New milestone technologies, new logo mark Platinum Jubilee, Foundation Day The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a premier laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), entered its 75th year on Monday, Oct. 21. A series of events and product launches marked the Platinum Jubilee and Foundation Day celebrations. Located on the…
Mysuru: Prof. S. Kowsalya, faculty, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women at Coimbatore, has stressed on the need for food scientists to focus on technology that minimises nutrient loss during processing. She was speaking after participating in the inaugural function of National Nutrition Week-2024 with…
Mysore/Mysuru: Heavy rains and flash floods on July 30, 2024, triggered multiple landslides in Wayanad, Kerala, devastating three villages — Punjirimattom, Mundakkai and Chooralmala — and affecting nearby villages Meppadi, Attamala and Kunhome. Over 9,300 people are currently housed in 91 relief camps. In response to this crisis, Mysuru-based Council of Scientific & Industrial Research…
Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI Director Dr. Sridevi Annapoorna Singh said that the CFTRI has 432 different types of technologies and the Institute has been promoting farm produces and products over the years. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘Nam Company’, an Akashavani serial broadcast on empowerment of Farmer Producers Organisations, at a programme jointly organised by CFTRI, Department…
Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation from Australian Consulate-General, Bengaluru, headed by Hilary McGeachy, Consul General; Andrew Collister, Consul and Steffi Cherian, Strategic Communication & Public Diplomacy Officer, visited CSIR-CFTRI here on June 19. The team interacted with scientific staff for exploring collaborations in the areas of Agro-Food Processing Technologies, Infestation control, Food Security and HRD activities. The…
Birth Centenary of Inspirational Food Scientists held at CSIR-CFTRI Mysore/Mysuru: Society of Biological Chemists (India), Mysore Chapter, in association with CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore and AFST (I), conducted a Symposium on ‘Food for our Future: The Role of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition’ on May 29 at CFTRI’s IFTTC auditorium in city. It was organised in commemoration…
Mysore/Mysuru: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Mysuru, had organised a training programme on “Rice Milling and Value Addition to Rice” for a Guyanese delegation under the Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) programme sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, from Feb. 27 to Mar. 18….
Mysore/Mysuru: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) in Mysuru recently celebrated National Science Day, paying tribute to the Nobel Laureate, Sir C. V. Raman. Science Day is observed annually on Feb. 28 in India to commemorate C.V. Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect in 1928, which earned him the…
The 18th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of CSIR-CFTRI — Council of Scientific & Industrial Research – Central Food Technological Research Institute — Pensioners Welfare Association (CPWA), Mysuru, was held on Feb. 22 in the International Food Technology Training Centre (IFTTC) auditorium, CFTRI campus, Mysuru. Nonagenarian and Octogenarian members, who were felicitated on the occasion…
Mysore/Mysuru: Stressing on the need for encouraging small farmers to take up smart farming, Padma Shri awardee Scientist Prof. S. Ayyappan (Subbanna Ayyappan), who is also the Chairman of Gurugram based National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), said that development of farmers who provide us food, should be the first priority. He…
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