Mysore/Mysuru, March 15 -- Meghalaya Governor C.H. Vijayashankar inaugurates Unit

CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, has developed a Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) for Northeast Region for processing of fruits and vegetables.

This was designed and developed for Northeast Centre for Technology Application & Reach (NECTAR), Shillong, an autonomous institute under DST, Government of India.

The Unit was inaugurated on Mar.13 by C.H. Vijayashankar, Governor of Meghalaya, in the presence of Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma, Director General, NECTAR and Dr. Giridhar Parvatam, Director, CSIR-CFTRI.

The chief objective of this MPU is to control or reduce wastage of huge quantities of fruits and vegetables in Northeast and pr...