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THE
CAREER:-
With growing consumerism and fast paced life, the concept of packed but hygienic
food is fast picking up. The field
of food technology is to cater to the needs of the Public, various food and food
related materials in a neat, hygenic, long standing form.
This is the field today with maximum boom and growth.
ABOUT IT:-
It
is offered as a degree/diploma courses in various universities, food crafts
institutes, polytechnic colleges and universities. A post graduate degree gives scope for a very wide range with
the engineering angle of equipment design for food technology industries.
Post Graduate programmes lead to specialisation in new fields like
Bio-technology etc.
OFFERED AT:-
Central
University, Hyderabad.
2. Department
of Food and Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadhavpur University
Calcutta.
3. Polytechnic Colleges, Hyderabad.
ITS PROSPECTS:-
Are
fast growing as a food technologist in various food technology based industries.
With the area of food processing under top priority list of the
Government, the field is heading for a boom.
Thus self employment, job opportunities in food industries as quality
inspectors, food technologists'etc. and in Hotels, Clubs the field is very
rapidly spreading considering that food is the most basic form
required to
live. Added, the sudden spurt of
activity in bio-technology adds chances to the food technology persons to expand
his horizon and fields of application.
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