5.35 (4.94%) National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of the Indian Culinary Institutes (ICIs) at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh and Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has transferred land measuring 14.21 acres at Tirupati in favour of ICI Society for construction of ICI Tirupati.
ICI at Tirupati and its Northern Regional Chapter at Noida are being set up by the Ministry of Tourism. The foundation stones for both the institutes have already been laid. The main objective of setting up of ICI is to institutionalize a mechanism to support efforts intended to preserve, document, promote and disseminate Indian cuisine, meet the sectoral requirement of specialists specific to Indian cuisine, as also of teachers, and promote cuisine as a niche tourism product.
NBCC is one of the few public sector companies engaged in the business of project management consultancy services for civil construction projects (PMC), civil infrastructure for power sector and real estate development.