Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts and Nutritional Sciences (SSCANS)
Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts and Nutritional Sciences (SSCANS) 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.
Over a period of time, SSCANS has grown into a holistic institution offering a multitude of programmes specialising in culinary, food processing, hospitality, and nutrition and dietetics. The programmes of study range from Masters, MBA, undergraduate’s degree to diploma and certificate courses. It’s the first school in the country to offer exclusive culinary degree programmes under a university. It’s a pioneer Culinary School in the country dedicated to culinary specializations.
Legacy of 50 Golden Glorious Years of Symbiosis Education. Two Unique and Distinguished Degree Programmes in Culinary Arts and Hospitality & Culinary Management Hands-on and Experiential learning throughout the course with one-of-its kind Dissertations. Participation in competitions Industry Internships at India and International suitable locations in best of the organisations. Campus Infrastructure and Facilities A State-of-the-art purpose built one lakh sq. ft. campus equipped with modern specialised kitchen labs, nutrition labs, food processing labs and hospitality resource labs along with well-equipped classrooms. SSCANS campus is spread over 2 acres of land replete with training labs, classrooms, Amphitheatre, multi- purpose hall, state of the art Studio Kitchen for professional programmes.
Director's Message
Prof. Atul Gokhale is an accomplished hospitality and culinary education specialist with 35 years of experience in India and abroad in the field of teaching, administration, and hospitality industry. He is the founding Director of Symbiosis School of Culinary Arts, a premier Culinary and Hospitality School at Symbiosis International University, Pune India.
He recently completed 20 years in the field of hospitality, culinary and tourism education. An alumnus of IHM Bhubaneshwar, he started his career as Chef with ITDC (The Ashok Group of hotels) based out of New Delhi. He specializes in Italian and Indian cuisine. He has a MBA in Management and is currently pursuing his Doctoral study with Symbiosis International University in the field of Culinary Education on “Developing a maturity model for Culinary Arts Education in India”. He is on the board of the Education Certification Advisory Council (ECAC) of the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), Orlando, USA and also a master trainer for Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) programme.
He is member of board of studies at Pune University and also on the board of Mumbai University for Hotel Management education. He was a member of core team which designed the NSQF for Hospitality Industry in Bahrain. He presented a paper on “localization of workforce in Hotel and Tourism Industry in Saudi Arabia” at the GCC Nationalization Summit in 2011 held at Dubai. He has done research work in the areas of Vedic and Regional Indian Cuisine, Food History, Recipe Research, Food Flavors and Textures Development.
As an Entrepreneur he has done project consultancies for hotels and restaurants and owned and operated “Pinch of Salt” a corporate catering & consultancy service firm. He is a Member (MIH) of Institute of Hospitality (IoH, UK) since July 2005 and Member Faculty of American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute, Orlando, USA, since 2006. He is a member of Toastmasters International and is a certified Competent Communicator and Competent Leader. Among other things, he is also a certified Life Coach.
Prof Atul Gokhale, Director – SSCANS, Pune
Programmes offered by SSCANS
M.Sc. (Nutrition and Dietetics)
Course DetailsM.B.A. (Food Technology and Food Enterprise Management)
Course DetailsB.Sc. (Cullinary Arts)
Course DetailsB.Sc. (Hospitality and Culinary Management)
Course DetailsDiploma in Bakery and Patisserie Skills
Course DetailsDiploma in Professional Culinary Skill
Course DetailsFloating Credit Courses
Course DetailsPh.D.
Course Details
Research
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) offers research programs under UGC guidelines across various faculties. The Symbiosis Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI), established in 2009, promotes research excellence.
Teaching Faculty
Empowering Educators, Empowering Change
Symbiosis has some of the most talented and dedicated thought leaders in the country who come from the best institutions around the world. Not only are they academically and professionally amongst the best, but have high standards of moral and ethical values, so that they can be true role models.
Faculty from recognized universities.
Most hold doctoral degrees.
Committed to research and development.
Testimonials
I see Culinary Arts as a very versatile field and any individual doing this program has a lot of options open for them after completing this course. The best thing I like about the programme is that the teaching in theory and practical aspects are balanced and well taught.
Khushi Gujarathi
Demi Chef de Partie - SSCA, Pune
To learn culinary arts, it is extremely important for one to study in a culinary school as it is very detail oriented and has more value in the industry in today’s scenario. SSCA has very good infrastructure, extremely good faculty for all round development of students. It has helped me to be where I am today!
Anurag Sarkar
Food Entrepreneur and Consultant - SSCA, Pune
The best part of this course is we get to learn lot of practical knowledge as it is the main focus of our industry. I’ve realised that after meeting other interns at my place of internship that the quality of learning that we receive at SSCA is way better than other colleges across India. After joining this course I have understood that there’s much more to culinary learning than what you see on the television.
Niyanta Patel
Food Business Entrepreneur - SSCA, Pune
I selected this program as I have been passionate about baking since my childhood and I want to build up my career into baking. Also Symbiosis being a very well-known University I chose to enroll into this program. Symbiosis has always been close to my heart as I have completed my Primary and Secondary education in Symbiosis :) At SSCA I love the atmosphere created by the chefs around.
Tanvi Nagarkar
Food Business Entrepreneur - SSCA, Pune
Initiatives of SIU
Symbiosis International (Deemed University) is committed to bring about sustainable and meaningful change in the society through its Health Promoting, Social and Quality Initiatives.
