Mysore/Mysuru: The CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has organised its Future India Talk Series as a webinar on Aug.6.
Prof. A. B. Pandit, an eminent engineer and Vice-Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, will be speaking on “Energy and Cooking,” a topic that concerns everyday cooking.
Cooking is a mix of physical, chemical and biological changes, brought about by either the supply or the removal of the energy. Cooking at a household level, is energywise very inefficient. The webinar will be about the efforts of Science in the past few years in making cooking sustainable.
It may be recalled that the Future India Talks series was initiated by the Institute to bring eminent scientists to speak to students of Mysuru and eminent speakers including Dr. Shekar C. Mande, DG, CSIR had delivered lectures. The monthly series is now being resumed as a webinar series from this month.
The general public and students aspiring to be engineers and food technologists can attend this talk, said Dr. K.S.M.S. Raghavarao, Director, CFTRI. The webinar will be live at 11 am on Thursday (Aug.6) and can be joined by the public by using the link https://tinyurl.com/y5u54z99, according to a press release.
This post was published on August 5, 2020 6:21 pm