National Food Technology Institutes

The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEMs) are specialised higher education Institutes of National Importance (INI) in India dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and skilled manpower development in the field of food processing, technology, and allied sectors. These institutes operate under the administrative control of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) by the government of India.

There are currently two operational NIFTEMs, the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM-K) located in Kundli, Haryana and the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T) located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

Both institutions were established to strengthen India’s food processing sector by integrating education, research, entrepreneurship, and industry linkages. Though criticisms of the establishment of the NIFTEM's were made by the Parliamentary committee on agriculture in 2016 due to the increase in costs to facilitate the institutes and their time overrun on producing outputs. The committee argued that the Institute of Crop Processing Technology already accomplished the aims of the new institutions.

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