KHPT recently signed an Memorandum of Understanding with the CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI),  one of the constituent laboratory under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) set up on 21 October 1950 in Mysore, Karnataka.  KHPT will be collaborating with the institute to provide  technical assistance to alleviate malnutrition through nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.

The MoU was signed by CFTRI Director KSMS Raghavarao and Mohan HL, Managing Trustee, KHPT.