B.Sc. Food Technology on offer at Institute of Home Economics

Delhi University may be known for hotly contested courses in the Commerce and Arts streams; however, for aspirants who want to do something different in their careers, there are esoteric courses where students can make their mark.

Keeping this approach in mind, the University's Institute of Home Economics has introduced the three-year B.Sc (Hons) degree in food technology.

The college decided to introduce the course this year after increasing demand and interest from students about the course.

The course would primarily include imparting knowledge about the chemical, physical and microbiological make-up of food and the application of this knowledge to process and preserve various food items.

Aspirants will be able to gain knowledge in several aspects of food technology, such as food processing, food science and chemistry of food, food safety, and microbiological aspects of food, food engineering and food packaging.

Along with intensive classroom teaching and laboratory-based practical classes, the course also aims to provide hands-on-experience to students through educational tours, seminars, projects and industrial training.

To prepare the students for this course, the college has introduced several upgradations, which include hot air oven, dehydrator, Soxhlet apparatus for fat extraction, Kjheldal apparatus, automatic digester, deep freezer, muffle furnace, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, autoclave, incubator, centrifuge, etc.

The course will be undertaken by the Department of Food and Nutrition, one of the oldest departments in the college. Until last year, the Department used to offer a B.Tech degree in Food Technology, under the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).

A group of 42 students completed the course form the college in the academic year 2016-17.