Development of
human resources is an area of prime importance for the food processing
industry today. The unique features of the raw materials and the products of
the food processing industries such as seasonality, perishability and
variability in conjunction with sophistication required for processing to
maintain high quality standards necessitates special attention towards
focused availability of qualified technical manpower and effective
technologies and efficient machinery
The food industries in the country are ill
equipped to face the challenges of the globalization. Indian industry is
waking up to this reality with large business houses signing up joint
ventures and setting up infrastructure chains for large scale food
processing and exports.
Considering the huge
demand of the specialized human resource, especially qualified and technical
manpower for manning the fast growing sectors of food processing industries
and the bio-energy, a new Faculty of Food Processing Technology and
Bio-Energy has been established at Anand Agricultural University, Anand
recently.
Faculty Overview
The Anand Agricultural University, Anand has established a new Faculty of
Food Processing Technology and Bio-Energy since year 2005 and the
post-graduate degree programmes of M.Tech and Ph.D have been started. The
Faculty also conducts high level research for the development of effective
technologies and efficient machinery required by the industry. It also
provides technical advisory services to the industry & farmer community. The
faculty has Research Projects funded by Govt of India, Govt of Gujarat, MFPI,
ICAR and other agencies.
The Four-year
undergraduate programme leading to B.Tech in Food Process Engineering is
being started from year 2009. The course work is designed to develop overall
competence and motivation to equip students to handle technical leadership,
innovation and operation & management of the complete food-processing
sector.
OBJECTIVES
To conduct
under-graduate & post-graduate academic programmes in Food
Processing Technology & Bio-Energy to develop highly skilled and
competent manpower for food processing industries and other
agencies.
To undertake
research in the area of agro-processing, food technology, food
engineering, food quality center and bio-energy for use in
industry.
To carry out
extension activities in the above areas keeping the liaison with the
different agencies for effective training and first line transfer of
technologies.
To provide
consultancy and advisory services to the industry, government and
non-government sectors.
Academic Programmes
The post-graduate academic
programme leading to the degrees of M. Tech (FPT) and Ph.D (FPT) has already
been started. Another programme for .M.Tech (BioEnergy) is to be commenced
very shortly. The under-graduate degree programme of B.Tech.(Food Process
Engineering) is commencing from academic year 2009-10. More such programmes
would be incorporated at the later stage as and when the demand of specific
manpower arises.
Departments
To oversee the
academic and other activities of the college, the university has already
created six different departments .
1.Post
Harvest Engineering & Technology
2.Food
Proessing Faculty
3.Food
Engineering
4.Food
Quality contain
5.Food
Processing Business Management
6.
Bio-Energy
Faculty
Qualified and
experienced teachers, engineers, technologists and scientists
are the core faculty at the college. The faculty has good
exposure to the food pro industry. There are visiting faculty
available from industry and other institutes and universities.
Duration and Intake capacity
of the course:
Degree
Duration
Intake
B. Tech
4 years (8 semester)
35
M. Tech
2 years (1 semester)
06
Ph. D.
3 years (6 semester)
03
Eligibility
criteria for admission:
Include B. Tech.
A
candidate for admission to the Master's degree programme
should possess a Bachelor's degree in FT\DT\FPT\FE\AE\VE
with minimum O. G. P. A. of not less than 6.00/10.00 or its
equivalent in aggregate.
A
candidate for admission to the Ph. D degree programme should
possess a Master's degree in Food Technology / Food
Processing Technology / Food Engineering / Agricultural
Engineering with specialization in Post harvest Technology
or Agricultural Process & Food Engg. /
Dairy
Engineering / Dairy Technology / Foods & Nutrition /
Chemical Engineering & equivalent) with an O.G.P.A. of not
less than 6.75 (10.00 basis) or its equivalent in aggregate.
The
mode of admission is be the Entrance test cum academic
performance as per the rules of the university.
Weightage
to the Sportsmen / Women / University employees / Employees
of line department in admission to Post - Graduate Courses
be given as per the university rules in force from time to
time.
Reservations of seats be as per the university rules in
force from time to time.
Class rooms:
The class
rooms fitted with LCD projection system with interactive
screen are available for teaching.
Laboratories
Primary processing laboratory
Secondary processing laboratory
Seed processing laboratory
Product development laboratory
Instrumentation & computer laboratory
Food
Engineering laboratory
Bio-energy research site
Prototype fabrication workshop
The laboratories have wide range of instruments and
equipments like cleaner-cum grader, specific gravity
separator, Spray dryer, vacuum freeze dryer, fluidized bed
dryer, and sophisticated instruments like texture analyser,
Viscometers, specrtophometers, NIR analyser,
vianalyserdedicated dataloggers, GC, besides the normal lab
equipments
Pilot Plants
Three pilot
plant have been established under the faculty research programme in
the campus.
Pilot
Pulse Mill
Biodiesel
Plant
Fruit &
Vegetable Processing Plant
Medical
Plant Produce Processing Unit.
The pilot scale
pulse mill installed has all the components of a modern pulse mill.
The individual machines have been provided with a separate drive
motor so that the required unit operation can be carried out without
disturbing other processes and without running the whole plant. The
installation has been done precisely in sequence and with all the
material handling systems so that minimum labour would be required
during processing. All the machines are of closed type and connected
to negative pressure arrangement of dust and husk collection so as
to reduce the dust-pollution level in the plant area.
The
dry-milling processing technology has been adopted so that the
quality of the end product will be superior and the total outturn
will be enhanced with minimum losses. The mill is capable of
processing other pulses such as Bengal gram, black gram, green gram,
lentil, etc in addition to the pigeon pea, the main raw material. It
is expected that the total cost of energy per unit processing will
be substantially lower than the common shaft type commercial mills.
This will reduce the total processing charges. Provisions have also
been made for the collection of different by-products separately so
that they can be better utilized for the food and feed purposes.
The facility is
useful for Pilot scale testing of pulse milling technologies, test
manufacturing of new pulse based products and training to mill
managers, mill operators and prospective entrepreneurs
Bio Diesel
Processing Plant
Integrated processing plant for production of
bio-diesel from Jatropha seeds has been designed and installed in a
specially designed building at the AAU campus.The processing plant
has a capacity to handle 100Kg. seeds per hour. The process
involves dehulling, separation, oil expelling and oil filteration.
Further, process involves trans-estrification, settling, separation
of bio-diesel and glycrol and then finally purification of the
produced bio-diesel. The plant facility also includes a
sophisticated laboratory for quality testing of the bio-diesel.
Achievements
Major Research
Projects handled
(1)Lead
Center of National Agricultural Technology Project
(2)Co
operating Center of National Agricultural Technology Project
(3)
National Seed Project, ICAR (seed processing)
(4)ICAR
ad-hoc scheme on mechanized seed pelleting technology
(5)
Mission Mode research production and Developing of Building.
(6)
Biogas
(7)New
plants
(8)New
plants
(9)New
plants
Technologies
Developed
Technology
for production of instant tur dal powder
Roughage
block making machine
Mechanized
roughage baler
Development of seed extractor Tomato, Lime, Brinjal and Chilly
seeds
Design &
Development of Seed pelletizer
Vanaspati
kachara gas plant
Development of family size vegetative waste biogas plant
Development of compact model of biogas plant
Design and
development of simpler & cheaper biogas plant
Recovery
of water from spent gobergas slurry
Aonla
stone extracting-cum-shredding machine
Development of low cost evaporative cooling storage structure
Development of technology for production of dehydrated spinach
/fenugreek leaves / coriander leaves
Technology
for production of dehydrated aonla flakes
Enhancing
biogas production by addition of castor cake
Design &
development of multi-utility elevator platform attachment
Development of post-harvest technology of jatropha seed
Technology
for processing of jatropha seeds for production of bio-diesel
Development of pre-cooling protocol for banana for extension of
shelf life
Development of improved compost technique for decomposition of
biomass
Design &
development of a controlled greenhouse for hot & dry climate of
Gujarat
