Contract Research Organization
CRO at NIFTEM will foster an ecosystem of sustainable collaborative research with industries (including large and small, start-ups and non-profit organizations) and renowned academic and research institutes (nationally and internationally) that will promote “open innovation” research perspective for entrepreneurial development activities and technology related areas. We will be working at length, to fulfil the finance management and administrative support, offer IPR protection for technologies developed and transferred, know-how and organise collaborative workshops to open gateways for future sustainable R&D initiatives.
Perspective
Research projects with industry are different from projects funded by government agencies or departments. NIFTEMs research policies and processes at centre will manage research contracts and grants within a framework of extensive and well-defined federal regulations. By contrast, industry sponsored research will be more flexible, and these contracts may need negotiations to balance the parties’ interests.
Mission
Our mission is to act as an effective Interface for translating the academic research and innovation to Industry while promoting and sustaining commercialization of Science and Technology in the Institute for mutual benefits.
Objectives
Collaborations involving academic institutions and industry partners will follow certain objectives:
Complementing competences, knowledge and technologies to advance research and development.
Obtaining access to resources that are available only from specific partners (NIFTEM will provide laboratories and pilot plant facilities while industries will provide machinery or necessary arrangements)
Broadening the scope of the innovation process.
Exploiting existing intellectual property (IP) through inclusion of specific competences;
Attaining critical mass to address complex projects.
Expert Profile
Food Engineering









Food Science and Technology







Basic and Applied Science



Agriculture and Environmental Sciences



Food Business and Management and Entrepreneurship Development
Current Projects
Collaborating industry | Project Team | Summary | Cost of the project (in Lacs) | Year |
Mr. Vijay Talreja Mr. Ravi Ahuja Mr. Inder Chellani |
Dr. S. Thangalakshmi Dr. Barjinder Pal Kaur Dr. Ankur Ojha Dr. Rakhi Singh |
Healthy Snacks Development | 10.10 | 2023 |
Leaf Era Agro Foods Pvt. Ltd | Dr. Prarabdh C. Badgujar | Development of Ayurvedic ingredients based novel nutraceuticals and their shelf life and safety evaluation | 2.65 | 2021 |
Indicrop Valley Pvt. Ltd. | Dr. Prarabdh C. Badgujar | Development of hemp seed-based protein supplement & Nutri-bar: recipe formulation, storage studies, in vitro bioaccessibility, and safety assessment | 7.80 | 2021 |
Interlink Foods Private Limited | Dr. Komal Chauhan/Dr. Anupama Singh/Mr. Onkar Babar | To develop Ready-to-eat millet and non-millet based food products for Aaganwardi Beneficiaries and upgradation of food processing units | 17.18 | 2020 |
Aeon Power Pvt. Ltd. (APPI), Ghaziabad (UP) | Dr. Komal Chauhan/Dr. Neetu Taneja | To evaluate the efficacy of sanitizing product with intended applications in cleaning of various fruits and vegetables, kitchen surfaces, sink & utensils, hand cleaning and similar other applications | 2.90 | 2020 |