NIFTEM (Deemed Univ under Min of Food Processing Industries) – B.Tech applications in progress
2017-06-05Course offered : 4 Year B.Tech in Food Technology and Management
Admission criteria : JEE-Mains rank
No. of seats : 180
Reservation : Gen – 90, OBC – 49, SC – 27, ST - 14
Eligibility
a) Educational Qualification
1. Candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or equivalent examination in 2015 or 2016; or those who have appeared in Class 12th Exam in 2017 are eligible.
2. Candidates who appear in class 12th/ equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2014 did not pass in 2014, but passed in 2015 are not eligible for admission.
3. Candidates must secure at least 50% in aggregate of all subjects.
4. Besides, a candidate must have appeared in JEE (Main)-2017.
b) Age : Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1992 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Challenged (PC) candidates, upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years.
Note 1 - A candidate, who gets a compartment in the 10+2 examination held in March/April, 2017 will not be eligible for admission even if he/she clears the same (by appearing in the supplementary examination) before the reporting/ counseling dates.
Note 2 - Percentage of marks in each subject in qualifying examination shall be worked out as suggested by the certificate awarding Board/University/Council. If the Board/University/Council awards grades without providing equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate, should obtain a certificate from the respective Board/ University/Council specifying equivalent percentage conversion formula, and submit the same at the time of reporting/counseling. In the absence of such a certificate, the decision of NIFTEM Admission Cell regarding his/her eligibility shall be final.
Key dates
Start of online application process : 24 May 2017
Last date to apply : 30 June 2017
Announcement of merit list for counseling : 3 July 2017
First counseling : 5 July – 12 July 2017
Declaration of list of provisionally selected candidates & candidates for second counselling : 13 July 2017
Second counseling : 15 July – 18 July 2017
Declaration of list of provisionally selected candidates & candidates for third counselling : 19 July 2017
Third counseling : 21 July – 24 July 2017
About NIFTEM
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) was conceptualized by Government of India on persistent demand of the food industry to have an Apex Organization as a One Stop Solution Provider for the various problems of the sector. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, has set up this institute with an initial investment of about Rs 500 crore (US $ 125 million). Spread over an area of 100 acres at a prime location in close proximity of North Delhi, the Institute aims at becoming an International Centre of Excellence in the area of Food Technology and Management. NIFTEM has been recognized as a Deemed to be University under De-novo Category by the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development.
NIRF Rank
As per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of MHRD, NIFTEM just in its fourth year
secured 50th rank among top 100 ranked universities in the country.
Global Collaborations
NIFTEM has MoU with world class institutions viz. Wageninien University, The Netherlands, Kansas State University, USA, University of Neberska Lincoln, USA, University of Saskatachewan, Canada, McGill University, Canada, IFSH, Chicago and National MoU Partner Institutions viz. CFTRI, Mysore, IARI, Delhi, GSI India, Delhi, NDRI, Karnal, NITIE, Mumbai, and EDI, Ahmedabad.
Student’s foreign exchange programme
Right from their first year itself, every year meritorious students from each batch of B. Tech. and each of the five M. Tech. programmes are sent to foreign universities on student exchange programme of academic learning with 100% fare.
Student exchange to foreign universities till date:
a) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
b) Kansas State University, USA
c) University of Saskatchewan, Canada
d) Institute of Food Safety and Health. Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
e) McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Career prospects in food sector
Food industry in the country looks forward to a rapid growth with change in socio-economic environment and food consumption pattern of the prospering population in general and of the youth, in particular. Indian Food processing Industry in growing at a rate of around 10% per annum as compared to the total industrial growth of 3.7%, in the country. The food processing sector attracted 100% a foreign direct investment (FDI) of 63.0 million US$ in 2015-16. A study conducted by Institute of Applied Manpower Research (IAMR) foresees a wide skill gap at various levels in food sector touching around 35 million by 2017. Thus Food Industry is going to be a major employer in the days to come.
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