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India’s Largest and State-of-the-Art Bakery Technology & Management Institute to start in Greater Noida, NCR Delhi from September 2013

As India’s largest and state-of-the-art institute dedicated to education, training and research in bakery technology and allied food disciplines, Assocom Institute of Bakery Technology and Management (AIBTM) will start its courses from the month of September 2013. Located at greater Noida (Knowledge Park III) for the first time in India, the food industry, which is expected to be one of the fastest growing segments of our economy, will have international certification and recognised programs for students as well as professionals, planning to make a career in the sector. The world class infrastructure and training programs will also provide small to medium entrepreneurs in the industry, a platform to scale their knowledge and benchmarking their expertise with global food industry practices.
With the focus on international standard education, the courses will span science and technology related to Baking (bread, biscuits, cookies, cakes, pastry, desserts etc), Milling, Allied Food Technology, Food Safety & Quality Management, Bakery Management (Engineering/Operations/Maintenance/Supervision) and most importantly soft skills training (language, terminology, processes etc) required for human resources in the industry. Special focus will also be given to development of general management science of marketing, sales, materials management, procurement, supply chain and cost control. These programs are designed to benefit all segments of the industry from retailers, wholesalers, producers, exporters, importers, entrepreneurs and also seasoned professionals. Flexible modules such as part time, distance learning, weekend, evening as well as bespoke program for target groups are available.
Special social programs for skills development of un-employed and under-employed individuals is also part of the curriculum, including ‘Bakery Entrepreneurship for Women & Rural Youth’
In par with international facilities, along with internet based study, library, the institute will also provide laboratory & testing facilities, knowledge centre and most important of all an incubator facility for the industry as well as entrepreneurs to test their ideas, products, processes for final transition of plans from a testing to an operations phase of the business.
Commenting on AIBTM’s education, Mr. Raj Kapoor, CEO & Managing Director of AIBTM said: “With India’s emergence as one of the leading culinary centres of the world, the food industry of India has a mammoth opportunity to leverage. Especially in terms of generating new business as well as creating employment. For the industry to be of international standard, it requires a 360 degree educational infrastructure which trains resources in skills, processes, tools and techniques necessary to efficiently run the business and develop global expertise to capitalize on the opportunity. We at AIBTM have a vision of becoming the centre of education, training and research by facilitating through world class infrastructure, the development of professional manpower for the food industry of India”.
Admissions to various courses at AIBTM have seen tremendous response from the industry, with first batch of students and entrepreneurs starting the inauguration program form September 2013. Detailed information on programs and courses are available at www.aibtm.in.
Key programs are listed below:
• 1-year Post Graduate program for graduates passed out from food technology, hospitality, and such streams which will provide intensive study in bakery science and application, and equip them with a science-based career-specific knowledge and hands-on training.
• 1 –Year Diploma in Patisseries and Bakery Craft
• 2-year comprehensive program suited to Senior Secondary level students for an entry level career in the vocation.
• 2 – Year comprehensive program for senior secondary students as per Syllabus of CBSE.
• 8 Weeks EDP on Paters sari and Bakery Craft
• 6 Weeks Capsuled Program on Advance Bakery Technology
• Twinning programs with American Institute of Baking, USA and Hyejeon College, Korea.
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