Where is the institute formerly directed by food technologist Vishweshwaraiah Prakash located?
Mysore Mysore ( ), officially renamed as Mysuru, is the third most populous and the third largest city after Hubli in the state of Karnataka, India. Located in the foothills of the Chamundi Hills about 146 km southwest of the state capital Bangalore, it is spread across an area of 128.42 km2 . According to the provisional results of the 2011 national census of India, the population is 887,446. Mysore City Corporation is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which is also the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division.
D.P. Kothari Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari (born 7 October 1944) is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at engineering institutions in India including IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and VIT University, Vellore. Currently, he is the Dean( R & D), J.D. College of Engineering & Management, Nagpur and earlier was Director General of Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science (VITS), Indore. As a recognition of his contributions to engineering education, he was honoured as an IEEE Fellow. Previously he was Vice-Chancellor at VIT University.