Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts (SSCA), Pune

Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts (SSCA) is a constituent of Symbiosis International University, founded in 2016, and is the first school fully dedicated to offering niche qualifications in culinary science and arts in the country. SSCA caters to the need of the Food Industry to train and develop specialized Culinary, Hospitality and Food Processing professionals.

The food processing and food technology industry is witnessing stupendous growth post pandemic as packaged foods with higher shelf life on offer has an increased demand. By 2025 the Indian Food Processing market is estimated to reach $535 bn and growing at a remarkable compound annual growth rate of 15.2%. This is resulting in high demand for trained professionals with business background to be part of this growth story.

In order to cater to this niche requirement, SSCA has commenced MBA (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management) from AY 2024-25 which is an innovative 2-year, full-time Master’s degree program especially designed to deliver world-class Food Tech and Food Business Management education to groom professionals to lead the food sector for FMCG and HORECA segments.

Other than the above, SSCA has two undergraduate and two niche Diploma programmes in our basket and our flagship Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Arts has been one of the most sought after culinary degree in the country. The Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Culinary Management trains youngsters for supervisory positions in Hospitality and Service industry.

SIU VISION AND MISSION

SIU Vision

Promoting international understanding through quality education

SIU Mission

To inculcate spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (The world is one family)
To contribute towards knowledge generation and dissemination
To promote ethical and value-based learning
To foster the spirit of national development
To inculcate cross cultural sensitization
To develop global competencies amongst students
To nurture creativity and encourage entrepreneurship
To enhance employability and contribute to human resource development
To promote health and wellness amongst students, staff and community
To instill sensitivity amongst the youth towards the community and environment
To produce thought provoking leaders for the society

Programmes offered

MBA (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management)

MBA (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management) is an innovative 2-year, full-time Master’s degree program. It has been especially designed to deliver world-class Food Tech business education to groom professionals who can become leaders of tomorrow.

The objectives of the programme are to:

Develop a professional understanding of food processing, preservation technologies and culinary arts as a specialized section of the HORECA, Food FMCG and the Food Processing Industries that provide wide immediate career opportunities.
Acquire industry-specific business skills, consumer practices, food products and marketing.
Learn industry specific skills of food safety, hygiene, purchase and logistic practices.
Develop entrepreneurial skills and explore opportunities that are prevalent in the food industry.
Learn strategic management practices applied in variety of commercial and non-commercial food service operations and food processing industry

Placement

According to a detailed report of KPMG India and NSDC Skill India Report 2017-22 a typical food processing business recruits specialists having understanding of culinary science, food tech and business management in various positions within the organisation. Student completing MBA (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management) get supervisory career opportunities as

Food Technologist
Quality Manager
Nutritional Therapist
Regulatory Affairs Officer
Product/Process Development Scientist
Technical Brewer
Research Scientist
Specialised Chef

ELIGIBILITY

MBA (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management)

Duration: Two year, full-time programme

Intake: 40 per batch

Graduate from any recognised University/ Institution of National Importance in Food Technology, Hotel Management, Home Science, Food Science & Quality Control, Culinary Arts, Food Ecology/Sustainability, Packaging Technology, Nutrition, Microbiology, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food Engineering etc; with a minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% marks or equivalent grade for Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribes) at graduation level.

Reservation of Seats:

Within Intake-15% SC, 7.5% ST, 3% Differently Abled

Over and Above Intake- 2 seats Kashmiri Migrant, 15% International Students

A candidate who has completed qualifying qualification from any Foreign University must obtain an equivalence certificate from Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

IMPORTANT DATES

Details	Date
SNAP and Programme Registration Begins	August 23, 2023 (Wednesday)
Last Date to apply for SNAP	November 23, 2023 (Thursday)
Last Date to pay for SNAP	November 23, 2023 (Thursday)
SNAP Admit card live on(www.snaptest.org)	December 04, 2023 (Monday) for SNAP Test 1 December 09, 2023 (Saturday) for SNAP Test 02 and SNAP Test 03
SNAP Test 2023	SNAP Test 1 – December 10, 2023 (Sunday) SNAP Test 2 – December 17, 2023 (Sunday) SNAP Test 3 – December 22, 2023 (Friday)
Announcement of SNAP Result	January 10, 2024 (Wednesday)
Last date to apply for Institute	Wednesday, 31st January 2024
Announcement of Shortlist for Group Exercise and Personal Interaction	Saturday, 10th February, 2024
Group Exercise & Personal Interaction	Master of Business Administration (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management) – Saturday 17th February 2024. Saturday, 24th Feb 2024, Saturday 3rd March 2024, Saturday, 10th March 2024
Announcement of First Merit list	February 29, 2024 (Thursday)
Last date for payment of fees for candidates in the first merit list	March 14, 2024 (Thursday)
Programme Commencement	Monday, 10th June 2024

*SIU reserves the right to change these dates in view of uncertainties prevailing across the country on account of Covid-19 pandemic or any other unavoidable circumstances.

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How to Apply

For seeking admission to the Symbiosis School Of Sports Sciences students should complete the following procedure:

Step I:

The applicant must register and pay for SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test) 2019. SNAP 2019 test fee is INR 1750/- (non-refundable). Following are the options for payment.

i) Billdesk Payment Gateway ii) Easebuzz Payment Gateway iii) Indian Bank Gateway iv) Demand Draft.

For more details please visit : www.snaptest.org

Step II:

While registering for SNAP, applicant has to also apply for SSSS in the same application form. A programme fee of Rs. 1000/- (non-refundable) is to be paid to SSSS for each programme that the aspirant wishes to apply. This is mandatory, without which the applicant will not be considered for short-listing for the GE (Group Exercise) PI-WAT (Personal Interview and Writing Ability Test) process for the respective programme(s).

Note

1) SNAP Test fee & programme(s) of the institute is non-refundable.

2) Demand Draft(s) should reach the Symbiosis Test Secretariat by 5:00 pm on November 26, 2019. Demand Drafts reaching after this will not be considered and will be returned to the respective candidates.

3) The last date for payment for SSSS is 17th January 2020 (Friday)

For further details on admissions mail to admissions@SSSS.edu.in

Symbiosis Test Secretariat or SSSS will not be responsible for non-delivery or any delay on the part of courier/postal services.

Please note: No capitation is charged for admission to any programme at any institute of Symbiosis.

Fees Structure

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