The Department of Food science and Technology had its inception in 2017. The department makes a pleasant atmosphere for students to undergo course work academically and to meet the demands of an upcoming branch in the field of food sciences. The department provides adequate facilities for graduate students for accomplishing their course and project work. The department is having bakery production unit which provides healthy and enriched snacks to student canteen. It aims at producing low cost nutritious food for healthy student. The department also promotes value addition with available resources in farm and effectively utilizes it for students hostel mess.

Department has vision to emerge as a center of excellence in training, research, activities in Food science and technology with emphasis on processing and value addition of agricultural and horticultural produce, advanced preservation methods, nutritional goodness and food security. To produce eminent food technologists, researchers and entrepreneurs through quality education.
 
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• Processing and value addition done in Coconut, Jackfruit, Moringa leaves and Dragon fruit.
• Training programmes have been conducted to farmers encouraging the ir sustainable livelihood by earning additional income through processing
• Healthy snacks such as Spinach cutlet, flavoured milk of five types (rose, badam, pista, strawberry, chocolate flavours) were given to students by means of Student canteen to prevent anaemia and other deficiency disorders.
• Bakery unit where bread, cookies and cup cake have been prepared and given to canteen.
• During COVID, appropriate measures were taken to combat through healthy immune rich diet. Students were given immunity boosters such as Kabasara kudineer, ginger lemon tea as a part of their menu.