Welcome to
Centre of Excellence on Public Health Nutrition
In collaboration with UNICEF, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences established the Centre of Excellence on Public Health Nutrition. The center serves as a platform for collaborative research and knowledge sharing activities among the different research groups, planner and policy makers in the areas of Public Health Nutrition and Food Security, especially in Odisha.
Focus Areas
- To conduct periodic situational analysis, independent programme assessments, process documentation, pilot studies and document stories of human interest/best practices for the Odisha State Food Commission and also as per the request of UNICEF and the concerned Departments of Government of Odisha/ district administration.
- Suggest and encourage research scholars to carry out their doctoral and post doctoral research in the field of public health nutrition. Facilitate formative and operational research for providing inputs/ recommendations for quality enhancement in nutrition focussed programs.
- To facilitate regional and state level workshops, key meetings and seminars on different nutrition themes/issues.
- Support Odisha State Food Commission for overall monitoring and review of multi-sectoral nutrition interventions and food security schemes like TPDS/AAY, MDM, SNP, THR and Mamata, with particular emphasis on tribal and PVTG areas.
- Addressing research gaps through knowledge management.