Guest talk on “Food Based Entrepreneurship Development”

School:Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Sciences

Date:31.05.2022

Time:11.30 am to 12.30 pm

Description:

The Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Sciences organized a Guest talk on “Food Based Entrepreneurship Development ” on 31/05/2022. The resource person for the talk was Dr. Usha Ravindra, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Bengaluru, She has more than three decades of experience in teaching and Research development. The talk was conducted offline in Prof. Junjappa Hall, SoAS block. 76 postgraduate students from Biotechnology and Microbial technology attended the session.

The session started with a brief introduction of the resource person by Dr. Guruprasad N M followed by welcoming the guest. Dr. Usha Ravindra started her talk deliberating on malnutrition in Children, Women and importance of diet during the pregnancy. Further, she talked on food based companies and entrepreneurial opportunities to start any food based products, preparation, packaging and Marketing strategies. She also given the information on funding opportunities to start food industry from both State and Central Government funding agencies. The overall session was highly interactive and students received innumerous take home messages from Dr. Ravikumar’s to start food based startups.

Activity Report - Guest Talk by Dr. Usha Ravindra