Genesis

The Department of Food Science and Nutrition was a constituent sub-division of the then Department of Home Science in 1980. It got its shape when Master of Science programme in Food Science and Nutrition was introduced in July 1982-83 academic session. After the up gradation of Department of Home Science to College of Home Science in May 1991, it became a full-fledged department. Since then it has been functioning as a major Department in the College of Home Science. The Department of Food Science and Nutrition  is the only department offering M.Sc and Ph.D. courses in Food Science and Nutrition in the state of Himachal Pradesh since more than two decades.