IAPEN is a professional association advancing nutrition and clinical nutrition through evidence-based practice, education, research, and collaboration.
IAPEN Association of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition registered under Societies Registration Act 1960 is a professional association committed to advancing clinical nutrition. We strive to improve patient care through evidence-based practice, education, research & collaboration, while supporting professionals & individuals with nutritional needs. Through scientific programmes, conferences, workshops, publications & guidelines, we aim to promote excellence, innovation & awareness in the field of nutrition & related disciplines.
Clinical nutrition guidance grounded in research and real-world outcomes.
Conferences, workshops, publications and guidelines that build capability.
Bringing together clinicians, dietitians, allied health and researchers.
Raising the standard of nutritional care and awareness across the profession.
To advance nutritional care and improve health outcomes by fostering excellence, evidence-based practice, innovation and collaboration in nutrition across healthcare and communities.
To advance nutritional care through evidence-based practice, professional education, research, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration; to strengthen the prevention, identification and management of malnutrition and nutrition-related disorders; and to empower professionals and communities to achieve better nutrition and health outcomes across the life course.
To advance evidence-based, safe, ethical and person-centred nutritional care across hospitals, communities and all stages of life.
To promote continuing education, clinical competency, research, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration among professionals involved in nutrition care.
To support early identification and appropriate management of malnutrition and nutrition-related disorders, while promoting equitable access to quality nutritional care across healthcare and community settings.
For physicians and medical practitioners involved in clinical nutrition care.
For registered dieticians, clinical nutrition practitioners and nutrition academicians.
For allied health professionals working across nutrition and patient care.
For students pursuing nutrition, dietetics, or related health sciences.
Nutrition should not remain an adjunct to medical treatment — it should be recognised as an essential component of patient care.
Mr. Shivshankar Timmanpyati is a senior Clinical Nutrition professional with extensive experience in clinical and oncology nutrition, nutrition support, patient care, research, education, and professional leadership. He has dedicated a significant part of his professional career to strengthening the role of nutrition in cancer care, with special interests in oncology nutrition, malnutrition, sarcopenia, body composition, enteral and parenteral nutrition, perioperative nutrition, and nutritional rehabilitation.
He has been a lead author and co-author of several oncology-focused nutrition guidelines developed for healthcare practitioners, translating scientific evidence into practical nutrition recommendations suited to the clinical setting, and has authored several books and publications supporting education among dietitians, nutritionists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
Throughout his career, he has strongly advocated for evidence-based, ethical, patient-centred and collaborative nutritional care — recognising nutrition not merely as supportive therapy, but as an integral component of comprehensive cancer treatment.
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