Dietitian
Also known as: Dietician · Clinical Dietitian · Clinical Nutritionist
Plans diets for patients and clients in hospitals, clinics and food-service settings.
What you’d do
A dietitian plans diets for people with medical conditions and for healthy groups. Hospitals, clinics, diabetes and kidney-care centres, food-service companies and wellness firms hire dietitians. A typical day involves assessing patients, planning therapeutic diets with doctors, counselling patients and families, and checking hospital meals.
- Assess patients' nutritional needs
- Plan therapeutic diets with the medical team
- Counsel patients and families on diet
- Supervise hospital meals and food service
How you get in
A B.Sc in nutrition, dietetics or home science (food and nutrition), usually followed by an M.Sc or PG diploma in dietetics and a hospital internship. Freshers often start as trainee or assistant dietitians. Many hospital posts prefer or require the RD credential.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Nutritional assessment
- Therapeutic diet planning
- Patient counselling
- Food service and hygiene standards
- Record-keeping and reporting
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Sc (all subjects) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Clinical posts usually expect a postgraduate qualification or internship, not only a B.Sc.
- Next roles: senior or chief dietitian, clinical nutrition lead, diabetes educator, or private practice.
- Government dietitian posts (railways, central and state hospitals) are few and notified irregularly.
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