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Department of Post Harvest Technology
The Department of Post Harvest Technologywas established with the inception of the University i.e., March, 2010 to meet the increasing demand of developing appropriate technologies for post-harvest management and processing of horticultural crops. Since then the Department was fully operational in the fields of teaching of UG students and extension activities till 2018. After the enrolment of first post graduate batch in year 2018 and first Ph. D. batch in year 2020 the department is fully engaged in field of research too. At present, faculty members of the department are engaged in teaching and guiding under graduate (UG), PG and Ph. D. Programs running at College of Horticulture and other constituent colleges of the university. The teaching and research programs of the department are designed in such a way that the students exposed to the recent trends and challenges in the field.
The funding for infrastructural development and research is mainly through RKVY, ICAR, UPCST, UPCAR and university fund. The department is involved in conduction research on all aspects of food science and technology with special emphasis on the post harvest management and value addition of fresh horticultural produce.
The department has highly qualified faculty members with research experience in the different areas of post harvest technology of horticultural crops.
Vision:
- To emerge as a global centre of excellence in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and allied sciences in the country to ensure sustained healthy food, nutrition and livelihood security.
Mission:
- The university is committed to the cause of Indian agriculture through its quality teaching, demand-driven and location-specific research and extension programmes in the light of dynamism of socio-economic and agro ecological conditions, management perceptions, international trade scenarios and government policies.
Objectives:
- To establish post harvest management facilities for research, training and extension activities.
- To develop and disseminate package of practices for post harvest management of region specific horticultural crops.
- To develop effective post harvest research and extension programme to strengthen the link between researchers and extensionists.
- To undertake basic, applied and adaptive research to address current and future challenges through post harvest management options relevant to the prevailing agro-climatic and socio-economic situations.
- To offer diploma/certificate courses to meet out national priorities and policies, viz., skill development and employment generation, doubling farmers income, nutritional security and minimizing food loss/ waste.
Thrust Areas of Research:
- Development of value-added and minimally processed products from underutilized and unexploited horticultural crops of the Bundelkhand region.
- Development of minimally processed fruit and vegetable.
- Development of functional foods/health drinks from fruits and vegetables.
- Storage studies of different fruits and vegetables in the Bundelkhand.
Strengths:
- Dynamic faculty members from different reputed institutions with diverse expertise.
- Fully functional research laboratories and processing unit in the department, equipped and all necessary facilities.
- Post Harvest Management Facility (funded by RKVY) is available and equipped with 02 analytical labs with modern equipment, 01 cold store and 01 processing unit.
- Modern laboratory facilities are available at the department and Central Laboratory Facility of the university for estimation of nutritional and quality components of food which include latest equipment like headspace gas analyzer, advance UV-VIS spectrophotometer, fermenter, automatic fibre analyzer, automatic protein analyzer, texture analyzer, LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, viscometer, Hunter Lab (Colourflex EZ) etc.
- Different food processing equipment for processing of fruits, vegetables and cereals are available at the processing unit of the department.
- Equipped with FSSAI registered Fruit Processing Unit which is being used for the commercial production of processed products. It is also being utilized for hands-on trainings of students, FPO’s, NGO’s and others.
- Fully functional Experiential Learning Unit to develop entrepreneurial skills in 4th year UG students of horticulture.
Programs Offered The department offers following degree programs:
- 1. M. Sc. (Horticulture) in Post Harvest Management
- *Minimum Credit Requirement
(I) Course Work | Masters’ Program |
Major Course* | 20 |
Minor Course** | 08 |
Supporting Courses# | 06 |
Common Courses## | 05 |
Seminar | 01 |
(ii)Thesis Research | 30 |
Total | 70 |
*Major Courses: The courses in the Department /Discipline in which a student takes admission.
**Minor Courses: The courses closely related to a student’s major discipline (Horticultural Sciences)
#Supporting Courses: These course are from a subject not related to the major subject. It could be any subject considered relevant for student’s research work (such as Statistical Methods, Design of Experiments, etc.) or necessary for building his/ her overall competence.
##Common compulsory Courses: The following courses (one credit each) are offered to all the students undergoing Master’s degree programme:
- Library and Information Services (PGS 501)
- Technical Writing and Communications Skills (PGS 502)
- Intellectual Property and its management in Agriculture (PGS 503)
- Basic Concepts in Laboratory Techniques (PGS 504)
- Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes (PGS 505)
Major Courses offered (As per BSMA, ICAR)
| CourseCode | Course Title | Credits Hours | Offered in semester |
| PHM501* | Post harvest Management of Horticultural Produce | 2+1 | I |
| PHM502* | Post harvest Physiology and Biochemistry of Perishables | 2+1 | I |
| PHM503 | Packaging and Storage of Fresh Horticultural Produce | 1+1 | III |
| PHM504 | Packaging and Storage of Processed Horticultural Produce | 1+1 | III |
| PHM505* | Principles and Methods of Fruit And Vegetable Preservation | 2+1 | I |
| PHM506 | Laboratory Techniques in Post harvest Management | 1+2 | II |
| PHM507* | Processing of Horticultural Produce | 2+2 | II |
| PHM508 | Quality Assurance, Safety and Sensory Evaluation of Fresh and Processed Horticultural Produce | 2+1 | III |
| PHM509 | Functional Foods from Horticultural Produce | 2+0 | III |
| PHM510 | Marketing and Entrepreneurship in Post harvest Horticulture | 1+1 | III |
| Minor Courses (08credits) | 08 | ||
| Supporting Courses (06credits) | 06 | ||
| Common compulsory courses (05credits) | 05 | ||
| PHM591 | Seminar | 0+1 | |
| PHM599 | Research | 0+30 | |
| Total | 70 |
- *Compulsory among major courses
- 2. Ph. D. (Horticulture) in Post Harvest Management
- *Minimum Credit Requirement
(i) Course work | Doctoral Programme |
Major courses* | 12 |
Minor courses* | 06 |
Supporting courses# | 05 |
Seminar | 02 |
(ii) Thesis Research | 75 |
Total | 100 |
* Major Courses: The courses in the Department /Discipline in which a student takes admission.
**Minor Courses: The courses closely related to a student’s major discipline (Horticultural Sciences)
#Supporting Courses: These courses are from a subject not related to the major subject. It could be any subject considered relevant for student’s research work (such as Statistical Methods, Design of Experiments, etc.) or necessary for building his/ her overall competence.
Major Courses offered (As per BSMA, ICAR)
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
PHM 601** | Ripening and Senescence of Fruits and Vegetables | 1+1 |
PHM 602** | Recent Trends in Food Preservation | 1+1 |
PHM 603 | Management and Utilization of Horticultural Processing Waste | 3+0 |
PHM604** | Supply Chain Management of Perishables | 2+0 |
PHM 605 | Export Oriented Horticulture | 1+0 |
PHM 606 | Food Additives | 1+1 |
PHM 607 | Advances in Processing of Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | 3+0 |
PHM 608 | Value Addition in Ornamental Crops | 1+1 |
| Minor courses | 06 |
| Supporting courses | 05 |
PHM 691 | Seminar I | 0+1 |
PHM 692 | Seminar II | 0+1 |
PHM 699 | Research | 0+75 |
| Total | 100 |
- *Compulsory among major courses
Facilities:
- At Department Level
Reading Room: A reading room has been established at the department. It is a library service unit that serves the needs of post harvest management and other related academic areas. It contains collections that are relevant to the academic areas it serves as well as literature related to cultural, artistic, or historical value.
Seminar Hall: A seminar hall has been established at department that is used for conducting various cocurricular activities, including seminars and workshops.
UG Laboratory: An UG laboratory has been established at the department. Basic processing equipment required for conducting the practical of UG students and like fruit mill, baby pulper, gas stove, vegetable cutter etc. are available in laboratory.
Processing Unit : A well-equipped processing unit consisting of equipment like destoner, bubble washer, hydraulic juice press, aonla pricker, shredder, juice extractor, pasteurizer etc are available in the unit.
- At University Level
Central Laboratory Facility: It is an state-of-art facility established in university equipped with most of the modern facilities required for the research in the area of Post Harvest Technology viz. texture analyzer, viscometer, Hunter Colour Lab, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, automatic fiber analyzer, automatic fat analyzer, automatic protein analyzer, etc.
Research Projects:
S.I. No | Title of Projects | Funding Agency | Status (Completed/ Ongoing) |
1 | Establishment of Post Harvest Management Facility for Quality Research and Effective Dissemination of Technologies | RKVY-RAFTAAR | Completed |
2 | Establishment of Central Laboratory Facility at BUAT, Banda; | RKVY-RAFTAAR | Ongoing |
3 | Establishment of Farmer’s Training hall and conference hall at BUAT, Banda | RKVY-RAFTAAR | Completed |
4 | Socio-economic upliftment of Tribal Population of Bundelkhand region through agricultural interventions; | TSP-RKVY | Ongoing |
5 | Strengthening of Seed Production and Research Farm at BUAT, Banda; | RKVY-RAFTAAR | Completed |
6 | Strengthening of Research Farms for Effective Research and Quality Seed Production | RKVY-RAFTAAR | Completed |
7 | Conservation, Nutritional Profiling and Utilization Pattern of Underutilized/ Traditional Vegetable Crops of Bundelkhand | BUAT, Banda | Ongoing |
8 | Germplasm Identification for Quality Preferential Traits and Value Addition in Minor Milletes of Bundelkhand Region | UPCAR | Ongoing |
9 | Centre of Excellence on Dryland Agriculture | Govt. of UP | Ongoing |
10 | Development of Nutritionally Rich Convenience Foods Technologies from Karonda for Livelihood Generation in Bundelkhand Region of U. P. | UPCST | Ongoing |
Awards:
Sr. No. | Name of Award | Awarding Agency | Name of awardee | Year | ||
1. | Best poster award
| International Conference on “Sustainability and Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries in Changing Climate Scenario during 14th -17th Fabruary, 2018 at CSAUA &T, Kanpur | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2018 | ||
2. | Second prize in oral presentation | International Conference on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences held on 28-30 Oct,2018 at RARI ., Jaipur (Rajasthan). | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 2018 | ||
3. | Third award in poster presentation | International Conference on Sustainability of Small Holder Agriculture in Developing Countries Under Changing Climate Scenario held on 14-17 Feb,2018 at CSAUA&T.,Kanpur (U.P.). | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 2018 | ||
5. | Innovative article award | Agriculture and Food e Magazine, 2019,Vol I (2) | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 2019 | ||
6. | Appreciation Certificate for rendering best services in University
| BUAT, Banda | Er. H. M. Mandge | 2019 | ||
7. | Best Article Award | Agriculture and Food e Magazine, 2020,Vol I (2) | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 2020 | ||
10. | Best poster paper award | 9th Indian Horticulture Congress -2021, held at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. | Dr. Balaji Vikram | 2021 | ||
| Excellence in Research Award | Samagra Vikas Welfare Society,Lucknow,U.P. | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 2021 | ||
11. | Research Excellence Award | Society for Conservation of Natural Resources (SCNR), Kolkata, West Bengal | Dr. Amit Kumar Singh | 2022 | ||
12. | Best Oral Presentation Award | Progressive Horticulture Conclave-2023 held at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2023 | ||
13. | Best Poster Award | Progressive Horticulture Conclave-2023 held at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2023 | ||
14. | Himadri Young Scientist Award | Indian Society of Horticultural Research and Development | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2024 | ||
Recognitions | ||||||
1. | Chairman of the technical session in two days workshop on Natural, Organic and dryland farming in Bundelkhand Region: Scope, Issues & Strategies | KVK, Banda, Directorate of Extension, BUAT ,Banda (U.P.) | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 19-20/03/2021 | ||
2. | Co-convener in the technical session of “Post Harvest Technology and Value addition”.
| International Conference on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences held on 28-30 Oct,2018 at RARI ., Jaipur (Rajasthan). | Dr. Priya Awasthi | 28-30 Oct,2018 | ||
3. | Appreciation certificate for contributing to the e-course content | Navsari Agriculture University under NAHEP-CAAST sub-project on Secondary Agriculture. | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2020 | ||
4. | Appreciation Certificate for rendering best services in the area of research | BUAT, Banda | Dr. Vigya Mishra | 2020 | ||
Salient Achievements:
- Department has been accredited by ICAR in year 2023.
- Experiential Learning Unit is run under the department for UG students of 4th year to induce entrepreneurial skill among them.
- Two alumni students of College of Horticulture batch 2014, Mr. Himanshu Dixit and Mr. Lavlesh Mishra have started their own enterprises under the brand name of Vedant Ayurved Sansthan and Lavlesh Foods Pvt Ltd in food processing sector after completion of their degree in B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture. They were trained by the faculty members of Department of Post Harvest Technology under Experiential Learning Program.
- An advance Post Harvest Management facility with modern scientific equipment/ instruments has been established at the department.
- Department has a FSSAI licensed functional processing unit named as BUAT Fruit and Vegetable Processing Unit.
- Students of the department participated in seminar, webinar, training, sports, cultural and literature events and got awarded.
Technologies developed:
- Wood Apple- Aonla Ready to Serve Beverage
- Low calorie herbal fruit nectar from Kinnow
- Edible Coatings for Minimally Processed Pomegranate Arils for Shelf life Enhancement
- Guava-ginger RTS
- Protein enriched leathers from fruits and vegetables.
- Value added convenience products from Moringa ( Moringa oleifera) leaves
- Ashwagandha enriched nutritional laddu
- Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) enriched fruit yoghurt
- Instant wood-apple chutney mix
- Snakegourd enriched nuggets
- Nutritional Spread from Spine gourd
- Honey impregnated lemon preserve
- Spiced Karonda Drink
Student achievements:
Extension activities:
- Organized 03 seven days training programmes on various aspects of post harvest management and value addition
- Organized 01 eleven days hands-on training program for students on modern equipment handling
- Organized 01 entrepreneurship awareness programmes
- Organized 02 one day awareness programs on processing and value addition of fruits and vegetables
- Delivered more than 20 lectures and conducted practical demonstrations in different training programmes
- Demonstration of technology by means of transfer of technology, exposure visits, exhibitions etc.
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