DC opens Lab set up by CSIR-CFTRI at Govt. Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital on KRS Road Mysore/Mysuru: The new CSIR-CFTRI COVID Testing Laboratory, which has been set up at the Government Ayurveda Hi-tech Panchakarma Hospital at Brindavan Extension on KRS Road was inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar this morning. Speaking after inaugurating…
CFTRI to set up COVID Testing Laboratory
August 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To support the Mysuru District Administration in its fight against Coronavirus, city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) will set up an advanced COVID Testing Laboratory to scale up testing process. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar told Star of Mysore that up to 300 samples per day can be tested in this lab….
CFTRI to host webinar on Energy and Cooking tomorrow
August 5, 2020Mysore/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…
Dr. Indra Amla passes away
August 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City’s well-known Paediatrician Dr. (Mrs.) Indra Amla (90), wife of late Dr. B.L. Amla, former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, passed away at her residence in Gokulam on Aug. 1. She leaves behind three daughters — Anita, Nina and Vanya — grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Last…
CFTRI signs MoU with Schevaran Labs
July 6, 2020To develop efficient environment-friendly and cost-effective quality products post-COVID Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has signed an MoU with Schevaran Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, recently making way forward for collaborative avenues towards the development of personal hygiene, cleaning and related industrial products and solutions. In the post-COVID scenario, both the organisations have…
Nominated as Food Safety Advisor
June 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Karamveer Chakra Dr. Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist and Rural Programme Coordinator, CFTRI, Mysuru, has been nominated as an Advisor to the Centre for Quality of Food Safety (CQFS), New Delhi. The Centre has a vision for the improvement and promotion of food processing in the country as per global practices. It protects the…
CFTRI signs MoU with Schevaran Labs
June 2, 2020To develop efficient environment-friendly and cost-effective quality products post-COVID Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has signed an MoU with Schevaran Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, on May 29, 2020 making way forward for collaborative avenues towards the development of personal hygiene, cleaning and related industrial products and solutions. In the post-COVID scenario, both…
CFTRI’s Webinar to mark National Technology Day on May 11
May 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is celebrating the National Technology Day differently by organising a Webinar. The Webinar is being organised in association with Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), Mysuru, and will be online on May 11 at 11 am. Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Founder, SVYM, will be delivering a lecture on…
COVID-19: CSIR-CFTRI’s biscuits reach patients at AIIMS
April 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The high protein biscuits formulated by CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has reached the COVID-19 patients now undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. CFTRI supplied 500 kg of high protein biscuits and 500 kg of high protein rusks to the Dietitics Department of the Medical Institute…
CFTRI and I-T Department provide nutri-rich food to migrant labourers
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, joined hands with the Income Tax (I-T) Department (Karnataka and Goa) in providing relief food to the migrant labourers affected by the COVID-19 lockdown. The Institute supplied five tonnes of fruit bars, 500 kg of spirulina chikki and five tonnes of flavoured water to the I-T Department…
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