About 60 participants have participated in the training program

Entrepreneurship training programme on ’Agro-processing’ was recently jointly organised by the Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, and Department of Processing and Food Engineering in collaboration with Skill Development Centre, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in the department adopted village Assi Kalan, block Pakhowal, Ludhiana.

The course was held under the guidance of Dr Kuldeep Singh, Head, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, PAU. About 60 participants have participated in the training program.

In his remarks, Dr MS Alam, Principal Scientist, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, urged the participants to adopt food processing as an entrepreneur. He further explained the importance of food processing and value addition in enhancing household income.

Dr Maninder Kaur, Scientist, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, explained the techniques required for the processing of turmeric and jaggery. She also discussed the machines developed by the department.

Dr Manjot Kaur, Scientist, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, provided information about various skill development courses conducted by PAU.