Dietitian I · Kasturba Hospital, Manipal
Dietitian I at Kasturba Hospital, MAHE, with a biotechnology degree behind his dietetics training. He checks DietXP's nutrition content against ward practice and the research.
About
Chandan Kumar is Dietitian I at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and the nutrition content strategist at DietXP. He holds an MSc in Dietetics and Applied Nutrition (CGPA 7.89) from the Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, MAHE, and a BSc in Biotechnology from the Manipal School of Life Sciences, so he reads nutrition questions at the level of mechanism as well as the meal.
His clinical training was a six-month, multi-department dietetic internship at PSG Hospitals, Coimbatore, a NABH-accredited tertiary care centre, under Chief Dietitian Mrs V. Kavitha (MSc, PGDND, RD). On the wards he does nutrition assessments, writes diet plans for specific medical conditions, tracks lab results and adjusts diets, and counsels patients one to one. He has also supported multicentric clinical trials.
At DietXP he checks nutrition claims against hospital practice and published research, and works on the site's calculators, product information and articles. He also builds parts of the DietXP website itself (Shopify Liquid and React) and has managed e-commerce brand listings.
Practice
Clinical training
Editorial standards
Articles he writes or reviews are checked against hospital medical nutrition therapy practice and published research before they go live.
Nutrition claims are checked for mechanism, dietary thresholds and clinical relevance using hospital MNT protocols and his biotechnology background.
PubMed, Google Scholar and landmark clinical studies are cross-referenced with current dietary guidelines.
Advice accounts for metabolic markers and lab results that generic content overlooks.
Clinical detail is rewritten as practical guidance readers can use safely.
Experience
Kasturba Hospital, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
February 2025 to present
Nutrition assessments for patients across hospital wards, diet plans for specific medical conditions and patient profiles, monitoring of progress and routine lab results with diet adjustments, and one-to-one counselling on dietary goals.
Rustic Wisdom Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, Karnataka
April to August 2024
One-to-one video consultations in a telehealth setting: personal diet charts from health data, goals and medical history, daily progress tracking and targeted diet changes.
PSG Hospitals (NABH accredited), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
February to July 2023
Rotations through clinical departments under Chief Dietitian Mrs V. Kavitha, MSc, PGDND, RD: nutrition assessment, patient counselling and diet management across a range of conditions.
Education
Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA), Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Competencies
Metabolic assessment and monitoring, anti-inflammatory dietary interventions, clinical data tracking and lab interpretation.
Clinical research and data analysis, multicentric clinical trial support, academic search (PubMed, Google Scholar).
Shopify Liquid and React UI work on the DietXP site, clinical-grade content strategy, e-commerce brand management (Amazon), product label specifications.
English at professional proficiency; Kannada read, write and speak; Tamil read and speak; Telugu speak.
Certificates
31 July 2023
2023
2023, CGPA 7.89
20 November 2020
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