Mysore/Mysuru: The Foundation stone for the ambitious project of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI) — Global Centre for Rice Technology (GCRT) — was laid in the premises of CFTRI residential quarters in MG Halli, along Kalidasa Road (close to Chandrakala Hospital) here yesterday. Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, Sid Mukherjee, MD, Silicon Road, said that it is a very important project for all of us as ‘Rice’ is consumed by 50 percent of the global population.
Pointing out that the Centre would establish the missing vital link between the Rice milling sector and academia, he added that the Centre would go a long way in making the country stronger and self-sufficient.
