Home Science

Home Science integrates the application of various science and Humanities to improve human environment, family nutrition, management of resources and child development.

Major Responsibilities of the Home Scientists

• Addressing problems of under – employment, unemployment, poverty and malnutrition in the rural and urban areas.
• Promoting value addition to agricultural products and providing strong market support for disposal of agricultural products.
• Developing home scale and village level post harvest technologies for minimizing post harvest losses.
• Develop modern preservation techniques for preserving the surplus foods.
• Developing and popularizing suitable agro textiles for use in agriculture.
• Developing and utilizing solar lighting and solar drying equipment which may be of use in the agricultural sector.
• Develop work simplification techniques and small equipment for farmer and farmwomen.
• Designing and developing simple tools, implements and other safety measures needed during agricultural operations.
• Effective production of biogas for farm and home operations.
• Promote kitchen gardening, mushroom production and bee keeping.
• Bringing about consumer awareness.

Training Thematic Areas

• Household food security by kitchen gardening and nutrition.
• Design and development of low/minimum cost diet.
• Designating and development for high nutrient efficiency diet.
• Minimization of nutrient loss in processing.
• Processing and Cooking.
• Gender mainstreaming through SHGs.
• Storage loss minimization techniques.
• Value Addition.
• Women empowerment.
• Location specific drudgery reduction and mitigation technologies.
• Rural crafts.
• Women and Child Care.

Training Programme 2019-2020

• Value Addition in Mango.
• Development of Value Added product (Amchur powder) from unripe Mango.
• Gur Coconut and Neera Tapping Techniques.
• Drudgery Reduction Technology using Bhendi Ring Cutter.
• Development of Value added products from locally available fruits and vegetable using solar dryer.
• Banana Fiber Extraction and its value addition.
• Extraction of Natural Dye from Marigold flower.
• Spirulina Production and Value Addition.
• Bee Keepers Beginners Training.
• Food Processing and Preservation Techniques.
• Value added products from Grapes.
• Value Addition in Tomato.
• Cashew Apple utilization for unemployed women.
• Extraction of Natural Dye from Marigold Flower.
• Value Addition in Ragi.
• Shelf life enhancement in Jasmine.
• Drudgery Reducing Demonstration of Vegetable Seedling Transplanter.
• Nutritional Terrace Garden.
• Value added products from Moringa leafs.
• Household techniques for detection of adulteration in commonly used foods.
• ITK on Safe Storage of Cereals and Pulses.
• Development of value added products from Sprouted pulses.