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Food summit on Sept 19

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North East Food Processing and Technology Summit 2015 will be held on September 19 at the NEDFi Convention Centre, Guwahati. The main objectives of “North East Food Processing and Technology Summit” is to build capacities of local entrepreneurs and industry in the Northeastern Region by bringing in Modern techniques in order to attain commercial competencies and an optimal exploitation of the vast array of crops grown in the region. 

Minister of State, Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, will be the Chief Guest in the event.

For more information please contact FINER at 9435555590, 7086009872 or email at info@finer.in.

 

AGENDA

  09:30 AM        Registration & Tea

 10:00 AM        Inaugural Session

 

Lighting of the Lamp

Felicitation of Dignitaries

                           Welcome Speech – Shri R.S Joshi, Chairman, FINER

Speech by Guest of Honor – Shri Swapnanil Baruah, IAS, Commissioner, Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam

Speech by Guest of Honor – Shri R.T Jindal, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam

                           Speech by Guest of Honor – Shri V.B Pyarelal, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Power, Panchayat & Rural Development, Government of   Assam

Speech by Guest of Honor – Shri Ranglal Jamuda, IAS, Secretary, Food Processing Industries,

Government of India

Speech by Guest of Honor -Basanta Das, Hon’ble Minister, Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam

Speech by Chief Guest –Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Hon’ble Minister of State, Food Processing Industries, Government of India*

Vote of Thanks for Inaugural Session – Shri S Bhattacharjee, Chairman, Food Processing Committee, FINER

 

 10:45 AM      Session I  Food Processing in the N.E Region- Technological Prospects

 

 Session Chairman - Shri Ranglal Jamuda, IAS , Secretary, Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India

                            Shri S. Bhattacharjee, Chairman, Food Processing Committee, FINER

 Shri T.V.B. Reddy, Head & Vice President Food Business Emami Limited

 Dr R. Jagan Mohan, Head Department of Food Product Development, IICPT

 Shri Sashikumar R, Asst Professor, Food Technology, N.E.H.U

 

11:50 PM        Session II Processed Products- Finance & Marketing

 

Session Chairman – Shri Hemanga Kishore Sharma, Commissioner  & Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam

Shri Shonly Litting, Regional Manager, EXIM Bank

Shri Gautam Bhattacharya, General Manager, Network I, NE Circle, State Bank of India

Shri V.K Pancham, Deputy Director NER, FSSAI, Govt. of India

Ms. Sunita Rai, AGM, NER, APEDA

 

1:00 PM           Lunch Break 

 2:15 PM           Session III Success Stories of North East & Interaction

                         

  Session Chairman – Shri S.C Sehgal, Chairman, North East Mega Food Park

  Shri Samrat Deka, SRD Group

  Shri Arindam Hazarika, Director, Arohan Foods

  Shri Amrit Deorah, Aasray Concept Foods

  Smt Meghalee Bora, Meghalee Food Products

 

3:45 PM           Summing up of the Summit followed byVote of Thanks – Shri Binit Todi, Member, Food Processing Committee, FINER

 

 

4:00 PM           High Tea

 

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