International Year of Millets (IYOM-2023)

International Year of Millets (IYOM-2023) 

Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Department of Home Science celebrated the International Year of Millets (IYOM-2023) and under which organized a “Millets Food Fest- Goodness is back” on 23rd February 2023. Students prepared innovative recipes and promoted millets’ sustainable and tasty production while highlighting their potential to provide new sustainable market opportunities for makers and consumers.

 And they raised awareness that millets are nutritionally superior to wheat and rice owing to their higher protein levels and a more balanced amino acid profile.

They also paid attention to millets’ nutritional and health benefits and their suitability for development under adverse and changing climatic conditions.