Food Policy: Zero Hunger Policy of Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth aligned with SDG 2: Zero Hunger .
The Food Policy Zero Hunger for DPU establishes a university-wide framework to ensure access to safe, nutritious, affordable, sustainable, and culturally inclusive food for students, staff, faculty, visitors, and other members of the DPU community. It covers food safety and hygiene, healthy meal standards, dietary inclusion, local and sustainable sourcing, food-waste prevention and measurement, nutrition education, and support programs such as food pantries, meal vouchers, emergency assistance, and food recovery. The policy also defines accountability, monitoring, data collection, annual review, and amendment procedures across DPU’s constituent colleges and institutes.
Read the full policy document (PDF) Evidence tagged to this policy 157 verified research outputs evidence this policy.
Publications 92
Events 26
Conferences 19
Books 6
Projects 6
Papers 4
IPR 4 Publications (92) Perception of people regarding food packet labels: A cross-sectional study — Siddhi Patel, Hetal Rathod, Prerna Verma. Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine (2026)Assessing student behaviour and food waste awareness through eye-tracking: a sustainable approach to reducing food waste — Aradhana Gandhi, Prasun Gahlot, Aditi Rajput, Surya Bahadur Thapa. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (2026)Is a Sugar-free Diet Worse or Better? Time to Think about What You Eat to Save Those Extra Calories — Mitali Kumbhar, Bageshree Nilkanth Pande. Indian Journal of Public Health (2026)Food label knowledge, practices, and associated factors among undergraduate medical students in Northern Maharashtra: a cross-sectional study — Sayali H Kalambe, Akhil R. Nair. BMC Public Health (2026)Comment on “Intestinal parasitic infection as an associated risk factor for severe acute malnutrition in rural children in age group 6m-5 yrs of Raipur district: A case control study” — Rampudi C. Sri, Chaitali Borgaonkar. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (2026)Food Insecurity and Oral Health Impairment: Evidence from a Rasch-Based Scale and Composite Oral Health Index — Ankita Mathur, Anil Pardeshi, Kabir Suman Dash, Rayhan Rahman, Mausam Kumar Garg, Vini Mehta. Journal of International Oral Health (2026)MAA tape (Mother’s Assessment for Action) -Innovation for diagnosis of nutritional vulnerability of children (6 months to 5 years)-A new tool to empower mothers and caregivers — Mrudula Phadke, Rajlakshmi Nair, Pramila G Menon, Aparna Deshpande, Shashwat Kulkarni, Chhaya Rade, Purushottam Giri. Indian Journal of Community Health (2026)Comment on ‘Who needs family meals? The association between shared meals and dietary quality among Finnish children, fathers and mothers’ — Shatavari Kulshrestha. British Journal Of Nutrition (2026)A critical appraisal of “Perception of street food vendors toward healthy food handling practices” — Akhil R. Nair. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (2026)The Fifth Type: Malnutrition-Related Diabetes Mellitus as an Emerging Public Health Crisis in the World’s Diabetes Capital — S Johnson, Helan Rajan. Indian Journal of Community Medicine (2026)Explore more from SDG 2: Zero Hunger