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National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management - Kundli (NIFTEM-K) is a

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

institute operating under the

Ministry of Food Processing Industries The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to food processing in India. The ministry was set up in the ye ...

(MOFPI). It offers academic curriculum in food technology and supply leading to

Bachelor of Technology A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of studi ...

(B.Tech),

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(M.Tech), and

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degrees. It is located at

Kundli Kundli is a town and municipal council in Sonipat, Haryana with a population of 100,000 (2017), on Delhi-Haryana border in Sonipat tehsil of Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies on Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Pe ...

industrial area of

Sonipat Sonipat is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around from New Delhi. It is also around 214 km (128 miles) southwest o ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. It was granted the

Institute of National Importance Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution in India by an act of Parliament of India, an institution which "serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled per ...

status in 2021.

History

Sharad Pawar lighting the lamp at the inauguration of the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management

NIFTEM-K was first officially announced in the budget speech for 2006–07 made by

P. Chidambaram Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945), better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee ...

, the

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

, in February 2006. But the institute was only to be inaugurated in 2012, by

Sharad Pawar Sharad Govindrao Pawar (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾəd̪ pəʋaːɾ born 12 December 1940) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on four occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minist ...

, the

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. It was set with an original investment of , on of land. The institute started with several

(B.Tech) programmes.

(M.Tech) programmes have been offered since the academic year 2012-13, and a

programme was added from 2013-14. The first

convocation A convocation (from the Latin ''wikt:convocare, convocare'' meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:ἐκκλησία, ἐκκλησία ''ekklēsia'') is a group of people formally assembled for a speci ...

of the institute, held in February 2018, was attended by the

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. In 2018, the

Minister of Food Processing Industries The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) is a ministry of the Government of India responsible for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to food processing in India. The ministry was set up in the ye ...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Harsimrat Kaur Badal (born 25 July 1966) is an Indian politician and a former Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bathinda. She is a member of Shiromani ...

inaugurated four incubation centres for product testing and development and a food-testing laboratory, with an investment of . In February 2019, the ''National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019'' was introduced in the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

. The bill aimed at granting

(INI) status to NIFTEM - Kundli and NIFTEM - Thanjavur (formerly

Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), formerly Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), is an academic institution with Institute of National Importance (INI) status, func ...

(IIFPT)), thus granting them more financial and academic autonomy. The bill was passed by the

on 15 March 2021 and by the

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on 26 July 2021.

Academics

NIFTEM-K offers a 4-year

(B.Tech) curriculum, 2-year

(M.Tech) curriculum, and

degrees in the various areas of food technology and supply. It also offers a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(MBA) course, focusing on food and

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

management. Admission to B.Tech is based on

Joint Entrance Examination – Main Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian standardised computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, ...

(JEE (Mains). Admission to M.Tech is based on

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination conducted in India that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admission into the Masters Program and ...

(GATE) and a personal interview.

Academics departments

The academic programmes of NIFTEM-K comes under five following departments: * Food Science and Technology (FST) * Food Engineering (FE) * Agriculture and Environmental Science (AES) * Basic and Applied sciences (BAS) * Food Business Management and Entrepreneurship Development (FBM&ED)

Rankings

NIFTEM-K was ranked 148 by

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(NIRF) in the 2021 engineering ranking.

Research

In May 2018 NIFTEM-K opened four incubation centres which serve as research facilities for entrepreneurs and other businesses seeking to develop and test new products and processes. NIFTEM-K also conducts research in

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...

. In 2019 it conducted research on improving the taste and

nutritional value Nutritional value or nutritive value as part of food quality is the measure of a well-balanced ratio of the essential nutrients carbohydrates, fat, protein, minerals, and vitamins in items of food or diet concerning the nutrient requirements of the ...

of Amrutham Nutrimix, a

dietary supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in order ...

which the

Kerala government Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

distributes in large volume for children below the age of three. Later that year it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for launching the Kerala Nutrition Research Centre, a nutrition research centre focused on the nutrition of women and children.

References

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* {{Authority control Engineering colleges in Haryana Educational institutions established in 2012 Sonipat Business schools in Haryana 2012 establishments in Haryana Food processing industry in India