Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi today attended the 90th Foundation Day celebrations of the National Sugar Institute in Kanpur as the chief guest. On this occasion, he said that Regular B.Tech and M.Tech courses related to the sugar industry will be run by the National Sugar Institute under the guidance of IIT Kanpur.

 

 

He also performed the Bhumi Pujan at the National Sugar Institute, for transformative infrastructure projects including a 350-bed hostel, a centralised mess and a state-of-the-art tissue culture lab, with an investment of around rupees 59 crores. 

 

 

 

These infrastructural developments will significantly enhance NSI’s academic and research capabilities, fostering excellence in sugar and ethanol innovation.