RD Exam Requirements

Hello, I want to know the details of the eligibility requirements for the registered dietitian exam. Please provide me.

[Pathak]

Hello, here I am providing you the details of the eligibility requirements for the registered dietitian exam as under:

About registered dietitian:
A registered dietitian is a food and nutrition expert who has met academic and professional requirements including: Earned a bachelor's degree with course work approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).

Eligibility:
B.Sc. Home Science in Foods & Nutrition. (Day Scholar)
+ Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics OR M.Sc. in Foods & Nutrition (This is 3 + 1 format where in the candidate must have done a minimum of four years in Home Science or Foods, Nutrition & Dietetics)
+ six months continuous internship (Or 3+3 months) from recognised hospitals listed OR Two year experience in a multispecialty hospital as full time dietician.

Important dates:
Registration Examination: Exam Date: 12th November 2016.
Last date of submitting completed application form - August 31st of the year of applying for the RD exam.

Application fees:
Rs. 1000/-

Exam Centres
Chennai - The Madras Medical Mission, Mogappair, Chennai
Topiwala National Medical College & Nair Hospital, Dr. A. L. Nair Road, Mumbai Central, Mumbai
Dietary Department, AIIMS, New Delhi
Baroda – Dept of Foods and Nutrition, Faculty of Family and Community Science, The MS University Of Baroda, Vadodara
Kolkata - Medica Super Speciality Hospital, 127, Mukundapur, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700099.
Hyderabad – National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad

Contact details:
Salome Benjamin
2/266/3488, Tagore Nagar,
Vikhroli East, Mumbai - 400083
Maharashtra, India.
Email: rd.chair2016@gmail.com