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Centre of Food TechnologyInstitute of Professional Studies,
University of Allahabad
February 9 - 10, 2018
on
PROCEEDINGS &TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Association of Food Scientists and Technologists IndiaAFST(I) Allahabad Chapter
and
Organized by
Organized by
Centre of Food TechnologyInstitute of Professional Studies,
University of Allahabad
February 9 - 10, 2018
on
PROCEEDINGS &TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Association of Food Scientists and Technologists IndiaAFST(I) Allahabad Chapter
and
CONTENTS
Page No.
1. Inaugural Session 1
2. Technical Session I 5 Theme - Food Processing: Key challenges and deliverables for success
3. Technical Session II 9 Theme - Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutritional Security
4. Technical Session III 12 Theme -Public Health Nutrition
5. Technical Session IV 16 Theme : Innovations in Food Supplementation for Undernourished Children
6. Technical Session V 20 Theme : Advances in Food Safety and Food Authentication
7. Technical Session VI 24 Theme : Food Engineering & Food Processing Techniques
8. Technical Session VII 27 Theme : Postharvest Technology and Value Addition
9. Valedictory Session 30
10. Oral and Poster Session 33
11. Conference in Media 37
FOREWORD
India is primarily an agriculture-based country and contributes large share of GDP. Though rural India or agriculture sector is the backbone of our food security yet food security has become one of the main concern and challenge at national and global level.
Food Security and agricultural sustainability are crucial issues and are closely associated. Indian agriculture and Indian food industries are in the phase of transition. Indian agriculture is directly associated with food industry as it provides raw material to the industry. There has been significant growth in agricultural produces over the past few decades; we are third largest producer on food grain (270 million tons), highest producer of milk and second largest producer of fruits.
In spite of this significant achievement, high level of under-nutrition in country continues to be an area of concern. Latest NNMB survey tells us that approximately 38% children under 5 are stunted. We have highest number of undernourished population after Pakistan, Sudan and Srilanka and have highest number of undernourished children, more than Pakistan and Srilanka. Though the PEM has been reduced from 18% to 12% still micronutrient deficiency known as hidden hunger is affecting 1 in every four children due to deficiencies of Vitamin A, Zn and Iron.Under-nutrition and diseased population has increased at an alarming rate in India in the past few decades. NNMB report says that there has been 8-15% increase in obesity in India. As per WHO estimates approx 59 lacs deaths were estimated in India due to non-communicable disease. India is currently having largest no. of diabetic. One out of 4 adults in India has high blood pressure; one out of 10 adult has high blood sugar.
The major challenges of food security are degradation of natural resources, climate change, declining fertility of soil, growing population, post harvest and storage losses. There are 10% losses in food grain and 30-40% losses in horticultural crop. It is estimated that increase in processing can reduce these post harvest losses. Currently only 2.2% food is processed in comparison to countries like USA (65%), China (23%). MoFPI has vision to enhance processing to 20% by 2020.
Indian food processing sector has made substantial progress during last five year plan and is expected to grow at 11% growth rate. Processing industry accounts for 32% of country's total food market. Enhancements in processing will not only ensure food security by minimizing food losses but will also ensure economic empowerment by creating jobs. Recently in November 2017 in World Food India event Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Food Processing Minister have initiated foreign and private investors to invest Rs. 68,000 crores making it a principal industry. This, in addition to increased agricultural production will require better storage facilities, more processing, cold chain and value addition. The challenge has to be addressed through technological intervention using interdisciplinary approach.
Sustainable agriculture and food processing sector has to grow together and keeping this as concern and to work in close coordination with health sector to achieve food security and growth , Centre of Food Technology, UoA and Association of Food Scientist and Technologist (I), Allahabad Chapter with the support of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and others organized 2-day National Food Conference on, 'Agriculture and Technology innovation for Nutritional Security' on 9 and 10 February , 2018.
The conference focused on all issues of nutritional security and covered following thematic areas:
v Food Processing: Key challenges and deli verables for success
v Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutritional Security
v Public Health Nutrition
v Innovations in Food Supplementation for Undernourished Children
v Advances in Food Safety and Food Authentication
v Food Engineering & Food Processing Techniques
v Postharvest Technology and Value Addition
Two days 'National Food Conference – NFC-2018 (February 9 & 10) included 15 invited speakers, 140 posters, 35 oral presentations under seven technical sessions .
Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session was Dr. Mangala Rai, former Secretary, DARE and former DG, ICAR. Dr. Rai applauded about the alarming situation of micronutrients deficiency and emphasized that soil health of India has become deficient, particularly in micronutrients like zinc and sulphur, therefore policy decision are required for addition of micronutrients in fertilizers to improve soil health as well as micronutrients deficiency in human population by growing food in enriched soil.
Dr. A. K. Srivastava, Chairman, ASRB and Guest of Honour shared his valuable thoughts that due to increase in population there is huge pressure on land in India and for growing population we need to enhance 70% food production by 2050.
Dr. Prabodh Halde, Guest of honour for Inaugural Ceremony, informed delegates that the 75% of food processing sector is unorganized and require attention with reference to new laws. He emphasized that forward technology and policy change can create 60,000 jobs for young population of the country.
Besides inaugural session world renowned scientist delivered invited lecture under various technical session from the most reputed institutes of India. The conference was attended by 360 participants. I believe that the conference has fulfilled its primary objective and I am grateful to Chief guest, Guest of honors all invited speakers and participants for making this conference a great success.
I am very grateful for the moral support and services provided by the members of Advisory Committee of the conference and Senior faculty members of University of Allahabad. Organizing secretary Dr Pinki Saini, Co organizing secretaries have worked very hard round the clock for the conference and deserve appreciation and heartfelt thanks. I also wish to put on record the untiring involvement of the members of the Organizing Committee of the conference in making it a grand success.
Any event cannot be successfully organized without the financial support from well wishes. In this context I wish to acknowledge the substantial financial support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
I extend my sincere thanks to our honorable Vice Chancellor Prof Rattan Lal for providing all facilities, his valuable guidance and moral support. I am also thankful to all the administrative officers and staff for their help and support. Thanks are also due to Press and Media for a wide coverage of this conference.
I hope this publication will be useful to Food Technologists, scientists, entrepreneurs, policy makers, students and other stake holders to carry forward the recommendations for implementation.
(Neelam Yadav)Director, Institute of Professional Studies, University of Allahabad
Organizing Chairperson and Convener, NFC-2018
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Inaugural Session
Chief Guest� :� Dr. Mangala Rai
Guest of Honour� :� Dr. A.K. Srivastava
Dr. Prabodh Halde
Patron� :� Prof. Rattan Lal Hangloo
Chairperson & Convener� :� Prof. Neelam Yadav
Organizing Secretary� :� Dr. Pinki Saini
The National Food Conference (NFC-2018) on the theme, "Agriculture and Technology
Innovation for Nutritional Security"was organised by Centre of Food Technology, University
of Allahabad and Association of Food Scientists and Technologists India, AFST(I) Allahabad th thChapter from 9 to 10 February, 2018 in the Centre of Food Technology, University of
Allahabad.
The Inaugural session was graced by the presence of Dr. Mangala Rai, Former Secretary,
DARE and former Director General ICAR, New Delhi as Chief Guest, Dr. A.K. Srivastava,
Chairman, ASRB, New Delhi and Dr. Prabodh Halde, President AFST(I) as Guest of Honour.
Other dignitaries present on the dias were Prof. K.S. Mishra, Officiating Vice-Chancellor,
University of Allahabad, Prof. Neelam Yadav, Chairperson, NFC-2018 & Director, Institute of
Professional Studies, UoA and Dr. Pinki Saini, Organizing Secretary, NFC-2018 & Assistant
Professor, Center of Food Technology, UoA.
The Inaugural Session started with Saraswati vandana followed by floral welcome of
dignitaries on the dias on behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Conference.
Dr. Mangala Rai addressed the conference with special reference to role of Allahabad in
Quit India movement during freedom struggles. He applauded the efforts of Indian scientists in
improving the agricultural scenario of the country to 273 MT food grain in 2016-17. Indian
economy is 63% agriculture dependant, hence need for technological innovations in this sector
along with improvement in soil health can boost the agriculture production manifold. With
increase in malnourishment to 9 billion in India, low cost investment at root level by usage of
zincated urea as fertilizers can decrease micronutrient deficiency. Present condition of Indian
soil with 65% sulphur deficiency and 60% zinc deficiency is alarming. Indian population is
17.78% of total world population; hence there is five times more pressure on Indian soil with
2.3% land, 4% available water, 12% livestock population to feed the population. India stands on
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th9 position on a scale of 0-10 on vulnerability scale. He emphasized on creation of new bold
avenues out of old conservative paths such as promotion to entrepreneurial skills which can
create more employment and improve country's GDP. He asserted that addition of micronutrient
such as zinc, iron and magnesium in fertilizers can improve soil health and ultimately lower
micronutrient deficiency in human population who consume foods grown in such enriched soils.
He emphasized the surplus availability of medicinal plants in India, microbial diversity can
favour rich growth of agricultural commodities. With more than 50% rainfed area, India is still
high in vegetable production as evident by 12.78% compounded growth rate of onion and 10%
for potato for the last 10 years. Tremendous opportunity is there, if infrastructure development
and proper supply chain management of agriculture produce is done. Only then post-harvest
losses can decrease from present 95-97% and value addition can increase, which can drastically
change the Indian economy.
Dr. A. K. Srivastava, Chairman, ASRB, New Delhi addressed the participants with a key
note on the topic “Feeding 1.34 billion with Nutritional Security”. He quoted the relevance of
important key revolutions in milk, horticulture and fisheries sector in increasing the total food
grain production since independence. He indicated that factors like technology, innovations,
public policies by government in various fields, have synergistically helped to come up with
such outcome. Punjab and Haryana have been the leading states for food grain production since a
decade. Food grain consumption pattern in India have also been changed from 1992 to 2012 in
both urban and rural areas. Earlier food grains were consumed more than the dairy and
horticultural crops but lately the scenario have been reversed due to more nutritional awareness.
He also specified that India is leading producer of milk contributing 18.5% of total world
production and 17% of world bovine production. Despite such glorious data in food production,
India faces problems of malnourishment and hidden hunger, which has retarding effect on
nutritional security. Some of the major key challenges are ever increasing population and high
percentage (80%) of unorganized marginal farmers. Globally major cause of malnourishment
among human population is due to micronutrient deficiency. Out of 8 billion people around the
world, 2 billion are reported to be deficient in one or more micronutrient. 57% of Indian
population suffer from vitamin A and iodine deficiency. He recommended that food handling by
organized sectors should be supported for feeding 1.34 billion population and ensuring food
security; urgent requirement to organize marginal farmers to increase total agricultural
productivity for ever increasing human population; unorganized small scale food processing
sectors which is around 42% should be supported by government to become more organized and
increase to increase their output.
Dr. Prabodh Halde in his opening remarks appreciated the theme to be very apt in the
present time which requires immediate consideration. He encouraged all the academicians,
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students and food technologists to widen their horizon of thinking not only towards their
academic performance and publications, but also towards welfare of the society with their
various capacities. He urged the young researchers to come forward and enhance their
participation, give voice to their thoughts and bring new ideas and concepts which can emerge as
start ups. He urged that publicity of proper processed food items and value added products
should be scientifically supported to avoid confusion in consumer's mind.
Prof. K. S. Mishra, Officiating Vice-Chancellor of University of Allahabad delivered the
Presidential Address. Prof. Mishra emphasized that supplementation, fortification and dietary
diversification alongwith communication to the people is very important for active and healthy
life. Efforts taken by the learned academicians in identifying the Indian agriculture & food
scenario should become part of National Agenda, only then the gatherings of such conferences
can be fruitful.
Prof. Neelam Yadav, Director, Institute of Professional Studies and Organizing
Chairperson of the conference welcomed the chief guest, the dignitaries, all the invited speakers
and delegates. She addressed the theme of conference “Agriculture and Technology innovation
for Nutritional Security”, focussing on three major aspects of food availability, safety and
nutritional enhancement. Prof. Yadav informed the gathering that the two-day conference
consisted of seven technical sessions along with Oral and Poster sessions to be attended by more
than 400 delegates with 180 presentations. She also briefed the audience about establishment of
Centre of Food Technology and its thrust areas of research.
Dr. Pinki Saini, Organizing Secretary, NFC-2018 extended a vote of thanks to all speakers
and participants. She expressed her gratitude and thanks to Dr. Mangala Rai, Former Secretary,
DARE and former Director General ICAR, New Delhi, Dr. A. K. Singh, D Chairman, ASRB,
New Delhi and Dr. Prabodh Halde, President AFST(I) for gracing the occasion. She further
expressed her gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor, University of Allahabad for his support and
guidance in organizing the conference and for gracing the occasion. She extended her thanks to
Prof. Neelam Yadav, Director, IPS, UoA and Chairperson, NFC-2018 for conceptualizing the
themes of the conference, overall planning and execution for organization of the Conference.
She expressed her thanks to all Invited Speakers for accepting the invitation and
participating in the conference and sharing their valuable knowledge and experience. She also
thanked the organizers and the sponsors of the conference namely, IPS, UoA, AFST(I), SERB,
IIAS, Perkin Elmer, Metrohm, Science Corporation for their support and financial assistance.
She also expressed her thanks to the delegates, press, media, faculty, staff and students for
their valuable presence and support.
Souvenir on National Food Conference on 'Agriculture and Technology innovation for th thNutritional Security' 9 and 10 February, 2018 was released on this occasion.
The Inaugural function ended with National Anthem.
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Inaugural Session
Chief Guest, Dr. Mangala Rai addressing the session
Dr. Prabodh Halde, President AFST (I)
delivering address as Guest of Honour
Prof. K.S. Mishra, officiating VC, UoA
delivering the Presidential Address
Dignitaries releasing the Souvenir
Prof. Neelam Yadav, Director, IPS, UoA and
Chairperson, NFC-2018 delivering welcome speech
Guest of Honour Prof. A. K. Singh, Chairman, ASRB,
New Delhi presenting his lecture
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Technical Session Ith9 Feb 2018; Friday – Day I
Theme - Food Processing: Key challenges and deliverables for success
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Chair� :� Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Former Director General, UP Council of
Agricultural Research (UPCAR), Lucknow& Principal Scientist,
ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
Co-Chair� :� Prof. O. P. Singh, Former Director, Extension, SVPUAT, Meerut
Rapporteur� :� Dr. Genitha Immanuel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Process
Engineering, SHUATS, Allahabad
Convener : Dr. Vinita Puranik, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Dr. Prabodh Halde, President AFST (I) & Head, Regulatory Marico
Industries, Mumbai.
Topic� :� Scope of Food Technology for Make in India
Dr. Prabodh Halde started his talk by saying – everything can wait but employment and
agriculture can't. He threw some light on the agenda's about food industry where we can create
60,000 jobs in our country. He briefed about the journey of AFSTI , the biggest and oldest
association of Food Scientist and Technologist from 1992 to 2018. He emphasized on 'Make in
India' which has more scope for Food Technology. He showed an overview of Indian Agriculture
which has diverse agro-climatic zones across the country, large marketable surpluses and
abundant raw material for processing, so good scope for food processing. He showed
distinguishing structure of Food processing industry which are 75% unorganised and 25% are
organised. Today's research and development is consumer backward and technology forward
where everyone wants to look healthy and young. There are certain food processing trends like
ready to use, organics, naturals, pre-processed, clean label, healthy/wellness, cost effective, etc.
He briefed about FSSAI and Food Technology scope where according to FSSAI requirement,
there should be atleast one technical person to supervise the production process. He told about
the partnership of AFSTI with FSSAI like FOSTAC- power talk, project BHOG running at most
of the temple of India.
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Recommendation :
v It was suggested that policy changes can create 60,000 jobs in our country, where 64% of
population are youth.
v The participants were given challenge to think out of box and to provide the need based
products as entrepreneurs and encouraged to think zero based research” without
breaking their originality.
v It was highlighted that 75% of food processing industry are still in unorganised sector
which leads to poor control over the losses incurred.
v The audience were updated about the project on "power talks" on more than 100 videos
(3 mins) and suggested involvement of young researchers.
v The inception of project at BHOG in association with FSSAI at eligious places was
also showcased for the audience.
The session ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair and the Co-Chair.
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Invited Speaker� :� Dr. Nagendra Balasundaram, Regional Manager South Asia,
Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Mumbai
Topic � : � Palm Oil - Functionality and Sustainability in Meeting Food and
Nutritional Security
Dr. Nagendra Balasundaram shared his valuable experiences on issues relevant to palm
oil. He gave a brief introduction of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) established under
Malaysian law with two core functions .i.e. Research & Development and Regulatory. It has
seven research divisions and seven regional offices. He also discussed about physiological role
of oils and fats in the human diet. He threw some light on the world production and exports of
major oils and fats in 2016 where total production is 204.82 million tonnes and total export of
80.22 million tonnes. Palm oil share 32% of production, 59% of exports/trades and 72%
production is exported. Fatty acid composition of palm oil and palm kernel oil was also briefed.
85% of world's palm oil is used as food and also act as a source of pro- vitamin A and vitamin E.
Comparative human studies on palm olein versus other oils concluded that palm olein behaves
more like a monounsaturated oil in its effects on cholesterol levels although it contains saturated
fatty acids. Due to easy availability, long shelf life, cost effectiveness, palm oil based solid
fractions are highly recommended in food formulation. Palm oil contains many phytonutrients
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like phytosterols, polyphenols, Co-enzyme Q Squalene, carotenoids, etc which has many vital 10,
health benefits like anti inflammation, cardiovascular prevention, antioxidant, cancer
prevention, immune booster, hormone regulator, neuroprotection, etc. Study of red palm oil
intervention in China confirms its effects in reducing vitamin A deficiency. There are various
advantages of palm oil in Food application like high nutritional value, genetically modified
organism (GMO) free, free of trans fatty acid, cholesterol free, competitive price, high stability
and sustainably produced. At the end of his talkhe concluded that palm oil is an important oil to
the world fulfilling the need for calories and health, has a wide range of applications in food
industry. Palm oil is bestowed with a bouquet of health promoting phytonutrients.
Recommendation :
v The speaker updated the participants that MPOB is a Research Institute from Malaysia,
with seven regional offices.
v He also informed that Indian production of palm oil is 32% of world with high
productivity (0.25ha)/kg of oil.
v It can be used as a source of pro-vitamin A, vitamin E, etc.
v Health interventional studies of biscuit made from red palm was done in China which
revealed better results.
v Budgetary allocations should be enhanced in this field.
v Proper clinical trials should be conducted.
v Research of basic and applied science should be demarcated.
The session ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair and Co-Chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session I
Dr. Prabodh Halde delivering the lecture
Dr. Prabodh Halde being felicitated for his lecture by Prof. Rajendra Kumar
Committee members of Technical Session-I
Dr. Nagendra Balasundaram addressing the session
Dr. Nagendra Balasundaram beingfelicitated for his talk
Felicitation of the Chairperson Prof. Rajendra Kumar
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Technical Session IIth9 Feb 2018; Friday – Day I
Theme : Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutritional Security
Chair � :� Dr. R. T. Patil, Former Director, CIPHET, Ludhiana
Co-Chair � :� Prof. S. I. Rizvi, Dept. of Biochemistry, UoA
Rapporteur� :� Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer, UPCAR, Lucknow
Convener� :� Dr. Genitha Immanuel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Process
Engineering, SHUATS, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Former Director General, UP Council of
Agricultural Research (UPCAR), Lucknow & PS, ICAR-IARI, New
Delhi
Topic� :� Sustainable agriculture for Crop-Plant Based human Foods
Prof. Rajendra Kumar detailed the significance of National Food & Nutritional
Security. He said that 70% increase in food production will be needed to feed 40% increased
global population till 2050. He said that soil is the basic natural resource, so preservation of its
fertility and nutrient management occupies a prime position. He spoke about declining crop
productivity in irrigated areas where some important factors which have adverse effect on
productivity and need to be addressed seriously. Low soil fertility with limited or no use of
organic manures, show deficiency to a large number of elements. He briefed about climate
change and said that the global economic growth will be cut by 3.2% by 2030 if world fails to
tackle the changed climatic conditions. ICAR estimates that by 2039 crop yields may drop
between 4.5 to 9%. Low public investment on agricultural research (0.5% of GDP as against
1.5% recommended by the ICAR) is a major hurdle in development of world class infrastructure
for excellence in scientific research. He focused on sustainable agriculture which integrates
environmental health, economic profitability and social & economic equity. It cycles nutrients
back into the soil for fertility and health, produces viable farm income, and brings the consumer
back into agriculture. He also briefed about Prime Minister's Goal for Agriculture “ Doubling
farmer's income by 2022”. He ended his talk by giving some recommendation like privileges of
industries should be provided to agriculture and it should be put on concurrent list of the
constitution.
Recommendation :
v There is a need to develop crop varieties suitable for processing particularly in pulses and
oil seeds.
v In present era of drastic climatic change, dual resistance varieties for aboitic stresses
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should be developed in different crops. For example- pulse variety suitable for high
temperature as well as low temperature.
v State agriculture research and education policy should be strengthened in the direction to
incorporate food processing and value addition issues in graduate level. Similarly
investment in agriculture research as a whole and in food technological venture should
be enhanced significantly by the State Government and Government of India as well.
v Development of human resources is needed on priority.
v Crop improvement programs should be integrated towards both targets i.e. yield
enhancement and suitability of processing as well.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and Co-Chair.—
Invited Speaker � :� Prof. M. P. Yadav, Former VC, SVPUAT, Meerut
Topic � :� Livestock and Nutritional security
Prof. M. P. Yadav discussed the role of livestock for nutritional security and sustainable
rural development and briefed that 52% of population, particularly rural, earns its livelihood
from agriculture of which the contribution of livestock is fast increasing. Livestock is a source of
employment to 70% rural people and contribute about 40% of agricultural GDP globally. Protein
requirement in human diet from livestock origin is 25gm/day, but less availability calls for
doubling the production of milk, egg, meat and fish. Milk is largest agricultural commodity in
India and livestock, poultry, fishery and horticulture are the best options for sustainable
agricultural growth. He told that Indian soil is deficient in micronutrient like zinc and sulphur.
He discussed some views from economists for India to agricultural GDP more than 4% and
livestock poultry, fishery GDP to grow by more than 6%. He concluded his talk giving
suggestion that effort to develop human resources is needed on priority.
Recommendation :
v Animal sector is treated as secondary in India but is performing better than crop sector,
therefore more investment is needed in livestock sector.
v Animal based dietary protein needs to be doubled in Indian population as per RDA.
Hence, it is recommended to popularise use of milk of small ruminants in rural society.
v Diversification in agriculture is necessary with adoption of farming system approach
where livestock sector needs to be strengthened.
v Quality of milk is being spoiled in significant quantity due to mastitis in cattle hence,
appropriate remedy and treatment should be popularised to maintain the milk quality.
v Due to soil health issues, milk is being deficient in micronutrients, therefore soils of
country should be enriched with organic manures and farm yard manure (FYM) for
production of healthy milk.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and Co-Chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session II
Prof. Rajendra Kumar delivering his lecture
during technical session II
Prof. M. P. Yadav presenting his lecture Felicitation of Chairperson Dr. R. T. Patil
Prof. R. T. Patil presenting memento to
Prof. M. P. Yadav
Committee members of the Technical Session-II
Prof. Rajendra Kumar being felicitated
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Technical Session IIIth9 Feb 2018; Friday – Day I
Theme -Public Health Nutrition
Chair � :� Prof. M. P. Yadav, Former VC, SVPUAT, Meerut
Co-Chair � :� Prof. Sangeeta Srivastava, Head Dept. of Home Science, UoA,
Allahabad
Rapporteur� :� Dr. John Diamond Raj, Department of Food Process Engineering,
SHUATS, Allahabad
Convener� :� Dr. Pinki Saini, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Prof. C.P. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, IMS,
BHU, Varanasi
Topic � :� Non Communicable Diseases: Challenges Ahead
Prof. C.P. Mishra started his talk by briefing about Non communicable diseases (NCD's)
and their burden. He summarised that, globally NCD's kills 40 million people each year. They
are the leading cause of death and account for 70% of all deaths. Among all NCD's
cardiovascular diseases are responsible for 17.7 million deaths annually, followed by cancers
(8.8 million), respiratory diseases (3.9 millions) and diabetes mellitus (1.6 millions) deaths. He
gave an estimation that 52 million people will die due to NCD's each year by 2030. He stated that
NCD's are not a “rich country” problem as the proportion of premature deaths is more in low
income countries as compared to high income one. He focused on National Burden of disease
and said that in comparison to many other countries, percentage of deaths from NCD's is still
lower in India but burden is rapidly increasing because of changing life style and pollution. He
showed a comparative data on contribution of major disease groups to total deaths in India which
stated that the percentage of NCD's increased from 37.9% in 1990 to 61.8% in 2016. He threw
some light on Global Action Plan 2013-2020 and discussed its overarching principles, objectives
and targets. Evolution of NPCDCS- National Programme for for Prevention and control of (i)
Cancer and (ii) Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Strokes has been integrated at different
levels as far as possible for optimal utilization of the resources. Challenges to control NCD's is to
focus on reducing the risk factors associated with the diseases. Life style modifications (viz. no
smoking, physical activity, alcohol in moderation, low salt intake, five servings of fruits and
vegetables, practice of yoga and meditation) and other primary prevention measures can make a
significant dent in the problem of NCD's. Impact of NCD's on individuals and society can be
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minimised through a comprehensive and multisectoral approach.
Recommendation :
v Speaker talked of the burden of Non communicable diseases on a country like India. Non
communicable diseases are those which can't be transmitted from one person to another.
v NCD's are not a poor country problem and constitute cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
chronic obesity and cancer.
v NCD's can cause a lot of loss to family due to untimely deaths.
v A lot of NCD are caused by behavioural risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, unhealthy
diet and a sedentary lifestyle.
v The global action plan (GAP) given by WHO targets such risk factors. These such be
handled on a multi sectoral basis at all level from the local level to the national level.
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Invited Speaker� :� Prof. S.I. Rizvi, Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, UoA, Allahabad
Topic � :� Healthy aging and the role of nutrition
Prof. S. I. Rizvi shared his valuable experiences on issues relevant to healthy aging. He
started his talk by saying 'do not live forever, you will not suceed'. He briefed about some
antiaging theories and the antiaging industry that thrives on the promise that the fountain of
youth is within our grasp. He explained about the exclusive elixir of life as mentioned in text of
Ayurveda as 'rasayana' a combination of many herbs and minerals, designed to rejuvenate the
body, mind and self at the deepest possible level. He emphasized on caloric restriction (CR)
which involves restricting intake of a nutritious diet by 20-60% from ad libitum levels,
application of it is not yet proved in humans. There are CR paradox as evidence is available that
life-long CR could produce similar beneficial effects in humans as observed in rodents.
However, implementation of this intervention would be highly problematic. Blocking energy
availability and absorption at the gut level and blocking energy utilisation at the cellular level is
most promising strategy for developing CR. Caloric restriction mimetics (CRM), are
compounds that mimics the overall metabolic effects of CR without restricting caloric intake. He
gave an example of longest live span of 122 years in human of France. He elaborated the role and
mechanism of some antioxidant compounds present in food and beverages like vitamin C,
cysteine, curcumin, whey protein, etc. He gave the concept of Hormesis, the stress management
of body. He ended his talk by saying 'life must be big not long, may you live until 120 years'.
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Recommendation :
v Speaker said that the relatively longer life nowadays leads to the aging and aging related
difficulties. The quest for antiaging has been since time immemorial and could be $200
billion by 2019.
v There are over 200 theories on what causes aging. A popular theory is the free radical
theory. Some strategies for antiageing include caloric restriction, caloric restriction
mimetics, antioxidants and polyphenols.
v Further exercise i.e. controlled stress may allow the body to process stress better through
Hormesis.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and Co-Chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session III
Prof. C.P. Mishra delivering his lecture
during Technical session
Prof. S.I. Rizvi delivering his talk
Dignitaries and Participants in the session
Committee members of the Technical Session-III
Speaker of Technical session Prof. S.I. Rizvi being
felicitated by Co-chairman
Facilitation of the Chairman of the session
Prof. M. P. Yadav
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Technical Session IVth10 Feb 2018, Saturday – Day II
Theme : Innovations in Food Supplementation for Undernourished Children
Chair� :� Prof. C.P. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, IMS,
BHU
Co-Chair� :� Dr. Nagendra Balasundaram, Regional Manager South Asia,
Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Mumbai
Rapporteur� :� Dr. Munish Kumar, Dept. of Biochemistry, UoA, Allahabad
Convener� :� Dr. Ena Gupta, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Dr. Ashish Singh, Principal Scientist, NDRI, Karnal
Topic� :� Composite Dairy Foods: Practical approach for alleviating the
problem of malnutrition
Dr. Ashish Singh made a lead presentation on composite dairy foods. He told about the
relationship of undernutrition, poverty and infections to mortality and food insecurity. He
stressed that consumption of processed foods, refined flours, food additives and deprivation of
plant based foods in the food basket is aggravating the lifestyle related diseases. These factors
are also decreasing the practice of breastfeeding causing lower immune development and
deprivation of growth promoting bioactives. He explained how 100 trillion bacteria in human
colon are responsible for GI (Gastrointestinal) and digestive defense system. The relationship
between maternal health to gut microflora of new born child and physical well-being at later
stages of life. Greater the exposure to antibiotics, high fat, refined carbohydrates in maternal diet
can cause more stress which lead to development of more firmicutes (cause obesity) and
reduction of bacteroidetes (cause leanness). Hence the consumption of composite dairy foods
can lower such risk factors. Milk being rich in several bioactive components such as lactoferrin,
lactose, immunoglobulins, lactoperoxidase, bioactive peptides, calcium etc are responsible for
gut, bone, heart, dental health, weight management, mood, memory, stress control, and immune
defense. Major factors causing lower consumption of millets are misconceptions amongst
people related to socio economic status, presence of lipase enzyme which decreases its shelf life,
thick pericarp and pigmentation affecting taste, presence of several antinutritional factors ad
absence of basic processing equipments for conversion of grains into grits, flakes and flour.
Consumption of millets such as sorghum, barley, oat and ragi which are rich in β-glucan,
phytosterols, flavonoids (luteolins), phenolic acids and oligosaccharides can lower the risk of
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esophageal and breast cancers, improve prebiotic levels in gut, lower oxidative stress, diabetes,
anti-inflammatory effects. Functional extruded snack foods based on milk-cereal as core
ingredients were also proved to improve hemoglobin levels in anemic people. The novel
products developed at NDRI such as whey based beverages, fermented bajra lassi, Arjuna ghee
were also shared.
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Invited Speaker� :� Prof. M. P. Singh, Centre of Biotechnology, UoA
Topic� :� Mushroom: An agent for nutritional security
Prof. MP Singh talked about role of mushrooms as the low cost protein rich food for
combating food security problem prevailing in India and world. Mushrooms being an 'elixir of
life' according to Chinese philosophy can be alternatives which don't compete for agricultural
and grow best on ligno-cellulosic wastes. Reference of fly agaricus mushroom (Amanita
muscularia) in Vedic literature as 'somras' and desert truffle (Terfezia arnenaria) as 'bread from
heaven' in Bible. He has been working extensively on several mushroom varieties for the last 15
years and collected several edible, non edible poisonous mushrooms. He has worked on
mushroom as a source of bioremediation by growing them on vegetable and floral waste
collected from Jaunpur area. He shared the list of popular mushrooms grown in India such as
button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), oyster mushroom (Pleurotus spp.), paddy mushroom
(Volvariella sp.), black ear mushroom (Auricularia polytricha), white milky mushroom
(Calocybe spp.), brown cap/giant mushroom (Stropharia spp.) and shitake mushroom (Lentinus
erodus) alongwith their beautiful pictures. He also described the identification of poisonous
mushrooms by the presence of thin membrane on cap, sup like structure surrounding the stalk at
the base. Importance of few mushroom species such as Amanita phalloides, most poisonous
mushroom, Tuber melanosporum as 'Kohinoore mushroom', Chantrelle as diamond in the
kitchen, Lactarius sp. producing lactic acid on breakage, Ganoderma as ayurvedic medicine
having scientifically proven antioxidative and anticancerous properties available commercially
as tablets and powders. With 3.5-4 % protein in mushroom are rich in lysine and cysteine which
is unavailable in cereals, 5% carbohydrate, 1.7% fibre and 90% moisture, mushrooms can be
good source of nutrient rich low cost food if its production and awareness is increased.
Recommendations:
v Increase in practice of breastfeeding among urban and rural population.
v Nutritional adequacy from birth till 1000 days of child health to be met with milk and
cereal based products supplemented with fruits and vegetables as well.
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v More support to millet growers for processing, packaging and value addition in millet
based products.
v More focus on areas related to cost effective primary processing and handling
equipments for millets to make flour, grits ad semolina from them.
v Development of whey and millet products and research related to bioavailability of
bioactive compounds to human health after consumption.
v Value addition of dairy products based on scientifically proven ayurvedic formulations
and the evaluation of bioactive components can be good scope of future research.
v Post harvest handling of mushrooms and support for mushroom growth can be good
source of income and food security.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the Chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session IV
Dr. Ashish Singh delivering lecture during session
Speaker of the session Prof. M. P. Singh
presenting his lecture
Committee members of the Session
Chairman of the Technical session presenting
memento to Dr. Ashish Singh
Prof. M. P. Singh felicitated by the
Co-chairman of the session
Prof. Neelam Yadav, Chairperson NFC, 2018 interacting with the speaker during session
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Technical Session Vth10 Feb 2018, Saturday – Day II
Theme : Advances in Food Safety and Food Authentication
Chair� :� Prof. M. P. Yadav, Former Vice-Chancellor, SVPUAT, Meerut
Co-Chair� :� Dr. S.P. Singh, Designated Officer, Food and Drug Administration,
Allahabad
Rapporteur� :� Dr. Kumar Suranjit Prasad, Centre of Environmental Science,
UoA, Allahabad
Convener� :� Dr. Vinita Puranik, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Dr. Eram Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Food
Technology, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, New
Delhi.
Topic� :� Assimilation of food safety culture: Keeping pace with a rapidly
developing food processing industry in India
Dr. Eram Rao spoke about the requirement to cultivate food safety culture in the present
scenario where 2.2 million deaths of all ages occur at all ages due to food and water born diseases
as reported by WHO. It require proactive planning, regulatory compliance, policies, training,
recall and auditing alongwith food safety management system. The facts and figures due to ill
health causes economic burden on any country which is very high in US (US$ 5.6-9.4 billion due
to lost work and medical health expenses, EURO 3 billion in Europian Union and AU $ 2.6
billion in Australia. As of now no such data is available for India. Wholesomeness of food with
good nutritive value and free from contamination are essential in determining health. The
attributes of quality food are palatable, convenient, affordable, nutritious and safety i.e. free
from any litigations. Favourable factors such as diverse agroclimatic conditions, wide ranging thraw materials, 15 million hectares of fresh water reservoirs and 1/10 of world arable land (52%
cultivable land) 46 out of 60 types of soils have huge potential to make India biggest food factory
in the world. The rapid growth of food industry compared to other industries in the world but the
challenges to produce and deliver safe food remains question till date due to which food losses
are lowering the country's GDP. The importance to food safety should be the same as to food
quality. The role of leadership quality determines the performance of a system and food safety
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environment as well. Change in the role of food safety auditor from an autocratic to facilitator.
With digitization and entrepreneurship small and medium scale enterprises (SME) can fulfill
food safety requirements. She also gave an example of Akshay Patra, NGO which has cultivated
food safety culture by taking up quality procedures, continuous training, and identifying grey
areas. The requirement of team leader to take advice from external experts and continuous
refresher training. She emphasized on the role of risk based approach for establishment of food
safety ad not hazard based. The increase in demand driven food sector is due to change in
lifestyle, urbanization, changed demographics, rise in disposable incomes, increase expenditure
on health foods, functional foods which is touted to increase the Indian food sector by 35% by
2018. But the key challenges to food safety are globalization, water borne diseases, local
outbreaks, animal to human contamination, role of food risk assessment and communication and
consumer confidence. Partnership of industry, government, Universities, research institutes,
NGOs and consumer organizations are required to develop food safety plan and integration of
food safety culture in food processing and packaging.
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Speaker� :� Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer, UPCAR, Lucknow
Topic� :� Geographical Indication: Registration Process and Status of
Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer, UPCAR, Lucknow discussed the importance of
geographical indications as in G.I. Act (1999), procedure for its registration and authorized use
which facilitates hassle free trade and can increase economy of the country as well. Fees
structure related to registration and renewal was discussed. GI is an indication for identifying
agricultural, natural or manufactured goods originating or manufactured in the territory of
country or a region or locality. Such goods are attributable to its specific geographical origin.
Important facts about GI were its validity which is only 10 years after which renewal is
compulsory otherwise it will be removed from registry, it cannot be assigned, licensed,
transmitted, pledged or mortgaged. GI Act of India also protects from foreign GIs, penalties for
infringement and offences for unauthorized trade.
As of now, 15 geographical indications have been registered in UP in agriculture and
handicrafts. Four GI for 'Allahabad Surkha', 'Mango Mallihabadi Dussehri', 'kalanamak rice' and
'Basmati rice' have been registered in UP in agriculture category. It has given legal production to
growers and manufacturers, prevented unauthorized use and boosted exported of quality
products. Still many more are to be registered like 'Jaunpur Newad', Laungia chilli of Gonda',
'Pilibhit ke khadau', 'Aligarh ke jhumke' in UP.
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Recommendations:
v Data related to food borne diseases and deaths causing economic burden to India is
required to be generated as soon as possible for knowing the losses and the reasons
affecting food safety.
v Awareness about inculcating food safety culture in schools, colleges, medium and small
scale enterprises for consumption and production of safe and wholesome food.
v Size of labelling should be increased to allow readers to understand the presence of
several ingredients.
v Change from hazard based to risk based approach proven scientifically for risk
assessment.
v Use of media to deliver rapid, reliable science based messages on food safety.
The session ended with a vote of thanks to the chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session V
Dr. Eram Rao delivering her talk
Dr. Sujit Kumar presenting his lecture
during the session
Committee members of the Technical Session V
Presentation of memento and Certificate
to Dr. Eram Rao
Presentation of certificate to
Dr. Sujit Kumar
Dignitaries and Participants in the session
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Technical Session VIth
10 Feb 2018, Saturday – Day II
Theme : Food Engineering & Food Processing Techniques
Chair� :� Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Former DG, UPCAR, Lucknow
Co-Chair� :� Prof. H. N. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Process Food Engg., IIT
Kharagpur
Rapporteur� :� Dr. Genitha Immanuel, Associate Professor, Dept. of Food
Process Engineering, SHUATS, Allahabad
Convener� :� Dr. Pinki Saini, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Dr. D. Dhingra, Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi
Topic� :� Recent trends in storage and preservation of food grains
Dr. D. Dhingra delivered a talk on food grains as major source of energy requirement
contributing to 68.75% which is much higher than milk (12.69%), fruits and vegetables (10.6%)
and oil seeds (7.9%). The recent production
data of cereals/pulses/coarse grains (250 Million MT) in India also supports the consumption
pattern. But the postharvest losses of cereals (3.9-6%) and pulses (4.3-6.1%) due to biotic and
abiotic factors requires better storage facilities. In the context of grain storage, several indoor
and outdoor structures at farmer's end, government level and at processing unit were discussed.
Temperature and rodent proofing are the two main concerns for grain shelf life. Amongst the
conservative methods used, pictures of jute bags bamboo basket, coal tar drum bins, hapur bin
having 200- 1000 kg capacity were shown. Advantages of bulk storage over bag storage in
having full mechanization, rapid handling, less space requirement per ton, low operating cost is
the modern method of grain storage in many countries including India with capacity as much as
2500 MT. New methods such as silo bag made up of 3 coextruded polyethylene film layers with
22 micron thickness and 60 mtr in length can store upto 200 MT of grains and spices for 2-3 years
safely. Commercially air tight zippered plastic half called 'cocoons' store stacks vertically.
Preventive measures for grain storage were also elaborated which included cleaning, drying,
trapping, grain cooling to prevent bacterial and mould growth, fumigation, heat treatment, ozone
and nitrogen use, and irradiation. Amongst these measure, grain cooling (temperature below
13°C) was proved to be most economic, stable, natural free from chemical treatment, protection
from mycotoxins which ultimately give greater yield. Ultimately he insisted on good storage
practices right from preliminary drying to rodent proofing of the storage structure.
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Invited Speaker� :� Dr. O.P. Chauhan, Scientist E, Fruits and Vegetable Division,
DFRL, Mysore.
Topic� :� Use of High Pressure Technology in Food Preservation.
Dr. O.P. Chauhan spoke on technologies used for processing for fruits and vegetable
processing at Defense Food Research laboratory (DFRL), including self-heating system, retort
processing, Infra-red, hurdle technology, minimal processing, freeze dehydration, vacuum
frying, and microwave processing. High pressure processing with capacity of 600 MPa available
in DFRL alongwith its working principle were discussed. Details of several nutritious ready to
eat products having fresh like quality with less additives, less thermal damage prepared by high
pressure processing were explained.
The support given to military, paramilitary forces and elite forces of the nation in the form
of mini ration pack, combo packs, survival ration, several available field testing kits for
pesticides, fungicides etc in addition to teaching and training facility were also shared. Social
responsibility of DFRL towards nation was also shown during several natural calamities in the
country in the form of large number of immediate food supply to the victims.
Recommendations:
v Practice of preliminary drying, grain cooling and more bulk storage can reduce grain
postharvest losses and increase shelf life and mechanization in handling of grains. It
is advantageous in coastal areas also.
v Long term rent of land for silo storage to Food Corporation of India by industries can
be encouraged more for preventing losses.
v Use of traps can lower hazards related to fumigation treatment.
v High Pressure Processing (HPP) is a promising technology for food preservation.
Procurement of HPP equipments by Universities and institutes to be encouraged for
more research work and new product development.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session VI
Dr. D. Dhingra presenting his lecture
during the session
Dr. O.P. Chauhan delivering his talk
Committee members of the Technical Session VI
Presentation of memento and certificate to
Dr. D. Dingra
Presentation of memento and certificate to
Dr. O. P. Chauhan
Convener Dr. Vinita Puranik addressing the participants
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Technical Session VIIth10 Feb 2018, Saturday – Day II
Theme : Postharvest Technology and Value Addition
Chair� :� Dr. D. Dhingra, Principal Scientist, ICAR, New Delhi
Co-Chair� :� Dr. O.P. Chauhan, Scientist E, Fruits and Vegetable Division,
DFRL, Mysore
Rapporteur� :� Dr. John Diamond Raj, Dept. of Food Process Engineering,
SHUATS, Allahabad
Convener� :� Dr. Ena Gupta, Centre of Food Technology, UoA, Allahabad
Invited Speaker� :� Dr. R.T. Patil, Former Director, CIPHET, Ludhiana
Topic� :� Recent Trends in Post Harvest Technological Innovations
Dr. R.T. Patil, Former Director, CIPHET, Ludhiana elaborated about sustainable
agriculture, diversification in agriculture and use of low energy post harvest technologies at farm
level. It can reduce drudgery at farm level, increase value addition of crops, provide traceability,
backward linkages, short supply chain, low food miles and availability of low processed foods at
low cost to consumers. These low cost technologies need not to be at large scale or require high
capital cost, instead simple ones like harvesting, grading, pulping, peeling, garlic processing,
shrink fruits wraps, pomegranate aril extractor, soyabean as pulse analogues are some of them
which he explained. In addition to it several diversification in agriculture can also be done such
as development of piggery, goatery, duckery, fishery, dairy etc. site specific combination of
cereals, pulses, mushrooms, vegetables etc, diversification with livestock component in
farming.
He also mentioned the different agroclimatic conditions available in India which are responsible
for variety of crops. These factors were responsible for several post-independence revolutions in
food sectors but in the present situation with surplus food grain production, low availability of
simple technologies a new evergreen rainbow revolution is required in food sector which can
change the government policies and also increase the economic growth of the country.
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Invited Speaker� :� Prof. H.N. Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Process Food Engg., IIT
Kharagpur
Topic� :� Post Harvest Management and Processing for Improving
Food and nutrition security
Prof. H.N. Mishra talked about post harvest management and value addition of
agricultural raw materials for sustainable food security. The annual loss of 30,000 Million US$
by India is equivalent to food produced in other countries, which is an alarming state for the
country as it has to feed the ever exploding population. The processing level of different foods in
India were 2.2% in fruits and vegetables, 6% in poultry, 20% in buffalo meat, 26% in marine and
35% in milk. Hence a paradigm shift from self-sufficiency to meeting nutritional needs are
essential in addition to nutritional security at individual level to nutritional security at national
level. He discussed the novel food products developed at IIT Kharagpur such as low cost iron
fortified rice developed by extrusion technology, coating and dusting, fortified ready to serve
fruit beverages, instant tea powder, low cholesterol cream by supercritical fluid extraction, oat
milk beverages, as functional food, RTE food pastes for SAM children according to WHO
formulation containing rice, Bengal gram, peanut, potato, milk powder, sugar and vitamins.
Third developed technology is coating of fruits and vegetables using combination technology
which has created 100 kg lab scale modified atmospheric packaging and controlled atmospheric
packaging unit as well. These novel food items were scientifically tested for more shelf life and
bioavailability of nutrients at other Institutes as well. Technologies and facilities available at IIT
Kharagpur were also shared.
Recommendations:
v Food processing business incubators to be set up in Universities and Institutes for
supporting budding entrepreneurs and growth of small scale food business.
v To prevent suffering of Indian nutritional security, Indian Constitution should be added
in concurrent list.
v Advantages of industry should also be given to agriculture as well.
v Interference of bureaucrats should be checked, mechanism for accountability of
administrators and politicians is required for sustainable scientific agriculture and
enhanced scientific deliveries.
v Supply of local post harvest low cost technologies at farm level can increase employment
levels and value addition of productions with minimum energy investment.
The session ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Technical Session VII
Dr. R.T. Patil delivering his lecture during the session
Prof. H.N. Mishra presenting his lecture
Interaction with the speaker during technical session
Dr Patil discussing about Recent Trends in
Post Harvest Technological Innovations
Presentation of Memento to Prof H. N. Mishra
Committee members of the Technical Session VII
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Valedictory Sessionth10 Feb 2018, Saturday – Day II
Guests of Honour� :� Prof. Rajendra Prasad, Former DG, UPCAR, Lucknow
� :� Prof. C.P.Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine,
IMS, BHU
Programme Chairperson� :� Prof. Neelam Yadav, Coordinator, CFT, IPS, UoA
Programme Convener� :� Dr. Pinki Saini, Asst. Prof, CFT, IPS, UoA
The guests of honour Prof. Rajendra Prasad, former DG, UPCAR, Lucknow and Prof. C. P.
Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, IMS, BHU were welcomed by presentation
of bouquets on behalf of the organizing committee of the conference.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad gave concluding remarks by congratulating the entire organizing team for
the wonderful team work and timely arrangement of all the events. He also appreciated the areas
covered under the key note address and invited lectures and themes for oral and poster
presentations. Although in two-day deliberations everything cannot be covered, the scientific
sessions inculcated lot of introspection amongst the academicians, scientists and scholars as well
for what has been achieved and what more has to be achieved in future to solve the present day
problems in the area of food and agriculture. Such type of conventions have established a
multidimensional role to play in the society. Three main objectives fulfilled by the conference
were firstly creating awareness, secondly clearing the cloud of doubtful scientific intricacies and
third and very important was creating scientific networking on a positive path. These three key
roles were important form all the ends, since only through scientific networking collaborations
and scientific project formulations can be done. Such networking also breaks the scientific
boundaries between different fields, which work in isolation, hence serve humanity in a better
way. Real output in the form of recommendations should be harnessed, analysis of ideas and
concept of new projects should be a fruitful outcome of such deliberations. Such projects should
also be supported by government and private organizations for meeting out funds availability
and society requirements.
Prof. Neelam Yadav welcomed all the dignitaries on the dias. She expressed her gratitude
towards Prof. Rattan Lal Hangloo, honourable Vice Chancellor, University of Allahabad and
AFST(I) for giving the Centre a wonderful opportunity to organize the national conference and
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for his guidance and support. The overwhelming response of more than 360 participants in the
conference, 15 invited speakers, 140 Posters and 35 Oral presentations gave food for thought to
analyze the current scenario prevailing in food and agriculture sector and innovations required to
meet our the expectation of future generations.
Prof. C.P.Mishra appreciated the Centre for being progressive and the concerted efforts of the
entire Organising Committee. He inspired the students to reach out the unreached and to
participate in community to understand the intricacies of real problems. Since community
participation is very important in planning as well as delivery stage. He also emphasized on the
role of a university teacher to that of a facilitator for motivating the learning process amongst
students and generation of new knowledge by being updated with current research areas. He also
encouraged the students not to restrict the research work till laboratory and thesis writing but its
execution in the society for a transformative role. Education, employment and equity are
responsible for empowerment of both the genders in the society.
The prize distribution to participants for best Oral and Poster presentations were done by guests
of honour.
Dr. Pinki Saini, Organizing Secretary, NFC-2018 extended a vote of thanks to the chair, all the
speakers and participants. She expressed her thanks to Prof. Rajendra Kumar and Prof. C. P.
Mishra for gracing occasion.
She further expressed her gratitude towards Prof. Neelam Yadav for conceptualizing the themes
of the conference and being the driving force for overall planning and execution of needful steps
for organization of the Conference. Dr. Saini thanked all the members of Organizing Committee,
especially, Dr. Vinita Puranik, Dr. Devinder Kaur, Dr. Dhananjai Chopra, Ms. Mitali, Dr. Pravin
Kumar Singh, Dr. S. K. Chauhan, Dr. Rahul Agrawal, Dr. Musasir Malik, Dr. Genetha
Immanuel, Dr. John Diamond Raj, Dr. Alka Gupta, Dr. Urvashi Sharma, Mr. Sanjay Mishra, Dr.
Ena Gupta, Mr. Brijesh Rai, Ms. Suchitra Tripathi, Ms. Gunjan Varshney, Mr. Ashish Agarwal, ,
research scholars and students for their continuation support and efforts for ensuring smooth
conduct of the conference. She expressed his gratitude to all the Chairs, Co-Chairs, Rapporteurs
and Conveners for donducting the sessions in a well planned and organised way. She also
acknowledged and thanked all the Invited Speakers for participating in the Conference and
giving the delegates an opportunity to hear them.
She thanked all the participants for attending the conference and congratulated al the award
winners of Oral and Poster presentations.
Dr. Saini also thanked the organisers and sponsors of the Conference namely, CFT, SERB,
AFST(I), IIAS, Metrohm, Perkin Elmer, Science Corporation, A&T Scientific Industries for
their support and financial assistance.
At he end she expressed her thanks to the Press and Media.
The session ended with National Anthem.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Valedictory Session
Address by Guest of Honour, Prof. Rajendra Prasad
Presentation of summary of National Food
Conference by Prof. Neelam Yadav
Valedictory session's Guest of Honour, Prof. C.P. Mishra being felicitated
by Chairperson, NFC-2018
Address by Guest of Honour, Prof. C.P. Mishra
Dr. Pinki Saini, Organizing Secretary,
NFC-2018 delivering vote of thanks
Group Photograph of winners with dignitaries
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Oral and Poster SessionFebruary 09, 2018
Oral Session 1Theme 1 : Biosciences and Engineering: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Total 06 participants presented their oral presentations and interacted with the Committee.
Best Oral Paper Award:
v Ms. Poonam Yadav, "Debittering of Citrus Fruit Juice by a-L-Rhamnosidase of
Aspergillus flavus"
Theme 2 : Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutritional Security
Total 04 participants presented their papers and interacted with the Committee.
Best Oral Paper Award:
v Ms. Priti Upadhyay, " Change in Antioxidative Enzyme System During Compatible and
Incompatiable Ineraction in Tomato with A.Solani"
Oral Session 2
Theme 3 : Public Health Nutrition
Total 08 participants presented their papers and interacted with the Committee.
Best Oral Paper Award:
v Ms. Priya Keshari, " Corelates Chronic Energy Deficiency in Urban Geriatric Population
of Varanasi"
Oral Session 3:
Theme 4 : Innovations in Food Supplementation for undernourished Children
Total 04 participants presented their papers and interacted with the Committee.
Best Oral Paper Award:
v Dr. Pragya Mishra, "Formulation of Potato Powder Based Weaning Food by Using
RSM"
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Theme 5 : Postharvest Technology and emerging food processing techniques
Total 12 participants presented their papers and interacted with the Committee.
Best Oral Paper Award:
v Ms. Anusha Dhaval, " Bioactive Properties of Chickpea (Cicer Arietinum L.) Protein
Isolates at Different Drying Conditions"
Poster Session 1Theme : Agriculture and Biosciences
Total 29 participants presented their posters and interacted with the Committee.
First Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Mazia Ahmad, "Biosorption: An Approach Towards Heavy Metals Removal
Through Bacteria and Algae"
Second Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Anchal Singh, " Optimizing Conditions for Biosorption of Chromium Ions Through
Lactobacillus Plantarum and Lactobacillus Rahamnosus".
Third Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Shreejaya Sivadas, " Study on Transfer of Calcium Ions During Nixtamalization of
Corn"
Poster Session 2Theme : Agriculture and Biosciences
Total 41 participants presented their posters and interacted with the Committee.
First Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Zoomi Singh, "Association of Body Composition with Risk for Elevated Blood
Pressure in Women"
Second Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Reshma Saroj, "Impact of Citrus Fruits on High Fat Diet Induced Obesity".
Third Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Bharti Goel, " To Prepare and Assess the Organoleptic Evaluation of Ragi Idli for
Celiac Patients”
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Poster Session 3Theme : Postharvest Technology and emerging food processing techniques
Total 40 participants presented their posters and interacted with the Committee.
First Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Adya Yadav, " Incorporation of Chia Seeds in Snacks and Bakery Product and its
Sensory Evaluation"
Second Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Vandana Verma, "Genotoxicity of Heat Induced Contaminants In Food".
Third Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Urvashi Srivastava, "Optimization of Fermentation Process of Barnyard Millet
(Echinochloa frumentacea) Using Response Surface Methodology "
Poster Session 4Theme 1 : Advances in food safety
Total 08 participants presented their posters and interacted with the Committee.
First Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Ashima Gupta, " Intermittent Frying Stability of Groundnut Oil and Sensory
Qualities of Bhajia Fried in it."
Theme 2 : Innovations in Food Supplementation
Total 21 participants presented their posters and interacted with the Committee.
First Best Poster Award:
v Mr. Kushal Jaiswal, "Development of High Protein Nutrition Bar Using Spirulina".
Second Best Poster Award:
v Mr Arvind, "Process Development of Herbal Tofu Tikka".
Third Best Poster Award:
v Ms. Arpita Srivastava, "Gul-Kesh Bisikiti".
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Poster and Oral Session
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Conference in Print Media
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