S. No. Ministry/ Department Schemes/Programmes/ Institutions having provision for vocational education and training programme Target Group Duration of training (short-term/ long term)
1 Ministry of Food Processing Industries Grants were provided to NGO for setting up of 326 food processing and training centers (FPTCs) during 1992-93 to 2000-01.
Institutions like Central Food Technology Research Institute, Paddy Processing Research Centre, PHTC, Council of Entrepreneurial Development Programme (EDP) are also training courses.
Person power development in rural areas (FPTC Scheme) Entrepreneurship Development Programme Programmes for development of human resources in food processing, testing, training, quality management etc.



 Persons living in rural areas with preference being given to women, SC, ST and other weaker sections of society. Mainly Persons in food processing industry.



Open
Open



Candidates aspiring to Managers, technicians/ technologists, and entrepreneurs.

Short-Term







Short- term
Short- term



AICTE approved diploma /degree courses durations as usual (Long-term)
2 Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [Small Industries Development Organization (SIDO)] Entrepreneurship Development programme, Skill Development Programme (SDP), Management Development Programme. •Workers •Educated unemployed youth •Entrepreneurs Both short-term and long-term
Table 11: Various Institutions providing vocational education and training programmes in Food processing sector [14].