The institute is only one of its kind in India solely devoted to Research and Development in Science and Technology of Oils, Fats, and related subjects. Situated on a ten-acre plot, it has facilities on the Laboratory as well as pilot plant scale for conducting research in the Chemistry and Technology of Oils and Fats. A large numbers of Research Publications and Patients taken by the Institute testify to the work done by it.

Project reports on technologies of Mango Kernel Fat, Azadirachtin rich Neem oil, CottonSeed Oil are made available to industry. Rapport with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils (NOVODB) are maintained for the dissemination of research results, and for promotion technology at rural level.

The Institute maintains a close touch with the oil based industries and is attending to the numerous enquires seeking technical guidance, suggestion and information's. It has actively collaborated with bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, in formulating standards for a numbers of oil ands their products.

The Institute has won 6 gold medals and 10 national awards. The institute has prepared 100 schemes for smallscale industries. Apart from about 600 research papers, the Institute has published 4 books.

Among the notable research contributions of the Institute are processing techniques of Indian Cotton Seeds, optimum conditions for expelling groundnuts, novel method of pressing gingelly seed, processing technique for recovery of fatty acids and glycerin from non-edible and low grade fats, extraction of Solanesol from tobacco waste, recovery of valuable fine chemicals like vitamins, pigments, sterols etc. from oils by the method of molecular distillation, a field kit for determination of moisture in groundnut, and techniques for utilisation of sunflower oil vax preparation of Lanolin from indigenous wool grease.