Central Seat Allocation Board-2024

NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs for the Academic Year 2024-25

Type of the institute: Other GFTIs
Complete Mailing Address: National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, Thanjavur - 613 005, Tamil Nadu
Contact Person For Admission: Dr N Baskaran
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email: baskaran@iifpt.edu.in
Alternate Email:
Phone Nos: 09486086221
Fax No:
Mobile No.: 09486086221

About the Institute

The National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) is a pioneering Research and

Educational Institution under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India. The journey of this Institute began with

Dr. V. Subrahmanyan, a renowned scientist and the founding director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore,

who established the Paddy Processing Research Center (PPRC) in Thiruvarur in 1967. Through the years, NIFTEM-T has broadened

its scope from a research and development laboratory to a comprehensive institution addressing post-harvest agricultural preservation,

evolving from PPRC to the Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT), and then to the Indian Institute of Food Processing

Technology (IIFPT). Today, as NIFTEM-Thanjavur, it offers BTech in Food Technology and MTech & PhD programmes in Food Process

Engineering, Food Process Technology and Food Safety and Quality Assurance. Situated in the historic city of Thanjavur, the cradle of

the Chola Kingdom and the breadbasket of Tamil Nadu, the Institute is equipped with advanced laboratories and engages in innovative

research in food grain processing, value addition, and by-product utilization.

Fee Structure

                                                 Fees Structure – BTech (Food Technology)

2024 – 2025 – ACADEMIC FEES

S. No.

Details

Fees (Rs)

A. One Time Fees

  1.

Admission Fee  

15480.00

2. 

ID Card Fee 400

400.00

3.       

Seminar/Thesis Fee 1620

1620.00

           4.

Alumni Association Fee

 

2000.00

5.   

Caution Deposit (Refundable)

 

4350.00

6.      

Library Deposit Fee (Refundable)

650.00

                                                                                                Total (A)

24500.00

B. Semester Fees

1.   

Tuition Fee*

46170.00

2.    

Lab Support Fee

7260.00

3.      

Library Fee

2300.00

4.   

Examination Fee

6670.00

5.   

Student Activities

6300.00

6.    

IT Support

5700.00

7.      

Medical and Insurance Fee$

600.00

                                                                                                         Total (B)

75000.00

                                                                                                         Total (A + B)

99500.00


 

  Note: *SC/ST students will get a full waive-off for tuition fee; other category students will get a tuition fee waiver based on their annual family     income (Limited to 5% of the total intake strength).

 $Subject to revision as per the actual premium cost.

                                                                              HOSTEL FEES & MESS CHARGES*

S. No.

Details

Fees (Rs)

C. One Time Fees

   1.

Hostel Admission Fee

1500.00

2.     

Hostel Deposit (Refundable)

3500.00

                                                                                                Total (C)

5000.00

D.  Every Semester

1.       

Establishment charges, (Hostel room rent, Electricity & Water charges)

15000.00

2.      

Mess advance (dining charges on a sharing basis)

20000.00

                                                                                                         Total (D)

35000.00

                                                                                                         Total (C + D)

40000.00


                                                                            *Subject to Revision

Academic Structure

Undergraduate Programme

B.Tech (Food Technology) – 4 years (8 semesters)

Rules For Change Branch

Not Applicable

Faculty

Prof. V. Palanimuthu

Ph.D

Post-Harvest Processing & Food Engineering

Dr. M. Loganathan

Ph.D

Agricultural Entomology

Dr. R. Jaganmohan

Ph.D

Food Science

Dr. N. Venkatachalapathy

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. K. Suresh Kumar

Ph.D

Agricultural Microbiology

Dr. A. Amudhasurabi

Ph.D

Agricultural Extension

Dr. Binod Kumar Yadav

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. V. R. Sinija

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. S. Shanmugasundaram

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. R. Vidyalakshmi

Ph.D

Agricultural Microbiology

Dr.R.Mahendran

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. R. Meenatchi

Ph.D

Agricultural Entomology

Dr. Ashish Rawson

Ph.D

Food  Process Engineering

Dr. K. Athmaselvi

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. S. Vignesh

Ph.D

Microbiology

Dr. S. Akalya

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. V. Eyarkai Nambi

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr.V. Hema

Ph.D

Food Science & Nutrition

Dr.S.Bhuvana

Ph.D

Biochemistry

Dr. S. Ananda  Kumar

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. V.Chandrasekar

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. D.V.Chidanand

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. C. K. Sunil

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. Pratibha Singh

Ph.D

Food  Process Engineering

Dr. Goutam Das

Ph.D

Agricultural Economics

Dr. Jeyan Arthur Moses

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. M. Tito Anand

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. N. Baskaran

Ph.D

Biochemistry

Dr. M. R. Bivin

Ph.D

Mathematics

Dr. C. Sukumari

Ph.D

Mathematics

Dr. E. Arun Kumar

Ph.D

Biochemistry

Dr. Arunkumar Anandharaj

Ph.D

Food Toxicology

Dr.S.Chittibabu

Ph.D

Process Engineering and Design

Dr.  Vaitheeswaran

Ph.D

Physical Education

Dr. K. Srinivasan

Ph.D

Biotechnology

Dr.P.Krishnakumar

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering

Dr. S.Praveena

Ph.D

Agribusiness Management

Dr. K. Sangeetha

Ph.D

Machine Learning and Data Science

Dr. Kamatchi Devi S

Ph.D

Food Process Engineering


Facilities

Infrastructure Factilities

The NIFTEM-T is located at a distance of 2 km from the Thanjavur new bus terminus, 8 km from Thanjavur Railway Station and 50 km from Trichirappalli Airport and 300 km from Chennai. NIFTEM-T has created world class research laboratories in its main campus at Thanjavur for conducting research in different areas of food processing technologies. NIFTEM-T and its scientists are experts in different field of food processing. The institute has world class teaching and research facilities. The current facilities in the institute include the following:

Teaching Laboratories

o   Unit Operations Lab

o   Engineering Properties Lab

o   Heat Transfer Lab

o   Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Lab

o   Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Lab

o   Strength of Materials Lab

o   Crop Process Engineering Lab

o   Spices Process Engineering Lab

o   Theory of Machines and Engineering Mechanics Lab

o   Food Engineering Lab

o   Manufacturing Practices Lab

o   Electrical Engineering Lab

o   Electronics and Instrumentation Lab

o   Food Packaging Lab

o   Food Chemistry and Safety Lab

o   Dairy and Meat Sciences Lab

o   Basic Sciences Lab

o   Computer Lab

o   Communications Lab

·         State of Art R&D Laboratories

o   Food Science and Product Development Laboratory

o   Food Microbiology Laboratory

o   NABL Food Analysis Laboratory

o   Food Packaging and storage laboratory

o   ISO certified Food Processing Business cum Training Incubation Centre

o   Image processing laboratory

o   Soft X-ray laboratory

o   Acoustics Resonance laboratory

o   Modern Bakery Unit

o   Food Engineering Workshop

·         Bulk Storage Facilities

·         Knowledge Centre and Computing Facilities

Centre of Excellence in Grain Sciences

The centre is also involved in developing the protocols for standardizing different testing quality parameters in nutrients analysis and quality  assessment of pre-release varieties. Facility for quality evaluation and milling of millets and pulses, processing of oilseeds also included. Centre of excellence for grain sciences in association with leading industry aims to train students and professionals involved in grain milling, conduct  innovative research, and provide solutions to issues faced by the milling industry. This centre also seeks to provide human resources, skill  development and a continuous knowledge platform for Government procurement and public distribution authorities to process paddy, millets, pulses and oilseeds. Machinery available for processing half a tonne capacity “state of art rice parboiling and milling unit” integrated with solar  drying system, millet processing unit and dhal milling unit. This department also has extrusion cooking unit.

Centre of Excellence in Non-Thermal Processing

Processing of foods without the application of heat is termed as the non-thermal processing. The most widely used non-thermal processing  techniques are high pressure processing, pulsed electric field, ultrasound, pulsed light, ultra violet light, irradiation, oscillating magnetic field etc.  As the foods are treated without heat, the foremost importance of the non-thermal processing is the maximum retention of colour, taste,  appearance and nutrition content in food. The major facility in the centre is the unique equipment available for different non-thermal processing  methods. The equipments and technologies available at CENTP are Cold plasma processing, ultrasound, ultraviolet and osmotic dehydration. These equipments are used by the scholars and doctoral students on various approaches to solve technical problems and challenges in food industries. Equipments on High pressure processing, pulsed electric field, pulsed light, irradiation, oscillating magnetic field are in the pipeline and will be added to this centre. The objective of this centre is to conduct research on non-thermal food processing methods to produce fresh like products with increased shelf life.

PILOT PLANT-EXTRUSION

FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY

This laboratory focuses on the development of nutraceutical and functional foods from India specific food grains, pulses, oilseeds, and fruits and vegetables.  The food crop quality and its ingredient suitability for designing new food products suitable for target population of children, young adults, adults with lifestyle disorders and aged and ailing people are being studied by our scientists. Modern equipment’s including different types of extruders, texture analyzers, phase transition analyzer, rapid visco analyzer, milling machines and all accessories necessary for food product development are parts of this facility. 

FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LAB

FOOD ENGINEERING LABORATORY

The ideas generated by other departments are given a shape in the food engineering laboratory.   This laboratory consists of modern fabrication facilities with all manufacturing machines and tools. The food engineering division work, either independently or jointly with other divisions, help in creating new machines and processes for food processing industries.  This laboratory provides direct linkage with the farm produce and the postharvest activities. Some of the gadgets, technologies or accessories developed includes Fruit and Vegetable Washer, Grader, De stoner, Mobile Processing Unit, Multi-Purpose Yard Drying Equipment, continuous rice puffing unit, thermal dis-infestation of paddy, low friction huller, improved parboiling unit, rice degermer, husk fired stove, small scale pulse de-husker, improved parboiling unit and pedal operated winnower. These technologies are popular among the farmers and entrepreneurs.

Unit Operation Laboratory

 

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

Microbes play major roles in our foods, some plays a good role and some a bad role.  Bad microbes must be controlled to save the food from spoilage and good microbes must be provided with conducing growing conditions.  Current Research Focuses include production of pigments from microbial origin, preparation and preservation of millet based Porridges for longer shelf life, beverage preservation, utilization of tapioca effluent for spirulina production, standardization of ethnic fermented food and beverages by rationalization of indigenous knowledge, probiotic food formulation using n dairy substrates and tannase enzyme production from agro wastes.

 

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LAB

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY TESTING

Our NABL accredited ISO/IEC 17025 Food Analysis Laboratory is equipped with modern equipment to carryout physico-chemical analysis of food, water and any organic samples.  This laboratory has hi-tech analytical instruments like GC-MS/MS, FTIR, ICPMS, LCMS, NMR, HPLC, HPTLC Ami acid analyser, Iron chromatography for analysing biochemical parameters, pesticides residual and nutrition etc. in samples related to food products.  Ready reference books such as BIS, CODEX, PFA, AOAC and AACC for food analysis are available. The laboratory is constantly upgraded to meet international standards.  Recently, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recognised this laboratory as referral food laboratory.

FSSAI Referral & NABL Accredited Lab

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING AND NANOSCALE PROCESSING UNIT

This recently launched unit focuses on the application of computational fluid dynamics in various Agri-food processing applications. Modelling is a powerful tool for optimizing and improving process control over various unit operations by acquiring an in-depth understanding of the intricate transport phenomena in food systems. The unit uses advanced computing methods and undertakes industry and other external funded research projects in this field.

Further, considering the potential of nanotechnology, the unit also conducts studies on Nano level food processing. This includes strategies for Nano encapsulation, Nano emulsions, Nano delivery systems, Nano packaging and other advanced applications. Research and development on various aspects of nanostructured foods, Nano carrier systems, Nano food additives, Nano coatings, and development of sensors are under progress.

FOOD PROCESSING BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTER

(ISO 9000, 14001 and 22000 certified)

FOOD PROCESSING BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE

The hi-tech and cottage level food processing incubation cum training centre at IIFPT is the Food Processing Incubation Centre has the following product lines:

Ø  Canning fruits and vegetables or meat and meat products

Ø  Ready to serve (RTS) or Ready to drink (RTD) fruit based beverages and jams and jelly manufacturing with bottling facility

Ø  Ready to Cook (RTC) foods and Ready to eat (RTE) extruded food products making

Ø  Instant mixes, masala and chutney powders production and sachet packaging

Ø  Specialized packaging section with facilities for ordinary packaging and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)

Hands-on-training on different food processing technologies, renting facilities and other supports are offered all through the year to help the entrepreneurs to put in their innovative ideas for the development of new products

 

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE AND COMPUTING FACILITIES

The knowledge center has exclusive collection of books and journals on food processing related areas.  The knowledge Centre having more than 23000 books and regularly subscribe for more than 52 Indian and 15 International journals in food processing.  We keep adding to our wealth of books and journals resources every year and soon expect the library to become reference point of national importance for food processing, preservation and value addition related subjects.

COMPUTER CENTRE

 

Student Life at Institute

Our campus has sophisticated boarding facilities separately for boys and girls. Reading rooms, recreation area, in-door and out-door games with state of the art amenities are provided for students to spend their leisure time. Living experience in NIFTEM-T is a mix of fun and learning. The entire campus in WiFI with CCTV.

Campus Lifestyle

It's a diverse community of students at NIFTEM-T, and the activities on offer are as diverse and varied too. From entertainment to extra-curricular or even religious pursuits, there's never a dull moment on campus.

·         NSS

·         Cultural club

·         Hostel Life

·         Sporting Excellence

·         Science Club

·         Innovation Cell

·         Literary club

Financial Assistance

Institute Merit-cum-Means Scholarship

Available for 5 top ranking students based on the previous semester’s performance from each batch @ Rs.1,000/- per month.

Institute Free Studentship

Available for 1 student per batch @ Rs.5000/- per semester based on the previous semester’s performance

Institute Notional Prize

A notional prize of Rs.5000/- (One time award) and a Certificate of Merit for each batch from 2nd to 4th year based on ranking in the previous year

Anil Adlakha Award Scholarship

Cash Award of Rs.10,000/- to a 2nd year BTech (FT) student for his/her outstanding performance in his/her first year.

Training & Placement

NIFTEM-T students are sent to industries for hands-on experience on the functions of an industry. This prepares them to be industry ready upon their graduation. Following are some industries in which our current graduating students have taken up such industrial internship trainings.

1.      Mondelez International

2.      Nestle, Chennai & Mysore

3.      ITC Foods, Bangalore

4.      Aachi, Chennai

5.     Hatsun Agro Product Ltd., Kanchipuram

6.      Hindustan Unilever Limited, Chennai

7.      Savorit Limited, Dindigul

8.  Moksha Foods Condiments & Beverages, Coimbatore

9.  Mother Dairy, Fruit & Vegetables Pvt Ltd, Bangalore 

10.  MTR Foods Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

11.  Ruchi Soya, C hennai

12.  Safal, Bangalore

13.  Britannia Industries Ltd.,  Chennai & Bangalore

14.  Sri Anna Poorna Foods, Coimbatore

15.  Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd.,Chennai

16.  Vista Tools Pvt.Ltd.,Mumbai.

17.  Tata Smart Foods Pvt. Ltd., Sricity, Andhra Pradesh

18.  Aavin, Madurai

19.  NutriPlanet Foods Private Limited

20. Swastiks Masalas, Pickles and Food Products pvt ltd

21. GRB Dairy foods pvt ltd

22. Naga foods. Dindukal

23. Waycool, Chennai

24. Lotte Ind Ltd, Chennai

Placement process

Every year, NIFTEM-T conduct On-campus interviews for the placements of final year students. Food processing firms/industries come to recruit the young professionals for their needs. Apart from the regular placements, the institute assists the students to get higher education opportunities in premier institutes of India and across the world. Periodically, institute organize special guest lectures of various experts from industries, academics and personality management to build up the students’ ability and self-confidence to face their future confidently

Major Recruiters

·         

Nestle India Limited

MTR Foods, Bangalore, Karnataka

GRB Dairy Foods Pvt. Ltd., Hosur, TN

Cothas Coffee, Bangalore, Karnataka

TTK Healthcare Ltd. Foods Division, Bangalore, Karnataka

Modern Foods, Chennai, TN

Pro Nature Organic Foods Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka

Suhana Masale, Pune

T&I Projects Limited, Coimbatore, TN

Waycool Foods and Products Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, TN

Vegrow Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka

Sigma Tech Management Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Aachi Masala, Chenai, TN

ID Fresh Food India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka

Marine Hydrocolloids, Kerala

Yummy Valley Food Products

Stellarix Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur

Parison India Pvt. Ltd., Kerala

Licious Foods, Bangalore, Karnataka

Jubilant Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

Flipkart Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

Industry And Alumni Relations

General Body 2022-23


Deepesh Tejmal Agrawal

Present Position: Sales Director - ANS Commerce, 5th Floor, Tower C, Unitech Cyberpark, Sector 39, Gurugram – 122003

Education: B.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2014) from NIFTEM Thanjavur and PGP-ABM (2016) from IIM Ahmedabad

deepesh.agrawal.04@gmail.com
President
Bhosale Yuvraj Khasherao

Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

Education: B.Tech. in Food Technology (2015) from MGM College of Food Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, M.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2017) and Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering (2021) from NIFTEM Thanjavur

yuvrajbhosale33@gmail.com

Vice President

Pintu Choudhary

Present Position: Assistant Professor, Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab-144001, India

Education: Bachelor of Science in Food Technology from G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. M.Tech. in Food Science and Technology (2016) and Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering (2021) from NIFTEM Thanjavur

choudharypintu14@gmail.com
General Secretary
Vimala Bharathi S K

Present Position: Ph.D. student, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Education: B.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2016) and M.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2018) from NIFTEM Thanjavur


vimala.bharathi19@gmail.com
Treasurer
Santhosh R

Present Position: Ph.D. research scholar, Department of Food Process Engineering, NIT Rourkela, Odisha - 769008, India

Education: B.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2017) and M.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2019) from NIFTEM Thanjavur

santhoshfpe13@gmail.com
Joint Secretary (National)
Chitra Sivakumar

Present Position: Ph.D. student, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Education: B.Tech. in Food Process Engineering (2014) from NIFTEM Thanjavur
M.Sc. in Biosystems Engineering (2021) from University of Manitoba

chitrasivakumar.bfe@gmail.com
Joint Secretary (International)
http://niftem-t.ac.in/alumni22.php

Recreational/Extra Curricular activities

MoE’s Institute Innovation Council
Sports Club
Literary Club
Science Club
Alumini Association
National Service Scheme
Cultural Club

Location and Accessibility

The NIFTEM-T is located at a distance of 2 km from the new Thanjavur bus terminus, 8 km from Thanjavur Railway Station and 50 km from Trichirappalli Airport and 300 km from Chennai. 

Academic Programwise Seats breakup

Institute CodeProgram CodeAcademic Program NameState/All India SeatsSeat PoolOPENOPEN-PwDGEN-EWSGEN-EWS-PwDSCSC-PwDSTST-PwDOBC-NCLOBC-NCL-PwDTotal(includes Female Supernumerary)
Program-Total
Seat Capacity Female Supernumerary
431 4164 Food Technology (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) All India Gender-Neutral 34 2 9 0 13 1 7 0 23 1 90
90 0
Female-only (including Supernumerary) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(including "0" Supernumerary)
     Total Seats 34 2 0 0 13 1 7 0 23 1 90
90 0

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