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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MILLING TECHNOLOGY
Posted Date: 04 May 2008 Resource Type: News/Announcements Category: Admissions
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Posted By: Tomin Antony Member Level: Silver
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MILLING TECHNOLOGY
The International School of Milling Technology (ISMT) was established in 1981, with the objective of providing roller flour mills in India and other developing countries with professional-grade personnel who can improve the quality of milled products, produce specific flours, minimise energy requirements, and improve overall milling productivity. It was brought into being by the active collaboration of the Government of Switzerland and the Roller Flour Milling Federation of India. CFTRI was selected for locating the school on account of its infrastructural strength, reservoir of expertise and importantly, its specialised and vast experience in running international training programmes designed to meet the unique requirements of South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. The Government of India has provided the building, basic infrastructure and manpower, while the Government of Switzerland has given away a 20-tonne capacity roller flour mill and laboratory equipment required for hands-on training.
The department school has so far run 19 one-year (this includes a 2-month in-plant training at commercial mills) Certificate in Flour Milling Technology programmes for 291 participants, including 71 from other developing countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, U.A.E., Uganda, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Zambia. The school has also offered 17 short-term (15-day) programmes in flour milling technology and quality control for millers and mill managers. People trained at ISMT have held responsible positions as milling technologists in the roller flour milling industries of different countries, and continue to enhance the performance and image of the industries they represent.
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
Industry-Oriented Short Courses
As part of our continuing education programmes, we offer national as well as international level short-term courses (of 1-3 weeks duration) on a continuing basis for technical staff from food and allied industries, academic centres and R&D units, to keep them updated on the current and emerging trends in specialised as well as general areas of food technology. These courses also provide a forum for the R&D scientists to interact and build synergy with the industry. The international courses are essentially for candidates nominated by the member-countries of international bodies, whereas the national courses are for participants from India, and occasionally from the neighbouring countries.
Broad Areas of Short-term Courses
? Analysis and quality standards
? Technology of fruit and vegetable products
? Post-harvest handling of fresh fruits and vegetables
? Technology of meat and fish products
? Infestation control and pesticides
? Wheat milling and baking technology
? Microbiological quality control of foods
? Rice technology
? Food packaging
? Confectionery technology
? Production of secondary metabolites through cell and tissue culture
? Food processing equipment
? Storage of food grains
? Food flavours and spices
? Instrumental methods of food analysis
? Processing of oilseeds for value addition
? Processing and analysis of spices and spice products
? Quality Management System (ISO 9000-related) for food industries
? Food biotechnology
The department conduct about 30 short-term courses every year in the above areas, for over 400 industry representatives. In all, we have offered 320 short-term courses between 1965 and 1999 for 5000 participants. We have also conducted 3 international courses in Malting and Brewing for the benefit of technical personnel from various breweries in India and abroad. The faculty for these courses was drawn from the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling [ICBD] of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh [Scotland].
M.Sc. (FOOD SCIENCE)
As part of our continuing education objectives, The department also enable in-service personnel (with minimum 5 years of research experience) from academic, research and corporate centres to secure the M.Sc. (Food Science) by Research degree of the University of Mysore, by providing them with special coaching classes in the theory papers and other necessary facilities. A large number of technical workers with B.Sc. degree have been able to benefit from this programme, in terms of career prospects and knowledge upgradation.
CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF CFTRI PERSONNEL
Apart from the above programmes, CFTRI has kept the capabilities of its R&D and other staff updated by continuous internal and external training in various ways:
? Ongoing orientation programmes specially designed for the newly recruited staff at various levels
? Internal training programmes on a continuing basis in specific topics of current interest (e.g., the Lead Assessorship qualification programme connected with ISO 9000, the HACCP-related internal and external programmes, the NABL accreditation programme) for selected staff
? Visits by the institute's young scientists to reputed institutions abroad for exposure to the frontiers of knowledge in their specialised areas of work, on fellowships from several national and international agencies
? Sponsoring senior scientists to management programmes conducted by reputed institutions or noted management educators, for more effective management of the institute's R&D laboratories
? Training facilities for college students on project work at the institute
DOCTORAL PROGRAMME
Doctoral programme have always been a distinctive feature of CFTRI's educational model. Under this programme, about 80 persons have so far earned the Ph.D. degree and a few have even received the D.Sc. degree from various universities of India, in various subjects of food science and food technology. CFTRI is recognised by the University of Mysore as a Centre for Advanced Research in Food Engineering, for the award of its Ph.D. degree.
United Nations University Programme
BACKGROUND
The United Nations University (UNU), headquartered at Tokyo, is funded by many member-nations of the UNO, with the largest share being held by Japan. The university opened in 1974 and is engaged in 3 major programmes: World Hunger Programme, Human and Social Development, and Natural Resources. It has 7 Associated Institutions worldwide, CFTRI being one among them, under the World Hunger Programme.
UNU FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
As an Associated Institution of the UNU, CFTRI offers multi-disciplinary, practical training to UNU Fellows, arranges appropriate workshops for them, and promotes development of their institutional networks. The Fellows are identified at their own work sites, but come to CFTRI as one of these:
? Student Fellows for the 2-year M.Sc. (Food Technology) programme
? Fellows visiting the institute to study its management system as well as India's food systems for 2-3 months
? Regular Fellows working on R&D projects relevant to their own home countries (or even India occasionally) or engaged in desk-based information compilation work on their own country's problems, but visiting CFTRI for their field study or for Indian experience, for 1 to 2 years
Under the UNU auspices, CFTRI organises several international workshops and invites distinguished lecturers who have made a mark in fields related to food, to sensitise the Fellows to the complexities of the food ethos in developing countries. 23 countries from Asia (9), Africa(9), Latin America (4) and Europe (1) have so far participated in the UNU Fellowship programme.
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National and International Workshops
Organising national and international workshops and brain-storming sessions in the specialised topics of its field has always been an integral part of CFTRI's human development endeavours. We have organised several such major workshops in the last 50 years and some of the recent ones carried these themes:
? Supramolecular and colloidal structures in bio-materials and bio- substrates
? Nutritional labelling of foods
? Lactic acid and bacteria
? Traditional food technologies
? Improving nutrition of the rural poor through community-based food processing
Countries Covered by CFTRI?s Educational Programmes
Afghanistan
Japan
Bangladesh
Kenya
Burma
Liberia
Bolivia
Malaysia
Brazil
Mexico
Cambodia
Nigeria
Cameroon
Nepal
Chile
Philippines
Cuba
Papua New Guinea
Dominican Republic
Senegal
Ecuador
Singapore
Egypt
South Korea
El Salvador
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
Sudan
Fiji
Syria
Ghana
Tanzania
Grenada
Thailand
Guyana
Turkey
Hong Kong
Uganda
India
Vietnam
Indonesia
Venezuela
Iran
Western Samoa
Iraq
Zambia
Conclusion
Prior to the recognition from the University of Mysore in 1965, 140 trainees had received our PG Diploma and/or Associateship awards. Now, since the inception of the IFTTC, both the number of programmes and the number of Indians and foreigners participating in them have grown remarkably. People trained here since 2 to 3 decades under the various programmes have played-and continue to play- a key role in the development of food processing industry not only in India but also in several other countries in the South Asian region, Africa and Latin America. Many of our alumni have pursued academic and R&D careers too, and made impressive contributions to advancement of knowledge and skills in multiple areas of food science and technology.
Head
Human Resource Development,
Central Food Technological Research Institute,
Mysore - 570 020, India.
Ph: + 91 - 821 - 2514310/2514760
E-mail : hrd @ cftri . res . in
http://www.cftri.com
For more details, visit http://www.cftri.com
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