Career as a Food Scientist / Technologist


Food technologists research and develop new food and beverage products and/or improve the quality of existing products. They may also develop or improve the processing, packaging, storage, and safety of food in line with government and industry standards.

A food technologist work for the new method development for the food manufacturing and preserving for keeping the food safe and hygienic and enhance the colour, flavour and resistance from the natural harms like microorganism and toxins.

The food processing organizations are involved in the processing, preservation, packaging, labelling development, quality management and research and development of the dairy products, food grains, confectionery products, fish products, meat & poultry products and fruit & vegetable products.

Some of the best examples (products) of food science and technology that we come across in our daily life are
Ø  Frozen Food
Ø  Canned Food
Ø  Snacks & Fast Food (chips, fries, pizza, burger, pasta etc.)
Ø  Microwave Meal
Ø  Ready-To-Eat Meals
Ø  Bottled and Packaged Milk (long-life, skimmed, semi-skimmed etc.)
Ø  Baby Food
Ø  Low Fat Butter
Ø  Chocolate
Ø  Yogurt
Ø  Coffee (Instant and Filter)
Ø  Cereals (including cereal bars)
Ø  Packaged Juice (Fruit and Vegetable)
Ø  Aerated Drinks (Cola), Energy Drinks (Gatorade, Red Bull), Beer, Wine and other alcoholic beverages

Job Profiles
Ø  Product Developer
Ø  Production Supervisor
Ø  Production Executive
Ø  Quality Controller
Ø  Production Manager
Ø  Research Director

Eligibility
Ideally you need to have Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) combination in your 10+2, and may be Mathematics as well.

Courses
Diploma
Ø  Diploma Course in Food Analysis and Quality Assurance
Ø  Diploma in Food Science Technology
Ø  Diploma in Food Science, Preservation and Management

Bachelors
Ø  B.Sc in Food Technology
Ø  B.Sc in Food Science
Ø  B.Sc in Food and Nutrition
Ø  B.Sc in Food Preservation
Ø  B.Tech in Food Engineering

Masters
Ø  M.Sc in Food Science
Ø  M.Sc in Food Technology
Ø  M.Sc in Food and Fermentation Technology and Food Science
Ø  M.Sc in Food and Nutrition
Ø  M.Tech in Food Technology

Research
Ø  Ph.D. in Food Science

Admission Criteria
The students from the different domain in education degree in the UG programme such as the UG in hotel management, B.Sc. with life science or the UG in home science may get the admission in PG degree courses in the field of food technology.
Many of Indian colleges or the universities have marked the criterion of entrance examination before the admission in any of the above programmes. Some of the entrance examinations include the following, which are conducted by the various universities in India.

Ø  JEEP (Joint Entrance Examination Polytechnic)
Ø  CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute Entrance Examination)
Ø  IICPT (Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology Entrance Examination)
Ø  GATE Graduate Aptitude Test Examination

Subject/Syllabus
Ø  Fundamentals of Food Processing
Ø  Introduction to Food Chemistry
Ø  Fundamentals of Milk Processing
Ø  Food Analysis
Ø  Food Hygiene and Sanitation
Ø  Food Laws and Quality Assurance
Ø  Technology of Cereals and Millets
Ø  Processed Fruits and Vegetable Products
Ø  Packaging of Fresh and Processed Fruits
Ø  Principles of Fruits and Vegetables Technology
Ø  Food Refrigeration and Cold Storage Technology
Ø  Protein Chemistry and Technology
Ø  Food Chemistry
Ø  Food Packaging
Ø  Food Additives
Ø  Lab Analysis of Food Lab
Ø  Protein Chemistry and Technology
Ø  Food Dehydration Technology

Some Institutes/Colleges/Universities
Ø  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Maharashtra
Ø  Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh
Ø  University of Delhi, Delhi
Ø  University of Mysore, Karnataka
Ø  Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh
Ø  Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Karnataka
Ø  Jadavpur University, West Bengal
Ø  Kakatiya University, Telangana 
Ø  Manipur University, Manipur
Ø  Nagpur University, Maharashtra
Ø  Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Ø  Swami Ramanand Teerth University, Maharashtra
Ø  College Of Dairy And Food Science Technology (CDFST), Rajasthan
Ø  Islamic University of Science and Technology Jammu and Kashmir
Ø  Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Maharashtra
Ø  Rajiv Gandhi College of Food Technology, Maharashtra
Ø  Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Maharashtra
Ø  MIT College Of Food Technology, Maharashtra
Ø  JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu

Cost of the Course
The average course fee for these courses are ₹ 20,000 – ₹ 1,20,000 per annum.

Careers Prospects
The Indian Food Industry is currently valued at USD $39.71 billion, and the value is likely to reach USD $65.4 billion by 2018 (Govt. of India and IBEF).

According to DIPP, the Indian Food Processing sector has received around USD $6.7 billion as FDI between April 2000 and December 2015. The investments are poised to reach the value of USD $33 million in the next 10 years.

Besides the investment factor, the opportunity factor is also there – as per the data from the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, 42% of the Indian Food Processing Industry is still unorganized (D&B) – so opportunities are also there for prospective entrepreneurs. Overall, signs are very promising for the future within the food industry.

Employment Sector
Ø  Food Manufacturing & Processing (Grains, fruits, vegetables, fish, meat etc.)
Ø  FMCG
Ø  Pharma-Biotech
Ø  Agro-Biotech
Ø  Dairy Firms
Ø  Poultry Firms
Ø  Bakeries & Confectionaries
Ø  Breweries
Ø  Retailers
Ø  Healthcare
Ø  Academia & Research Institutes
Ø  Food Packaging
Ø  Hotels
Ø  Food industries
Ø  Hospitals
Ø  Packaging industries
Ø  Distilleries
Ø  Soft drink manufacturing firms
Ø  Spice, cereal and rice mills
Ø  Quality control organizations

Income
A fresher can expect a salary package between ₹ 4 lakh - ₹ 6 lakh per year. People with work experience can get remuneration in the range of ₹ 8 lakh - ₹ 10 lakh per year.

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