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Food Science and Technology is a field of integrated study of basic sciences, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Biotechnology, Engineering Technology for the development and management of food resources. The discipline exposes the nature, composition and properties of food materials and their behavior during processing, handling, storage, distribution and utilization.

The constantly growing world population results in an increasing demand for food. Hence, Food science and technology have tremendous scope for growth and a bright future. It is among the most rapidly expanding areas of science and technology.

There were various features of  Food Science and Technology like:

• It has made progress in meeting the growing demand for food around the world.
• Advancement in this field will lead to reduced diseases, improved quality of food, safety consumption, variety of food items, affordable costs of food items, better preservation techniques, and lesser wastage.
• India is the world’s largest milk producing nation due to technological advancement in this field.
• Contributed to advancing this science and ensuring a healthy and abundant supply of food.
• The Food Processing Industry in India has emerged as one of the important segments in terms of its contribution to the Indian economy, as it contributes 9% and 11% of GDP in the Manufacturing and Agriculture sectors respectively due to this sector.

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Food Science and Technology is a field of science that deals with the techniques involved in the production of food in both Inorganic and Organic. The duration of the course is provided below for different degree programs:

• B.Tech (4 years)
• M.Tech (2 years)
• B.Sc. (3 years)
• M.Sc. (2 years)

The admission to most of the BTech and MTech course are provided on the basis of the entrance examination.

The top entrances one can opt for the Undergraduate course is provided below:

• JEE Main
• JEE  Advanced
• WBJEE
• BITSAT
• SRMJEE

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