Malnutrition continues to be a Public health problem in India despite the self-sufficiency in production of food grains in addition to adequate buffer stocks. Nearly half of the under five children are underweight. Though the famines and florid forms of malnutrition have almost disappeared yet in some states/ regions the onslaught of severe malnutrition is unacceptably high. The objective of the study is to study the prevalence of malnutrition in infants attending Urban Health Training Centre and to determine the difference in prevalence based on the Integrated Child development Scheme (ICDS) and New World Health Organisation (WHO) growth charts. All the infants attending the OPD of Urban Health Training Centre, Bashanagara, Davangere were enrolled for the study. Measurement of weight was done by infant weighing scale and recorded to the nearest 50 grams. This was compared with the standard growth charts and nutritional status was ascertained. A total of 210 infants were included for the study after obtaining the consent of their parents. Among 210 infants attending the OPD from 1-1-2008 to 31-12-2008 were enrolled for the study, 110 (52.38%) were males and 100(47.62%) were females. The prevalence of mild(Grade I and II) and severe(Grade III and IV) undernutrition among male infants according to ICDS growth chart is 30.9% and 4.6% while in female infants it is 33.0% and 4.0% respectively. The prevalence of mild and severe undernutrition among male infants according to New WHO growth chart is 23.6% and 20.0% while in female infants it is 16.0 % and 10.0% respectively. There were no overweight/obese infants in our study. There is a significant difference in the prevalence of undernutrition according to the two growth charts. The number of severely malnourished infants is bound to increase with the use of the New WHO Growth Chart.