B.Sc. (H) Food Technology

Food technology is the application of food science to the selection, preservation, processing, packaging, distribution, and use of safe, nutritious, and wholesome food. Food technology course attracts a large number of students because of its novelty as an educational course and also because of the growing demand for food technologists in today's world of packaged and fast foods.

B.Sc. (Honours) Food-Technology is an advanced course in the field of Food Science. It has a high degree of recognition in the modern industrial world, as it deals in every aspect of food processing. It is a multi-disciplinary course and educates the students about the latest developments in the field of food science and technology like food and nutrition, food processing and packaging , food chemistry, food microbiology, technology of plant and animal foods ,new product development, food engineering and food safety. The curriculum also emphasizes on basic chemical, biophysical, biochemical and mathematical sciences along with computer applications. Educational tours, industrial training and seminars are important part of this course which enables the students to integrate their theoretical knowledge with professional skills. The students also undergo summer training and projects in various food industries and research laboratories such as Mother Dairy, Britannia Industries Limited, Surya Foods and Agro Limited, Ambassador Sky Chef, Food Research and Analysis Centre (FRAC) etc. which provides hands on experience about food industry.