Careers in Food Technology and Processing. All Details about of Food Technology and Professing.

Having a trained food technologist is essential for the success of any food technology program. Food technologists use appropriate technologies to create high quality products at low cost...

Food Technology and Processing

At present the whole concept of food has completely changed.  Food technology based on agriculture (food processing) has opened up a lot of good and bright opportunities for employment and career.  Every year more than 2.5 lakh new employment opportunities are being created in this sector. Day by day the population is increasing with the speed of electricity and the agricultural land is continuously decreasing. 

This widens the gap between production and consumption.  This gap can be bridged through the use of food technology and processing.  Processing of large quantities of food items using food technology can save them from spoilage. And food items containing better quality and nutrients can be made available for consumption in the market. This will also lead to a huge increase in employment opportunities. 

Current scenario:-   

In today's busy life, people have a lot of time constraints. Working women do not have time to work in the kitchen. Due to paucity of time and changing food habits, the trend of packaged processed food and beverages is increasing day by day in our country. As such, the food processing industry in our country is centuries old. 

Since ancient times, women have been making pickles, murabba, amchur etc. in homes, but it is still called cottage industry. But now gradually keeping pace with the world, modern technology food fan units are being set up in our country. The quality of the products produced from these units is of world class. 

India has great potential for export of processed form of value added plants, vegetables, fruits, cattle products. Dairy products, meat, poultry products and marine products are also in great demand abroad. India ranks first in the world in milk production. India also ranks first in the world in the production of vegetables and second in the production of fruits. India accounts for fifty percent of the world's mango production. If proper use of food technology and processing is done, India has the potential to become the world leader in this field. 

Having a trained food technologist is essential for the success of any food technology program. Food technologists create high quality products at low cost by using appropriate technologies. The food technologist has to perform different functions such as production, quality control, marketing and procurement. Every year a large number of international level food technologists are being produced in India.

CFTRI, Mysore is a leading institute in the country in the field of food research and education. To meet the needs of the food industry, the major agricultural universities and general universities of the country also offer B.Tech. /B.Sc. /M.Tech. /M.Sc. and Ph.D. Food technology courses are being conducted.

Admission to food technology courses is provided by various universities on the basis of entrance exam. CFTRI, Mysore conducts its own entrance examination. Twenty-five percent of the seats for postgraduate degree in state agricultural universities are filled on the basis of an all-India entrance examination.

B. Tech./B.Sc. For admission to the course, you must have passed the 12th examination in Science (Physics, Chemistry, Maths / Biology), M. B.Tech in Food Technology/Agriculture/Chemical Engineering for the course and M.Sc. B.Sc in Physics Chemistry, Maths / Life Science for Food Technology. / Agriculture / B.Sc in Food Technology.

Have passed the exam B. Tech. It is a course of four years duration and B.Sc. The duration of the Food Technology course is fixed for three years. M.Tech. and M.Sc. The duration of the Food Technology course is fixed for two years.

There are many bright career prospects for food technologists. Food technologists are given good employment in various organisations. These include government, cooperative and various multinational companies. Food Technologists are being appointed as FCI Managers, Research Organisations, BIS, Agmark Inspectors, Food Inspectors, etc.

From manufacturing houses to marketing houses, there are many job opportunities for food technologists.  There are huge employment opportunities in private and multinational companies like Coca Cola, Pepsi, Cadbury, Glaxxo India, Parle, Britannia, Vadilal, Kwality Walls, McDonald's, Nirulaj etc.  

The major institutes offering courses related to food technology and processing are as follows:-

1. Sant Longowal Institute of Food and Technology Longowal, Sangrur Punjab - B.Tech in Food Technology here. and M.Tech. courses are available. 

2. CCSHUA, Hisar, Haryana - M.Sc Food Technology course is available here. 

3. GN-DU, Amritsar Punjab- Here B.Tech. , M . sc. and Ph.D. courses are available.

4. Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Science for Women, Delhi- B.Sc in Food Technology here. courses are available. 

5. Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh- Here M.Sc. Food Technology course available. 

6. Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana Here M. sc. Food technology courses are available. 

7. Bilaspur University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh In this institute B.Sc. and M.Sc. Food technology courses are available.

8. CFTRI, Mysore (Karnataka) - M.Sc. in this institute. Food Technology and Ph.D. courses are available.

9. IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal - M.Tech in Food Technology here. and PhD courses are available.

10. HBTI, Kanpur, U.P. - M.Tech in Food Technology here. and B.Tech. courses are available.

11. Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh - B.Tech here. and M.Sc. Food technology courses are available.

12. Jiwaji University, Gwalior- Here M.Sc. Food Technology course available.

13. Rashtrasant Tukodoji Maharashtra Nagpur University, Nagpur- B.Tech in this institute. In Food Technology course available.

14. MIT College of Food Technology and Management, Pune- Bachelor of Food Technology course is available in this institute.

15. Apart from this, courses in food technology and processing are available in many universities of the country.