Department of Food Science & Technology
Department of Food Science & Technology
The Department of Food Science and Technology was established in 1972 under the College of Agriculture. The Department offers Food Technology as Elective in B.Sc. Agriculture, B.Tech. (Food Technology), masters and doctorate programmes in Food Technology. It has four sections viz. cereals, fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat and egg Technology. The department has produced around 450 trained food technologists so far. The department undertakes basic and applied research on value addition of foods. A pioneer among the State Agricultural Universities, the department has developed sophisticated laboratories and pilot plants for tackling the problems faced by the food processing industry in and around the state. The extension wing of the department conducts various training programmes for the benefits of the farmers, women and entrepreneurs. The expertise of the Department is also available to the industry in diverse ways, which include developing technologies and assessment of quality and analysis of raw material and food products. The Department has built linkages with private and public sectors, food industries, other agencies and institutes.
Department of Food Science & Technology
Punjab Agricultural University
Ludhiana, Punjab
India
Other Departments at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
- Department Of Forestry & Natural Resources
- Department Soil & Water Engineering
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology
- Department of Agricultural Meteorology
- Department of Agriculture Journalism, Language & Culture
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Botany
- Department of Business Management
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Clothing & Textiles
- Department of Economics & Sociology
- Department of Electrical Engineering & IT
- Department of Energy Studies for Agriculture
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Extension Education
- Department of Family Resource Management
- Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering
- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping
- Department of Food Science & Technology
- Department of Foods & Nutrition
- Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Human Development
- Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Processing & Agricultural Structures
- Department of Processing & Food Engineering
- Department of Soil Science
- Department of Vegetable Crops
- Department of Zoology
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