Pulwama
The Department of Food Technology, IUST, today organized a one-day Interactive session on “Food Industry Operations Overreach”. The event was organized as a part of the departmental outreach program to connect with the Industry and university alumni. Mr. Suheel Hamid, Manager, IFFCO group, Dubai) was the Chief Speaker of the event who extensively spoke on “Factory Operations in Food Industry”.
Talking about the prospects and challenges of the food industry, Mr. Hamid laid special focus on Supply Chain Management and its modalities. He laid emphasis on preparedness at education and research levels to strengthen the food industry, as it guarantees a good opportunity to the entrepreneurs who want to excel in the food industry.
Underling the importance of such events, Prof. A. H. Moon (Dean Research, IUST) said that “such interactive sessions provide a good opportunity to students and researchers to learn from the experiences of experts and explore the scope for more research and employment”. Prof. Shabir A Bhat (Dean Outreach, IUST) emphasized leveraging the resource-based of Alumni for facilitating training and placements of students.