B.Tech. in Food Technology and Management 

at NIFTEM - National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Sonepat

Engineering job profiles vary across the industry as well as the domain where the person is recruited. Since the popular industries include petrochemicals, civil engineering, construction and other allied industries, the following job profiles are very popular and offer promising career opportunities:

Note- The above salary has been taken from external sources, and hence may vary.

NIFTEM admission to the B.Tech. in Food Technology and Management courses is based on JEE Main scores. NIFTEM BTech cutoff 2025 has been released via JEE Main for Round 1, wherein the closing rank for the aforementioned course is 81078 for the General AI category students. It was the only course for which the cutoff has been released by the institute in 2025

For the same course, the JEE Main Round 1 cutoff rank in 2024 and 2023 stood at 77352 and 75136, respectively. While observing the cutoffs, a inclining trend can be visible in the cutoffs over the years. Candidates seeking admission at NIFTEM can refer to the table below to view the NIFTEM JEE Main year-wise cutoffs:

NIFTEM offers BTech and BTech Integrated courses based on JEE Main scores. Candidates having valid JEE Main ranks will be allowed to take part in JoSAA counselling rounds. Considering the NIFTEM JEE Main cutoff 2025 for the Round 4 seat allotment results, the B.Tech. in Food Technology and Management closing rank for the General AI category was 105051. Check out the NIFTEM CSE year-wise Round 4 closing ranks from the table below:

After you have completed your BTech Food Technology course at a decent college in India, you can get some amazing earning opportunities in the business world. The average starting salary for fresh graduates like you is usually around INR 4 LPA.
As you move forward in the work sector and gain some years of experience, you will start to earn more as recruiters will be ready to offer you a higher salary package because of your technical expertise. For mid-senior level positions, the salary package is mostly between INR 5 LPA and INR 8 LPA. For senior level positions, the salary package is above INR 8 LPA.

The BTech Food Technology course offers a pool of electives for you to opt in the 5^th and 6^th semesters where you have the perfect opportunity to pick a subject that interests you more and is easy to understand and enjoyable for you.
You can choose electives according to the career pathway and industry that you would like to enter into in the future, where you see yourself as an established food technologist. There are a variety of choices like Techniques in Food Analysis, Food Storage and Plant Layout, Non-Thermal Food Processing, Beverage Technology, Engineered, Textured and Fabricated Foods, etc.

The Food Technology syllabus taught in the BTech classes is not same across all the colleges but the common concepts covered in the course curriculum are more or less similar as they provide the basic foundation of the fast evolving field.

Every college follows their own syllabus pattern that is a mix of core and elective subjects along with practical lab work, workshops, and a final research project in the final year.