The PG Diploma in Food Science and Technology (PGDFT) is offered (on Campus Full Time). The classroom teaching will be imparted on campus by a team of faculty from the School of Agriculture and visiting faculty from premier national institutions. The classes as well as the practicals will be held at IGNOU, Headquarters at New Delhi.
Programme Objectives:
The major objectives of the programme are to:
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To develop human resource for the fast growing food processing sector.
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To provide knowledge & technical competencies to address the emerging issues of processing, product development, food safety, marketing, export & sustainable use of
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resources.
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To strengthen the knowledge & technical proficiencies of existing technicians, managers,food industry professionals & technologists, and to provide vertical career mobility to them.
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To train the professionals for entrepreneurship in the various specialized areas of food processing viz fruits & vegetables, dairy, poultry, meat, fish, cereals and pulses.
Programme Structure:
A learner has to earn 36 credits to complete the Programme. The programme will be offered in a semester mode. There will be two semesters. The minimum duration of the programme is one year.
However, a student can complete the programme in a maximum time of four years. There will be four compulsory theory courses, two compulsory practical courses and one specialized course. The learners will be given an option of specialisation in four different food groups viz. Dairy; Fruits and Vegetables; Meat, fish and poultry; and Cereal, pulses and oilseeds. The learners will also have to attend 1 month hands-on training in food industry.
Credits: 36 (16credits in 1st semester and 20 credits in 2nd semester)
Medium: English
Student Intake: 25
Mode of Selection /Admission: Merit basis
Continuous Evaluation of Theory Component
Assignments
Assignment is a means of continuing assessment of theory and practical. Assignments will help you to recapitulate the theory and go back to the text again in case students are unable to answer a particular question. Thus assignments also help to reinforce learning in distance learning system of education. These assignments consist of a set of questions and activities that you will answer at your own place by referring your blocks.
The assignments will cover all types of questions (long answer type, short answer type, objective type, multiple choice questions and case studies). The assignments will carry thirty percent weightage. Students will be required to obtain fifty percent marks as pass percentage in each assignment separately. Each assignment will carry 100 marks. In the final result assignments will carry thirty percent weightage.
Term-end Examination
Term-end examination is the major component of the evaluation system and it carries seventy percent weightage in the Final result.
The University conducts term-end examination twice a year i.e, in June and December. They can take the examination only after completion of the course, failing which students can take the same in December or June of subsequent years within the total span of the programme.
