Centre of Excellence for Grain Sciences and School of Sensory Sciences inagurated at IIFPT-Thanjavur

The centre will cater to the needs of grain processing industries, farmers, researchers, start-ups as well as consumer behaviour research on perceptions of food product taste, aroma etc.

A Centre of Excellence for Grain Sciences and a School of Sensory Sciences were inagurated at the Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT) in Thanjavur on Friday. The institute, which was recently accorded the status of Institute of National Importance by an Act of the Parliament, has set the facilities to strengthen R&D capabilities in the areas of grain processing and food sensory studies. The facilities were inaugurated at a virtual event by Pashupati Kumar Paras, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, in the presence of Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, and Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Secretary of the Ministry.