Food Science and Technology

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.” — George Bernard Shaw

The Department of Food Science & Technology was established in the year 1994 to cater the need of society & Food Industry by providing the specialized professionals. Here at DAV College, the Department has a Team of highly qualified committed & dedicated faculty & technicians with the modern and well equipped laboratories and equipments.

Courses offered:

Under-Graduation: Bachelor of Food Science & Technology (Hons.) Duration: 8 Semesters

Add-on Course: Food Science & Quality Control

Faculty:

• Shri Bhartendu Singla, M.Sc. (Hons.) (Microbiology), Head
• Mrs. Anu Gupta, M.Sc. (Food Sc. & Tech.)
• Shri Pankaj Gupta, M.Sc. (Food Sc. & Tech.) Gold Medalist

Distinctions of the Department:

• Qualified, committed and dedicated faculty & technicians.
• Modern and well equipped laboratories.
• Ultra-Modern equipments like Spectrophotometer, Orbital Shaking Incubator, Laminar Air Flow, Tray Drier Distillation Plant, Cooling Centrifuge, Hydrogenation apparatus, Lyophilizer and many more.
• Emphasis on practical knowledge along with theoretical.
• Industrial visits, Guest Lectures, Conferences, Seminars, Paper Presentations and Industrial Trainings are organised to provide opportunity to the student to interact with exports.
• Good record of Placement in Food Processing Industries, analyst in Government R & D Labs, Food Inspection Organizations, Hotels & Restaurants, Hospitals and Food Safety Audit organizations.

Industrial Visit

Students of BFST-II & BFST-III along with Prof Preetika Bhatiya, Prof Komaldeep kaur & Prof Manohar Lal visited Kisan Mela P.A.U Ludhiana on 20^th sep-18

Students of BFST-II & BFST-IV along with Prof Manohar Lal & Prof Swati Singla visited NDRI, Karnal on 28^th feb-19.

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organised

Session 2013-2014:

• Food Technology Department, DAV College, Jalandhar organized a seminar on “Food Safety” on 30/07/2013 in college auditorium. Mr. Parmvir S. Deol, Managing director of Regal Technical & Training Solutions Ltd. of U.K was the eminent speaker.
• Food Technology Department, DAV College, Jalandhar has organized a DBT sponsored extension lecture on 29/08/2013 at “Healthy uses of oils”. Dr. Sanjeev Vyas from AP Organics Pvt. Ltd., Dhuri was the guest speaker.

Session 2012-2013:

• A DBT sponsored lecture was delivered on “Food for better Health” by Prof Narpinder singh , Prof. Deptt. Of Food Sci & Tech, GNDU Amritsar on 10th September 2012.  The seminar was attended by 79 students & 13 faculty members.
• Food Science & Tech Deptt organized DBT sponsored National Seminar on “Newer trends in Food Processing & Technology” on 22nd February 2013. Prof Bhartendu Singla was the convenor & Prof Anu Gupta was the organizing secretary of the seminar. Dr Naveen Gupta, PU Chandigarh, Dr Sumit Arora, NDRI Karnal, Dr DC Saxena, SLIET Longowal & Dr Haroon K Naik from SKUAST were the prominent speakers. 41 Students & 19 Faculty members from SLIET Longowal, PIT Kapurthala, KMV Jalandhar, HMV Jalandhar, PCMSD College Jalandhar, Khalsa College Amritsar & LPU Kapurthala. 122 students & 08 faculty members of our department participated in the seminar.

Sessions : 2009-2012

• DBT sponsored extension lecturer was organised on topics “Fermentation Technology” on February 21, 2012. The key speakers were Dr. S K Soni, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Punjab University, Chandigarh & Dr. Naveen Gupta, Department of Microbiology, Punjab University, Chandigarh.
• DBT sponsored extension lecturer was organised on topics “Functional & Genetically Modified Food” on September 13, 2010. The key speakers were Dr. S S Thind, Department of Food Technology, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana & Dr. Naveen Gupta, Department of Microbiology, Punjab University, Chandigarh.
• DBT sponsored extension lecturer was organised on topics “Food Preservation” on September 12, 2009. The key speaker was Dr. D S Sogi, Department of Food Science & Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

Glorious Results:

Session: 2017-18

Session: 2013 - 14

Session: 2012-13

Sessions 2008-2012