WGSHA: MSc DAN celebrates Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2020

Start Date: September 01, 2020

End Date: September 30, 2020

Rashtriya Poshan Maah greetings from WGSHA!

The month of September has been declared as the “Rashtriya Poshan Maah” / National Nutrition Month by the Government of India. In order to bring nutrition to the centre-stage of the National Development Agenda, Government of India launched POSHAN Abhiyaan i.e. PM's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment in March, 2018, anchored by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It is a multi-ministerial convergence mission with a vision to address malnutrition in a targeted approach by 2022. It aspires to reduce stunting, under¬ nutrition, low birth weight and anemia. For this year, Govt. of India have issued guidelines for celebrating the POSHAN MAAH-2020 from 1st September, 2020 onwards with all the precautionary guidelines in view of current COVID-19 situation.

The two major themes suggested for this year’s POSHAN MAAH are:

 1- Identification and tracking of children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).

 2- Plantation drive for Promotion of Kitchen garden under "POSHAN KE LIYE PAUDHE' "पोषण के लिए पौधे" drive.

We are happy to let you know that like every year, to commemorate this month and the themes, Department of Dietetics and Applied Nutrition is announcing various events and activities for all the students of WGSHA and MAHE constituent institutions.

Please go through the details of events, rules of participation, register using the given link and send in your entries at the earliest. Also, give the event wide publicity through your contacts.

Link for WGSHA students:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2JJjKnknGTS6wArahvbQVgnwU05LPUqsmxUyuhP34k_Uiqw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Link for students of other constituent institutions of MAHE:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdi6_6OoGfhZTNTxquxv6zCdivetm02MSH_WbVNZXxMIW-4WQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Now, put on your thinking caps, bring out your creative side, participate in large numbers and let’s enjoy the Rashtriya Poshan Maah!