I started my journey as a nutritionist with a BSc. And MSc. in Home Science, majoring in Food Science and Nutrition, from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (College of Community Science). After graduating from OUAT in 2016, I began my career by working with Apollo Sugar Clinic as a dietician cum diabetic educator, having already completed internships with multiple reputed hospitals. My primary responsibility was to advise and coach people on the benefits of having proper dietary habits, analyzing the health problems occurring due lack of proper dietary habits and designing a variety of diet plans. I did this for two and a half years. I am also certified in an online nutrition course at Harvard University, entitled “6-week plan for healthy eating”; a course entitled, “Food and Nutrition” from IGNOU(CFN); a nutrition education program on basic nutrition and anemia under E-learning ICMR-NIN modules; a Post graduate certificate in diabetic education under International Diabetics Educator E-learning Program (IDEEL).
I began with a simple home set-up, and created a WhatsApp account where people could reach me for online consultancy sessions. I also created Facebook and Instagram accounts to further improve my outreach. When people started to reach out to me, I also realized that there is a lack of awareness as to maintaining dietary habits and achieving higher immunity levels, which came into question during the pandemic. Having helped so many people, not just in India, but around the world, I was able to grow my client base up to 6000 clients at present.