Career as corporate nutrition scientist

Career as corporate nutrition scientist

Corporate Nutrition Scientist is a great career opportunity for nutritionist in food and pharma industries. In this lecture, Dr Agatha, an experienced corporate nutrition scientist, talks about different career paths in a food industry. She talks about how a nutritionist plays an important role in a new product development and driving the health and wellness agenda of a food industry. 

Agatha Betsy, PhD is a Senior Specialist, Nutrition Strategy and Communications at Mondelez India Foods Private Limited, Mumbai

 Education:

•       Trained in Nutrition with MSc (Food and Nutrition) from Isabella Thoburn college, Lucknow.
•       Recipient of NET/JRF (UGC-2006) and pursued PhD from National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR- NIN), Hyderabad. 

Corporate Experience includes Regulatory, Scientific and Nutrition Affairs including Development of corporate Nutrition and Wellbeing Strategy and Policies, Nutrition Claims and Communications development and substantiation, nutrition education and socialization, nutrition advocacy.

External Advocacy Areas: Front of Pack labelling, Fortification, Advertisement and Claims requirements, Nutraceutical and Food for Special Dietary uses.

Area of interest:

Regulatory and Nutrition Advocacy, Nutritional strategy and policy development, Nutrition Education, Epidemiology and Public Health, Nutrition various during physiological stages, Micronutrients’ interactions and metabolism, Mindful snacking.

Any nutritionist, home science graduate or food technologist who wants to make a career in the food industry as a nutrition expert.

After the completion of the lecture, the participant will get the certificate by FoodTech Pathshala.