Scope and Opportunities
- Career opportunities in government sectors like Food and Drug administration, Food Corporation etc.
- Techno commercial opportunities in private & govt. sectors.
- Bright career opportunities in Private sectors in departments Like Manufacturing, Quality Control, Packaging & Transport Research & Development
- Job Potential – Middle & Top Level positions in industries as:
- Production Managers
- Marketing Managers
- Legal Advisors
- MIS Experts
- Technical Experts, etc.
- Bright career opportunities in MNC’s like:
- Nestle
- Coca Cola
- Reliance fresh
- Britannia
- Godrej Foods
- Pepsico
- Mahindra & Mahindra
- Pepsi
- HLL
- Thapar Group
- Amongst the top 10 industries of the world Pepsi and Coco-Cola are amongst the top 5 which shows us the importance of Food Processing Industry. Food Processing Industry is the 4th largest industry in the world and It contributes around U.S. $ 16000 billion business.
- Graduate students may get admission to Post-graduation in Food Technology (M. Tech. / M. Sc.) at institutes like MAU Parbhani, MPKV Rahuri, UICT Mumbai, CFTRI Mysore, Longowal Univ. Punjab, & Post-graduate diploma at institutes like CFTRI & DFRL Mysore and others.
- Besides above various opportunities for post graduate education in the United States of America.
- Opportunity as a researcher in the organizations like
- Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) Mysore,
- Defence Food Research Lab (DFRL) Mysore,
- National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) Hyderabad.
- Vast scope to start own Food Processing Unit. Ministry of Food Processing. (Govt. of India) and State Govt. of Maharashtra have given much emphasis on food processing sector and provided the subsidies upto 50% of the total investment for new Food Processing Units.
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Industry Growth Figures |
| Sr. No |
Particular |
Rs. Crore |
$ million |
| 1 |
Fish and fish preparation |
3467 |
791 |
| 2 |
Meat and meat preparation |
1306 |
298 |
| 3 |
Fruit, Vegetable and pulses |
1741 |
406 |
| 4 |
Miscellaneous processed
Foods (Incl. of processed fruits and juices) |
770 |
176 |
| 5 |
Retail Industry
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| |
- Wal-Mart (6189 Stores worldwide) |
2138 |
488 |
| |
- Home Depot (2090 Stores worldwide) |
451 |
103 |
| |
- Kroger (4163 Stores worldwide) |
377 |
86 |
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