Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore

The Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore aims to

• Generate and apply knowledge of food science and food technology for optimal conservation and utilisation of the nation’s food resources
• Integrate scientific and technological knowledge into conventional and traditional systems and practices, and local and regional realities
• Add value and utility to agro-resources through R&D and contribute to sustained development, food security and food safety
• Aid and promote the development of food industry through inter-disciplinary, innovative and state-of-the-art solutions
• Set national standards for food quality, and spread food quality consciousness all around\
• Sustain leadership in long-term strategic research and technology development
• Integrate the food supply chain from the cultivator to the consumer so that cultivators get optimal returns from processing, and consumers get the food that they want, when they want, where they want, in whatever form they want and at affordable cost
• Build and bolster bonds with nodal agencies from the global to the grassroots level, particularly in the area of multi-level human resources development
• Develop new knowledge continuously, to address contemporary challenges and answer future emergencies