Presentation by:SHRINIVAS CHAVAN &SHEKH KADAR BASH

Food is a one of the largest industries in India Ranking 5th

is growing at 13% per annum spending on food & food products nearly 21% of the GDP of

the country share of food processing export in total exports from India is

12%

Keeping in view the above points CII & APTDC had organized this international conference & exposition on food processing and post-harvest technologies in Hyderabad to foster investments and tapping new business opportunities

 Platform for networking between the Indian & overseas playersNetworking of the stakeholders to work towards the overall growth and development of the sectorProviding technical support in industry led collaborative projectsInteractions and deliberations to discuss status and issues of the industry, emerging trends and technologies, innovations, best practices, case studies, financial aspects, state and central polices, incentives and support availability.B to B interactions, building partnership & forging alliancesExplore and identify emerging opportunities and thrust areas

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India through advisory and consultative processes.

CII is a non-government, not-for-profit organization founded in 1895. It has 64 offices, including 9 Centers of Excellence, in India, and 7 overseas offices in Australia, China, Egypt, France, Singapore, UK, and USA

It has indirect membership of over 100,000 enterprises from around 242 national and regional sectorial industry bodies.

CII working closely with Government on policy issues It also provides a platform for consensus-building and

networking on key issues

Technology Linked Business Information Services  Transfer of Commercialisable Technologies from Indian Institutions to

Interested Agencies/Entrepreneurs Support Services for Technology Upgradation & Innovation Through

Institutional Collaborations and MoUs (Industry/R&D Labs/Corporate Bodies of Both National & International Sectors)

Networking of R&D and Academic Institutions for Interaction with Industries for Technical Problem Solving/Process or Product Development

Technical Skills and Human Resources Development & Upgradation

Speaker 1 - Mr. Gopinath Kondeti

Topic: Importance of Food processing industry for india

The Food industry being in its nascent stage has a huge underlying potential.Unorganized sector:42%, organized sector:25%.Critical gaps are Inefficiencies I supply chain, Absence of economic of scale,Technology up-gradation challenges, Quality issues.Required interventions are Suitable restructuring, creation of separate policy guidelines Farm to foreign exports from farmer groups.

Speaker 2: Dr. V V Kulkarni- Director, National research Centre on Meat, Hyd.

Topic: Scope and opportunities for Meat processing industries

Meat industry in India is growing slowly @5%, poultry @ 8%, largest producer of buffalo meat.

With large middle and upper class segment of population of about 70 crores and increasing non-vegetarian people with greater purchasing power.

Modernization of existing slaughterhouses for retail markets Growth of the meat sector also opens ways for ancillary like fabrication

equipment, development of skilled man power. Proper utilization of slaughterhouse by products and disposal of waste

is also important and could be a business property.

Speaker 3: B. Srinivasan consultant-food technologist, Hyd.

Topic: Scope and opportunities for Agri based with special reference to cereals, pulses and millets

 India is the 3rd largest producer of Food grains and occupies the 2nd slot in Rice and Wheat.Extruded foods have come in a big way both in RTC and T-RTE segmentsDesigned Baked foods are also becoming popular among the calorie conscious for young consumers.Several Indian brands are manufacturing the products for export and domestic markets.The domestic market is growing annually at over 20%.

Speaker 4: Akula satyanarayana- senior scientist and head, CFTRI, Hyd.

Topic: CFTRI services & processes for establishing food processing industries

CSIR-CFTRI has been focusing on the development of technologies beneficial to farmersResearch areas are Food biotechnology, protein science and Food microbiologyInnovative products are fructooligosaccharides, virgin coconut oil, spirulina-Allevation of protein malnutrition and nutraceutical enriched oilsIt has international institutional linkages.

Speaker 5: Rajesh Burande Head Aakanksha Technologies

Topic: PIGO food processing and freezing technologies

PIGO srl, offers one of the best technologies of IQF and SPIRAL FREEEZER for freezing foodIt is one of the world’s leading freezing equipment manufacturersIt is specialized in building freezersEasy freeze IQF: to freeze almost all possible productsEasy freeze SPYRO: for freezing doughy productsIn India PIGO is partnered with Aakanksha technologies

Speaker 6: Chakravarthi AVPS CEO, MD, Ecobliss India pvt ltd, chairman, IIP, Hyd.

Topic: Food for thought-packaging an integral part !

Packaging significantly helps in relationship building, brand identity expression, communication and selling the productChanging life styles are making significant influence demand for packaged foodAs our culture becomes more and more mobile, packaging trends need to stay ahead of our lifestyle changes

Speaker 7: Madhab Chakraborthy joint director and regional head IIP, Hyd.

Topic: opportunities for establishing packaging units with special reference to food packaging

India is a country where 40% of fruits and vegetables is lost to reach it from the grower to consumer due to poor transport, poor handling and storage etc..21 million tones of wheat wastages caused due to the lack of proper handling and storageModern packaging systems are adopted by different organizations for getting good results, reducing wastages and increasing shelf life of productsPackaging awareness is very much required among the logistic, warehouse, procurement and distribution system.

Topic: Latest trends & technologies in cold storage & handling

There are many aspects in a cold storage where there are new technologies or trends being implemented

Temperature mapping, thermal tracking, rodent management, branding, cerifications

Speaker 8: Gubba prashanth Research & technical head, Gubba cold storage

Speaker 9: Dr. RBN Prasad chief scientist & head, Centre for Lipid research, CSIR-IICT, Hyd.

Topic: on oils & Fats

Vegetable oils perform a variety of functions within the human body, these are basically contain saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Saturated fats are beneficial to human nutrition, these are medium chain triglycerides, infant formulations, reduced calorie fats etc..

Speaker 10: Prof. T.V. Hymavathi foods & nutrition dept, PG and research Centre, ANGRAU

Topic: Emerging opportunities in millet processing for food industry

In India millets are about 20 million ha with annual production of 18 million tons and contribute 10% to the country’s food grain basketThere is a great scope for optimizing processing technologies for utilization of millet cropsTechnologies are dehulling, germination, fermentation, baking, flaking, extrusion.The snack food industry is experiencing extraordinary changes from the consumer’s point of view.

Speaker 11: Prasant reddy neeruganti MD, IAgri foods pvt ltd.

Topic: Effective marketing of Agri produce with simple technologies

The real crisis in Indian Agriculture is not because of poor farming practices, but more because of lack of organized marketing, supply chain and distribution.

Our cost of production is very low, but our cost of local distribution is three times higher than the world’s average making international products cheaper than home grown times !

Speaker 12: PV Suryaprakasa rao Technical Adviser & Director, priya foods pvt ltd

Topic: Observations on some Questionable technology practices currently in vogue in Indian Food processing industry

The author highlights some flagrant short comings that have come to light among widely spread manufacturing units across the country

He also argues the food technology teaching and training institutions and the academic and student communities

Benefits of modern updated technologies.

Speaker13 - Dr. V. Sudershan rao Assistant director, National institute of Nutrition, hyd.

Topic: Food safety, standards and regulations

In united states, every year approximately 76 million cases of food borne illness, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5000 deaths are reported due to food contaminationAccording to UNICEF, about 2,00,000 children below the age of five die every year in India due to contaminated water/foodVarious stakeholders to have integrated food regulations to meet the ever growing challenges : ensuring the food safetyDifferent food safety acts have been madeCreating awareness on the objectives of the food safety and standard act and its various components to the stakeholders of food industry.

Speaker14:Dr.J Lakshmi Jagarlamudi Associate Dean, CFST, ANGRAU, Guntur

Topic: International regulations in Nutritional labeling

Nutrition labeling was aimed to enable consumers make informed choices while purchasing foodThe consumer can use nutrition labeling as a tool to promote healthA manufacturer can use nutrition labeling as an instrument of marketing and product promotionSeveral food laws including PFA Act, Fruit Product order, FSSA, etc..Need for creating awareness among to the consumers on nutrition labeling, to educate the consumer on technical aspects of nutritional labeling.