Food Technology

You are eligible for the tag of an engineer before your name if you have completed BE/B.Tech from any authorized institute of India. Branch doesn't matter. B.Tech Food Technology or Bachelor of Technology in Food Technology is an undergraduate course which deals in food engineering and food sciences. It provides in-depth knowledge of the fields like food processing, food packaging, nutrition, storage, etc. Any person who opts for this course gets the edge of being known as a food scientist or food technocrat. B.Tech in Food Technology is a field-specific course which introduces a person to food-related technology and its specifications. It relates to the study of areas like packaging, nutrition, chemical balances of food, microbiology, etc., and provides a wider understanding of food products and food raw materials.

Food Technology draws from disciplines like Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering to understand various food processes and to improve the quality of food and to package it innovative so that its nutrition remains preserved till the time it does not reach the end customers hand. Most of the courses in Food technology are post graduate Diploma courses which can be pursued only after graduation. If you are interested in pursuing Food Technology, you can choose Physics, Chemistry and Biology as your subjects and then continue with an undergraduate course in Zoology, Botany or Chemistry. There are a wide variety of job opportunities open to food technologists. They can work in food manufacturing and processing plants, research and quality control laboratories, hotels, packaging units, distilleries, soft drink factories, spice, cereal and rice mills, etc. The areas of work can range from production and quality control to marketing and management, research and development. The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) is a newly established public institution for research, education and catering the need of various stakeholders, e. g. entrepreneurs, food processing industry, exporters, policy makers and government policy. The NIFTEM is being set up by Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India at HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Kundli in Sonipat district of Haryana which comes under Delhi NCR.

No Degree [+2] Subject requirements
CATEGORY Ia
1B. Sc. (Agriculture)
Group I:
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
or
Group II:
Physics, Chemistry, Biology with a fourth (elective) subject viz. , Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Home Science. Or
Group II (A):
Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology
2B. Sc. (Horticulture)
3B. Sc. (Forestry)
4B. Sc. (Food, Nutrition and Dietetics)
5B. Sc. (Sericulture)
6B. Tech. (Biotechnology)
7B. Tech. (Bioinformatics)
8B. S. (Agribusiness Management)
CATEGORY Ib
1B. Sc. (Food, Nutrition and Dietetics)
Group I:
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
or
Group II:
Physics, Chemistry, Biology with a fourth (elective) subject viz. , Biotechnology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Home Science / Nutrition and Dietetics