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Central Food Technological Research Institute

Food technology research lab in India

Field	Value
name	Central Food Technological Research Institute
image	[[File:CFTRI Mysore, 2008.jpg	200px]]
established
director	Dr. Giridhar Parvatam
city	Mysuru
state	Karnataka
type	A constituent laboratory of CSIR, India
campus	200 acre
operating_agency	CSIR
website
caption	Main facade of Cheluvambavilas Palace at Mysore, India, the headquarters of CFTRI

The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is an Indian food research institute and laboratory headquartered in Mysore, India. It is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

India is the world's second largest food grain, fruit and vegetable producer, and the institute is engaged in research in the production and handling of grains, pulses, oilseed, along with spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry.

Establishment

CFTRI was established on 21 October 1950, soon after the Dominion of India was constituted into a republic, under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, a research and development organisation co-founded by Sir A. R. Mudaliyar.

Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar donated Cheluvambavilas Palace and its vast campus to house the institute, where it is headquartered. It also has its resource centres at Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Mumbai, rendering technical assistance to numerous entrepreneurs.

Institute

The institute has nearly two hundred scientists, technologists, and engineers, and over a hundred technicians, skilled workers, and support staff. There are sixteen research and development departments, including laboratories focussing on food engineering, food biotechnology, microbiology, grain sciences, sensory science, biochemistry, molecular nutrition, and food safety.

The institute has developed over 300 products, processes, and equipment designs, and most of these technologies have been released to over 4000 licensees for commercial application. The institute develops technologies to increase efficiency and reduce post-harvest losses, add convenience, increase export, find new sources of food products, integrate human resources in food industries, reduce costs, and modernise. It holds several patents and has published findings in reputed journals. File:Central Food Technological Research Institute front view.jpg|A view of Cheluvambavilas Palace on a winter morning fog File:Central Food Technological Research Institute Gate 01 Mysore.jpg|The main gate File:CFTRI, Mysore 1951.jpg|The palace in 1951 File:CFTRI Mysore.jpg|The gate facing Mysore Railway Station

Notes

References

"CSIR Lab Directory".
"Indian Agriculture".
(10 October 2019). "President of India graces birth centenary celebrations of Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar of Mysore; says best tribute we can pay him on his birth centenary is to emulate his values and his vision in our daily lives". Press Information Bureau.
"CFTRI - R & D Departments".
(31 January 2002). "CFTRI does its bit for tenth plan draft". [[The Times of India]].

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