From the Desk of the Institutional Coordinator, UNU Programme at CFT'RI

Welcome to the WEB page on UNU programme at CFTRI which takes you into the world of Food Science and Technology and the potential opportunities that exists in this campus for people who would like to enhance their academia in the areas of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition as relevant to developing countries. The WEB page takes you to a journey of what you could really gain through this UNU Fellowship at CFTRI in terms of its relevance to your own country and your own institution.

It is not fair on my part to dwell about the details of the Fellowship since these are all well documented in the WEB page itself But what is more important is that this opportunity must be utilized by every developing country to enhance their potential in the area of Food Science and Technology through more than 50 years of experience of CFTRI in this field and it is this loaded experience of the institution which the UNU at Tokyo has recognized as a centre of training for other countries.

The Fellowship will not only bring in linkages with the Scientists, Technologists, Engineers but will also bring in social tie-ups through, for example, traditional foods, indigenous foods, the low cost nutritious foods and the nutritional composition of each of the unique foods that each country has. These can be linked up together into one area of knowledge-base generation, innovation and learning which are the crucial factors in this Fellowship.

If we go back to the history of this UNU fellowship at CFTRI, more than 125 Fellowships have fructified in this Institute and each one of the Fellows are doing extremely well in their country, in their institution after being trained here, and this fact reflects in itself the impact. When I see the large alumni of CFTRI-UNU Fellowships that have spread across the world, the message is clear.

This programme is one of the unique ones which not only networks Food Science and Technology globally but also networks the culture, the tradition, the high science, the sustainability factor and also the potential for utilizing each other's experience for a better, safe and more importantly the sustainable food for tomorrow for the entire world. in capitalizing these charters, which of course are well built in into the long term charter of the United Nations itself, the CFTRI would like to ensure that this bridge of intercountry interactions is established through this fellowship and it is for you to go through the WEB page in detail and also interact with us to help you with farther information, if you need.

I am sure that this WEB page would synergise, capitalize and foster the deserving candidates, who look forward for a better and higher training in the field of Food Science and Technology and also who look forward for close association with the CFTRI at Mysore, India. In wishing you good luck into the journey through WEB page, we welcome you to this WEB page.

If you are an earlier UNU Alumni and stationed elsewhere, we will be able to network closely if you can update your address and ensure that we keep you posted of the development of the Alma mater in the most efficient way we can.

V. Prakash
Institutional Coordinator, UNU, Mysore & Director,
CFTRI, Mysore, India.