SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON DIETCAL

Date: 27 February, 2020

With an aim to provide the appropriate knowledge regarding DietCal software to the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Food and Nutrition Department, a workshop on Skill Development and Capacity Building was organized at Home Science College. More than 50 students and faculty members of the Food and Nutrition department attended the workshop.

Dr. Gurdeep Kaur, Sr. Dietitian and Proprietor DietCal, was the resource person for the session. She highlighted the various features of DietCal software meant for providing the most commonly and frequently required dietary calculation needs and informed the audience that the software is primarily for Dietary calculations keeping in mind the Indian dietetic scenario. She also elaborated the procedure for purchasing and installation of the software. In addition to this, she brought into limelight that the pre-installed figures are based on Indian Data (NIN, ICMR) and the software is also equipped with the feature of editable central repository of nutrients and their measure units as well as food items classified by food groups and their nutritive values. The workshop proved to be highly beneficial for the students as well as faculty members as they could successfully gain knowledge regarding number of features of the software.