Wednesday, 10 June 2015

#Home #Science and its #career #opportunities by Karishma Kathuria

#Home #Science and its #career #opportunities

As there is a growing concern for health and nutrition, the changing lifestyle of present generation, Home Science course has come to limelight. Home science is a scientific course of study which moulds a student with a variety of life skills. This is a unique discipline with a blend of science and art.

Its changing outlook has attracted several students enabling them to pursue a successful career.

It is an interdisciplinary course covering a wide spectrum of subjects falling under 3 main core subjects: Nutrition, Human Development and Family Resource Management.

Pursuing this course provides students with an array of employment opportunities like
-Dietician in hospitals or health care centres.
-Nutrition Consultants
-Food Technologists
-Teaching profession
-Researchers

Some of the top home science colleges in India are:
1. National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
2. J. D. Birla Institute of Home Science, Kolkata
3. Lady Irwin College(DU)
4. S.N.D.T. Women’s University
5. Institute of Home Economics(DU)

Parents and students are strongly advised to consider this course of education, as it will definitely provide them career of their choice and if not interested in career it would make the individual complete in all aspects of life.

Home science is now out of the shell of misconceptions and opened its doors for new avenues in all possible fields of life.

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