was established in the year 1943 by visionaries who pioneered the Food Processing Industry in India that too in the most turbulent period of World War-II and the Indian Freedom Struggle. They perceived the need for scientific management of the vast panorama of Agro-Food Sector, with an emphatic focus on the development, promotion and establishment of Food Processing Industries in the country. The objective was to prevent the wastage of fresh farm produce through its preservation and value addition, so as to make it available round the year at affordable prices to the common consumer. At the same time, it was the only way to save the poor farmer from perennial economic losses caused by distress sale of his perishable farm produce.