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Food Plant Operations
The Department of Food Plant Operations is one of the major departments of College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-energy, which was established in 2018 to provide facility for experiential learning, entrepreneurship, industrial training and research for the students in the field of food technology.The department is involved in providing hands-on-experience on various pilot plants, to students to carry out food processing operations in an environment similar to that of food industry.
Goal
To impart training to the students for developing skills in establishment & management of food processing plants and provide hands on training on the latest technologies developed in the field of food processing technology
Mission
- To promote professional skills and knowledge through meaningful hands on experience to B. Tech. (FT) students
- To develop manpower of with adequate knowledge of various processing lines with their working and maintenance
- To build confidence and to work in project mode
- To acquire enterprise management capabilities
- To conduct need based research for development of novel processing technologies and products for the manufacture of indigenous food products
- To organize training programmes, seminars, workshops etc. on the various topics of Food Technology for strengthening knowledge, HRD and rapport with the food industries
- To build practical skills and entrepreneurship attributes among the students with an aim to deal with work situations and for better employability and self-employment.
- To explore international, national and inter-institutional collaboration in education and research
Facilities
The department has over 12000 sq. ft. of area devoted to nine pilot scale food processing plants along with food packaging station.
- Food Extrusion Line
- Continuous Frying Line
- Food Dehydration Line
- Automatic Juice Bottle filling and capping Line
- Canning Line including Retort
- Tomato Products Processing Line
- Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) Line
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Handling Line
- Bakery Line
- Food Packaging Station
Major activities
- Regular teaching and lab/workshop activities for under-graduate programme (Food Technology)
- Impart the students with the skills and competencies in synchronization with teaching
- Educate the students with working and functioning of various food plant operations and processing lines
- Providing need base trainings to the students and prospective entrepreneurs
- Providing need base research & advisory to industry, government & non-government agencies
- Supervising research projects for PhD, MTech under Food Processing Technology and B. Tech (FT) students under Student READY Programme
- To share the processing facility with AAU Agri & Food Incubator
Major Achievements of the Department
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S.N. |
Research Work |
Numbers |
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I |
Publications |
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1 |
Research Papers |
62 |
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2 |
Book Chapters |
12 |
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3 |
Brief Communications |
11 |
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4 |
Posters/Abstracts |
20 |
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5 |
Technical Articles, Extension Literature, Presentations, etc. |
80 |
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II |
Awards |
14 |
Education
Under Graduate:
Semester wise distribution of subjects in B. Tech. (Food Technology)
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Sr. No. |
Semester |
Course No |
Subjects |
Credits |
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1 |
Seventh |
FPO 471 |
Student READY- Experiential Learning Programme-I |
7(0+7) |
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2 |
Seventh |
FPO 472 |
Student READY- Experiential Learning Programme-II |
7(0+7) |
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3 |
Seventh |
FPO 473 |
Student READY- Research Project |
3(0+3) |
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4 |
Seventh |
FPO 474 |
Student READY- Seminar |
1(0+1) |
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5 |
Eighth |
FPO 481 |
Student READY- Industrial Tour |
2(0+2) |
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6 |
Eighth |
FPO 482 |
Student READY- Internship/In- Plant Training |
20(0+20) |
Professional Affiliations:
The faculty of FPO Department is professionally affiliated to,
- Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (AFSTI), Mysore
- Scientific Advance Agriculture Research Society (SAARS)
- Indian society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE)
- The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
- Society for World Environment, Food and Technology (SWEFT)
- The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
- The Gujarat Association for Agricultural Sciences (GAAS)
- Alumni Association, College of FPTBE, AAU, Anand, Gujarat
- CAET Alumni Association, CAET, JAU, Junagadh, Gujarat
Present Faculty Position
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SN |
Name |
Designation |
Qualification |
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1 |
Dr. S. H. Akbari shakbari@aau.in |
Professor & Head |
B Tech (Ag. Engg.), M Tech (APFE), PhD. |
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2 |
Dr. Amee Ravani ameeravani@aau.in |
Associate Professor |
BE (FPT), M Tech (FPT), PhD. |
Experiential Learning Unit cum Incubation Centre
College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-energy, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat has established a facility of imparting experiential learning and hands on training for the students. In experiential learning, educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, entrepreneurship, and inculcate values. This experiential learning program involves practice in value added technology system consisting of processing of fried snacks i.e. a variety of namkeen and farsan products including sev, gathiya, chips, extruded products like corn balls, rice and corn flakes, dehydrated, canned and tomato processed products, IQF, ready to eat products and bake products like bread, bun, biscuit and pizza etc.
Experiential learning unit cum Incubation Centre was established with the financial help from Government of Gujarat and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The facility is also utilized for testing of new technologies and test manufacturing of new food products by prospective entrepreneurs and start-ups. The facilities established are extensively used for inculcating business confidence among the prospective entrepreneurs. The pilot plants are also used to provide training to food industry personnel and unemployed youth.
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Food Extrusion Line |
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Components : Flour mixing unit Twin screw extrusion system Core filling system Shaping machine Three layer dryer Flaking machine Oil pumping system Seasoning drum |
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Continuous Frying Line |
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Components : Spiral dough mixer cum kneader Dough extruder Continuous frying system Oil filter Oil recirculation pump Oil cooling system Gas fired burner Final product collection table |
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Food Dehydration Line |
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Components : Drum dryer Vacuum dryer Spray dryer Falling film evaporator Vacuum evaporator
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Juice Bottling Line |
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Components : Pulp collection tank Steam jacketed kettle Mixing and standardization tank Juice filtration unit Scraped Surface Heat Exchanger (SSHE) Bottle washing system |
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Canning Line |
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Components : Fruit / vegetable washer Inspection conveyor belt system Twin pulper Scraped surface heat exchanger Rotary can filling system Exhausting box Seaming unit Retorting system |
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Tomato Products Processing Line |
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Components : Fruit / vegetable washer Sorting conveyor Hot water treatment tank Standardization tank Pulper with fruit mill Vacuum pan Homogenizer Filling tank |
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Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) Line |
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Components : Fruit / vegetable washer Blancher Cooling conveyor Vibratory feeder Spiral freezer Packaging room Frozen storage room |
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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Handling Line |
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Components : Dump tank Brushing unit Hot water treatment tank Waxing unit Surface drying system Singulator Weight based grading system Sorting tables |
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Bakery Line |
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Components : Planetary dough kneader Dough divider Proofing system Sheet making system Baking oven |
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Food Packaging Station |
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Components : Two head form fill and seal machine system Automatic bottle filling, capping & labelling system Retort pouch sealing unit Vertical pouch sealing unit Spout pouch filling & capping machine Shrink wrapping system L type sealing machine |
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Dr. S. H. Akbari,
Professor and Head,
Food Plant Operations Department,
College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-energy,
Anand Agricultural University,
Anand-388110, Gujarat, India
Ph: +91 2692 261302 (O)
Fax: +91 2692 261302
Email: shakbari@aau.in
