Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 02 2010:
A 2-day brainstorming workshop on the "Traditional Fermented Foods of North East India" has begun today at Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) here.
According to Director (i/c), IBSD, Imphal, N.C.Talukdar, the workshop is being held under the sponsorship of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt.of India with the objective of generating research projects to develop value added product through scientific research on the traditional fermented foods of North East India.
Twenty scientists both from institute outside NE region namely Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai and from institutes within the NE region namely North East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST), Jorhat, IIT, Guwahati, Institute of Advance studies in Science Technology, Guwahati, College of Fisheries, Tripura, North East Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Itanagar, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Assam University, Silchar, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat and Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh are participating in the brainstorming workshop.