Government Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls PG College, Indore: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Hello Nandita, To be eligible for PhD Food Technology, a candidate must complete MSc or MTech in Food Technology or Food Science and Technology with a minimum of 55% aggregate marks. The candidates will be selected on the basis of entrance exam scores. The admission to PhD Food Technology is mainly entrance based.

You can appear for examinations like GATE, UGC NET, CSIR UGS NET.

You can choose branches like:

• PhD Food Technology : It is a research-based doctorate course in Food Technology and its related fields. It deals with all the fields of food technology including Food Chemistry, Vegetable and Cereal Technology, Dairy and Poultry Technology, Food Quality Control, etc.
• PhD Food Sciences : You can get carrer opportunities like food research and development scientist, quality assurance advisor, food plant manager, food molecular biologist, flavour chemist by doing PhD in Food Sciences

You can also try to apply in foreign countries for PhD courses in this field. They have more options and scope to learn and make a career in this field.

I hope this helps you.

No, In general, you can't take admission directly as a second year student. You have to take a fresh admission as a first year student and complete it to be eligible to study as a second year.

The one year which you have wasted (or might have learned something new) will be considered as the gap year and not as the first year of the proceeding course.

If you are specific about any particular college, then you may personally request them about it but there is no such rule.

Hope it helps.