Continuous evolution and development is imperative for sustaining the food industry. New innovations and use of niche techniques are being used to develop useful products, processes and equipment.

College handles various research projects sponsored / financed by international/ national agencies such as World Bank, ICAR, DST, DBT, GOI, GOG, Industry and others.

Resrearch Projetcs

Completed:

National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) (ICAR/ World Bank Funded)

• Post-harvest management of mango & sapota fruits
• Post-harvest handling of vegetable seeds

• Development of e-Courses on Agricultural Engineering
• Business Planning & Development Unit

• Development of production to consumption value chain for bio - fuels from Jatropha and enhancing its yield and quality in Gujarat, Anand

• Development of Solar-Hybrid Refrigeration technology for on-farm safe transient storage of horticultural produce.

• Establishment of Students Training Centre for Food Processing
• Minimal Processing Unit to Enhance Quality of Fruits & Vegetables

• Consortium Research Project on Secondary Agriculture on Establishment of Agro Processing Centre Selected Vegetable Juices & Powders

• Faculty Development Program on Non-Thermal Processing of Food Products

National Innovation Foundation, Autonomous Body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

• Assessment of Farmers Chilli AMP-R Variety for Food Processing Chutney and Sauce Production

• Content creation for UNIT-II Food Chemistry & Nutrition and UNIT-III Food Microbiology in Discipline of Food Technology
• Content review for Transport Phenomena in Food Processing UNIT-II and UNIT-III in Discipline of Processing and Food Engineering

• Referal Laboratory for Food Testing and Quality Control

• Establishment of Food Quality Testing Laboratory

• Development of Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP) Decontamination Technology for Fruits and Vegetable

Ongoing

Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of Gujarat

• Post-Harvest Management of some important crops of middle Gujarat
• Development of various biogas plants to use various vegetative wastes
• Training programme on Food Processing Technology
• Development of irradiation technology for agricultural, animal, dairy and food products
• Development of Food Decontamination Technology for Safety and Quality of Fresh and Minimally Processed Fruits and Vegetables

Start-up & Entrepreneurship Initiatives

• Setting up Incubation Centre-cum-Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Food Processing

• Establishment of Students Training Centre for Food Processing

• RKVY - RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator

• Student Start-up Innovation Policy 2.0
• Nodal Institute for Start-up, Govt of Gujarat

• Host Institute (HIBIGJ001018) College of Food Processing Technology and Bio Energy, Gujarat

• State Level Technical Institute under “ PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises” Scheme

Scientific Collaboration Agreement

Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Gandhinagar, for collaboration on Plasma Based Technology on Development for Surface Decontamination of Fruits and Vegetables