RONO HILLS, Jul 20: Department of Food Technology, Rajiv Gandhi University in collaboration with National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), an apex institution under Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) on Monday conducted an international webinar on ‘Technologies for Processing Safe Foods, Entrepreneurial Prospects and Ministry Support: Sufficing the Demands of the Food Industry’.
The webinar got an extra dimension with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between RGU and NIFTEM virtually as per which both the institutes will take up joint teaching, research and training programmes for an initial period of 10 years. Vice Chancellor Professor Saket Kushwaha stressed on the importance of organic farming and minimising horticultural waste in Arunachal Pradesh through food processing. Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Amitava Mitra and Registrar Dr. NT Rikam stressed on the need to strengthen the state’s food processing sector for converting popular fruit crops such as oranges, kiwi, pineapples, etc. into finished products like jam, jelly and beverages.
Over 250 participants from different parts of India and abroad such as Spain, Indonesia and Nepal registered for the webinar which was chaired by Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences and Agriculture Sciences, RGU Professor Sumpam Tangjang. Eminent professor and scientist, Kevin M. Keener, Barrett Chair in Sustainable Food Processing, University of Guelph, Canada and Dean, Academics, NIFTEM Professor Ashutosh Upadhyay were the keynote speakers. Professor Keener spoke on the applications and benefits of Cold Plasma technology as a novel non-thermal processing technique for ensuring safety and quality of food products.
Professor Upadhyayon sensitised on various schemes of the MoFPI such as Kisan Sampada Yojna, Prime Minister Formalization for Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) and the subsidies available for micro-entrepreneurs for establishing food processing units in Northeast states.  

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