National Food Technology

New Delhi : There are two National Food Technology (NFT) Institutes functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of Food Processing Industries namely; National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Both the Institutes have been able to achieve the objectives for which they were set up. Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel gave this information in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Twelve courses by NIFTEM and six courses by IIFPT are being offered in the field of food technology and allied sectors. They are as follows in NIFTEM & IIFPT:

 

In NIFTEM:

1. B.Tech (Food Technology Management)
2. M.Tech. in Food Process Engineering and Management (FPEM)
3. M.Tech. in Food Technology and Management (FTM)
4. M.Tech. in Food Safety and Quality Management (FSQM)
5. M.Tech. in Food Supply Chain Management (FSCM)
6. M.Tech. in Food Plant Operations and Management (FPOM)
7. Ph.D. in Food Engineering (FE)
8. Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology (FST)
9. Ph.D. in Basic and Applied Sciences (BAS)
10. Ph.D. in Agriculture and Environment sciences (AES)
11. Ph.D. in Food Business Management & Entrepreneurship Development (FBM&ED)
12. Masters in Business Administration (MBA);

 

In IIFPT:

1. B.Tech (Food Technology)
2. M.Tech (Food Technology) in Food Process Technology
3. M.Tech (Food Technology) in Food Process Engineering
4. M.Tech (Food Technology) in Food Safety and Quality Assurance
5. Ph.D (Food Technology) in Food Process Technology
6. Ph.D (Food Technology) in Food Process Engineering

 

Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) and National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) is offering B.Tech, M.Tech & PhD programmes in Food Processing and allied fields. The sanctioned intake of student has been increased to meet out the increasing demand of manpower in a Food Processing Industries. There are also other centrally funded institutions/universities, State run institutions/universities and private institutions/universities offering degree, post graduate degree and doctorate degree in Food Technology and its allied specilization to meet out the demand of manpower in Food Processing Industries.

At present, the Ministry does not have any proposal to set up more NFT Institute in the country. As per the latest Annual Survey of Industries (2017-18), the total number of employment in registered food processing sector during last three years i.e.2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18, State/UT-wise is enclosed at Annexure.

 

ANNEXURE

Sr. No.	State	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
1	A & N Islands	124	140	68
2	Andhra Pradesh	140830	154227	168404
3	Arunachal Pradesh	1232	1214	999
4	Assam	91520	92064	88415
5	Bihar	23479	22564	24258
6	Chandigarh	1069	939	690
7	Chhattisgarh	26238	29060	26837
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	289	295	336
9	Daman & Diu	1747	1987	1773
10	Delhi	14056	15590	13400
11	Goa	7350	7307	6795
12	Gujarat	108141	119403	122015
13	Haryana	46511	66304	68637
14	Himachal Pradesh	13098	16839	12949
15	Jammu and Kashmir	7348	7543	9910
16	Jharkhand	6206	6820	7670
17	Karnataka	120423	139954	137854
18	Kerala	119517	97541	101668
19	Madhya Pradesh	52471	58317	57688
20	Maharashtra	238059	223624	238477
21	Manipur	633	634	727
22	Meghalaya	796	807	1242
23	Nagaland	265	286	274
24	Odisha	30640	31714	34073
25	Puducherry	4268	3445	3510
26	Punjab	106565	128578	149319
27	Rajasthan	39080	40555	42838
28	Sikkim	1728	1963	2008
29	Tamil Nadu	214910	216886	226675
30	Telangana	65655	62919	68669
31	Tripura	2325	2524	2509
32	Uttar Pradesh	163142	175589	171058
33	Uttarakhand	25783	27794	31822
34	West Bengal	89497	98390	109862
	Total-All India	1764995	1853816	1933429