Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT C.N. Ashwath Narayan on Thursday said the State Government will extend all support to the CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, for setting up a finishing school in the area of food technology.
Speaking after going around the CFTRI campus and watching the products/technologies developed by the premier food technology institute here, the Minister watched the demonstration of ‘ragi mudde’ making machine and dosa making machine. He ate the ragi mudde and dosa made from the technologies developed by the CSIR lab and appreciated the efforts of the scientists and engineers.
The food scientists, who were present, told the Minister that women self-help groups make sweets such as ‘kardant’ and ‘peda’, products like pickles, and other food items but they lack longer shelf-life. The CFTRI is ready to give training and skill to the SHGs so that their products could get longer shelf life, and help them in sustaining their enterprises. The CFTRI is the only institute having the expertise and therefore the government must come forward to support it in its resolve to help the ambitious groups. The Minister responded positively to the suggestion.
