Market Size:
The Indian food and grocery market is the world’s sixth largest, with retail contributing 70 per cent of the sales. The Indian food processing industry accounts for 32 per cent of the country’s total food market, one of the largest industries in India and is ranked fifth in terms of production, consumption, export and expected growth. It contributes around 8.80 and 8.39 per cent of Gross Value Added (GVA) in Manufacturing and Agriculture respectively, 13 per cent of India’s exports and six per cent of total industrial investment. The Indian gourmet food market is currently valued at US$ 1.3 billion and is growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20 per cent. India's organic food market is expected to increase by three times by 2020.
According to a study published in the noted journal Lancet, India is just behind US and China in this global hazard list of top 10 countries with highest number of obese people.
Food Technologists must work with environmental engineers as well as engineers with many other backgrounds such as mechanical, chemical & biochemical to sustain our growth without adversely affecting our environment and public health. This matches very well with the mission of our collage. FOOD TECHNOLOGY SHOULD TRANSROM INTO A MORE MULTI DISCIPLINARY FIELD AND SHOULD BE MORE IN LIMELIGHT IN ENGINEERING PROFESSION. That’s why we chose to offer the Food Technology course. The new administration of this new college has very carefully studied different aspects of Food Technology program and our position is that it will be an appropriate program to offer in the District of Nadia being adjacent to BCKV (Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya) and Haringhata dairy farm . West Bengal needs more Food Technology programs and this programs must be in tune with public health population control .
Academic objectives:
Educate our graduates to focus on using food technology to minimize wastages of food and there by minimize the necessity of fertilizer production to save our environment. The faculty must make our graduates aware that food technologists have a major role to play to save our environment in public health.
Area of focus :
Agriculture and food processing,
Dairy and food processing,
Public health and environment pollution, and
Food engineering (e.g., Mechanical equipment for processing)
Academic programs:
The curriculum of the University (MAKAUT) will be strictly followed . It has been noted that IIT Kharagpur , the focus is on Agriculture and Food . In Jadavpur University, it appears that there is an emphasis on biochemical aspects of Food Technology. Outside West Bengal, Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology in Tamil Nadu and Queens College of Food Technology and Research Foundation in Maharashtra are two other leading institute. Our emphasis will be on “FOOD PROCESSING AND ENVIRONMENT”, as well as “FOOD PROCSEEING AND PUBLIC HEALTH”.