Hello Jeyasibi,

Yes, surely you will get admissions in BSc Horticulture or Btech Food Processing once you had completed the eligibility criteria.

B. Sc. in Horticulture is a 3 years full time undergraduate course which is divided into 6 semesters. Horticulture is the branch of Agricultural Science that deals with the cultivation of vegetables, plants, flowers, herbs, fruits, shrubs, bushes, gardens, and landscaping for gardens, ornamental trees, maintaining nurseries, greenhouses, orchards and plantations and also floriculture or cultivation of flowers.

The branch of study now has direct and indirect applications in food technology industries as production, cultivation, harvesting and storing of vegetables have all become highly mechanized. These plants are grown under strictly controlled conditions using sophisticated sensors, and biological control of pests and diseases. It is of the utmost importance for all commercial as well as resource-limited farmers to plant deciduous fruit crops, some fruit crops and rootstocks that are adapted to their specific climatic and soil conditions.

Top Colleges for Bachelor of Science [B.Sc] (Horticulture Science)

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC] (HORTICULTURE SCIENCE) IN MAHARASHTRA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC] (HORTICULTURE SCIENCE) IN TAMIL NADU

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC] (HORTICULTURE SCIENCE) IN UTTARAKHAND

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE [B.SC] (HORTICULTURE SCIENCE) IN UTTAR PRADESH

B.SC (AGRICULTURE) IN DELHI-NCR

B.SC (AGRICULTURE) IN MAHARASHTRA

B. Tech. Food Process Engineering is a 4-year undergraduate course. It is a branch of food science and involves techniques used to convert raw materials into food for the use of humans. A candidate who has passed XII and scored minimum 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) is eligible to pursue this course.

Top Institutes offering this course are:

NIT, Rourkela

Osmania University, Hyderabad

Rai University, Ahmedabad

The Neotia College, Kolkata

Chandigarh University

The average tuition fee for B. Tech Food Process Engineering ranges between 50,000 rupees and 1, 50,000 rupees.

At present in India, Food Processing Industry is growing at a rapid rate as millions of people are consuming processed and packaged food all over the country. Each year of this course is divided into 2 semesters.

The students who pursue this course can make find a variety of Career Options and Jobs in the food industry and work in different job profiles such as Quality control executive, Production Manager, Product Development Executive in companies like Cadbury, Venky’s, Anmol. The average salary package a fresher can get after passing this course is INR 2 to 4 Lacs per annum.