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NNWA (Nutrition & Wellness Academy) is an online nutrition, dietetics and wellness academy in India, teaching 72 courses in English and Hindi. Its flagship six-month Diploma in Nutrition, Dietetics & Public Health costs ₹29,999 and awards 12 certificates. A one-year Post Graduation Diploma costs ₹59,999. Its 70 short specialisations start at ₹2,999, payable by EMI.
Seat deposit ₹6,999 · EMI from ₹4,999/month · 0%-interest education loan available
I started as a homemaker with no science background. Six months on, I run a small nutrition practice from home.
The bilingual classes made it click. Clinical diet planning finally made sense to me.
Affordable, practical, and the mentors actually reply. The EMI option is what let me enrol.
The PCOS module was exactly what the women I coach were asking me about.
I started as a homemaker with no science background. Six months on, I run a small nutrition practice from home.
The bilingual classes made it click. Clinical diet planning finally made sense to me.
Affordable, practical, and the mentors actually reply. The EMI option is what let me enrol.
The PCOS module was exactly what the women I coach were asking me about.
I studied after my kids slept. Lifetime access to the recordings made that possible.
The certificates helped me stand out when I applied for a corporate wellness role.
From complete confusion to confidently building diet charts. Worth every rupee.
I now consult part-time for a local gym alongside my job. It paid for itself in months.
I studied after my kids slept. Lifetime access to the recordings made that possible.
The certificates helped me stand out when I applied for a corporate wellness role.
From complete confusion to confidently building diet charts. Worth every rupee.
I now consult part-time for a local gym alongside my job. It paid for itself in months.
University-grade certification
Govt-recognised NCrF Level-4
Learn from India's top university professors
Bilingual batch — English & Hindi
Where our learners work
4.9/5learner ratingGraduates go on to hospitals, clinics, gyms and wellness brands — and many build practices of their own.
Ananya Rao
Clinical DietitianApollo Hospitals
Rohan Verma
Wellness CoachCult.fit
Meera Nair
Nutrition ConsultantHealthifyMe
Kavya Iyer
Diet ConsultantFortis Healthcare
Ananya Rao
Clinical DietitianApollo Hospitals
Rohan Verma
Wellness CoachCult.fit
Meera Nair
Nutrition ConsultantHealthifyMe
Kavya Iyer
Diet ConsultantFortis Healthcare
Graduates now work at
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.
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Rising diabetes, obesity, PCOS and thyroid issues — and a fast-growing fitness and corporate-wellness market across India.
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Online diet-consulting platforms, gyms, clinics and wellness brands are all hiring and partnering with skilled nutrition people.
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There is plenty of theory online — but very few people who can actually build a real, India-appropriate diet plan.
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People now find and trust nutrition experts on Instagram, Google and YouTube — a space you can learn to own.
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.
Your affordable 3-month first step — learn the science of food and confidently build healthy, balanced Indian diet plans.
₹19,999₹34,999
View course & feesTurn your passion for health into a thriving, future-ready career — and learn to build real therapeutic diet charts, rooted in Indian dietary wisdom.
₹29,999₹34,999
View course & feesOur 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+.
₹59,999₹79,999
View course & feesProgramme design, strength & conditioning, assessments and client coaching for a serious fitness career.
₹34,999₹49,999
View course & feesAwarded with
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.
MSU Certificate for Skill Competency
Issued by Medhavi Skills University, Sikkim
NNWA programme certificate
Issued by NNWA, affiliated with Medhavi Skills University
Six specific claims, each of which you can check against any competitor's syllabus before you pay a rupee.
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 — no stitching together courses from four different providers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6 WeeksIntermediate
Plan everyday Indian diets for prediabetes, type-2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Course outline₹9,9995 WeeksIntermediate
Food-first support for hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and common hormonal imbalances.
Course outline₹9,9995 WeeksBeginner
Evidence-based, sustainable fat-loss and healthy-weight coaching — no fad diets.
Course outline₹8,9996 WeeksIntermediate
Nutrition for PCOS, fertility, pregnancy and every stage of a woman's life.
Course outline₹9,9995 WeeksBeginner
The microbiome, digestion and food-first protocols for IBS, bloating and gut health.
Course outline₹8,9995 WeeksIntermediate
Heart-smart Indian diets for blood pressure, cholesterol and cardiac care.
Course outline₹9,999These are the most requested. Browse all 72 courses
Both instruments 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 resting energy expenditure. Enter a set of figures and read the output exactly as a client would see it.
Your BMI
23.5
Classification
Overweight
These are the Asian-Indian cut-offs used in Indian clinical practice — the risk thresholds sit roughly two points lower than the WHO international scale. BMI is a screening figure only: it cannot distinguish muscle from fat, and it says nothing about where that fat sits.
How we teach assessment beyond BMIMaintenance
2,093kcal
Resting rate 1,350 kcal × 1.550
Mild deficit
1,593
500 kcal below maintenance
Mild surplus
2,393
300 kcal above maintenance
Suggested split at maintenance
Mifflin-St Jeor estimates resting energy expenditure for healthy adults; it does not account for pregnancy, lactation, thyroid disorders or any condition altering metabolic rate. Sustained intakes below 1,200 kcal should be supervised.
Learn to build the full diet chart from these figuresTake this table to any other provider and ask them the same 11 questions. That is the entire point of publishing it.
| Feature | RecommendedNNWA | A typical online course | A university add-on |
|---|---|---|---|
| India-context curriculum & real thali-based plans | Included | Partial | Rarely |
| NCrF Level-4 certificate (via a recognised Skill University) | Included | Not included | Sometimes |
| Blood-report reading & biomarkers | Included | Not included | Rarely |
| Therapeutic / disease-based diet charts | Included | Partial | Sometimes |
| Number of certificates | Up to 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Free Digital Marketing & AI certification | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Lifetime access to lectures & notes | Included | Often no | Not included |
| Easy EMI & 0%-interest education loan | Included | Rarely | Rarely |
| Practice-building & job portal | Included | Not included | Rarely |
| Bilingual — English & Hindi | Included | Rarely | Rarely |
| 24×7 mentor & doubt support | Included | Often no | Limited |
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.
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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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.
Two minutes. Tell us your background and what you want to do with the qualification.
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.
Pay in full, on EMI, or through a 0%-interest education loan. Books and certificates are couriered to your address.
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 admissionAdmission 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.
The course player, drawn to scale. Lifetime access, offline downloads and bilingual audio on every module.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
One NCrF Level-4 skill certificate (issued by a recognised Skill University), one NNWA Diploma, ten specialisation certificates (CVD, thyroid, diabetes, weight management, women's health & PCOS, gut health, sports, paediatric & geriatric, public health and nutraceuticals), plus a Diploma in Personal Training and a 400-hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate — and a free Digital Marketing & AI certification.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. NNWA offers easy EMI and 0%-interest education-loan options. A counsellor will help you choose the right plan.
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.
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