National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management


National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management is a higher education institute deemed-to-be-university operating under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. It offers academic curriculum in food technology and supply leading to Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, and Ph.D degrees. It is located at Kundli industrial area of Sonipat, Haryana, India.

History

NIFTEM was first officially announced in the budget speech for 2006–07 made by P. Chidambaram, the Minister of Finance, in February 2006. But the institute was only to be inaugurated in 2012, by Sharad Pawar, the Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. It was set with an original investment of, on of land.
The institute started with several Bachelor of Technology programmes. Master of Technology programmes have been offered since the academic year 2012-13, and a Ph.D programme was added from 2013-14. The first convocation of the institute, held in February 2018, was attended by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind.
In 2018, the Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated four incubation centres for product testing and development and a food-testing laboratory, with an investment of.
In February 2019, the National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha. The bill aims at granting Institution of National Importance status to NIFTEM and Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, thus granting them more financial and academic autonomy.

Academics

NIFTEM offers a 4-year Bachelor of Technology curriculum, 2-year Master of Technology curriculum, and Ph.D degrees in the various areas of food technology and supply. It also offers a Master of Business Administration course, focusing on food and agribusiness management. Admission to B.Tech is based on Joint Entrance Examination – Main. Admission to M.Tech is based on Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering and a personal interview.

Academics departments

The academic programmes of NIFTEM comes under five following departments:
NIFTEM was ranked 121 by National Institutional Ranking Framework in the 2020 engineering ranking.

Research

In May 2018 NIFTEM opened four incubation centres which serve as research facilities for entrepreneurs and other businesses seeking to develop and test new products and processes.
NIFTEM also conducts research in nutrition. In 2019 it conducted research on improving the taste and nutritional value of Amrutham Nutrimix, a dietary supplement which the Kerala government distributes in large volume for children below the age of three. Later that year it signed a memorandum of understanding for launching the Kerala Nutrition Research Centre, a nutrition research centre focused on the nutrition of women and children.