Centre for Food Technology

Profile of the Department:

M.Sc Food Technology is a 2-year postgraduate program that deals with the technologies to produce, preserve, process, package, and distribute the food. It includes the study of processes and techniques involved from collecting the raw material to reaching the final product to the consumer. Food is a basic requirement and thus food industries are one of the rising industries in every country. So the M.Sc Food Tech graduates can get numerous entry-level jobs in Marketing or Quality Assurance Companies, Production Management Firms, Logistics Department, Research and Development Centers, Hotels and Restaurants, Colleges and Universities and Students can also pursue jobs as a Dietician, Food Technologist in various govt. or private organizations. Those who wish to pursue higher studies in the field of Food Technology can also pursue a Ph.D. in this field and can easily get a higher position in the public and private sector. Food Processing Industries are presently being given preference all over. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, National Horticulture Board, State Industries Development Corporation are focusing on food industry. It is only Food Technology which can reduce the gap between harvested food and available food by changing the mode of finished product i.e., processing, packaging and storage conditions, etc. The focus is on healthy food, diets, calories, nutrition status, etc. Very recently the country has entered the era of food safety.The Department has a GC, HPLC, and a other important equipments. The students are presently undertaking project training in prestigious food industries and associated labs like- Varun Beverages, Coke Bareilly, Britania, Badri Vishal Agro, DFRL Mysore, Zimdari food Bhutan, Haldiram, Godrej – Hersheys, Pearl Foods, Top & Town ice-cream etc. Students have been successfully placed in reputed Indutries and organizations like DS Foods, Allansons, ITC-Sunfeast, Britania, Chokse Labs, Skol Breweries, Raja Biscuit, Pearl Products (Pepsi), Ravi Foods, Ruchi Breweries, Sunstar Overseas Limited CFTRI, Davar’s Claris Life Sciences, Wockhart, Decson Impex, Pvt. Ltd. Speed Ways Food and Beverages, Parle, Coke, Cadbury, Calpro foods, Vadilal, Mann food Pvt. Ltd. Etc.

Contact Person:

Dr. Manoj Sharma,
Co-ordinator,
0751-2442619,
Cell : 9926294789
Email:[email protected]

Teaching Faculty:

• Dr. Manoj Sharma (Co-ordinator)