The city’s Institution of Eminence, University of Hyderabad (UoH), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Centre on Meat (ICAR-NRCM) and Elvikon India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad on 30-June-2022.
The main objective of the collaboration is to digitalize the “best before date” of the packaged foods, especially meat products, thereby addressing not only the meat waste but also increasing food safety for consumption. The current proposal by an industry-academia consortium is to develop the smart sensor by integrating hardware components and an application for providing real-time quality information to consumers. Elvikon (industry partner) provides sensor technology and knowhow, formulation of the sensor ink and integration of hardware components and makes the demonstrator prototype, while the academic partner: UoH finalizes the specifications required for hardware integration of the smart sensor, and provides customized mobile APP for digitalization of the best before date, and ICAR-NRCM identifies key volatile compounds and calibration of sensor by correlation of the sensor response and meat bacteria under different storage and packing conditions. Furthermore, the smart sensor can warn the user about potential temperature breachings or mishandling during shipment and storage, which could jeopardize food safety notwithstanding the label’s specified expiration or use-by date.
Left to Right: Dr. Nagendra Kumar Suryadevara; Prof. Chakravarthy Bhagvati; Dr. Devesh Nigam; Prof. BJ Rao; Dr.S.B. Barbuddhe; Dr.A. Rambabu; Suresh K Devatkal.
The MoU was signed by Dr. Devesh Nigam (Registrar of UoH), Dr.S.B. Barbuddhe (Director-ICAR-NRCM), and Dr.A. Rambabu (Director-Elvikon India Pvt Ltd) in the presence of Prof. BJ Rao, Vice-Chancellor, UoH. Dr. Nagendra Kumar Suryadevara, Associate Professor, School of Computer and Information Sciences, is the Coordinator for the MoU. Prof. Chakravarthy Bhagvati, Dean, School of Computer and Information Sciences, and Dr. Suresh K Devatkal, Principal Scientist, ICAR-NRCM, were also present.
About University of Hyderabad
The University of Hyderabad is an institute of post-graduate teaching and research. The school was established by an act of the Parliament of India in 1974 as a Central University. Over the years, it has emerged as a top ranking institute of higher education and research in India. The university also offers courses under distance learning programs. The university is a member of the ‘Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU), the ‘Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) and ‘International Council for Distance Education’. An Academic Staff College has been functioning on the university campus since 1988 under the UGC scheme for improving the standards of teaching in colleges and universities. The college organizes orientation and refresher courses for college and university teachers.
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