Mysuru: R.N. Ramesh, employee of CSIR- CFTRI, Mysuru, emerged runner-up in the 55+ category of the All India Senior Tennis Championship held at Jaipur in Rajastan from Oct.3 to 7. He defeated V. Shankar (Hyderabad) 6-2,4-6, 10-8 in the quarter-finals and Meghanath 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals. However, Ramesh lost to Srinivas Reddy 2-6,3-6 in…
8th International Food Convention in city from Dec.12 to 15
October 8, 2018#IFCON mobile App, website launched Mysuru: The 8th International Food Convention #IFCON will be hosted by Association of Food Scientists & Technologists India (AFST-I) in association with CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) and DRDO-Defence Food Research Laboratory (DRDO-DFRL), Mysuru from Dec.12 to 15 with the theme “Holistic Approaches, for Start-Ups, Human Resource Training for…
Runners-up in National Tennis Championship
September 28, 2018R.N. Ramesh, employee of CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has excelled in the in 55+ category of All India Senior Tennis Championship held at Baroda in Gujarat recently. Ramesh, along with Deepankar Chakravarthi from Udaipur (Rajasthan) exhibited a wonderful game of play, defeating Meghanathan (TN) and his partner SLVN Raju (AP) by 6-3, 6-1 in the quarter finals….
Bags “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Dr. P.V. Ravindra DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow-cum-Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been conferred “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award for research contributions in the field of Biotechnology by the “Board of Management of the Venus International Foundation”, Chennai recently. Dr. Ravindra obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Veterinary…
CSIR-CFTRI Students Symposium Registration open
June 24, 2018Mysuru: The CSIR- Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, is playing host to a unique symposium on Advances in Biological Research to be held on July 13. The CSIR-CFTRI-Students-Symposium (CCSS) is organised with support from Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India). The event is being conceived, managed and organised by the young researchers…
CSIR-CFTRI to conduct Entrepreneurship Training programme from Nov. 20
November 12, 2017Mysuru: A training programme on ‘Entrepreneurial opportunities in food and allied sectors’ has been organised by CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) – CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) in association with Kautilya Entrepreneurship & Management Institute (KEMI), Jain University, Bengaluru from Nov. 20 to Dec. 2 at CSIR-CFTRI premises in city. The second…
CFTRI conducts 3-day workshop for farmers of Cashewnut Cluster from Maharashtra
September 12, 2017Mysuru: Maharashtra is one of the major States in the country producing cashew crop by cultivating in 1.81 lakh hectares. Currently, around one lakh farmers are involved in the production, processing and marketing of cashewnut in the Konkan region. Majority of these are marginal farmers and they are supplying raw cashewnut to market. Middlemen exploit…
An interview that puts science at the forefront…
August 7, 2017Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, is one of the premier food laboratories in the country. Housed in the beautiful Cheluvamba Vilas (Cheluvamba Mansion) in the sprawling 145-acre campus, CSIR-CFTRI, in its 67 years of existence has had many charismatic Directors and achievements. Amul Baby Food is one such achievement. The current Director Prof….
Ragi Mudde machine: H.D. Deve Gowda was the inspiration
July 17, 2017Sir, Kudos to the Director, CSIR-CFTRI, for his wise choice to invite H.D. Deve Gowda to launch Ragi Mudde making machine. It was he who launched the much-hyped ragi mudde as an international cuisine when he was the Prime Minister. If my memory is correct, as a retired scientist, this is the first time as…
M.Sc. (Food Technology) and ISMT courses’ Awards Day at CFTRI tomorrow
July 9, 2017Former PM H.D. Deve Gowda to present Medals Mysuru: CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, has organised an Awards Day ceremony at its IFTTC Hall on July 10 at 3 pm for the 51st batch (2015-17) students of M.Sc. (Food Technology) and ISMT courses. Medals and certificates to passed out students, course completion certificates…
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