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Become a career-ready nutrition professional.

NNWA (Nutrition & Wellness Academy) is an online nutrition, dietetics and wellness academy in India, teaching 73 courses in English and Hindi. Its flagship six-month Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health awards 12 certificates.

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NNWA made nutrition feel practical, not overwhelming. The India-based examples helped me plan real meals for my patients, and the diet-chart practice gave me the confidence to actually guide people, not just know the theory.
Dr. NehaPractising Clinician
I joined for the flexibility, but what I loved most was the structure. The recorded classes are easy to revisit and the mentor support kept me consistent and improving, step by step.
Dr. PranayWellness Practitioner
This course connected science to real life. From macros and micros to weight management and disease-based diets, everything was taught with application in mind. The certificate made my profile feel genuinely professional.
Mr. SandeepCareer-Changer · Online Consultant
The therapeutic modules and the blood-report reading class were the highlights for me. I can now build clear, condition-specific diet charts for diabetes, thyroid and heart cases, and counsel clients with real clarity.
Dr. AvantikaDiet & Wellness Consultant
NNWA made nutrition feel practical, not overwhelming. The India-based examples helped me plan real meals for my patients, and the diet-chart practice gave me the confidence to actually guide people, not just know the theory.
Dr. NehaPractising Clinician
I joined for the flexibility, but what I loved most was the structure. The recorded classes are easy to revisit and the mentor support kept me consistent and improving, step by step.
Dr. PranayWellness Practitioner
This course connected science to real life. From macros and micros to weight management and disease-based diets, everything was taught with application in mind. The certificate made my profile feel genuinely professional.
Mr. SandeepCareer-Changer · Online Consultant
The therapeutic modules and the blood-report reading class were the highlights for me. I can now build clear, condition-specific diet charts for diabetes, thyroid and heart cases, and counsel clients with real clarity.
Dr. AvantikaDiet & Wellness Consultant
  • Flagship programmes awarded with Medhavi Skills University

  • NCrF Level 4 on flagship programmes

  • Faculty with postgraduate qualifications

  • Bilingual batch: English & Hindi

Expert-built modules
52Expert-built modulesAcross 12 structured blocks
Certificates awarded
12Certificates awardedIncluding the NCrF Level-4 skill certificate
Curriculum blocks
12Curriculum blocksSequenced from foundation to therapeutic practice
Months, fully online
6Months, fully onlineWeekend batch: Saturday & Sunday mornings

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Listed fee ₹34,999

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Learning with NNWA

Taught live online, in English and Hindi.

Courses & specialisations
72Courses & specialisations
Cities across India
20+Cities across India
Online · English & Hindi
100%Online · English & Hindi
01The opportunity

India needs skilled nutrition people, and the timing has never been better

Nutrition in India has moved from advice to occupation: clinical need, consumer spending and hiring are all rising at once. What has not kept pace is the number of practitioners who can build a plan a real patient will actually follow.

  1. 01 / 04

    A booming wellness economy

    Rising diabetes, obesity, PCOS and thyroid issues, and a fast-growing fitness and corporate-wellness market across India.

  2. 02 / 04

    Surging demand for diet guidance

    Online diet-consulting platforms, gyms, clinics and wellness brands are all hiring and partnering with skilled nutrition people.

  3. 03 / 04

    A shortage of job-ready talent

    There is plenty of theory online, but very few people who can actually build a real, India-appropriate diet plan.

  4. 04 / 04

    Your clients are already online

    People now find and trust nutrition experts on Instagram, Google and YouTube, a space you can learn to own.

02Flagship courses

Three ways in: one continuous path to a real career

Start with the Certification, add the Diploma, or go all the way to the Post Graduation Diploma. One stacked nutrition pathway, taught online and bilingually. Every step ends in a qualification you can practise on.

Beginner3 Months

Certification in Nutrition

Your affordable 3-month first step: learn the science of food and confidently build healthy, balanced Indian diet plans.

  • Explain the role of each major nutrient in plain, confident language
  • Build a balanced daily Indian diet plan and calculate energy and portion needs
  • Evaluate popular diets, supplements and food myths against the evidence

₹19,999₹34,999

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Beginner → Advanced6 Months

Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health

Turn your passion for health into a thriving, future-ready career, and learn to build real therapeutic diet charts, rooted in Indian dietary wisdom.

  • 12 certificates including an NCrF Level-4 skill certificate (via a recognised Skill University)
  • A skill certificate bearing the NSDC and Skill India marks, plus NNWA certificates any employer can verify online
  • Free premium Digital Marketing & AI certification to help you get clients

₹29,999₹34,999

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Graduate / Professional1 Year

Post Graduation Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health

Our 1-year postgraduate professional programme for graduates & doctors: 6 months live classes + 6 months guided practical experience, plus 10 free short courses worth ₹80,000+.

  • Everything in the Diploma, plus 24 advanced specialisation modules: autoimmune, functional, paediatric, skin and mental-health nutrition
  • A supervised practicum and a defended capstone: real, documented clinical case experience
  • 14 certificates, including the postgraduate qualification and an NCrF Level-4 skill certificate

₹69,999₹79,999

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Advanced3-4 Months

Advanced Diploma in Personal Training with Sports Nutrition

Programme design, strength & conditioning, assessments and client coaching for a serious fitness career.

  • Design periodised, goal-specific training programmes for individual clients.
  • Conduct movement screens and fitness assessments to guide programming.
  • Coach compound lifts and conditioning work with correct technique.

₹34,999₹49,999

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Awarded with

Your flagship certificate is awarded with Medhavi Skills University.

Medhavi Skills UniversityCERTIFIEDISO9001:2015

MSU is a Sikkim state university established under the Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim Act, 2021. It is recognised under section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956 and approved by NCVET as an Awarding Body, which is what lets it award the skill qualification your certificate names. NNWA is one of its accredited training partners.

The Medhavi Skills University award applies to NNWA's flagship programmes: the Certification, the Diploma, the Post Graduate Diploma and the Advanced Diploma in Personal Training with Sports Nutrition. NNWA's other short courses carry NNWA's own certificate and are not MSU-awarded.

  • Specimen Medhavi Skills University Certificate for Skill Competency in Nutrition, Dietetics and Public Health at NCrF/NSQF Level 4

    MSU Certificate for Skill Competency

    Issued by Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim

  • Specimen NNWA certificate for the Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics and Public Health, showing the Medhavi Skills University affiliation

    NNWA programme certificate

    Issued by NNWA, affiliated with Medhavi Skills University

03Why NNWA

What makes us different from every other nutrition course

Six specific claims, each of which you can check against any competitor's syllabus before you pay a rupee.

  1. 01

    India's most complete nutrition path

    Start with a short certification and finish with the six-month Diploma and twelve certificates. One academy, one continuous journey from beginner to therapeutic practitioner, without stitching together courses from four different providers.

  2. 02

    NCrF Level-4: a real government framework

    Not a self-issued PDF. A National Credit Framework Level-4 skill certificate awarded with Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim, a UGC 2(f) university and NCVET-approved Awarding Body, on the flagship programmes.

  3. 03

    Blood reports and therapeutic charts

    Read and interpret real blood reports, then build condition-specific diet charts for diabetes, thyroid, cardiovascular disease, PCOS, renal and hepatic conditions. This is the skill that separates a consultant from a content creator.

  4. 04

    Free Digital Marketing & AI certification

    A complete professional certification included at no extra cost: website design, SEO, Google and Meta ads, ten-plus AI tools, graphics and e-commerce. Knowing nutrition is half a practice; being found is the other half.

  5. 05

    Rooted in Indian food, not Western textbooks

    Every plan, portion and case study uses real Indian thalis, regional staples and everyday kitchens. You will never have to convert a cup of quinoa into something your client actually eats.

  6. 06

    Practitioner-led, bilingual, lifetime access

    Taught by working practitioners in English and Hindi, with 24×7 mentor support, printed books couriered to your home, and lifetime access to every lecture and future update.

04Short courses

Already skilled? Add a focused specialisation

Each specialisation is lifted from the Diploma syllabus and taught as a standalone course. Built for practitioners who already hold a qualification (trainers, therapists, clinicians and coaches) and need one clinical competency added to the practice they are already running.

These are the most requested. Browse all 73 courses

Latest guides

Practical answers, before and after you enrol

What a course really costs, how to check a certificate, what a nutritionist may and may not advise, and how to set up a practice. Written for people deciding whether to study, and for those who already have.

Newest articles

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Whether Indian education loans cover short skill qualifications, what lenders typically ask for, and the alternatives that are usually more practical.

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How a new nutrition practitioner in India can ask for testimonials honestly, what consent is needed, and which common practices are genuinely not allowed.

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05Free calculators

Two calculations every consultation begins with

Both run the arithmetic taught in the Diploma: the Asian-Indian body mass index thresholds used in Indian clinical practice, and the Mifflin-St Jeor equation for daily energy. Enter your height in feet and inches and your weight in kilograms, and read the result as a client would see it.

01

Body mass index: Asian-Indian cut-offs

These are example figures. Change them to yours.

Height
Height unit
kg

Your BMI

23.5

Overweight
Healthy weight for your height
50.4 to 62.4 kg
Your weight against that range
1.6 kg above it
The same BMI on the WHO international scale
normal weight
Indian practice calls a BMI of 23 overweight and 25 obese, two points below the WHO lines of 25 and 30, because Indians tend to carry more fat around the abdomen at the same weight. That is why a waist measurement belongs beside this number.

BMI is a screening figure, not a diagnosis. It cannot tell muscle from fat and says nothing about where fat sits. It is not for children, for pregnancy or for athletes.

02

Daily calorie needs: Mifflin-St Jeor

These are example figures. Change them to yours.

Sex
years
kg
Height
Height unit
How active are you?

To stay at this weight

1,857kcal a day

Mild deficit
1,357kcal
500 kcal below maintenance
Mild surplus
2,157kcal
300 kcal above maintenance

Resting rate 1,351 kcal × 1.375 for lightly active.

A starting split at maintenance

Protein
102g
1.6 g per kg
Fat
52g
25% of energy
Carbs
246g
The remainder
For comparison, ICMR-NIN (2020) puts a sedentary 55 kg woman at 1,660 kcal a day, and 2,130 kcal with moderate work. Most people overestimate their activity by one step, so choose the lower one when unsure.

Mifflin-St Jeor estimates energy use for healthy adults. It does not allow for pregnancy, breastfeeding, thyroid disorders or any condition that changes metabolic rate, and it is an estimate: your own weight over three weeks is the real test.

All 13 free calculators
06Honest comparison

How NNWA compares, feature by feature

Take this table to any other provider and ask them the same 11 questions. That is the entire point of publishing it.

Feature comparison between NNWA, a typical online course, and a generic university add-on programme
FeatureRecommendedNNWAA typical online courseA university add-on
India-context curriculum & real thali-based plansIncludedPartialRarely
NCrF Level-4 certificate (via a recognised Skill University)IncludedNot includedSometimes
Blood-report reading & biomarkersIncludedNot includedRarely
Therapeutic / disease-based diet chartsIncludedPartialSometimes
Number of certificatesUp to 1411
Free Digital Marketing & AI certificationIncludedNot includedNot included
Lifetime access to lectures & notesIncludedOften noNot included
Easy EMI & 0%-interest education loanIncludedRarelyRarely
Practice-building & job portalIncludedNot includedRarely
Bilingual: English & HindiIncludedRarelyRarely
24×7 mentor & doubt supportIncludedOften noLimited

Comparison reflects the NNWA six-month Diploma against commonly advertised alternatives at the time of publication. Competitor offerings vary. Verify before you enrol anywhere, including here.

07Learner stories

Loved by learners, and by the practitioners among them

In their own words, lightly punctuated and otherwise unedited. A representative sample, including the ones who came in already qualified.

“NNWA made nutrition feel practical, not overwhelming. The India-based examples helped me plan real meals for my patients, and the diet-chart practice gave me the confidence to actually guide people, not just know the theory.”

NKDr. NehaPractising Clinician

“I joined for the flexibility, but what I loved most was the structure. The recorded classes are easy to revisit and the mentor support kept me consistent and improving, step by step.”

PRDr. PranayWellness Practitioner

“This course connected science to real life. From macros and micros to weight management and disease-based diets, everything was taught with application in mind. The certificate made my profile feel genuinely professional.”

SDMr. SandeepCareer-Changer · Online Consultant

“The therapeutic modules and the blood-report reading class were the highlights for me. I can now build clear, condition-specific diet charts for diabetes, thyroid and heart cases, and counsel clients with real clarity.”

AVDr. AvantikaDiet & Wellness Consultant
08Admissions

Getting started takes four simple steps

There is no entrance examination and no paperwork marathon. From your first enquiry to your first live session, admission is designed to take days rather than weeks.

  1. Step 01. Fill the enquiry form

    Two minutes. Tell us your background and what you want to do with the qualification.

  2. Step 02. Talk to a counsellor

    A free call to decide honestly which programme is the right entry point for you, including when the honest answer is a shorter, cheaper course.

  3. Step 03. Complete admission

    Pay in full, on EMI, or through a 0%-interest education loan. Books and certificates are couriered to your address.

  4. Step 04. Start learning

    Instant access to the LMS on web and the NNWA app, with your batch's live weekend sessions scheduled from day one.

Counselling calls are free and carry no obligation. Speak to us first, decide afterwards.

Begin your admission
09Your LMS, for life

Learn on the NNWA app and keep it forever

Admission opens a personal learning account rather than a subscription. Every lecture, note and future revision stays in it permanently, on iPhone and Android, in English and Hindi, while the books and the printed certificates arrive by courier.

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  • Thyroid & hormonal protocolsModule 39 · completed100%
  • PCOS and the Indian plateModule 40 · completed100%
  • Biomarkers: an orientationModule 41 · completed100%
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The course player, drawn to scale. Lifetime access, offline downloads and bilingual audio on every module.

  • A personal LMS you keep for life

    Every recorded lecture, module note and case study stays in your account permanently, and each future revision of the syllabus is added to it. Rewatch the thyroid block in your fifth year of practice at no further cost.

  • Hardcopy books couriered to your door

    The printed module books are dispatched to your registered address free of charge. Four hundred pages of clinical reference material belong on a desk, not behind a scroll bar.

  • Printed certificates, posted to you

    All twelve certificates, the NCrF Level-4 award among them, are printed and couriered on completion, not left as a download you have to justify to an employer.

  • Mentor and doubt support, around the clock

    Raise a doubt from inside the app at eleven at night before a Monday consultation and a mentor picks it up. Support is staffed continuously, not confined to office hours.

  • Bilingual throughout: English and Hindi

    Lectures, notes and assessments are delivered in both languages, so you can study in the language you intend to consult in. Switch between them at any point in a module.

Available on iPhone and Android

Sign in with the enrolment ID issued at admission. The same account carries across the app and the web player, and your progress follows you between them.

10Questions

The things people actually ask before enrolling

Answered plainly, and in more detail than a sales page usually allows. If the one you need is not here, a counsellor will answer it on a call without asking you to commit to anything.

What exactly are the 12 certificates?

One NCrF Level-4 skill certificate (issued by a recognised Skill University), one NNWA Diploma, and ten specialisation certificates: CVD, thyroid, diabetes, weight management, women's health & PCOS, gut health, sports, paediatric & geriatric, public health and nutraceuticals. A free Digital Marketing & AI certification is included on top of these twelve.

Who issues the NCrF Level-4 certificate?

A recognised Skill University and NCVET-approved Awarding Body, under the Government of India's National Skills Qualification Framework. NNWA delivers the programme in association with a recognised Skill University.

Do I need a medical or science degree?

No. The Diploma is open to 10+2 pass students from any stream (science preferred, not mandatory), and is also a powerful add-on for doctors, Ayurveda/Homeopathy practitioners and physiotherapists.

Will I really learn to read blood reports?

Yes. A dedicated class and module (M42) teach you to read and interpret reports for diabetes, thyroid, CVD, anaemia and more, so your diet charts are precise and clinical.

Is the Digital Marketing & AI course really free?

Yes. It is included with the Diploma at no extra cost, covering website design, SEO, Google & Meta ads, 10+ AI tools, graphics and e-commerce, with its own professional certification.

Can I pay using EMI or an education loan?

Yes. NNWA offers easy EMI and 0%-interest education-loan options. A counsellor will help you choose the right plan.

Is it online and bilingual?

Yes, 100% online with recorded lectures and live mentor support, delivered in English & Hindi, with lifetime access and 24x7 doubt support.

Still deciding? Speak to a counsellor before you pay anything. They will tell you honestly which programme is the right place to begin.

Ask your question
Where to begin

Seventy ways in, one place to start

Every specialisation here is taught online, in English and Hindi, with lifetime access to the recordings. Pick the one your clients keep asking you about, or talk to a counsellor who will tell you honestly which fits.

  • Nutrition Diplomas & Certifications
  • Clinical & Therapeutic Nutrition
  • Weight, Diets & Lifestyle
  • Women, Child & Life-Stage
  • Nutrition Science & Specialisations
  • Sports & Fitness
  • Yoga, Ayurveda & Holistic Health
  • Health & Wellness Coaching
  • Food Science, Culinary & Public Health
  • Business, AI & Career
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