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Timeline of Kasetsart University
Event on July 29, 1991
Kasetsart Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute
Kasetsart Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute was initiated in 1986 to be responsible for research, experiment, and technology development of processing of agricultural products and agro-industry, focusing on value-added to a product. On July 29, 1991, the Ministry of University Affairs official statement declared the reorganization of Kasetsart University as of the Government Gazette, Volume 108, Part 137, dated August 8, B.E.2534 (1991) that the “สถาบันค้นคว้าและพัฒนาผลิตผลทางการเกษตรและอุตสาหกรรมเกษตร” had a short name “สถาบันผลิตผลเกษตรฯ”. Its name in English was the “Kasetsart Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute” or KAPI. Professor Dr. Thira Sutabutra, who was the Institute founder, was the first Director of Kasetsart Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute. For more information, please visit http://kapi.ku.ac.th/history