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Food Science & Technology Programme
Food processing is a sunrise sector in India having tremendous prospects in present times. Processed edibles have shown a double-digit growth during the recent past. To continue with the pace of growth, the industry requires competent food technologists to carry out technology-driven need-based researches along with decision-making ability in agri-food businesses. As such ample job opportunities for ambitious food technologists are lurking in different government-private ventures.
Considering the importance of food technology in this era, the Food Science & Technology (FST) Programme was started at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat under the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture during 2013-14. Presently, the programme offers a two-year Masters programme in Food Technology with a capacity of 10 seats per batch. Since inceptions, it has so far produced about 60 qualified food technologists, those include three foreign students one each from Ghana, Afghanistan and Syria with the sponsorship from the Indian Council of Cultural Research (ICCR), and also from other states of India backed with meritorious fellowships from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Most of the passed-out students have either joined in different managerial and R & D positions in industries and government sectors or pursued higher education in some of the reputed institutions in the country. Besides teaching, the FST programme undertakes basic and applied research on processing and allied arena of food science, namely, value addition and product development, food fermentation and quality evaluation, process improvisation and optimization, minimal or fresh-cut produce along with their suitable packaging for shelf-life extension, etc. In this milieu, two ad-hoc projects, funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), has been successfully executed and completed under the programme. Currently, the faculty members are also engaged in conducting various training programmes for the hand-holding of farmers and entrepreneurs, enthusiastic to work in the food processing division.
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
* courses are compulsory
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
1 FST 451 MATHEMATICS 3(3 + 0)
2 FST 452 GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 2(1 + 1)
3 FST 453 CROP PRODUCTION: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES 3(2 + 1)
4 FST 501 * FOOD CHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION 3(2 + 1)
5 FST 502 * FOOD MICROBIOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
6 FST 503 * FOOD ENGINEERING 3(2 + 1)
7 FST 504 * PRINCIPLES OF FOOD PROCESSING 3(2 + 1)
8 FST 505 * FOOD PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY 2(1 + 1)
9 FST 506 * FOOD QUALITY SYSTEMS & MANAGEMENT 3(2 + 1)
10 FST 507 * TECHNIQUES IN FOOD ANALYSIS 3(1 + 2)
11 FST 511 POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 3(2 + 1)
12 FST 512 TECHNOLOGY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLE PROCESSING 3(2 + 1)
13 FST 513 TECHNOLOGY OF CEREALS, PULSES AND OILSEEDS 3(2 + 1)
14 FST 514 BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY TECHNOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
15 FST 514 BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY TECHNOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
16 FST 515 TECHNOLOGY OF PLANTATION CROPS AND SPICES 3(2 + 1)
17 FST 516 TECHNOLOGY OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS 3(2 + 1)
18 FST 517 TECHNOLOGY OF MEAT, POULTRY AND FISH PROCESSING 3(2 + 1)
19 FST 518 SNACK FOODS TECHNOLOGY 2(1 + 1)
20 FST 519 BEVERAGES TECHNOLOGY 2(1 + 1)
21 FST 520 FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
22 FST 521 FOOD ADDITIVES AND INGREDIENTS 2(2 + 0)
23 FST 522 INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
24 FST 523 NUTRACEUTICALS AND HEALTH FOODS 3(2 + 1)
25 FST 524 ENZYMES IN FOOD PROCESSING 3(2 + 1)
26 FST 525 FOOD PHYSICS 3(2 + 1)
27 FST 526 FOOD TOXICOLOGY 3(2 + 1)
28 FST 527 WASTE RECYCLING AND RESOURCES RECOVERY SYSTEM 2(1 + 1)
29 FST 528 ENERGY CONSERVATION AND AUDITING 2(2 + 0)
30 FST 529 SENSORY EVALUATION 2(1 + 1)
31 FST 531 * STATISTICAL METHODS FOR FOOD SCIENCE 2(1 + 1)
32 FST 532 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN FOOD INDUSTRY 3(1 + 2)
33 FST 533 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL TRADE 3(3 + 0)
34 FST 534 APPLIED NUTRITION 3(2 + 1)
* courses are compulsory
# Course No. Course Title Course Credit Syllabus
* courses are compulsory
Projects
    • Assam Agricultural University sponsored project on "Bitterness-oriented germplasm screening and preservation of Assam lemon (Citrus limon) juice", projcet cost Rs.5.75 Lakh
    • DBT, New Delhi sponsored project on "Value addition and Product Diversification in Tea", projcet cost Rs.3.82 Crore
    • Indian Institute of Soybean Research sponsored project on "Popularization ad commercialization of the soybean crop in NEH region",
    • DASD, Calicut, Kerala sponsored project on "Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) as PI from 2015-2018 and as Co-PI from 2020 till date", projcet cost Rs.1.50 Crore
    • DBT (New Delhi) sponsored project on "Identification of the genetics associated with Resistant Starch content in Rice for nutraceutical benefits", projcet cost Rs.1.005 Crore implemented in 2018. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Manashi Das Purkayastha)
    • DBT, New Delhi sponsored project on "Developing bioactive compound-enriched functional food ingredients from Dillenia indica and valorization of its pomace", projcet cost Rs.25.29 Lakh implemented in 2017. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Manashi Das Purkayastha)
    • DBT sponsored project on "Development of tea polyphenols-rapeseed protein microencapsulate for delivery of bioactive ingredients in functional foods: in vitro and in vivo study", projcet cost Rs.1.25 Crore implemented in 2017. (PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Manashi Das Purkayastha)
Achivements