Promote millets, national food technology institute students urged

Students of the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) ought to try to make millets a common product resembling oats, mentioned N. Kalaiselvi, Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Delivering the convocation deal with on the NIFTEM-T premises at Melavasthachavadi on the outskirts of Thanjavur on Friday, Dr. Kalaiselvi mentioned the world was taking a look at India for varied points. “World’s view about the country is driven by factors such as intellectual talent, ethics, and values of lives,” she mentioned.

Dr. Kalaiselvi mentioned if oats could possibly be promoted as a extremely nutritious food why not millets, identified for his or her low glycemic index and wealthy fibre promoted as a common product for diabetes. “Technologies based on millets, traditional grains, probiotics, functional ingredients, and nutraceuticals are opening entirely new frontiers for food innovation,” she mentioned.

“All that you have to concentrate is to make the product concur with global standards so that your product can make a mark in the world market in addition to the local market which is one-third of the global market,” she mentioned.

While success of all different industries was depending on the provision of uncooked materials, the food business didn’t endure on this entrance in view of ample manufacturing of agriculture produce, she mentioned.

C. Anandharamakrishnan, Director, CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, outlined the chances of constructing millets a staple and dependable food for diabetics. He urged the NIFTEM-T students to focus on inventing value-added merchandise from coconuts aside from inventing new value-added merchandise utilizing millets.

T.G. Sitharam, Chairperson, Board of Governors, and V. Palanimuthu, Director, NIFTEM-T, had been current.