The story behind the formulation of infant food (Amul) from buffalo’s milk using the technology developed by the scientists from CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) was retold during a webinar organised on Monday, in commemoration of 80 years of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Under the title “80 years and 80 success stories”, experts, including present and former CFTRI directors, former senior official of Amul and others brought to light how the infant food using buffalo’s milk was formulated and the efforts put in by the scientists of CSIR-CFTRI decades ago when resources were in scarce.
Shekar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR; Sridevi Annapurna Singh, director, CSIR-CFTRI; former CFTRI Director V. Prakash; B.M. Vyas, former MD, Amul Dairy; Commodore Amit Rastogi, CMD, NRDC, New Delhi; and Shikha, scientist, SCDD, CSIR took part in the webinar.
