India is a growing country in the food industry. There are around 500 million high and medium class consumers and any industry that is involved in the food sector, do not want to spoil the opportunity to grab the consumers. That's why the demand for food technologists is increasing day by day in India. A professional in the field of food technology can find employment in the field of food manufacturing plants, research and development labs, catering companies, food wholesalers, restaurants and the hospital. People can choose the area of their working as per the interest of their subject.
The LPU programme comes with the Pathway electives for CORPORATE JOBS:
FOOD INDUSTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT
This course will provide the information for the tools and techniques used for waste management in the food industry.
INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY
Develop an understanding of the role microorganism plays in fermentation and its industrial importance.
PROJECT PREPARATION AND MANAGEMENT
The course emphasises on the importance of Project Management in a business and enables us to use tools and techniques for decision making.
RISK ANALYSIS
The course will expose the students to various risks encountered during handling, processing and storage of food and methods to analyse the risks involved and their remedy.
FLAVOUR CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY
The course will help the students to understand the Science behind the art of flavouring foods, their analysis, the problem of off-flavours and the reasons thereof, development of flavours for specific applications, and legal aspects on use of flavours in food products.
FOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Impart knowledge about various technologies for food products development. FOOD
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Provides information on physical, chemical and biological contaminants in foods and awareness about quality management in the food production chain.
PROCESSING OF PLANTATION CROPS HERBS AND SPICES
The course is about the processing, equipment used and value addition of plantation crops like tea, coffee, coconut, cashew and arecanut. Also processing of spices, herbs and medicinal plants are dealt with in this course.
This makes LPU an ideal choice for the programme. Recently NIRF has ranked LPU among the top 100 universities in the country !
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