National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), formerly Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), is an academic institution with Institute of National Importance (INI) status, functioning under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India located at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Institute offers academic and research programs in the field of food processing technology. The institute has National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited food quality testing laboratory which is also notified by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Referral Food Laboratory. Food product development laboratory, food microbiology laboratory, post-harvest pest management laboratory, food processing incubation center, and food engineering laboratories are on its main campus at Thanjavur. NIFTEM-T is operating liaison offices at Guwahati, Assam, and Bathinda, Punjab. These liaison offices have facilities to give skill development training, incubation, and consultancy services to the farmers, entrepreneurs, and students in the field of value addition of agricultural produce and food processing technologies.

Dr. V. Subrahmanyan an eminent scientist and former Director of CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, started Paddy Processing Research Centre (PPRC) in 1967 intending to provide solutions to farmers in the preservation of high moisture paddy. Considering the need for R & D efforts in the post-harvest processing, preservation, and value addition of raw agricultural produce, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) upgraded the PPRC and renamed it as Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology (IICPT) in February 2008. Apart from R&D activities, IICPT started offering academic and research programs in the field of food processing technology from year 2009. Since the scope of the institute widened from post-harvest processing to value addition of agricultural produce, it was renamed as Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology in March 2017. The Institute is located at Thanjavur, the ancient capital of the Chola Dynasty. IIFPT has well-equipped laboratories and is engaged in the R&D of post-harvest technologies, food processing, value addition, by-product utilization, processes, and products development.

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