Technical Abstract: Starch is recognized as one of the most abundant and important commodities containing value added attributes for a vast number of industrial applications. Its chemistry, structure, property and susceptibility to various chemical, physical and enzymatic modifications offer a high technological value which contributes enormously to both the food and non-food industries. Recent advances in processing technologies for starch and genetic manipulation to create new starch varieties having useful functionalities had a profound impact as many new products have been developed around starch as a feedstock for foods, chemicals, plastics and fuels. Recent progress in developing effective and efficient enzyme systems for starch bio-catalysis points to a considerable opportunity and scope for exciting industrial materials and the future of starch science and technology