The Manjari Budruk campus of Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) is a premier center for education and research in the sugarcane, sugar, and allied by-product industries. Spanning 385 acres in a rural setting near Pune, it focuses on practical training for sugar industry professionals, offering postgraduate diplomas, M.Sc. programs affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University, certificate courses, and short-term trainings tailored to the needs of India's sugar sector, particularly Maharashtra's cooperative factories.
- Sugar Technology Faculty: Postgraduate Diploma in Sugar Technology (PGDST) covers comprehensive sugar manufacturing processes, including juice extraction, clarification, evaporation, crystallization, centrifugation, and sugar drying. Includes quality control, boiler operations, and effluent treatment.
- Sugar Engineering & Renewable Energy Faculty: Postgraduate Diploma in Sugar Engineering (SED) emphasizes plant design, equipment selection, cogeneration power plants, bagasse-based boilers, and renewable energy technologies for sustainable sugar production.
- Alcohol Technology & Biofuels Faculty: Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Fermentation & Alcohol Technology (IFAT); M.Sc. in Wine, Brewing and Alcohol Technology. Focuses on fermentation processes, distillation, by-product utilization, ethanol production, and biofuels from molasses.
- Environmental Sciences: M.Sc. program addressing industrial pollution control, waste management, zero liquid discharge systems specific to sugar and distillery effluents.
- Agricultural Departments: Supporting courses in agronomy, sugarcane breeding, plant pathology, entomology, soil science, and molecular biology for integrated sugarcane farming and research.
- Certificate and short-term programs like Sugar Manufacture Certificate (SMC), instrumentation, and statistics for operational staff.
This campus equips graduates with industry-ready skills, contributing to efficiency and innovation in sugar processing, co-products, and sustainability.
