Mysore/Mysuru: A capacity building training on food processing for both entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs from SC and ST communities was held at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) in city. The programme is a collaboration of CSIR-CFTRI with National SC-ST Hub (NSSH), Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, New Delhi. The first…
CFTRI to host seminar on Information Services in Digital Era on Feb.4
January 23, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, is hosting a one-day seminar on “Innovation and Sustainable Information Services in Digital Era” on Feb. 4 in association with ICSSR, New Delhi, AFST(I), Mysuru, American Chemical Society and Springer Nature. The aim of this seminar is to bring together Library and Information Professionals associated with reputed…
Skill India Initiative: Month-long “Baking Technology” training at CFTRI
January 10, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A four-week Skill Development Programme on “Baking Technology” under the aegis of National School of Baking Technology will be conducted at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, as part of Skill India Initiative from Jan. 20 to Feb. 14. The course catering to the needs of fast growing baking industry will be as…
CFTRI to host popular lectures for students from Jan. 10
January 7, 2020Mysuru: The Mysuru based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is organising a series of popular lectures by eminent scientists and technologists for the benefit of students of Mysuru. Beginning January, the series titled Future India aims to educate the next generation technologists and innovators on the achievements of Indian Science and Technology in various…
Micro-entrepreneurship Network in Food Processing at CFTRI: Registration open
December 30, 2019Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has initiated a Micro-entrepreneurs Network (MICROENT) in the area of food processing in order to create a common platform for cottage and tiny food manufacturers to share their ideas and address commonly faced technical challenges in running their enterprises. The work has been initiated by a group of Ph.D students at CFTRI…
‘Wastage in food processing units has touched 25%’
December 15, 2019Conference on bio-processing begins at CFTRI Mysuru: “Owing to negligence showed in the field of food processing in India, about 25 percent of food products are getting wasted,” opined Dr. Gautam R. Desiraju, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He was speaking as the chief guest during the…
JIGYASA initiative connects Scientist-Student at CFTRI
December 4, 2019Mysuru: “JIGYASA” is one of the major initiatives taken up by CSIR at National-level for further widening and deepening its Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) in collaboration with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathans (KVS). The programme focusses on connecting school students and scientists to inculcate the culture of scientific thinking in children at the school-level. Starting from the…
Kannada Habba-2019: Day-long symposium for farmers at CFTRI
November 20, 2019Mysuru: As part of Kannada Habba-2019, Kannada Sahrudaya Balaga of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru in association with College of Horticulture, Yalachanahalli, Mysuru and Horticulture Department, Zilla Panchayat, Mysuru is organising one-day symposium on ‘Food Technology and Value Added Foods’ at IFTTC Auditorium in CFTRI premises here on Nov. 25. Participating farmers will…
Farm sector needs more push and reforms, says former ICAR DG
October 21, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that the agriculture sector needed more push along with the introduction of reforms to spur growth, Prof. S.Ayyappan, former Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) stressed on the need for making farming smart just as smart cities. He was speaking after inaugurating the day-long Council of Scientific and Industrial Research…
Kolkata to host India Intl. Science Fest from Nov.5: Union Minister
October 13, 2019Mysuru: “The India International Science Festival (IISF-2019) will be held from Nov.5 to 8 this year at Kolkata,” informed Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Science, Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan. Addressing a press conference at CFTRI auditorium here yesterday, Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed that the fifth edition of IISF is going…
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