Food Technology

The unique experiential and practitioner-led pedagogical approach at LPU thrives on a consistent immersion in the industry, which ensures a hands-on learning experience for students. Ph.D. at LPU emphasizes on off-the-shelf research to create new knowledge and explore future challenges. The researcher is expected to identify the research gaps, formulate objectives, develop methodologies for finding solutions to real life problems. Ph.D. in food techno;ogy focuses on:-
1- the application of biotechnological processes and techniques in the processing of food and also guides toward evaluation of processed food.
2- understanding of enzymes useful in food product technology and food processing with respect to production and purification protocols, applications in commodity technologies, and their impact on sensory and nutritional quality.
3- Impart knowledge about different types of toxins found in foods, assessment of food toxins, various food laws and standards.
4- The course focuses on basic fundamental principles of juice processing and different unit operations involved in the processing.
5- cater to the emerging areas of industrial manufacturing, properties and applications of lipids, and their products in food product development. Hope this helps.

Now a days, the demand of agriculture has gone on boom. Most of the times students asks about a seat in agriculture but as the demand has gone high, the students are facing a very tough competition and if you are talking about a prestigious agriculture college of India where the foreigners too approach as their first priority that is TNAU.
1. Getting a BSc agriculture seat in TNAU is as tough as like getting a best medical college in India because every year it is on boom.(very high in demand).
2. TNAU cut off calculation .
Marks of each subject each main subject would be converted to 50 as follows. Marks obtained is divided by 4 and the aggregate of the 4 subjects will be taken four ranking. The aggregate marks would be out of 200.You will have to write TNAU entrance exam .
3. Now the required cut off for 2020 intake.
The cut off will also depend on your category you belong to because last year, the cut off was 198 of general and 195 for bc candidates.
4. Definitely this year also the cut off will be around this much only.
Note (TNAU also provide management quota seats)