Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agarwal, Chief Scientist (Retd.), CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has donated a Cell Counter to Asha Kirana Hospital in city recently. The equipment, which costs about Rs. 2 lakh, was inaugurated by Dr. G.V. Basavaraja, National President of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). The equipment Mispa HX50 is the 5 Part Haematology Analyser with 3rd…
City’s Dr. Renu Agarwal attends Environment Ministry meeting
February 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The high-powered steering committee meeting of the Natural Resources to Transform, Adapt and Build Resilience (NIRANTAR), Delhi, was held at Paryavaran Bhavan in New Delhi on Jan. 30, 2024. The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to discuss the application of Natural Resources to transform, adapt and build…
Men must help women become achievers: Retd. CFTRI scientist
March 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agarwal, retired Chief Scientist of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, said: “Gender disparity has reduced, but still remains to be eradicated. Without eradication of gender disparity, women cannot become independent.” She was speaking during International Women’s Day celebrations organised at The Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysore Local Centre, on JLB…
Book Talk: Light on consuming safe food
October 14, 2019A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. This outlook to books, attributed to the renowned English Poet John Milton (1608-1674), applies in good measure to the book authored by Dr. Renu Agrawal, titled “Making Foods Safe and Free from Pathogens.”…
Nari Shakti Awardee
March 14, 2018Dr. Renu Agarwal, Ex-Chief Scientist and Rural Development Coordinator, CFTRI, Mysuru, was conferred Nari Shakti National Award on the occasion of International Women’s Day at Yashwant Rao Chavan Academy of Development Administration in Pune by Social Reforms Research organisation, Random Kindness with Women and Child Development, Government of India. She received the award under the…
Nominated to National Task Force Committee
November 12, 2017Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agarwal, former Chief Scientist of CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been nominated to the National Task Force Committee for a period of three years by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology (DST), for Guiding and Mentoring Cluster Development Project in Uttarakhand. During the birth centenary celebrations of Pt. Deen…
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