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The second year students of the Department of Food Science and Processing Management have participated in the National Conference on Emerging Techniques in Food Processing organized by Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology on 27/06/2019 and 28/06/2019 along with Ms. D. Subhashree, Asst. Prof., FSPM. On day one, 27/06/2019 conference commenced with registration followed by various online workshops on recent advancement in food processing by the resource persons from USA, UK. After that there was a Hands-on demonstration and visit to IIFPT facilities such as Computational modeling and nanoscale processing unit, Modern rice mill and Food product development lab, Incubation centre, Food Safety and quality testing lab & Food Biotechnology lab, Food engineering lab, Non-destructive quality evaluation lab, Postharvest pest management lab, Food packaging lab. On day two, 28/06/2019 the conference commenced with the inaugural ceremony by the Hon’ble Minister of Food Processing Industries Mr. Rameshwar Teli. After inaugural ceremony there were invited talks on various topics such as 3D printing of foods, Non thermal Processing of Food, Nanotechnology of Food Systems, Ultrasound Processing, UV applications, Ozone Processing, Pulsed Electric field Processing, Digital Image and Soft X-ray processing, High Pressure Processing, Irradiation of foods, Intelligent Packaging, Block chain Processing in Food Supply chain.

The department of Food Science and Processing Management conducted a National level Conference on Food Processing and Safety Management on 15.2.2019. The conference commenced with inaugural function and lamp lighting at 10.00 am. Dr. P. Saravanan, Principal of SLCS delivered the Presidential address. Dr. K. Amrutha veena, Head of the Department delivered the overview of the conference. Technical sessions were conducted by Mr. K. Vatcharavelu from CSIR-CFTRI and Dr. S. Sugasri from Madurai Kamaraj University. The conference received a total of 130 participants and 38 paper presentations. These papers shall be shortly published in the International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews with an impact factor of 5.7 which has been provided with UGC citation, ISSN and Google citation. The conference received many papers from different colleges in Madurai along with other colleges in Dindigul, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem and Pondichery. Papers were also received from overseas for presentation in the conference. These papers have covered different thrust areas in food science, processing, marketing, logistic management, catering, food safety, analysis, product development, and so forth.

The students and faculty of the Department of Food Science and Processing Management went for an industrial visit to Naga Foods Limited, Dindigul on 22.1.2019. The students were given a warm welcome. Mr. Mohan, Head, Technical and Mr.  Radhakrishnan, Head, Human Resaources of Naga Foods Ltd. provided an overview of the Naga industries, its history, thrust areas and achievements. The students were then oriented in detail regarding the milling process and state-of-the-art technology of wheat milling and the various by-products of the milling industry. The students were then taken into the factory with prescribed hygiene precautions to each division starting from raw material procurement, cleaning, soaking, dehulling, sorting, grading, processing quality testing and packaging. The students also had a question answer session to clear their doubts and queries regarding the process and technology. It was a very informative, interesting and unforgettable experience for the students.

The students and faculty of the Department of Food Science and Processing Management went for an industrial visit to NSR Cold Storage, Dindigul on 22.1.2019. The Firm provided cold storage facilities for different varieties of foods along with ripening chambers and Logistic facilities. The students attended demonstration of frozen storage technology of sea foods, ice cream and milk cream. They also learnt low temperature storage technology of fruits and vegetables of both Indian and foreign origin. They also learnt about modified atmosphere storage of foods and artificial ripening of fruits and farm produce. The students were thrilled to evidence the latest technological advancements in food processing and handling with firsthand experience. The students also had an opportunity to clear their doubts regarding the technical details and governmental regulations involved in the food sector.

Board of Studies meeting for the Department of Food Science and Processing Management  for the academic year 2018 -2019 was held  on 22.12.2018 at 11.00 at the college board room. The meeting was conducted with  Mrs. Nagammal, Head, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Sourashtra College for Women and Mrs. Poornima Jeyasekaran, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, American College as subject experts and Mr. Mohan, Head, Technical, Naga Mills Ltd., Dindigul as industrial expert. Suggestions for improvement of the syllabus were identified and documented.

he American College, Madurai had organized an Inter College Competition – ‘Fit Fest 2K18’ on 14.12.2018, Friday. Totally ten competitions were conducted. Eleven Students from I year BSc.Food Science and Processing Management participated in various competitions competing with a total of 10 colleges including both undergraduate and post graduate students in Food Science and allied subjects. The students participating in the competitions were S. Abinaya and R. Hema Varshini in Art from Waste, C. Sasi Prabha in Caricature, R. Yoga lakshmi in Poster Making, M. Yuvarekha and P. Subavarshini in Ethnic Cooking, R. Sarumathi in Hunger Hunt, R. Yoga Lakshmi, S. Abinaya, B. Suruthi Nila and R. Sweakha in Ad Act, S. Hema in Spot Photography, Vigneshwarin in both Paper Presentation and Foot Loose, R. Sweakha and P. Sarumathi in Nutri Quiz. All the students performed well. Vigneshwari Won III Prize in paper presentation and foot loose, R. Yoga Lakshmi won III Prize in poster making. Congratulations to the Participants and Prize winners.

The Department of Food Science and Processing Management organized a guest lecture on 12-12-2018 at 01.30 pm in the G-7 lecture hall on the topic of ‘Introduction to Food Microbiology’ The programme commenced with Prayer followed by Welcome Address delivered by Dr. K. Amrutha Veena – The Head of the Department. This was followed by guest lecture by Mr. J. Immanuel Suresh – Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The American College, Madurai. The programme ended with vote of thanks delivered by Ms. D. Subhashree – Assistant Professor. 12 Students of the department of Food Science and Processing Management enthusiastically participated in the lecture.

The Department of Food Science and Processing Management celebrated Children’s Day on 15th November 2018 by inviting students of 9th standard of Krishnamal Ramasubbaiyer School, Madurai for ‘Health and Fitness Huddle’. The programme commenced with prayer, followed by welcome address by Dr. K. Amrutha Veena, Head of the Department. R. Sweakha and P. Sarumathi of I BSc. FSPM conducted an interesting interactive session named ‘FOOD FUNDA’ on ‘Nutrients and their Functions’. This was followed by a skit titled ‘Good Food to keep you Fit’. C. Sasi Prabha of I FSPM then conducted a picture quiz session named ‘Say NO to Junk Foods’. During the course of the programmes, the children were asked several questions posted on projector screen and children who gave correct answers were given gifts. All the children were very enthusiastic and the whole session was informative and fun filled. At the end of the session, an animated video show was shown on Balanced Diet. The session ended with Vote of thanks delivered by Ms. D. Subhashree, Assistant Professor followed by National anthem.

Board of Studies meeting for the for the Department of Food Science and Processing Management  for the academic year 2018 -2019 was held  on 06.10.2018 between 10.00 am and 12.00 noon at the college board room. The meeting was conducted with Dr. Latha, Associate Professor, Department Fatima College as…