Agricultural Engineering

Here are some of the engineering colleges in South India that offer B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering and B.Tech in Food Technology:
Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Coimbatore - This is the first college started in South India for offering Agricultural Engineering degree programme. It offers four year degree programs in B.Tech. (Food Technology), B.Tech. (Energy and Environmental Engineering), B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering), Masters and Doctoral degree programmes. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - The Vinod Gupta School of Management started in 1993 as a unique initiative among the Indian Institutes of Technology. A management school within IIT Kharagpur, VGSoM imbibed the parent Institutes culture of research and quality teaching. It offers B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering. I hope this helps!

Hi Neeraj, Looking at future for food technology, it is obviously very promising. Universities and colleges around the globe are adopting this branch of food Science into their curriculum. Degrading soil, polluted environment and water shortages will rise as major problems to the humankind. These outcomes of rapid growth will bring with them the need to produce high quality food with efficiency. We need people who can use technology to produce optimum quantity of food that meets the daily nutrition needs of human beings. This is where food technology specialists come in. Scope of B.Tech in Food Technology:
B.Tech in Food Technology is a 4-year course. It is an Engineering programme which trains students in the technical concepts of Food Process Engineering, Food Analysis and regulations, Crop Processing Technology, Plant and Animal biotechnology. It is an industry-oriented course that trains students for handling roles in food manufacturing, food processing, research laboratories and similar industries.