The Division itself is organized
- To develop technology for innovative, value added, high quality products for rural industries related to food products, herbal drugs, herbal cosmetics, neutraceuticals, feed supplements, bio-fertilizer, bio-pesticides, pro-biotics, etc. and to disseminate the technology to MSMEs to strengthen their product range and quality so that they become competitive in the domestic as well as global markets.
- To work on scientific validation, quality evaluation and standardization of the above items; in particular to help standardize traditional knowledge based products.
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Facilities Available in the Division
- Testing of quality and certification as per NABL norms in respect of the areas (a) mentioned above.
- Sophisticated instruments viz. HPLC, HPTLC, AAS with microwave digestion system (for analysis of As, Hg, Ni, Cd and other metals), GC, UV Spectrophotometer and Flame photometer.
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Technology Available for Commercialization
- Innovative Biomanure Diagnostic Kit: for instant estimation of N, P, K and organic carbon in biomanures.
- Innovative Microbial Diagnostic Kit: for instant estimation of microbial population in biomanures / biofertilizers.
- Technology for nitrogen fixers and phosphate solubiliser for sustainable agriculture: rhizobium, azotobactor, azospirillum, blue green algae, bacillus megaterium, aspergillus awamori, etc.
- Bio-pesticides for sustainable agriculture:
- Trichoderma virdi,
- pseudomonas, etc.
- Technology of protein Hydrolysate / amino acid for Agri- based industry. Innovative calcium lactate technology from sugar dust / sugar, for food, feed and pharmaceutical industry.
- New and innovative products like syrups, flavored and health care tea, herbal gulal, herbal hair oil, natural cosmetics, etc.
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Consultancy services are available
for areas (a) mentioned above and also for food products like dextrose syrup, maltodextrin and spirulina; pharmaceutical Industry viz. sarbitol, calcium gluconate and calcium lactate; feed industry: protein hydrolysate and probiotics; agro-industry: agro-micronutrients like zinc gluconate, manganese and iron.
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Pilot plant facilities for incubation scheme / training
Fermenter, spray drier, solvent extraction plant, water extraction unit, essential oil extraction plant, Dhoop-batti and mosquito coil making machine.
Infrastructure for biscuits & cookies sandwiching, packaging, planetary mixer & juice extraction for pilot scale production.