Brief Introduction of the Department
The Department of Post Harvest Technology, one of the major teaching and research departments established in the College was established since the inception of the college of Horticulture & forestry, Jhalawar in the year 2004.
India is one of the leading producers of horticultural crops in the world. But about 25-40 per cent of production is wasted annually due to poor post harvest infrastructure, lack of post production know how and lack of processing facilities. The central govt. is pressing hard for encouraging higher education in the sector, creation of post harvest handling infrastructure like pack houses, cold storage, cool chain, processing units etc. The research works centered on post harvest management of important fruits such as mango, mandarin, strawberry, and processing of fruits especially mandarin, aonla, guava etc. Since inception, the Department is entrusted with the responsibility of undertaking teaching, research and extension in the field of post harvest technology of horticultural crops in Agriculture University service area. Currently the Department has been functioning with one UG and PG laboratory and one Fruit and vegetable processing unit. The department offers UG courses, as well as Master’s programme.
Mandate
- To carry out the fundamental and applied research in post harvest management, processing and value addition of important horticultural crops of the region.
- To develop technologies for the efficient post harvest handling of horticultural crops to minimize post harvest losses.
- To develop human resource well versed in the field of post harvest management and value addition of horticultural crops.
Head of the department:
Dr. S.K. Jain
Professor & Head
Department of Postharvest Technology
College of Horticulture & Forestry,
Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar (Rajasthan)- 326 023
Phone: 07432- 241155 (O)
Email: jain_shashi_kumar@yahoo.co.in
Brief Introduction of the Head of the Deaprtment
Dr. S.K. Jain has been working as Head of the Department of Post Harvest Technology since 2007. He did his M.Sc. (Ag) Horticulture from SKRAU, Bikaner in 1997 and Ph.D. (Post Harvest Technology) from IARI, New Delhi in 2001. He has over 16 years of professional experience in teaching, research and extension. His area of specialization includes post harvest technology of fruits and vegetables. Apart from teaching UG & PG courses, he has guided 4 M.Sc. students so far and presently 5 M.Sc. students are in hand. Dr. Jain has to his credit two books, nineteen research papers, six review articles, 4 book chapters, 2 manuals, 9 research abstracts, one technical bulletin and 18 popular articles both in English and Hindi. He has been awarded Gold Medal for M.Sc., best paper award in National seminar and also received award from district administration for outstanding contribution in teaching and research in 2014. He has been nominated as reviewer of Journal of Food Science & Technology (Springer Publication), Indian Journal of Horticulture (HIS, New Delhi) and Indian Forester (FRI, Dehradun). Dr. Jain is presently serving as member of the Board of Management, AU, Kota and several other committees in College and University.
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programme
| Semester-I | |||
| 1 | PHT-311 | Post Harvest Management of Horticultural Crops | 3(2+1) |
| Semester-II | |||
| 1. | PHT-121 | Fundamentals of Food Technology & Nutrition | 2(1+1) |
| 2. | PHT-321 | Processing of Horticultural Crops | 3(1+2) |
Postgraduate Programme
| Semester-I | |||
| 1 | HORT – 531 | Principles of Post Harvest Technology of Horticultural Crops | 3 (2+1) |
| 2. | HORT – 536 | Processing and Preservation of Horticultural Crops | 3 (2+1) |
| 3. | HORT – 537 | Analytical Techniques for Fresh and Processed Horticultural Produce | 3 (2+1) |
| Semester-II | |||
| 1. | HORT – 526 | Post Harvest Micro Biology of Horticultural Produce | 3 (2+1) |
| 2. | HORT – 527 | Post Harvest Handling of Horticultural Crops | 3 (2+1) |