Processing of Millets and Alternate Grain Foods

Objective:

Millets and Pseudocereals are alternate sources of food which are considered nutritionally superior to conventional grains in terms of nutrients, functional compounds and dietary fibre. Over the past few years, diversity in diets has been stressed upon to overcome the modern lifestyle disorders. Besides being nutritious, these millets and pseudocereals can grow in arid climate and are much more climate and disease resilient. These therefore provide us the benefit of lower inputs and chemical load in food crops resulting from use of fertilizers and pesticides.

Outcomes of Training:

The proposed training program will help in creating awareness regarding the use millets and pseudocereals in foods. Further, it will also generate trained manpower and human resource in the field of food processing. It will also help the participants to explore business models in their respective places to generate employment and income.

Course Director: Dr. Shalini Gaur Rudra, Senior Scientist, Food Science and Postharvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012

Course Co-Director: Dr. V.R Sagar, Head, Food Science and Postharvest Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012

Course Coordinator: Dr. Neeru Bhooshan, Incharge & PS, ZTM & BPD Unit, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi.

Identified team of experts:

1. Dr. Charanjit Kaur, Principal Scientist, Division of Food Sc. and PHT, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

2. Dr. S.P.Singh, Principal Scientist, Division of Genetics, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

3. Dr.ShrutiSethi, Principal Scientist, Division of Food Sc. and PHT, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

4. Dr.Arun Kumar T., Scientist Division of Agricultural Engineering, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

5. Dr. Vinutha, Scientist, Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

6. Dr.Suneha Goswami, Scientist, Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

7. Dr. Alka Joshi,Scientist, Division of Food Sc. and PHT, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

8. Dr. Bindvi Arora, Scientist, Division of Food Sc. and PHT, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Who can apply: Progressive farmers, Entrepreneurs, Faculty and Students

Duration& Date: Five days (21-25, November 2022)

No. of trainees: Maximum 20

Venue: Division of Food Science and PHT ICAR-IARI New Delhi

Training Costs (per candidate): Rs. 2360 (including GST@18%) (excluding boarding and lodging)

(Request your accommodation on email- zonaltech@gmail.com and accommodation can be provided as per the availability at IARI, PUSA, New Delhi)

Please make payment to the following account number:

Bank Name: CANARA BANK

Name: PUSA TAKSAY

Account Branch: 19029-IARI, PUSA CAMPUS, DELHI 110012

IFSC: CNRB0019029

Account No: 120000469441

Note:

a. No registration will be considered without payment

b. Certificates will be issued to all the participants