Food Processing Industries are presently being given preference all over. Ministry of Food Processing Industries, National Horticulture Board, State Industries Development Corporation are focusing on food industry. The growth is so rapid that there is an urgent requirement of a technology which makes the growth and development sustainable. It is only Food Technology which can reduce the gap between harvested food and available food by changing the mode of finished product i.e., processing, packaging and storage conditions, etc. The focus is on healthy food, diets, calories, nutrition status, etc. Very recently the country has entered the era of food safety. Keeping this in view, this centre was established and in a very short time the centre has grown considerably. The Department has a GC, HPLC, and a other important equipments. The students are presently undertaking project training in prestigious food industries and associated labs like- Varun Beverages, Coke Bareilly, Britania, Badri Vishal Agro, DFRL Mysore, Zimdari food Bhutan, Haldiram, Godrej – Hersheys, Pearl Foods, Top & Town ice-cream etc. Students have been successfully placed in reputed Indutries and organizations like DS Foods, Allansons, ITC-Sunfeast, Britania, Chokse Labs, Skol Breweries, Raja Biscuit, Pearl Products (Pepsi), Ravi Foods, Ruchi Breweries, Sunstar Overseas Limited CFTRI, Davar’s Claris Life Sciences, Wockhart, Decson Impex, Pvt. Ltd. Speed Ways Food and Beverages, Parle, Coke, Cadbury, Caalpro foods, Vadilal, Mann food Pvt. Ltd. Etc.
| Name | Designation |
| Prof. G.B.K. Prasad | Co-ordinator |
| Office - 2442620 | |
| Course | I Semester | II Semester | III Semester | IV Semester |
| M.Sc. | Rs. 27220.00 | Rs. 23100.00 | Rs. 24160.00 | Rs. 23100.00 |
| Certificate | Rs. 5000.00 | - | - | - |
Payment Seat: M.Sc. – Rs. 16000/- additional per year to the fees for Open Seat
Note: If no sponsored candidates are available, the seats will be transferred to payment seat category. The fee structure for sponsored candidates will remain same as for payment seat; however, they are required to pay one time sponsorship fees of Rs. 25000/- extra at the time of admission. Sponsored candidates are required to fulfill minimum eligibility criterion (50%at graduation) and will have to furnish a sponsorship certificate from the present employer. He/ She will also have to take leave during the course period. He/ She is not required to appear in Entrance test.