Institution Name: National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh
Event Type: Gain Course
Event Name:
5 Days Gian Course on Microbial Decontamination through Emerging Technologies for Ensuring Food Safety and Quality
Event Start Date: 04-08-2025
Event End Date: 08-08-2025
Event Mode: Offline
Event Organizing Department: Department of Food Process Engineering
About Event:
The food industry is evolving to meet the needs of health-conscious consumers who desire safer, healthier, and minimally processed foods devoid of synthetic additives. Advanced thermal and nonthermal process intensification technologies reduce product thermal exposure and preserve nutrition. Simultaneously, efforts are also underway on improving the sustainability of food manufacturing operations by reducing energy and water use as well as volorization approaches to reduce food waste. This course will offer an overview of food process design and the validation of various technologies aimed at ensuring food safety and minimizing nutrient loss. Students will explore strategies to enhance the sustainability of food processing operations, including conducting techno-economic analyses and life cycle assessments of different processing methods.
Course contents:
- Day 1: Reaction kinetics engineering
- Day 2: Advanced thermal process intensification technologies
- Day 3: Nonthermal process intensification technologies
- Day 4: Food process regulations for ensuring food safety and process validation
- Day 5: Sustainability of food processing operations and future outlook
Who can attend?
- Executives, Food engineers and researchers from manufacturing, service and government organizations including R&D laboratories
- Faculty from academic institutions and technical institutions
- Students at all levels (B.Tech./ B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Tech./ Ph.D.)
Registration Fees:
- Industry: INR 5000/-
- Academic Institutions (Professors): INR 3000/-
- Students: INR 1000/-
* Registration fees are non-refundable
UPI ID: 01389517841@sbi
Institution Website: https://www.nitrkl.ac.in/
How to Apply: Online (Google Form link- Click here)
Contact Person:Â
- Dr. Rachna Sehrawat
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Process Engineering,
National Institute of Technology Rourkela,
Sundargarh, Odisha, India – 769008 - Dr. Mohd Khalid Gul
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Process Engineering,
National Institute of Technology Rourkela,
Sundargarh, Odisha, India – 769008
Venue:
Dept. of Food Process Engineering,
NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India
Event Brochure: Click here
About Institution:
NIT Rourkela has a diversified academic program with 17 academic departments offering specialized courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels of studies. The Institute currently offers 21 undergraduate programs in the major disciplines of engineering, architecture, science, humanitiesand management, and post graduate programs in diversified fields of research areas. The Institute offers distinct programs such as B.Tech in Food Process Engineering, Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, Ceramic Engineering as well as Bachelor of Architecture to meet the demands of contemporary times. While the academic programs offered by NIT Rourkela are in tune with the National Education Policy, the quality of education is continuously upgraded by periodical revision of syllabi based on the needs of industry and academia. With different inclusive initiatives and the introduction of a standardized education policy, over the years, the Institute’s graduates have been great performers at professional fronts in India and abroad. With the focus on teaching and learning across departmental boundaries, the mix-technology and management skills,NITians have been valuable assets to our country.
About the Department:
Food process engineering is set of post-harvest unit operations and techniques used to transform the agricultural, livestock, fish and marine products in to food suitable for human consumption and products for food and allied industry. The Food process engineering department at National Institute of Technology Rourkela blends engineering disciplines with a strong understanding of food and food science.
The academic and research activities in the department focus on the frontier areas of food process engineering such as food properties and prediction, post-harvest operations, food quality and safety, transport process and kinetics, product development and ingredients innovation, food packaging and storage engineering, computer aided food engineering, energy efficiency, process control and efficiency, automation and manufacturing systems. Food process engineers can specialise in design, development, research, maintenance and operations such as processing, packaging, storage and transportation.
