There are more than one thousand bamboo species being utilized in numerous ways among different cultures, world over. The current research on this extraordinary material is very fascinating leading to emergence of new avenues of bamboo utilization including food and pharmaceutical potential. Though bamboo shoot is low in fat and calories yet rich in various nutrients and edible fibres. Therefore, potential of edible bamboos in supplementing nutrients in diet of even elite people has attracted attention of researchers. Analysis of published literature revealed a number of advanced methods for bamboo shoot processing and drying. For example, superheated steam drying of bamboo shoots eliminated boiling or blanching for reducing bitterness of shoots by decomposing Taxiphyllin and simultaneously preserving nutrients. Similarly, one important aspect during hot air drying of bamboo shoot is shrinkage of shoot parallel to its fibers differ from perpendicular to its fibers. So, expressing deformation in terms of degree of shrinkage (or volume shrinkage ratio) is not adequate, hence a new perspective of quality control in case of bamboo shoot is required. Interestingly, inspite of the fact that bamboo shoot has been an integral part of diet of tribal community, scientific validation of traditional processing methods in terms of food quality and safety has not been attempted. The integration of traditional processes after scientific validation would go a long way in developing a suitable system for storage and preservation of this perishable commodity for rural entrepreneurship. Also, processing techniques to take care of the food safety aspect would enhance the export potential of this wonderful product. Preservation methods such as boiling, canning, drying, fermentation etc. have to be standardized for eliminating toxic content while keeping the nutritional properties intact. Infact R&D work on developing suitable processing methods for converting non-edible species into edible one would open new avenues for tapping the huge potential of this natural product. In this context, efficacy of discarded toxic extract as biopesticide needs to be explored. The use of hybrid technologies, such as solar-assisted heat pump dryer, solar dryer with thermal energy storage, microwave assisted drying may be more cost effective to get the desired quality products. In order to design appropriate machinery for processing of bamboo shoot such as slicing, striping, sizing, physical characteristics especially shear properties play very important role. Surprisingly, technical data on such physical properties of bamboo shoot are very limited, hence R&D work on this important aspect is warranted.