|
|
|
You can get e-magazine links on WhatsApp. Click here
|
|
|
|
|
|
CSIR-CFTRI upping efforts to train manpower for food processing sector
|
|
Wednesday, 23 July, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
|
|
Our Bureau, Bengaluru
|
|
fiogf49gjkf0d In an inclusive planning action, the Council of Scientific Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysore, is now beefing up its efforts to train and mould industry-ready candidates for India’s growing food processing industry. In this regard, it has called on the sector and the public to participate in a survey on skill development programmes (SDP).
Although the institute has been catering to industries in terms of post-graduate, certificate and short-term programmes, there was no programme targeting matriculates, unemployed youth and new entrepreneurs. The survey is in preparation for an SDP which is being planned by the institute. Although considered a sunrise industry, the food processing sector in India is plagued by shortage of skilled manpower.
The key objective, according to CSIR-CFTRI, is to address this specific problem through its SDP. To begin with, the programme intends to impart specific skills required by the fruit and vegetable processing and bakery industries. Specifically, the programme would help gain skills in preparation of such fruit products as osmo-dried fruit, jams, sauces and ketchup and such bakery products as bread, buns, cookies, cakes, rolls and puffs.
It was proposed that two or three such programmes would be conducted annually to enhance the skill sets, which is a value-addition for the small- and medium enterprises (SME).
“The areas identified for the skill development are fruit and vegetable processing and bakery products. The course is suitable for unemployed youth, who could venture into these areas, and those operating in the micro-, small and medium enterprises to enhance their skills in the area of processing,” stated CSIR-CFTRI.
The three-day course, for which the was curriculum devised by CSIR-CFTRI, has a fee structure of approximately Rs 2,500. Prior to initiating the course, a survey was uploaded on the institute’s website, and the sector and public were invited to share their inputs.
“Food processing being a sunrise sector has a large potential for growth and employment generation in the country. However, the lack of adequate skilled manpower is felt, specially by the SME,” stated CSIR-CFTRI, adding that it had already begun its advanced research efforts in food technology and state-of-the-art infrastructure to offer the SDP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|