Suggest some good food technology institutes in India,what subject and do I need to pursue it?

Hey Aspirant,
Food Technology is a course which includes combination of engineering, food science, hotel management, and home science. The course involves quality management, and research and development on food products and apply Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, Nutrition and Microbiology knowledge studies to make the manufactured food safer.
The course is in great demand since the experts and professionals are needed due to broadness of food technology field and fast-accelerating food business all over the world (especially India).
Subjects to be studied in this course are :
Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Chemical Engineering as basic subjects and Microbiology, Sanitation & Hygiene, Preparation & Packaging Materials, Food Analysis Adulteration & Testing, Food Toxicology, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math as secondary subjects.
Colleges offering this course are :

• SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
• Lovely Professional University, Phagwara
• Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• University of Engineering and Management, Jaipur
• Sharda University, Greater Noida

Check out the complete List using this link :
https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-food-technology-colleges-in-india
Good Luck!

Hello Swaggy.

Good to hear from you. Absolutely, you should opt for Food Technology. It is some of those rare and most important courses. If you are really interested in it, go for it. Colleges such as Lovely Professional University, Indian Institute of Food Processing, etc are few top colleges for this course.

For more details regarding the list of top colleges check this: https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-food-technology-colleges-in-india

All the best.

Hii,

These are some good food technology institutes in India :

• Central Food Technological Research Institute(CFTRI)
• National Institute of Food TechnologyEntrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM)
• Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology(IICPT)
• National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute(NABI)
• Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre (FDTRC)

To pursue this course at undergraduate level, you need to clear Class 12th in Science stream with subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics,  minimum qualifying marks as prescribed by a university/ college (usually 50% - 60%).

There is broad career scope in this field, Graduates or postgraduates in food technology can take up jobs in different domains such as hospitals, restaurants, food processing companies, soft drink manufacturing firms, cereal and rice mills, quality control organisations etc.

Hope this helped.

Good luck!