Food Processing Engineering

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Food processing engineering is of the newly introduced discipline of the engineering, earlier the processing part was also covered in the agricultural engineering. Food processing engineering is actually the study of the process to transform the grain into food. It involves many methods. for example, the making of flour.

what is Food Processing Engineering

Eligibility

A pass in 12th with a minimum percentage of 50. ( 45 % FOR SC/ST)

Must have studied 12TH with PCM or PCMB combination.

Admission Procedure

I have to attend the Entrance Exam conducted by the concerned university.

Admission counseling will be conducted by the institutions after the publication of the Entrance Exam result.

Some top entrance exams we have-

  • IIT JEE MAINS
  • IIT JEE ADVANCE
  • SRMEEE

Scope of Food Processing Engineering

The food industry is one of the highest growing industries in India, as the people today prefer to eat packed food, because of the time they don’t have for preparing the food. So the demand for food processing units is high, so the demand for food processing engineers. One can work in big multinational companies, providing processed food, and can get a good salary.

 

Fees

Fees for food processing engineering starts from 1 lakh per year and some colleges are even charging 3 lakh per year.

 

Course Duration

4 years divided into 8 semesters.

 

Salary / Package-

package for food processing engineer starts from 2.5 lakh to 5 lakhs on average.


Syllabus-

According to SRM UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

Note.- The syllabus in different universities can be different by only a little extent. All major subjects will be the same. Students can notice one more difference that the subjects they are studying in his college in a particular semester, could be taught in different semesters in different colleges.

Semester I-
SOFT SKILLS I
MATRICES AND CALCULUS
PHYSICS
PHYSICS LAB
CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY LAB
VALUE EDUCATION
BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

Semester II-
SOFT SKILLS II
MULTIPLE INTEGRALS AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
MATERIAL SCIENCE
PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENGLISH
FOOD ENGINEERING
FOOD ENGINEERING LAB

 

Semester III-
THEORY –
GERMAN LANGUAGE / FRENCH PHASE I
APTITUDE I
FOURIER SERIES, PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, AND ITS APPLICATIONS
APPLIED MECHANICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
TRANSPORT PROCESS IN FOOD
KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY
FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

 

Semester IV-
GERMAN / FRENCH LANGUAGE PHASE II
APTITUDE II
STOICHIOMETRY AND ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY
UNIT OPERATIONS IN FOOD PROCESSING
POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

 

Semester V-
THEORY –
APTITUDE III
GRAIN PROCESSING
DAIRY PLANT ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF FOOD
FOOD ANALYSIS LABORATORY
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING I
Elective –II
Open Elective I

 

Semester VI-
APTITUDE IV
REFRIGERATION AND COLD CHAIN
BIOSTATISTICS FOR FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING
FOOD FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING IN FOOD PROCESSING
FOOD PROCESS EQUIPMENT DESIGN AND DRAWING LAB
MINOR PROJECT
Dep. Elective III

 

Semester VII-
FOOD SAFETY AND REGULATIONS
BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY TECHNOLOGY
FOOD PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY
INSTRUMENTATION FOR FOOD ANALYSIS
PROCESSING OF SPICES AND PLANTATION CROPS
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
Dep. Elective IV
Dep. Elective V

 

Semester VIII-
MAJOR PROJECT

 

LIST OF ELECTIVES FOR FOOD PROCESSING ENGINEERING –

 

ELECTIVE – 1
FAT & OIL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
CANE SUGAR TECHNOLOGY
BOILER & STEAM ENGINEERING

 

ELECTIVE – 2
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
ENZYME TECHNOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY OF PROCESSING & PRESERVATION OF FOODS

 

ELECTIVE – 3
MEAT, POULTRY & FISH PROCESSING
FOOD PLANT LAYOUT AND DESIGN
BEVERAGE PROCESSING

 

ELECTIVE – 4
FOOD ADDITIVES
FOOD INDUSTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
EMERGING NON THERMAL METHODS OF FOOD PRESERVATION
NUTRACEUTICALS AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS

Top recruiters of food processing engineering-

NESTLE

NESTLE

 

AMBAY

AMBAY

 

ITC

ITC

 

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER

HINDUSTAN UNILEVER

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

 

 

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