Himachal varsity develops tech for apple cider vinegar By IANS | 2 Views Dr YS Parmar University.(photo:www.yspuniversity.ac.in). Image Source: IANS News Shimla, July 4 : State-run Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni in Himachal Pradesh has developed a technology to make use of low-grade and deformed apples for the production of vinegar as well as base wine, officials said in Sunday. The latest technology will overcome the problems of the traditional methods, which are slow and result in poor quality vinegar, Vice-Chancellor Parvinder Kaushal told IANS. The university on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding with a Shimla-based food processing company for the production of apple cider vinegar, based on the technology developed by scientists of the university's Department of Food Science and Technology under a DST project.