Activists have asked the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) to withdraw its report submitted to the Karnataka government regarding the quality of food supplied by the Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF) as part of the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme.
About:
What is it? It is an Indian Public health centre recognized for its pioneering studies on various aspects of nutrition research, with special reference to protein energy malnutrition (PEM).
Parent body: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Location: Hyderabad (On the campus of Osmania University).
Timeline:
National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) was founded by Sir Robert McCarrison in the year 1918 as ‘Beri-Beri’ Enquiry Unit at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
Later in 1928, it emerged as full-fledged "Nutrition Research Laboratories" (NRL).
It was shifted to Hyderabad in 1958.
At the time of its golden jubilee in 1969, it was renamed as National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).
Wings of NIN: The following centres also started functioning at NIN in later years:
Food And Drug Toxicology Research Centre (FDTRC) in 1971.
National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) in 1972.
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