Food technology is a field that has witnessed much advancement in recent years. In the modern scenario there is a growing demand for processed foods that are safe, convenient, nutritious and quality assuring. The food industry has responded positively to this by developing new technologies to cater to the needs of the consumer market.

Food technology has responded to industrial de­mands by developing new methods for the process­ing, preserving and packaging of food stuffs and the evalua­tion of their nutritional value. The different areas of specialisation in this sector are in food processing, preservation science, packaging technology, quality management, storage studies, transportation, hygiene and sanitation, waste management etc.

Job Market
A qualified food technologist can find suitable em­ployment in food processing companies, R & D labo­ratories, hotels, hospitals, processed food exporting companies, slaughter houses, poultry and dairy farms, sugar mills etc.

Eligibility
A background in science is a necessary pre-requisite for entry in this field. The aspirant who has passed the +2 level in the science stream can take up a four year degree course in Food Technology. For post graduation in Food Science & Technology (FST) or allied subjects, the candi­date should have a university degree in Chemistry/ Bio­chemistry/ Microbiology .

Food Craft Institutes and Hotel Management Institutes conduct a one year’s full time diploma courses in bakery and confectionery, canning and food preservation.

The Department of Chemical Technology, Mumbai and lIT, Kharagpur offer engineering oriented programmes that focus on the design and manufacture of processing equipments and on the science of preserv­ing foods. The programme offered by Delhi University and SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai are more fo­cussed on catering and food production.

Courtesy: Excerpt from ‘A Directory of Higher Educational 2004’ published by Malayala Manorama, priced at Rs 70 it is available at Varsha Bookstall, Panjim.

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS 1. Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women (Faculty of Engineer­ing) Coimbatore-641 043 (TN) 2. Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mumbai (Maharashtra) 3. Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore-13 4. Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Uni­versity, Hisar-125 004 5. Chhatrapati Sahu]i Maharaj University, Kalyanpur, Kanpur-208 024 (UP) 6. College of Agricultural Technology, Parbhani-431402 (Maharashtra) 7. College of Applied Sciences for Women (Delhi Uni­versity), Vivek Vihar, New Delhi-110 095 8. Department of Agriculture, Indian Institute of Tech­nology, Kharagpur-723 102 (WB) 9. Department of Chemical Technology (Amravati Uni­versity), Amravati-444 602 (Maharashtra) 10. Department of Chemical Technology (autonomous) University of Mumbai, Matunga Road, Mumbai-400019 (Maharashtra) 11. Department of Chemical Technology (North Maharashtra University), Jalgaon-425 001 (Maharashtra) 12. Department of Chemical Technology, University of Bombay, Matunga, Mumbai-400 019 (Maharashtra) 13. Department of Food Science & Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143 005 14. Food Craft Institute, Hyderabad, AP 15. GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145, Uttar Pradesh 16. Government Fruit Preservation & Canning Institute, Lucknow (UP); Chandigarh & Punjab. 17. Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushinagar. 385 506 18. Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur-2, Uttar Pradesh 19. Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur (HP). 20. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar-243122, Uttar Pradesh 21. Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi; Bhubaneshwer & Orissa 22. Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Thuvankuzhy, ThiruchirappaIly-620015, Tamil Nadu 23. Institute of Hotel Management, Catering & Nutrition, Srinagar. 24.]adavpur University, Jadavpur, Calcutta-700 032; West Bengal 25. Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Nagpur-440 010 (Maharashtra) 26. Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalay, Institute of People’s Science & Technology, Chitrakoot-485 331 27. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686 560 (Kerala) 28. National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka; New Delhi 29. National Diary Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana), Bangalore (Karnataka) 30. National Sugar Institute, Kanpur & Lucknow (UP), Calcutta (WB); Madras (TN) 31. Punjab Agricultural University, College of Agricultural Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana-141 004 32. Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra-282 001 (UP) 33. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal-148 106 34. SNDT Women’s University, Juhu Road, Santa Cruz (W) Mumbai-400 054 (Maharashtra). 35. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003 (TN) 36. University College of Technology, (Osmania University), Hyderabad-500 007 37. University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal, Bangalore-560 065 (Karnataka) 38. University of Delhi, New Delhi-110 007

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