Food Industry Business Incubation Centre was established as Food Industry Centre in Department Food Science & Technology by Punjab Agricultural University with technical guidance from the Ohio State University, USA and started functioning in June 2015.The primary objectives of Food Industry Business Incubation Centre are:-
- To provide incubation facilities to the food industry, young entrepreneurs and farmers.
- To develop linkages between PAU, farmer and food industry for the development of food processing industry in the region.
- To develop and upscale technologies for processing and value addition of agricultural produce.
- To conduct short courses and trainings for the development of entrepreneurship skills inrural youth, farm women, budding entrepreneurs, NGOs, Self Help Groups and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of Food Industry operations.
Food Industry Business Incubation Centre also conducts research as desired by various organizations and provide business incubation facilities at nominal charges.Incubation facilities have been provided to 7 micro and small enterprises/growers to scale up the technologies developed by Punjab Agricultural University. Various growers of tomato, guava, plum, turmeric, lime, sugarcane and onion have prepared their products in the Food Industry Business Incubation Centre for commercial purposes. Other sixteen technologies developed and up scaled at Food Industry Business Incubation Centre under Department Food Science and Technology has been transferred to different stakeholders for commercialization. Centre covers entire range of food processing with special emphasis on fruits, vegetables and grain based products.
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