Institue of Food Science & Technology, Majrigrant
About the Campus
Institute of food Science and technology established in the year of 2013 under the sub-campus of VCSG University of Horticulture and forestry. The University campus at Dehradun is spread in an area of 4.3 acre. The university campus is located at a distance of 274 km from Delhi in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. The nearby towns are Rishikesh (19 km), Haridwar (26 km), and Roorkee (58 km). Two National Highways NH7 Dehradun-Rishikesh and NH34 Dehradun-Haridwar highway touch the campus. Jollygrant Airport, operated by Airports Authority of India is located in the campus, 7.5 km. The campus is under construction and running extension program for farmers and women’s. Research focus of IFST has been revolved around broadly into the following areas:
Shelf life extension and processing of locally grown fruits in UttarkhandFood Packaging using waste utilizationFood Protection and SafetyHistory
Proposal of Institute of food science and technology (IFST) has been made by agriculture minister Dr. harak sing rawat and Dr. Mathew Prasad in the year of 2013. As a consequence a contract between the Uttarkahand Government and Vice chancellar of VCSG University, land-granted to IFST to promote food processing education in the uttarakhand in the year of 2013. IFST majri grant is inaugurated by Dr. Harak Singh Rawat former agriculture education minister of 2013 and Dr. Ramesh Phokariyal HRD minister.
Mandate of IFST
- Education and training in recent technology areas.
- Encouragement of self improvement among the students.
- Frontier Area Research and foster Innovation for development of the sector.
- Development for strong network among national and international platform of Food Science and Technology.
- Promotion of institute-institute linkages for sustainable development of academic and research.
IFST has a mandate to work as sector encouragement organization of the food processing sector. The major objectives of IFST are:
Academic endeavours at IFST
IFST is making an effort to impeccably bring together an assortment of facets of the food processing from farm to table, to guarantee that all individuals involved in these activities gather the maximum promising remuneration. The institute is taking initiative for research and extension activities.
Academic Programmes
Institue of Food Science & Technology, Majrigrant offers 04 year degree (Hons.) Graduate in Horticulture, Post Graduate and Ph.D.Programmes in the disciplines of Horticulture.
Undergraduate Programmes
| Degree Programme | Annual Intake Capacity |
|---|---|
| B.Tech. (Food Technology) | 40 |