The department of Fish Processing Technology started in 2018 as part of the newly launched BVOC courses in the college. to meet the increasing demand for well qualified and fish processing professionals required by the seafood industry. Since its inception, the department has been offering a BVOC course in Fish Processing Technology, a six semester (3 year) job-oriented course. It was an aided course in the first three years and college decided to continue it as a self-financing course since 2021-22 academic year. It is a course in which the students are given on-the-job training in various seafood processing plants in order to equip them for employment as successful researchers, managers and supervisors
The course enables to provide a highly motivated and learned society of fisheries professionals within the limit of national and international regulation.
Transforming an enlightened society towards a broad development of fisheries there by becoming a participant in the food security of the nation.