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.
Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT)(Odia: )(formerly, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar) is an advanced research institute in the field of mineralogy to materials engineering, established in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It was established in 1964 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The main focus area of research of IMMT is mining and mineral/bio-mineral processing, metal extraction and materials characterization, process engineering, industrial waste management, pollution monitoring and control, marine and forest products development, utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants, colloids and Materials Chemistry and environmental sustainability. Prof. Barada Kanta Mishra is the Director of this Institute at present where 140 scientists are working towards nation building programme.