ABOUT NIFTEM National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) was conceptualized by Government of India on persistent demand of the food industry to have an Apex Organization as a One Stop Solution Provider for the various problems of the sector. Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, has set up this institute with an initial investment of about Rs 500 crore (US $100 million). The Institute is spread over an area of 100 acre at a prime location in close proximity of North Delhi – Haryana border on NH-1. The Institute intends to act as an international centre of excellence in the area of Food Technology and Management. NIFTEM has been recognized as a Deemed to be University under De-novo Category by Ministry of Human Resource Development under University Grants Commission Act, 1956. A multi-level five storey 5474.29 Sqmt State-of-the-Art NIFTEM Knowledge Centre (Library) is housed in aesthetically designed boat shaped signature building of the NIFTEM campus. NIFTEM’s mandate is to work as Sector Promotion Organization & Business Promotion Organization of the food processing sector. Major objectives of the NIFTEM are- One Stop Solution Provider ! Skill & Entrepreneurship Development ! Facilitating business incubation services with its ultra modern pilot plants ! Conducting Frontier Area Research ! Developing world class managerial talent ! Knowledge repository ! Up-gradation of SME Clusters ! Promoting cooperation and networking The Major initiatives have been taken in the NIFTEM Knowledge Centre (NKC) within one and half year are: Ø Equipped with 3M’s EM-RFID for security system and self issue/return, automatic inventory control etc Ø VTLS-Virtua’s Integrated Library Management for Library Automation. Ø Discovery service for single search Ø Collection of over 18 online databases/e-journals packages, 3000 e-books, 9000 e-journals, 10,000 print books, 180 print periodicals, 200 CD-ROMs/DVDs, , 600 ISO standards on Food Technology and allied subjects Ø Developed NKC portal Ø Research and Reference Service, Database Access & Retrieval, Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Ø Institutional Repository NIHAR K PATRA NIFTEM -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.