Mumbai: Nurtify India has now joined forces with GITAM university to launch Gitam Nutrify Academy for responsible nutrition. Gitam University is a prominent A++ grade accredited university. This program will aim towards capacity building of nutrition industry via a curriculum of degree programs. Nutrify India is a well-established platform that administers responsible nutrition in India and Internationally across innovators and upcoming start-ups. In 2020, the year gone by, Nurtify India accredited over USD 8 Million worth commercialization in the innovation expanse.
On this partnership, Mr. Amit Srivastava, Chief Catalyst and Founder of Nutrify India said, “We are extremely proud of this collaboration and are keen to mentor and shape the future generations to perceive our industry as a source of mainstream career option. The accomplishments that we plan to achieve through these programs will surely contribute phenomenally worldwide.”
“We at GITAM University are honoured to be partnering with Nutrify India to collaborate in the development of Health & Wellness solutions based on Responsible Nutrition. Today, we announce the launch of the ‘GITAM-Nutrify India Academy’, which has been established to disseminate best-in-class knowledge relating to Nutrition, Wellness, Food Technology and allied areas. As part of the Academy, we will develop and deliver courses, certificates, diploma programmes and Continuing Education programmes for professionals in Nutrition, Nutrition Management, Health & Wellness, Food Technology, Food Safety, etc. Through its Centre for Health and Wellness Innovation (CHWI), GITAM wishes to collaborate with external academics, industry partners and thought leaders to disseminate the message of “Responsible Nutrition” and bring unique products and solutions to the market. We look forward to your support in this endeavour,” quoted Balkumar Marthi, Director, Centre for Health & Wellness Innovation & Raja Pappu, Director, Research & Consultancy.
Success leads to growth followed by celebrations but often the effort of health and nutrition journalists are ignored. Additionally, Nutrify India has also decided to justifiably recognize the efforts of health and nutrition journalists who have been a substantial catalyst in shaping the nutraceutical sector globally.
Nutrify India aspires to mark their first anniversary on 5th February, 2021 as an International health and Nutrition Journalist Day. For this initiative, the journalists will be chosen across countries like USA, Europe and APAC regions through meticulous selection processes spanned over 3 months. The winner of this initiative will be conferred an award along with an invitation to be a part of the core team for introducing a diploma course in nutritional journalism in association with Gitam University.
India has been recognized as a rapidly growing nutritional market with a stable demand for innovations. While India has a long way to go in structuring nutraceuticals as a major industry, Nutrify India is committed to enabling and empowering India to become a leader in nutraceuticals. Through valuable alliances and expertise, the affiliation between Gitam and Nutrify India will in addition to capacity building programs also focus on research and development, formulation and process innovation.
