micronutrients in regular diet was
also conducted for the school children. Apart from this, a demonstration cum training was also imparted to students on “assessment of nutritional status of a population. A series of
lecture by external experts viz., Dr. Radha Dutt Singh from University of California, USA and Dr. Paras Sharma from University of Mizoram also enlightened students regarding
importance of nutrition for the management of non-communicable diseases. Faculty members Dr. Umesh Kumar Dr. Tejpal Dhewa, and Dr. Savita Budhwar were also present during theevent. Ph.D. and M.Sc. students showed enthusiasm to sensitize the population about nutrition education at large. Dr Anita Kumari and Dr. Ashwani Kumar convenors of the
programme thanked everyone for active participation and cooperation.

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