Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI launched a nutrition intervention initiative aimed at improving the nutritional status of the Severely Acute Malnourished (SAM) children in Mysuru with the participation of Women and Child Development Department, Government of Karnataka and Spirulina Foundation, Tumakuru. About 140 SAM children identified by the District Administration will be provided with Weekly Packs consisting of…
Mysore/Mysuru: A two-day National workshop on “Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) in Food Chain” was held at the Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR- CFTRI) on Nov. 25 and 26. This workshop was sponsored by Department of Health Research, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, under its Human Resource…
Mysuru: The two-day International Conference on “Gut-Brain-Health: Connections” jointly organised by KSOU and CSIR-CFTRI recently, aimed to explore how gut micro-biota influences our mind, health and vice-versa. This conference was organised as part of the silver jubilee celebrations of KSOU. Prof. S. Vidyashankar, Vice-Chancellor, KSOU; Prof.Sridevi Annapurna Singh, Director, CFTRI; Dr. Prakash Halami, Chief Scientist…
Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI has been conducting one-year International Certificate course in Flour Milling Technology at its International School of Milling Technology (ISMT) since 1981. So far, 836 participants including 117 from other developing countries of Gulf region, Africa, South America and Asia have been trained at this Centre. ISMT is first-of-its-kind in South East Asia housing…
Last date for registration is Nov. 1 Mysore/Mysuru: A four-week Skill Development Programme on ‘Baking Technology’ will be conducted at CSIR-CFTRI as part of Skill India Initiative from Nov. 15 to Dec. 10, 2021. The bakery industry in India is the largest of the food processing segments with an estimated annual turnover of about 7.60…
Mysore/Mysuru: A two-day webinar titled ‘Online course-cum-training: An Overview of Food Processing Machineries & Unit Operations’ has been organised by CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) on Aug. 17 and 18 from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm. This event is held under CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative for the benefit of MSMEs & Startups working in…
To assess vaccination efficacy and correlation with lifestyle changes like smoking, food habits Mysore/Mysuru: The Phase-3, Pan-CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Phenome India Sero-Survey Camp (antibody test) has been going at CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, since Wednesday. This three-day survey, which was supposed to end yesterday, continued today also. As…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) institute, has come up with a couple of immune-boosting food supplements for COVID-19 patients, especially children. Speaking to SOM this morning, CFTRI Director Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh said that during the first wave, CFTRI had supplied nutritious food like…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice- Chancellor, University of Mysore, inaugurated the annual celebrations of Association of Food Scientists and Technologists-India (AFST-I), CSIR-CFTRI Campus, at a private hotel in city recently. The celebrations also featured memorial lectures and award presentation. The 64-year-old professional Association is based in Mysuru with 40 branches across India. It has…
Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) and GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Aug. 20, 2020 to provide a mutual technical-social collaboration to establish rural livelihood initiatives in India. As part of the MoU, CFTRI will extend the technology transfer of two products — Convenience flour…
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