BTech in Food Technology: An overview

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 pursues this course gets the edge of being known as food scientist or food technocrat. The eligibility to pursue this course is that you should have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with minimum 50% marks.

The course is of four years duration course divided into eight semesters, that is two semester a year.  The tuition fee is Rs. 40,000 to 1.2 lakh. The course has broad career prospects and provides with diversity of job profiles such as Food Scientist, Process Manager, and Food Sales Representative etc. to choose from. The average salary package after completion of the course will be Rs.2 lakh to Rs.3.5 lakh a year. Top recruiters in the field of food technology include Cadbury, Venky’s, Hatsun etc.

The course B. Tech. in Food Technology is 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. Students also learn techniques such as food marketing, food processing, food and its related research methods.

Any student, who seeks a career in food related industry and wants to secure a niche in the food technology skills, should opt for the course. This course is fit for the students who have a scientific bend and think from the angle of science and testing in the relative fields. Anyone who seeks a research and laboratory testing profiles which provides for a curative experience in daily work should go ahead with this course.

Duration

Bachelor of Technology in Food Technology is a four years long course divided into eight semesters which means two semesters a year. The course can be extended up to a maximum of six years.


There are various top colleges which offer B. Tech. course in Food Technology in their course curriculum. These institutes are either government or private aided institutes with the motive of nurturing best food scientists for the future. Some of the top institutes are such as Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, Faculty of Engineering and Technology Kolkata, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute Kanpur, Amity University Noida, University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology Chandigarh; Biyani International Institute of Engineering and Technology Jaipur; Osmania University’s College of Technology Hyderabad; Guru Nanak University Amritsar; Rajasthan Technical University Kota; Sanskriti Institute of Management and Technology Mathura; West Bengal University Kolkata; Choudhary Devi Lal State Institute of Engineering & Technology Sirsa; Laxminarayan Institute of Technology Nagpur; Kongu Engineering College Erode; Tezpur University Tezpur; Avinashilingam University for Women Coimbatore; Jaipur National University Jaipur; Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences Allahabad and Kalasalingam University Krishnankovil.

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