BTech in Food Technology: An overview
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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