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Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

B.Tech-Food Technology

VISION

To be a center of repute in the frontier areas of Food Technology through quality research and education.

MISSION

1. To impart knowledge in the realm of food technology through research and education.

2. To nurture professional leaders in the field of food technology with entrepreneurship skills.

3. To cultivate strong ethical values for sustainable growth in food processing to fulfill the needs of the society

Overview

Food Technology has been identified as the sunrise industry due to its enormous impact & significance in the Indian development sector. The importance of food processing & quality control lies in the fact that it has the capability to provide food to our population through scientific conservations, eliminating available losses and making available more balanced & nutritious food. The Department of Food Technology was established in the year 2015 towards the objective to provide excellent teaching, practical training facilities in the frontier areas of Food Technology.

Program Collaborator

Department of Food Technology has collaborated with leading industries and research labs in India and abroad. The major collaborating industries are TAFE, SAP, Siemens, and FORD etc. In addition, the department also having collaboration with scientist and professors from various research labs in India such as DRDO Bangalore, NIIST Trivandrum, IISC Bangalore, IGCAR Kalpakkam, CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, IIT Delhi, NIT Suratkal, PSG Tech Coimbatore, etc, Moreover, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering have collaboration in the research aspect with foreign professors and research labs in various countries such as Brazil, Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, South Korea, USA etc.

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Curriculum & Syllabus

B.Tech.Food Technology Curriculum

2021 Curriculum

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2018 Curriculum

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2015 Curriculum

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PO 1: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.

PO 2: Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.

PO 3: Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.

PO 4: Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.

PO 5: Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.

PO 6: The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.

PO 7: Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

PO 8: Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.

PO 9: Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.

PO 10: Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective Presentations, and give and receive clear instructions.

PO 11: Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.

PO 12: Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

PSO1: Professional Skills: The ability to understand, evaluate and prepare ways to process, preserve, package, or store food, according to industrial requirements.

PSO2: Problem Solving Skills: The ability to apply standard practices and regulation in developing the food and allied products.

PSO3: Career and Entrepreneurship: The ability to employ modern technologies to produce new or value added products in the area of Food Technology.

PEO 1: The graduates will exhibit competence as professionals in academic and research in food processing industry or related disciplines through professional development.

PEO 2: The graduates will have acumen to be a successful entrepreneur in areas related to food and allied technologies.

PEO 3: The graduates will promote ethics, sustainability and environmental responsibility in their practice.

Placement Details (2019-2021)

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Research Capability

The department is equipped with research centres such as the Centre for Composite Materials, Centre for Advanced Thermal Studies, Centre for BioComposites, and Centre for Surface Engineering for students to carry out in-depth research activities and learn practically which helps the undergraduate students to get exposure and experience in the advanced machines. The department has funded research projects in the area of Optimization Studies, Composite Materials, Machining Studies, Supersonic Flow, Heat transfer, and CO2 sequestration by DST, DRDO, AICTE and International funding agencies. The department receives regular funding from many prestigious organisations working in the field of Science and Technology. The department currently has 9 ongoing research projects with total funding of INR. 1,81,67,690 and completed 12 research projects with total funding of INR. 234.6 Lakhs. The department has 100 publications published under their name.

Publications

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Funded Projects

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FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

FOOD PRODUCT

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Key Recruiters

Students Achievement

  • S. Abinaya- 9915020001 (2015-19) has pursued her sixth semester under Semester Abroad Program in Tunghai University, Taiwan.
  • 14 students have successfully completed BEC Certification Courses.
  • 48 students have successfully completed NI CLAD Certification Courses. V. Kavi Priya (9916020029) has scored 100% in CLAD Certification Course and Mr. M. Pradeep Kumar(9915020054) has got certified in CLD from National Instruments, Bangalore.
  • Students of 19 numbers have successfully completed NPTEL Online certification courses.
  • Our students were the participants in national level student design contest “NI YANTRA 2017” conducted by National Instruments, India. The project emerged to be in top 25 finalists among 1800 entries all around India. (M. Pradeep Kumar (9915020054), C. Maduraiveeran (9915020046), M. Thamimul Ansari (9915020034)).
  • 7 Students from 2015 batch individually worked and completed 7 different Medical device projects within 32 hours in a Hackathon- MEDHA organized by BETiC, IIT Bombay.( Pradeep Kumar (9915020054), C. Maduraiveeran (9915020046), Poornima Devi S (9915020024), Geetha Anandhi C (9915020053), Sibana Parkana M.M (9915020031), Mercy Golda.S(9915020018), Anusha Bhavani K(9915020005).
  • A group of 5 students got 1st prize for their Marketing skills organized by IEEE- Tirunelveli hub. (K. Deepthi (9916020015), S. Karthick (9916020027), M. Sowmiya (9916020059), V. Nivetha (9916020039), V. Bhuvaneshwari (9916020010))
  • Written a paper based on the work done using NI tools titled “Sign language translator using LabVIEW enabled with Internet of Things” that has been published in Springer, SIST Scopus Index 2018. (M. Pradeep Kumar (9915020054), C. Maduraiveeran (9915020046) and S. Rama(9915020018))
  • Project group of 4 students from 2015 batch has been awarded with a fund of 8,000 tending to be the best Community Service Project (M. Pradeep Kumar, C. Maduraiveeran(9915020046) , M. Thamimul Ansari (9915020034) and S. Rama(9915020018)) under the guidance of Mr. S. Sakthivel, AP/Biomedical.
  • Maduraiveeran , (9915020046) from 2015 batch has got Award of Excellence in One day Hackathon under the theme of design of medical devices, organized by IIT Bombay.
  • Five of our students have bagged prizes for their presentation skills in 3 different institutions in symposium (Anna University – 1st prize (S. Arjunan (9916020008), NIT Trichy – 1st prize and 3rd prize Abinaya (9915020001), L. Sujitha (9915020032), CSIR-CECRI – 1st prize) S. Mercy Golda(9915020018)).
  • 7 students from 2018 batch have attended Hands on Training titled “PCB Layout design using EAGLE” held at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, in which one student got First prize and Best Participant (Thirumalairajan S – 9917020063) , and another of our student got second prize (Abubackar Sithik M -9917020004).
  • Poornima Devi (9915020024) and Ms. C . Divyasri (9917020013) have published their paper in International Journal of Basic and Applied Biology under the guidance of Mr. S. Sakthivel, AP in collaboration with Dr. Preethika, AP ( King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia).
  • Mohammed Mydeen (9915020047), Mr. Mohammed Ismail (9915020021), Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim (9915020020) and Mr. Javith Rasha (9915020049) of Final year students have published their paper in International Journal of Basic and Applied Biology under the guidance of Mr. S. Sakthivel, AP in collaboration with Dr. Preethika, AP (King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia).

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