2. Made in India: Entrepreneurs from Food Industry

1. ON A FAST 'FOOD' TRACK

Samar Qureshi, director, Fast Trax Foods Pvt. Ltd. has the credit of building one of the most successful, Indian, fast -food empires. Braving the biggest recession since 1930, successfully catering the Commonwealth Games and managing a sale 56 per cent based solely on positive word of mouth, Qureshi has managed to pull off the unimaginable going from two outlets to 22 stores in just a few years. Having spent most of his formative years in Australia, Qureshi came back to India with the mission to begin Fast Trax.

"In Australia, I worked part-time as a member of a popular fast-food chain's crew. That was my first taste of the fast-food industry. I remember being completely fascinated by the concept of a 'quick service restaurant (QSR)'. The gap between a proper QSR format restaurant and traditional Indian flavoured one was vastly apparent in India. It was in 2005 when I decided to diversify and set up a QSR format restaurant," he expresses. Fast Trax is one of the first fast-food chains to be present at Delhi's leading schools. They have been a part of three international events in Delhi since their inception.

"At the CWG event held recently in Delhi, we set a new Indian record of selling over 6,00,000 fresh burgers in the shortest time period ever," adds Qureshi. But the road to success is never that easy and one has to face challenges head-on.

Talking about the challenges that his venture faced, Qureshi adds, "We knew right from the beginning that establishing an all-Indian fast-food brand with international items on our menu, in a market dominated by foreign MNC players would not be an easy task. First, we faced the problem of establishing ourselves as a brand. Acceptability was also another big challenge where people were used to really high standards. Our aim was to bring out better quality product, so that it is acceptable by our consumer," he concludes.

1. Aachi Foods — A Recipe for Growth

Since the final years are going for their In-Plant Training from the next week, I thought of sharing some new real life stories about people who have made it big in the Food Industry to bring out the entrepreneur in them. As our 1st  first feature we have the story of Aachi Foods from my/our own Tamil Nadu. Hope you all enjoy the feature and give your responses in the comments section below.

 1. Aachi Foods — A Recipe for Growth

“Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing my brands stocked on the shop shelves,” says Mr Padmasingh Isaac, Founder Chairman, Aachi Foods, to a question on what he does to unwind… his hobbies?

If this is his idea of fun, he certainly must be a very happy man.

‘An Agent in Every Village'

In just over a decade since 1998 the ‘Aachi' group of brands has grown to over 160 products with plans to add even more. An agent network of about 3,500 across South India, ‘an agent in every village' ensures shelf space in 10 lakh retail outlets.

“What more do I want in life?” he asks. Lots more, it becomes evident, as he shares his recipe for growth.

He is in the process of making Aachi an umbrella brand to cover a range of food products, just about everything that is found on the kitchen shelves in any home.

More than three-fourths of the Indian food industry is in the unorganised sector, unbranded and commodity based. This is an opportunity to organise the unorganised and integrate them, which is what Aachi Foods is doing, he says.

As Mr Isaac sits in his office sharing his views on what the food processing industry offers to the entrepreneurs, there is a continuous stream of visitors – office staff consult him on pricing a new product, he instructs another to dash of a letter to a supplier to make up his mind.

There are over 5,000 food products that can potentially be branded whether masalas, the spicy powders that go into the making of mouth watering dishes, pickles, instant mixes that make life easy for someone cooking… the list goes on, he says.

This is one of the reasons that multinational companies are keen to enter India, says Mr Isaac, as he veers off to launch a tirade against the proposal to allow foreign direct investment into retail. “In India, there are more vendors than office goers,” and each of them is an entrepreneur. Foreign retailers will edge them out, he cautions.

The Government should support the domestic food processing sector and farmers both of which are crucial to the rural economy. Infrastructure such as cold chain is needed; entrepreneurs have to be encouraged with funding assistance and simplified procedures, he asserts.

Somebody has to organise the domestic food sector, and it is not a job for one person. Aachi Foods may have been conceived by one person but within a few years he had realised that growth could be bigger if shared with like minded individuals. Which is why he opted to outsource production to other entrepreneurs, says Mr Isaac.

MSc. in Food Technology/Food Science and Nutrition Admissions at SSSIHL

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed to be University) has notified the admission process for the following Postgraduate programmes of 2 years duration.

1. Master of Science in Food Science and Nutrition.
2. Master of Science in Food Technology.

Please visit the links for more information:

Admission Policy: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/AdmissionsPolicy/tabid/606/Default.aspx

Courses for Admission: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/CoursesforAdmissions/tabid/607/Default.aspx

Application Guide: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/ApplicationGuide/tabid/608/Default.aspx

Online Application: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/OnlineApplicationPortal/tabid/609/Default.aspx

Admission Related Downloads: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/RelatedDownloads/tabid/610/Default.aspx

Admissions Contact: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/dnn/Admissions/ContactAdmissions/tabid/612/Default.aspx 

ITC In-Plant Training Preliminary Selections

The following students have been provisionally selected for ITC In-Plant Training. All the below shortlisted candidates should be present at:
Deccan College of Engineering and Technology
Dar-us-Salam(Landmark), Nam-pally Hyderabad. 500001

on 18th November, 2011.
All the candidates must carry their college IDs along with them. The selection process will start sharp at 9 AM in the morning. They will  have an interaction with all the students for about 1/2 hr at 9 AM to brief them about the selection process. 6 panel members from ITC would be coming down for this selection process.

Last Date of Registration For 21st ICFOST Extended

The last date of registration for the 21st ICFOST to be held in Pune on 20th & 21st January, 2012 has been extended to 30th November, 2011 from 15th November, 2011. Go to http://cfst-bapatla.blogspot.com/2011/10/21st-icfost-20-21-january-2012-pune.html for more information.

FCI Recruitment Notification 2012

The Recruitment Notifications for Food Corporation of India is out. Please check the following links below for more information regarding the same.

Please note that the last date for applying is 25-11-2012.

Links:

1. Official Website Communique (PDF  37 Pages) Mirror (Mediafire)
2. External Website (http://www.successcds.net/Career/FCI-Food-Corporation-India-Recruitment-Assistant-Grade-III-Hindi-Typist.html)

ELP - Dairy of the Student - Files

The following are the files for the ELP Report - Dairy of the Students in PDF format.

Important Points:

1. The pages are of Legal size. 
2. The print outs should be taken on Legal sized paper. 
3. The print outs should be single sided.

Files:

1. Title & Certificate (2 Pages)
2. Dairy of the Student_Sheets (2 Pages)

Notification for the 21st ICFOST is out!!!

AFST(I) has announced the 21st ICFOST (Indian Convention of Food Scientists & Technologists) to be held on 20 & 21 January, 2011 at YASHADA near Pune, Maharashtra. The theme for the event is "INNOVATIONS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO FUEL THE GROWTH  OF THE INDIAN FOOD INDUSTRY." The registration fees for student AFST(I) members and student non members is Rs. 1000.00 and Rs. 1500.00 respectively. The last date for registration is 15th November, 2011.

Those interested in presenting posters, please visit the "Instructions for Abstract" link below. The last date for sending abstracts for the poster is 15th November, 2011.

Visit/Download the files at the following links for more information.

 

ICFOST-XXI Brochure
ICFOST-XXI Delegate Registration 

ICFOST -XXI Instructions for Abstract

For more information contact the Conference Secretariat at :

Dr V Baskaran, 

Organizing Secretary, ICFOST XXI
AFST(I), CFTRI Campus, 

Mysore 570 020
Tel: 91 821 2515557        

Telefax: 91 821 2518670

Email : icfost21@gmail.com, 

Web: www.afsti.in

M.Tech/M.Sc. Competetive Examination Syllabi

AIEEA-PG (ICAR)
Brochure for the year 2010-2011: http://www.mediafire.com/?a1rcfb8qxusdvwd

CFTRI
M.Sc. (Food Technology): http://www.cftri.com/syllabus.doc
The syllabus posted is for the year 2011. For more info. visit http://www.cftri.com/mscadmin.html

GATE 2012 

1. Engineering Sciences (XE Paper)

1. Engineering Mathematics: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xea.pdf
2. Thermodynamics: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xee.pdf
3. Fluid mechanics: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xeb.pdf
4. Food Technology: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xeg.pdf

2. Life Sciences (XL Paper):

1. Chemistry: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xlh.pdf
2. Biochemistry: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xli.pdf
3. Microbiology: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xlk.pdf
4. Food Technology: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/xlm.pdf

For more info. visit http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/index.php

ITC In-Plant Training Written Exam

The written exam for ITC In-Plant Training has been postponed indefinitely from 11th October due to the Telangana agitations in Hyderabad. The date for the written exam would be announced at a later convenient date. Keep visiting for any updates.

Food Processing - Key Challenges and Deliverables for Success.

Aptly recognised as the ‘sunrise industry', providing vital linkages between the two pillars of our economy – manufacturing and agriculture – the Food Processing industry in India is undergoing a significant transformation. With a turnover of $110 billion, it accounts for 35 per cent of the Indian food market, and has been growing at a better rate of 14 per cent in the last few years.

This can be attributed to the improving policy environment and increasing thrust on public-private partnership and improvement of rural infrastructure, to leverage India's strengths on the supply and demand frontiers.

The Government has made commendable efforts to promote investment in the industry by way of channelling resources through various schemes as subsidies and grants. The schemes included development of integrated cold chains, Mega Food Parks (MFP), Modern Terminal Markets (MTM) and bulk storage facilities as well as modernization of markets, quality control laboratories and abattoirs. These efforts have placed the food processing industry on a high growth trajectory as reflected by the increase in food processing from 6 per cent in 2005 to 11 per cent in 2009.

Though low levels of processing and market share in the global arena suggest an untapped opportunity to capitalise on India's enormous raw material base and propel exports, they also indicate critical challenges to be trounced to sustain continual growth of the industry.

Supply side bottlenecks: Small and dispersed marketable surplus due to fragmented holdings, low farm productivity, high seasonality, perishability and intermediation result in lack of distribution on supply and quality, and in turn, impede processing and exports.

Infrastructure bottlenecks: More than 30 per cent of the produce from farm gate is lost due to inadequate cold chain infrastructure (covering only 1 per cent of total F&Vs production) and inadequate logistics. About 80 per cent of the 217 lakh tonnes cold storage capacity is engaged by potatoes while other F&Vs account for only 0.2 per cent.

Likewise, instead of using specialised transportation for perishables like reefer vans, their logistics predominantly rely on traditional modes, commonly used for grains. Yet, development of cold chains and logistics infrastructure remains an unviable investment option, on account of, lack of critical scale and high operating costs (twice than in the West).

The food processing industry has a high concentration of unorganised segments, representing almost 75 per cent across all product categories. Thus, explaining the inefficiencies in the existing production system, ascribed to the debility of small regional players to invest in technology up gradation and diversify into alternate product categories.

Deficiencies in the regulatory environment: Lack of integration & clarity: Numerous laws, under the jurisdiction of different ministries and departments, govern food safety and packaging. The multiplicity of legislation leads to contradictions in specifications, conflicting approach, lack of co-ordination and administrative delays.

For instance, manufacturers of packaged food products such as jams and squashes are obligated to comply with quality standards and label declarations prescribed under multiple legislations such as The Standards of Weights & Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) and Fruit Products Order (FPO). Correspondingly, FPO allows usage of Class II sweeteners in Fruit Products, whereas PFA does not.

Lack of Holistic Approach

Despite conferring numerous incentives for establishing new processing units, proportionate results have not been achieved. This can be credited to the absence of vital peripheral infrastructural linkages and legislation for contract and corporate farming, inadequate implementation of the APMC Act and cumbersome procedures to avail grants. Also, unlike for small scale industries, fewer schemes have been designed to promote scale by incentivising large scale investors.

Besides these, inherent anomalies such as mounting cost of finance, lack of skilled and trained manpower, inadequate quality control and packaging units and high taxes and duties, thwart development of FPI.

Solution Themes

The need of the hour is to adopt an integrated approach to address the abovementioned tailbacks with a clear-cut focus on improving the quality and value of the output, reducing the cost of raw material for the processors, while improving the farmers' income levels. In addition, to the host of path breaking interventions introduced by the government, particularly Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MFPI), following are a few recommendations to realize the fullest potential of FPI:

1. Policy initiatives to plug supply side and infrastructure bottlenecks

Foster development of backward linkages crucial for securing scale and economic viability by evolving conducive regulatory framework for contract and corporate farming and encouraging commodity clusters and intensive livestock rearing.

Promote holistic development through private sector participation while expounding a robust supporting framework (as in case of MFP and MTM) with well defined roles of the participants, risk sharing mechanisms, fiscal incentives and partnership models for creation of infrastructure for logistics, storage and processing.

Encourage technology up gradation of existing facilities and investment in development of ancillary industries like research and development, packaging, food processing equipment manufacturing, food safety certifying agencies by extending fiscal incentives to investors.

Enable better access to credit by augmenting current cap of Rs 10 crore investments in plant and machinery to qualify as Priority Sector Credit to accommodate the high cost technology adoption and scale enhancement.

2. Streamlining the regulatory structure

Remove impediments of multiple departments and laws in seeking approvals by bringing them under a single window thereby providing clarity in roles and channels of operational and service delivery.

Ensure uniform implementation of the APMC act to encourage private sector investment in infrastructure development.

Hasten harmonization of indirect taxes by implementation of Goods & Services Tax, as aimed in the current budget, to warrant uniform tax structures across the country and reduce vast price differences in products.

3. Change in mindset-Orienting stakeholders towards ‘demand and profit driven production'

Participants across the agri value- chain need to shift their focus from trying to market ‘what is produced' to producing ‘processable varieties and marketable products' meeting global quality standards and traceability requirements, duly adopting need based viable technologies and quality controls.

4. Human resource development-to meet increasing demand for skilled manpower

Stimulate industry, academia and government to put in combined efforts for development of specialized institutes and courses for providing training on managerial, safety and enforcements, technology and production, warehousing and distribution aspects.

Encourage State Agricultural Universities to commence courses in food packaging, processing, bio-technology, information technology in agriculture and such allied fields.

 By Rana Kapoor (The writer is Founder, Managing Director & CEO of YES Bank).

Originally appeared on 3.10.2011 at http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article2506269.ece

ITC Inplant Training Program 2011-12

 ITC InPlant Training program - LEAP (2011-12) aims to:

1.Provide the student an opportunity to be a part of the ITC Ltd, Foods Division.

2. Get On-the- Job training in the manufacturing environment through a well designed training program.

3.Provide the student hands on experience of manufacturing operations.

4. At the end of the training program, the student will get an opportunity to be a part of final placement in ITC Ltd., Foods Division.

5.Allowing the Company and the individual to make a more informed decision before proceeding with final recruitment.

The monthly Stipend will be Rs.20,000 per month.

Process of Selection:

Step 1 (1st & 2nd week of October) - Aptitude + Technical Test at the centers communicated for the eligible students meeting the criteria of selection (Please see the attachments below for formal invitation letter for the eligibility criteria) (On the 11th of October in our college.)

Step 2 (2nd & 3rd week of October) - Communication of the shortlisted candidates to the college.

Step 3 (4th week of October & 1st week of November)  - Shortlisted students will be interviewed at a regional location.

Step 4 (1st & 2nd week of November) -  Communication of the final selection.

Other Information (Downloads):

1. Official ITC Letter regarding placement procedure.
2. About ITC Ltd.
3. 2010 ITC Foods Aptitude Test Question Paper. (Password: harish7u@gmail.com)

eBooks For Bakery & Confectionery (FDST 215)

This post is dedicated to eBooks for the course Bakery & Confectionery (FDST 215). All the books are in .PDF format compressed into .RAR archives to save space and your downloading time. All the links provided are from Mediafire and resumable. The .RAR archives do not have any any password. Download WinRAR to unpack the archives  from here. Click on the book name or open the link in a new tab to download it. 

To download all the books below visit http://www.mediafire.com/?alv3qk3resmdk

1. Bakery Food Manufacture and Quality - Water Control and Effects by STANLEY P. CAUVAIN and LINDA S. YOUNG

2. Bakery Products - Science & Technology  by Y. H. HUI

3. Baking Problems Solved by STANLEY P. CAUVAIN and LINDA S. YOUNG

4. Biscuit, Cracker and Cookie Recipes for the Food Industry by DUNCAN MANLEY

5. Food Engineering Aspects of Baking Sweet Goods by  SERVET GULUM SUMNU and SERPIL SAHIN

6. More Baking Problems Solved by STANLEY P. CAUVAIN and LINDA S. YOUNG

7. Science of Bakery Products by Edwards W.P.

8. Technology of Coated and Filled Chocolate, Confectionery and Bakery Products by GEOFF TALBOT

9. The Science of Chocolate, 2e by STEPHEN T BECKETT

10. The Science of Sugar Confictionery by Edwards W.P

On Request from Anjan Kumar, 2007 Batch.

Practical Manuals For FDST 215 & FDST 216

Practical manuals for FDST 215 & FDST 216 can be downloaded from Mediafire in .pdf format. Follow the links given below to download.

Fruit & Vegetable Processing Manual - http://www.mediafire.com/?1t4at9lu6q9998h
Bakery & Confectionery Manual - http://www.mediafire.com/?tzwgam1losxdaae

Please inform by commenting below if there are any mistakes in the manuals.

Short Term Training Programmes at NIFTEM

NIFTEM, the brainchild of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) works actively assisting in setting food standards, businesses incubation and information sharing. It is an apex institution in the field of food technology and management, networking and coordinating with other institutions in the same field. NIFTEM is located at Plot No. 97, Sector 56, Phase IV & V, HSIIDC Industrial Estate Kundli, District Sonipat, Haryana. It is an international center of excellence catering to the needs of various stakeholders such as entrepreneurs, industry, exporters, policy makers, government and existing institutions

NIFTEM  Skill Development Center is conducting the following programmes (refer to the image below),

 

For more information on NIFTEM visit http://www.niftem.ac.in

 

For more information on the Short Term Programmes, Visit http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/TrainingProgram.jsp

To Download the Registration Form (.doc Format), Visit http://www.niftem.ac.in/NIFTEM/downloads/Registration_form.doc

Recruitment of Probationary Officers in Associate Banks of State Bank of India

State Bank of India is planning to recruit probationary officers for its associate banks to be placed all over India. The written examination for which is scheduled to be held on 07.08.2011 (Sunday). The dates for payment of fees is from 02.06.2011 to 23.06.2011. Online registration will start from 04.06.2011 and the last date for receipt of on-line applications is 25.06.2011.

For more information download / view the PDF file at http://www.time4education.com/uploads/SBI_AssoBanks_PO-2ndJune2011(4987_posts).pdf

National Conference on Career and Research Trends in Food Processing on 24th & 25th June 2011 @ IICPT, Thanjavur, TN

IICPT is planning to organize the following events on 24th & 25th of June 2011in the premises at Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

1. Two Days National Conference on “Career and Research Trends in Food Processing” on 24th & 25th June.
2. One day Workshop on “HACCP and Food Safety in Food Industries” on 24th JuneOne day workshop on “Bulk Storage Systems” on 24th June.
3. One day training Program on “Cottage Level Food Entrepreneurship” to farmers and Self Help Group members on 24th June.

Renowned speakers from across the country will be speaking on various aspects of Food Processing and more than 1500 delegates are expected to participate in these events.

All these events will be inaugurated by the Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The Joint Secretary, MoFPI and Top level officials from the central and state governments are also expected to participate in the events.  Bankers, government representatives, new and existing entrepreneurs in food processing businesses, academicians, research students, farmers, self help group members and public at large are expected to attend the events.

The conference will bring out a valuable compendium of delegations in the form of souvenir, which will be distributed to all the participants and reputed institutions across the country.

Visit http://www.iicpt.edu.in/events_det.php?action=event&id=OQ== to download the information brochure and application form.

Jobs at National Biscuit and Confectionery Company, Jeddah

National Biscuit and Confectionery Company, Jeddah is one of the largest biscuit and snack producing company in the gulf region. They have very well known brand in biscuit and snack category and market leader in Saudi Arabia. They are in the process of expansion and increasing the capacity of their current lines and they are looking to recruit 10 Junior Male Food Technologist as Junior Line Supervisor for their biscuit and snack operations. The desired qualification for these posts will be diploma or B-Tech in Food Technology with minimum 6 months to 2 year work experience. Even freshers who are willing to learn can also be considered. This is a starting level position and the deserving candidate can always climb higher based on his performance and hard work. It is a very good opportunity to learn and gain experience in biscuit and snack production line.

Following remuneration will be offered for selected candidates:

1. Basic Salary: SR 2500 ( Rs 30000)
2. Shared Accommodation Provided by the company and transportation from Accommodation to Factory provided by company
3. Food Allowance of SR 350 per month provided by the company
4. Once in 18 month  ticket to home country with 45 days paid holiday
5. Overtime of 4 hours per day on an average

This is bachelor level positions so for married people they have to go to Saudi Arabia without their family.

The deserving candidates are requested to apply to Mr. Jayagovind Nair, Supply Chain Manager on below E-mail ID: jayagovind@nbcc.com.sa

For Other Related Info Contact:
Mr. Jayagovind Nair
Supply Chain Manager
National Biscuits & Confectionery Company
P.O. Box 30972 - Industrial City - Jeddah 21487 - Saudi Arabia
Tel:         + 966 2 6360606 - Ext 709, Fax:      + 966 2 6376183
Mobile: +966 50 4331712
Email:    jayagovind@nbcc.com.sa , Website: www.nbcc.com.sa

All the best and please don't miss this good opportunity for freshers and start up Food Technologists.

Information Courtesy:
A.Poshadri
Manager R&D
Bambinoo Agro Industries Ltd
4E Surya Tower
Sardhar Pater Road
Secendrabad
Hyderabad,AP
India
Cell No: +919492828965

Food Technologist required by SEED.

SEED (Society for Energy, Environment & Development) is an NGO engaged in Solar Food Processing Technologies. They have a requirement of two Food Technologists in their Organisation. Those of you all interested in applying the for the post please refer to the details given below and contact SEED directly at their address.
                             
DETAILS:

POST: RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (FOOD TECHNOLOGY)

QUALIFICATIONS: M.Sc./ B.Sc. IN FOOD TECCHNOLOGY

EXPERIENCE: A MINIMIM OFABOUT 2YEARS IN A REPUTED FOOD LABORATORY WITH DEHYDRATION PROCESS

JOB DESCRIPTION: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS, PREPARATION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS, ORGANISING TRAINING PROGRAMMES, TEST ANALYSIS OF RAW MATERIALS & PRODUCTS, ORGANISING WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS ETC.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: PLANNING & TIMELY EXECUTION OF PROJECTS & SUBMISSION PROJECT REPORTS

SALARY : RS.10,000/- 15,000/- P.M.

Those interested please apply to or contact:

V.V.L. NARASIMHAM,
Sr. Food Technologist,
Society for Energy, Environment & Development,
Plot No.81, Golden Residency, Road No.7,
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500033.
Ph.No.040-23608892,23546036. Fax.NO.23547137
email: seed@seedngo.com
http://www.seedngo.com

Course Material For Food Laws and Regulations (FTBM 352)

All the course materials for Food Laws & Regulations (FTBM 351) along with the lecture outlines have been uploaded onto Mediafire. The links are being provided below. Please download and make use of the material provided. If there are any problems with the files or downloading the same, please comment in the section below. We'll get back as soon as possible. All the files are in *.pdf or *.doc format and have been scanned for any possible virus infection. Use Adobe/Foxit Reader and Microsoft Word to open the files.

1. Lecture Outlines  - http://www.mediafire.com/?r5o28ad7r2h5d85
2. Agmark Standards For Fruits & Vegetables (AGMARK) - http://www.mediafire.com/?0czqzk33j6c1zpj
3. Consumer Protection Act & Rules, 1986 - http://www.mediafire.com/?j0y199ad374yuxz
4. Edible Oils Packaging(Regulation) Order, 1998 - http://www.mediafire.com/?1wpjes5cp54ej2z
5. Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 - http://www.mediafire.com/?wx31rjlc9ua5vxx
6. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSSA) - http://www.mediafire.com/?6h5cnuki3k3ry2o
7. Food Safety & Standards Regulations, 2010 (FSSR)-http://www.mediafire.com/?n2y2wz3z95r8sw8
8. Food Safety & Standards Rules, 2010 - http://www.mediafire.com/?172qkv0no206tom
9. Fruit Products Order, 1955 (FPO) - http://www.mediafire.com/?8kiuy1m7x1m21a5
10. Introduction to FSS Regualtions, 2010 (FSSR) - http://www.mediafire.com/?8pyr00taxy673nn
11. Introduction to FSS Rules, 2010 - http://www.mediafire.com/?nsf92c93hjlmwsv
12. Meat Food Products Order, 1973 (MFPO) - http://www.mediafire.com/?7psqo198lyj0pgf
13. Milk and Milk Product Order, 1992  (MMPO) - http://www.mediafire.com/?o5to7s3tcyie3x9
14. PFA ACT & RULES - Word Format - http://www.mediafire.com/?hsnsa9o4b6sbs7s
15. Prevention of Food Adulteration Act & Rules (PFA Act) - http://www.mediafire.com/?a7jo75xwdtd2g67
16. Solvent Extracted Oil, Deoiled Meal and Edible Flour (Control) Order, 1967 - http://www.mediafire.com/?xcl2ye4n7mjc7y7
17. Standard Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977 - http://www.mediafire.com/?0yrsbi76jj5iatj
18. Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 - http://www.mediafire.com/?977t831xnxkg55y
19. The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 - http://www.mediafire.com/?xhse86kwkb239zk
20. The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 - http://www.mediafire.com/?z7w9s5zs8v2gdiq
21. The Insecticides Act, 1968 - http://www.meadiafire.com/?kyck5t9qlf65vkl
22. The Plants, Fruits and Seeds Order,1989 - http://www.mediafire.com/?kv255if0wd2693y
23. Vegetables Oil Products(Control) Order, 1998 - http://www.mediafire.com/?x0x62wibrzj9kko
24. Codex Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products, 1e  - http://www.mediafire.com/?trpoc7k04p09117
25. Codex Food Hygiene - Basic Texts, 4e - http://www.mediafire.com/?a9y9bawvltc9645
26. Codex Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems - Combined texts, 4e - http://www.mediafire.com/?yfhc3cae2hcgt7y
27. Codex Food Labelling - Complete Texts, 5e - http://www.mediafire.com/?2z05cz6trc5vu2m
28. Codex Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology, 2e - http://www.mediafire.com/?1814cd13d431spk
29. Codex for Animal Food Production, 2e - http://www.mediafire.com/?ec5ji435jb172m3
30. Codex for Cereals, Pulses, Legumes and Vegetable Proteins, 1e - http://www.mediafire.com/?5a2bjq5x02rydpx
31. Codex for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, 1e - http://www.mediafire.com/?pusbcbxtaqe99es
32. Codex for Milk and Milk Products, 1e - http://www.mediafire.com/?rjacu4ur481pwid
33. Codex for Organically Produced Foods, 3e - http://www.mediafire.com/?5fd7ofrj72vst1r
34. Codex for Waters, 1e - http://www.mediafire.com/?ucp6s2ulmu3q4gb
35. Codex General Standard for Food Additives - http://www.mediafire.com/?5twnv63essroxsp
36. Codex Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments, 1e - http://www.mediafire.com/?w6pbw1hwqtzysvh

International Woman's Day (The 100 th year)

OBC Applications Deadline Reached

Hope all of you interested have sent in your applications. Again please do not send anything here on to Lakshmi Mam's email. Send everything to placement.cfst@gmail.com. The emails sent to mam's ID will not be responded to.

As of 02:11 PM, at the end of deadline, the following students had sent in their application - Anjan Kumar, Anusha, Aruna Kumari, Bala Venkatesh, Harish Kumar, Jaya Prakash, Mythri, Nagendranath, Promod Kumar, Praveena, Priyanka, Ramasri, Raju, Sasikanth, Srinivasulu, Suchirata, Suresh G, Vishnu Priya, Gowthami K, Rajkumar, and Kavitha.


We have forwarded all your applications and will keep you posted on any further developments. Keep visiting for more developments.

New Domain name for our unofficial website/blog. (www.cfst-angrau.co.cc)

Here's a good news for all of you all who find the website address lengthy.

From now on you can access the website either by typing http://www.cfst-bapatla.blogspot.com/ in your browser address bar or you can just type http://www.cfst-angrau.co.cc/ in your address bar and land on the same page. A quicker way as the address is shorter by almost 10 characters than the previous one.

Another good news is, if you want an email id with your college name (i.e) yourname@cfst-angrau.co.cc, please let us know. We'll be more than happy to give you one. Any of you interested, please let us know in the comment section by clicking on the link below. The email service is provided by Google and you'll get all the facilities that Google provides to its users.

We have also embedded all the major social networking websites like Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz. You can use this to Tweet or to post it on your FB wall. You can even email the post to all your friends if you would like to by clicking on the Gmail link at the bottom of every post.

Have a Happy Day. And keep getting back.

OBC Applications Deadline

Thank you for sending the filled in applications. Many have sent in their biodata/resume instead of the application.

So far at the time of posting this (11:10 AM) the following students have sent in the correct filled in application - Anjan Kumar, Anusha, Aruna Kumari, Bala Venkatesh, Harish Kumar, Jaya Prakash, Mythri, Nagendranath, Promod Kumar, Praveena, Priyanka, Ramasri, Raju, Sasikanth, Srinivasulu, Suchirata, Suresh G, and Vishnu Priya.

The others have either sent in their resume/bio-data which was not required at all or have not sent anything. Those who have not sent the application or sent the wrong attachment (i.e) resume instead of the filled in application, please send in the filled in application form as soon as possible before 02:00 PM today.

Please keep the subject in your mail as OBC. Please do not put anything else in the subject box. And please send all you applications to placement.cfst@gmail.com and NOT to jagarlamudi@yahoo.co.in. Those applications sent to the later address (i.e) jagarlamudi@yahoo.co.in will not be responded to.

Please inform you friends too about the information and visit the blog regularly to keep yourself updated.

Oriental Bank of Commerce Campus Recuirtment

OBC intends to recruit Agricultural Officers in the Junior Management Grade Scale-I.

Existing pay scale is a total emolument of 22,000/- at the minimum with initial pay of rupees 14,500/- and DA, HRA, CCA etc.

The last date is 7/3/2011 for sending both the soft and hard copies of the application. A soft copy of the application should be sent to the bank by e-mail (personnel@obc.co.in). Following that a hard copy should be sent to Mr. Sheel Kumar Sharma, General Manager HRD, Oriental Bank of Commerce, HO: Harsha Bhawan, E-Block, Connought Place, New Delhi - 110001, Ph - 011-47651148.

Please send a soft copy of your application to placement.cfst@gmail.com too. This is necessary for us to validate your application. In case you fail to send the application to us, we will no be able to forward your application.

The selection process is by Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GDPI). This might be tentatively held between 14/3/2011 to 19/3/2011.

The exact date and your selection will be informed at a later date. Please download the Application from http://www.mediafire.com/file/5dv1xj1qk7tjzvu/OBC_APP.doc

If you require any clarifications, please post in the comment section below. Click on the comment link below to do so. We will get back to you later with your queries.