• 11:00 AM - 04:30 PM
    Career opportunities in Laboratory and FSSAI Food Analyst
    Chair
    Dr. PRANITA THAKUR
    Session Curator
    Dr. PRITI AMRITKAR
    Envirocare Lab
    Joint Inaugural
    Food safety and regulatory infrastructure in India (Significance of food testing labs in quality assurance and emerging challenges in food safety)
    LALITHA GOWDA
    , Ex CSIR - CFTRI, FSSAI Panel Member
    Global Food Safety & Standards requirement
    SANJAY DAVE
    Lunch Break
    Role of food analyst in food testing labs, FSSAI Food Analyst : Exam overview and path to success
    LALITHA GOWDA
    , Ex CSIR - CFTRI, FSSAI Panel Member
    Significance of NABL accreditation of food testing labs (NABL accreditation requirement and process)
    VINAY TYAGI
    NABL
    Global perspective on importance of food labs for R & D / Claim substantiation
    SACHIN SAXENA
    Marico
    Tea Session
    Building analytical integrity - A comprehensive guide to method development, validation and quality contro
    JAYANTHI CHAVAN
    Nutriventia
    Career in Food Testing Laboratory - Case Study
    CHUN MEI CHANG
    Envirocare Labs
  • 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
    Career opportunities in Academics / Government and Food Safety
    Felicitation of speakers, Vote of thanks and Group photo
    Chair
    MANISH BHAT
    DY Patil Deemed to be University
    Session Curator
    Dr. SHALINI S ARYA
    ICT
    Joint Inaugural
    Academia Requirements
    PROF REKHA SINGHAL
    Dept of Food Engeneering and Technology, ICT
    Higher Education Overseas
    YOUTHIKA CHAUHAN
    Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations, USA
    Lunch Break
    Career in DST/DBT/Ministries as High level Scientist
    SANGITA KASTURE
    Ministry of Renewable Energy, Govt of India
    Cracking CSIR NET and UGC NET
    Ms. JAYASHREE B POTKULE
    Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
    Food Safety Officer Exam preparation
    SALMAN CHUKAN
    FSSAI, India
    Tea Session
    Cracking GATE/ICAR for M Tech in Food Technology in India
    NILESH GAVLI
    Panel discussion
    ANAS SHAIKH
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
    Dr. SHALINI S ARYA
    ICT
    ANUPAMA PATIL
    FDA, Mumbai
    ABOLI DHOLE
    Freelance Food Consultant, Pune
  • 11:00 AM - 04:30 PM
    Career opportunities in Food Entrepreneurship / Startups
    Chair
    KANCHANLATA TUNGARE
    Session Curator
    RITESH MATHUR
    LIT Nagpur
    NILESH LELE
    RampUp Advisory LLP
    Joint Inaugural
    Starting an Entrepreneurial Journey
    SANDEEP NEMLEKAR
    Sales & Marketing Skills for Enterpreneurs
    SUDHANSHU KELKAR
    Lunch Break
    Creating a Business Model Canvas
    APARNA RAO
    Entrepreneurial stories (3x1) & Panel Discussion
    AJAY KANGRALKAR
    KANIKA NANDURDIKAR
    Mr. KAUSHAL DONGRE
    Paawak Food Products Pvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai
    Tea Session
    Student Startup Presentation
  • 11:00 AM - 04:30 PM
    Career opportunities in Food Industry
    Chair
    Dr. NEELU JOSHI
    Session Curator
    RITESH MATHUR
    LIT Nagpur
    SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
    Mondelēz International
    Joint Inaugural
    Career opportunities in Food Industry
    SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
    Mondelēz International
    Career in Manufacturing Department
    HEMANT NAIK
    Lunch Break
    Career in Quality Department
    SANJAY INDANI
    ASK Safe Foodz Solutions Private Limited
    Career in Regulatory Department
    ANOOP TIWARI
    Mondelez
    Career in R&D Department
    ALFY ANTO
    Kelloggs India
    Panel discussion
    SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA
    Mondelēz International
    SANJAY INDANI
    ASK Safe Foodz Solutions Private Limited
    BHANU PRAKASH
    Keva Flavors
    ALFY ANTO
    Kelloggs India
    BIBHISHAN MULE
    AAK
  • 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
    Registration
  • 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    Lunch
  • 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM
    Inauguration
  • 04:40 PM - 06:30 PM
    Plenary Talks
  • 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
    Cultural Evening
  • 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    Dinner
  • 04:30 AM - 06:00 PM
    Designer Foods : Future of Food Security
    Chair
    Dr. PRAKASH HALAMI M
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Co Chair
    ARPITA GUPTE
    DY Patil Deemed to be University
    Moderator
    GAURAV AGNIHOTRI
    Advance onsite nutrients and water generation technologies for military and space missions
    OP CHAUHAN
    Scientist, DRDO-DFRL
    Designing of future functional foods - way forward
    ADIL GANI
    Assistant Professor, University of Kashmir
    Harnessing the Power of Pulses and Legumes: Nutritional Backbone for Vegan Diets
    Dr. IDREES AHMED WANI
    Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006
    Kenaf seedoil, potential source to global food and feed industries
    JYOTSNA SANJEEV WAGHMARE
  • 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
    Breakfast
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Emerging Hazards & Food Safety Testing 1
    Chair
    Ms. ANUJA ANAND
    NABL
    Co Chair
    Dr. PRITI AMRITKAR
    Envirocare Lab
    Moderator
    Dr. KAVITA R PANDEY
    Khalsa College
    09.00 - 09.05 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: New Innovations in Food Microbiology Testing
    PRIYANKA SEN
    Biomerieux
    09.25 - 09.45 AM : The Hidden Heroes, Analytical Tools behind food quality
    ATUL KULKARNI
    Merck Life Sciences.
    09.45 - 10.05 AM: Transforming food analysis - unveiling the power of amino acid analyser
    Dr. NIVEDITA T. PATIL
    HTIN-Envirocare Labs, Mumbai,
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: Accreditation the foundation for Safe & Quality Food
    Ms. ANUJA ANAND
    NABL
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Circular Economy & Sustainbility in Foods 1
    Chair
    UDAY ANNAPURE
    ICT, Mumbai
    Co Chair
    DR. YOGESHWAR SHUKLA
    CSIR-IITR
    Moderator
    YOGESH GAT
    ICT
    09.00 - 09.05 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Talk by Dr. N Bhaskar
    N BHASKAR
    AFST(I)
    09.25 - 09.45 AM: The Future of Food Industry in a Changing Climate
    C ANANDHARAMAKRISHNAN
    CSIR-NIIST
    09.45 - 10.05 AM: Redefining food safety and sustainable measures up against high attrition rate in the food processing sector
    SM ARADHYA
    CSIR-CFTRI
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: BioValorisation of Food Industry by products towards sustainable utlisation
    P S PANESAR
    Dept of Food Engg. & Technology, SLIET
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Frontiers in Innovation: Pioneering Solutions for Global Food Security
    Chair
    SRIDEVI ANNAPURNA SINGH
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Co Chair
    JYOTI GOKHALE
    Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga Mumbai
    Moderator
    SAMIKSHA PAWAR
    Food Safety and Regulatory Professional
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Talk by Dr Sridevi Annapurna Singh
    SRIDEVI ANNAPURNA SINGH
    CSIR-CFTRI
    09.25 - 09.45 AM: Spice fixed oils, the unexplored storehouse of bioactive compounds
    AJAY W TUMANEY
    Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad
    09.45 - 10.05 AM : Smart Proteins for Mitigating Nutritional and Physiological Challenges of Armed forces
    Dr. D D WADIKAR
    DIBT-DRDO, Mysuru
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: : Food Fortification and Value addition through micronutrients in FMCG food products
    MADHAV JOSHI
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Establishing India as a global leader in FRK manufacturing - FICSI
    Chair
    PROF H N MISHRA
    Co Chair
    DR SACHIN GUPTE
    PATH
    Moderator
    PRITHA TRIPATHI
    Dignitaries on dias
    CHANDRAKANT DALBHAGAT
    NIT Rourkela
    K U METHEKAR
    FSSAI WR
    MR PRATISH
    P D Navkar Biochem Pvt. Ltd.
    GULFAM AHMED
    IIT, Delhi
    PANCHALI MOITRA
    SNDT
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    New Frontiers in Food Science
    Chair
    BRIJESH SRIVASTAVA
    Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University
    Co Chair
    BHOITE ANJALI ASHOKRAO
    MIT ADT University
    Moderator
    15 Mins Presentations
    PROF P B PUSHPALATHA
    Kerala Agricultural University
    Dr. ASIR GANI
    Shoolini university
    Mr. SUDHANSHU SHEKHAR
    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
    SHRADDHA BHOIR
    Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
    HILAL AHMAD PUNOO
    university of Kashmir
    NEERA
    DIBT, Mysore
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
    Presentation Schedule - Session No 1
    Food quality and regulations (Import, Export, and food standards) – (FQR)
    Food waste management, Byproduct utilization & value addition and Circular economy – (FWM)
    Fruit & Vegetable products; Functional foods and Nutraceuticals for Health and Wellness (FVP)
    Food laws and Food Standards; Harmonization for Globally acceptable Food Standards (FSH)
    Food Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Pre-Pro-Post-Syn-biotics (FMB)
  • 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    Emerging Hazards & Food Safety Testing 2
    Chair
    VIVEK KUMAR SINGH
    Co Chair
    VINAY TYAGI
    NABL
    Moderator
    Dr. KAVITA R PANDEY
    Khalsa College
    11.30 - 11.35 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    11.35- 11.55 AM: Analytical advances in Beverage Testing
    NIRANJAN KOTHANDARAMAN
    Metrohm
    11.55 AM - 12.15 PM: Hitech Testing Solutions for Food Applications
    PURUSHOTTAM SUTAR
    Hitachi High-Tech India Pvt. Ltd.
    12.15 - 12.35 PM: Analytical developments in testing of Ayush products
    AKSHAY CHAREGAONKAR
    12.35 - 12.55 PM: 100 New Food Testing Labs in Next 2 years
    VIVEK KUMAR SINGH
    12.55 - 1.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    1.00 - 2.00 PM: Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    Circular Economy & Sustainbility in Foods 2
    Chair
    C ANANDHARAMAKRISHNAN
    CSIR-NIIST
    Co Chair
    Dr. MEENAKSHI SINGH
    CSIR, Govt. Of India
    Moderator
    YOGESH GAT
    ICT
    11.30 - 11.35 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    11.35- 11.55 AM: Food Waste Management, Byproduct Utilisation, and value additon in a circular economy
    NITYA SHARMA
    11.55 AM - 12.15 PM: Postharvest handling approaches for fresh produce: A Pathway to Food Security and Sustainability
    Dr. PANKAJ PATHARE
    SQU
    12.15 - 12.35 PM: The upcycling concept in agriculture and processing industry to develop nutritional food formulations
    PROF SUZANA C S LANNES
    12.35 - 12.55 PM: Talk by Mr Dheeraj Talreja
    SHRI DHIRAJ TALREJA
    AAK
    12.55 - 1.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    1.00 - 2.00 PM: Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    Digital Outreach in Food Science & Technology (Kellanova)
    Chair
    NILESH LELE
    RampUp Advisory LLP
    Co Chair
    RITESH MATHUR
    LIT Nagpur
    Moderator
    SAMIKSHA PAWAR
    Food Safety and Regulatory Professional
    11.30 - 11.35 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    11.35- 11.55 AM: Talk by Ms Shenaz
    SHENAZ
    Adfactors PR
    Talk
    PANKAJ SHARMA
    HAPPA foods
    Mr. PAVAN R CHAWLA
    SONAM PRADHAN
    Digital Marketing -Kellanova South ASIA
    Dr. ASHUTOSH UPADHYAY
    NIFTEM
    VAIDEHI KALZUNKAR
    FSSAI
    JAGMEET MADAN
    IDA National
    SWARN SINGH
    Kellanova South Asia
    12.55 - 1.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    1.00 - 2.00 PM: Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    Healthier, Functonal Innovations with cereals
    Chair
    Dr. PRABHASANKAR P
    Flour Milling Baking & Confectionery Technology, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru.
    Co Chair
    Dr. SHALINI S ARYA
    ICT
    Moderator
    KHUSBHU SHAH
    11.30 - 11.35 AM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    11.35- 11.55 AM: Future Trends in Baking
    Dr. PRABHASANKAR P
    Flour Milling Baking & Confectionery Technology, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru.
    11.55 AM - 12.15 PM: International Adoption of Standards for improved trade
    SANJAY DAVE
    12.15 - 12.35 PM:Making healthier formulation using Oats.
    SACHIN SAXENA
    Marico
    12.35 - 12.55 PM: Talk by Mr Ajay Goyal
    AJAY GOYAL
    Shivaji Roller Flour Mills and WPSS
    12.55 - 1.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    1.00 - 2.00 PM: Lunch
  • 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    New Frontiers in Food Science
    Chair
    NAMBUDRI
    Co Chair
    Dr. ANIL KUMAR CHAUHAN
    Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
    Moderator
    15 Mins Presentations
    K U METHEKAR
    FSSAI WR
    CHANDRAKANT DALBHAGAT
    NIT Rourkela
    MR PRATISH
    P D Navkar Biochem Pvt. Ltd.
    PANCHALI MOITRA
    SNDT
    GULFAM AHMED
    IIT, Delhi
    12.55 - 1.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    1.00 - 2.00 PM: Lunch
  • 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    Lunch
  • 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    Emerging Hazards & Food Safety Testing 3
    Chair
    PROF REKHA SINGHAL
    Dept of Food Engeneering and Technology, ICT
    Co Chair
    Dr. P S NEGI
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    2.00 - 2.05 PM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    2.05 - 2.25 PM: Monitoring MOSH- MOAH in food and food contact materials
    SUNIL KUMAR T
    2.25 - 2.45 PM : Food Safety and importance of innovative technologies
    MUKESH SONAWANE
    CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
    2.45 - 3.05 PM: State-of-the-art analytical insturment
    UMESH TALEKAR
    Perkin Elmer
    3.05 - 3.25 PM: New age Biological food safety challenges in Fish & fishery products
    SANATH
    3.25 - 3.45 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    3.45 - 4.45 PM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    Circular Economy & Sustainbility in Foods 3
    Chair
    OP CHAUHAN
    Scientist, DRDO-DFRL
    Co Chair
    D V CHIDANAND
    NIFTEM-T
    Moderator
    SACHIN ADSARE
    MIT
    2.00 - 2.05 PM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    2.05 - 2.25 PM: Microalgae: The Superfood of Tomorrow for Health, Sustainability, and Food Security
    VINOD KUMAR
    Department of Food Science & Technology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University),
    2.25 - 2.45 PM : Biopreservation of foods using yeast as safer alternative to chemicals
    SUKESH CHANDER SHARMA
    Department of Biochemistry, Punjab University Chandigarh
    2.45 - 3.05 PM: Sustainable Food packaging
    JOHNSY GEORGE
    DIBT-DRDO, Mysuru.
    3.05 - 3.25 PM: Gerobiotic potential of probiotic bacteria
    Dr. PRAKASH HALAMI M
    CSIR-CFTRI
    3.25 - 3.45 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    3.45 - 4.45 PM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    Hydration in Food Systems : A key to Nutritional Security
    Chair
    ASHA MARTIN
    Principal Scientist, FS&AQCL Dept., CSIR-CFTRI
    Co Chair
    Dr. SURESH P V
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    GAURAV AGNIHOTRI
    2.00 - 2.05 PM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    2.05 - 2.25 PM: Hydration in Food Systems: A Key to Nutritional Security
    VIKAS TALWAR
    Kenvue
    2.25 - 2.45 PM: Hydration and Its Importance Across Terrains
    NAAZNIN HUSEIN
    Freedom Wellness Management
    2.45 - 3.05 PM: Wellsens©: Food safety & sustainable sensing solutions
    SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA
    CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
    3.05 - 3.25 PM: Response surface methodology (RSM) and its application in food processing operations : an overview
    DASHRATH R BASANNAR
    AFMC, DRDO, Pune
    3.25 - 3.45 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    3.45 - 4.45 PM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    Science of Proteins (Food Future Foundation)
    Chair
    PAWAN AGARWAL. IAS
    Co Chair
    SUBHAPRADA NISTHALA
    Moderator
    2.00 - 2.05 PM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    2.05 - 2.25 PM: The transformative power of Amino Acid Sciences in Health, Nutrition and Beyond
    MIRO SMRIGA
    2.25 - 3.25 PM: Panel Discussion
    PRABODH HALDE
    Marico
    PROF SMITA LELE
    Emeritus ICT Mumbai
    MR PRAKASH CHAWLA
    Samyog Foods
    GAURI MURTHY
    Nutritionist
    3.25 - 3.45 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    3.45 - 4.45 PM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
    New Frontiers
    Chair
    Dr. GEEVARGHESE P I
    College of Dairy Science and Technology
    Co Chair
    BETTADAIAH BK
    Principal Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    15 Mins Presentations
    MR AJAY SONI
    Savitribai Phule Pune University
    RAJ KUMAR SINGH
    CSIR-NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    SAJAD MOHD WANI
    Division of Food Science &Technology, SKUAST-Kashmir
    ANURAG SINGH
    Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur
    Mr. AMAN BHARGAVA
    School of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, D Y Patil Deemed to be University
    SANDHYA K
    NIFTEM - Thanjavur
    LATHA B V
    JSS College of Arts Commerce and Science
    3.25 - 3.45 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    3.45 - 4.45 PM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 03:15 PM - 04:45 PM
    Presentation Schedule - Session No 2
    Food Preservation, shelf life and sustainable packaging (FPS)
    Traditional foods, Ethnic foods and Ayush Ahaar (TEA)
    Food-Ingredients, Enzymes and Additives (FEA)
    Modern Tools in Food Science- AI & ML-based technologies, 3D food printing and related (MTF)
    Future foods- Alternate proteins, Aqua foods and Superfoods (FAS)
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
    Emerging Hazards & Food Safety Testing 4
    Chair
    RINI NARAYAN
    NABL
    Co Chair
    MOHAN DHALE
    Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    4.30 - 4.35 PM: Opening Remarks by Chair
    4.35 - 4.55 PM: Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in food contact materials - food contact article
    VIVEK DHYANI
    Agilent India
    4.55 -5.15 PM: Instruments for quality assurance and control of edible oils & fats
    SANJAY K PATIL
    Uniphos
    5.15 - 5.35 PM: Microplastics in Food, The new challenge to food safety
    MANGESH PAWAR
    5.35 - 5.55 PM: Biosensors - An innovative approach in food quality evaluation
    S SHANMUGASUNDARAM
    5.55 -6.00 PM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
    Circular Economy & Sustainbility in Foods 4
    Chair
    SBK WARRIAR
    Biochemistry and Food Technology Division, BARC, Trombay
    Co Chair
    ABDUL RASHEED K K
    MES INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
    Moderator
    SACHIN ADSARE
    MIT
    Fostering entrepreneurship through Innovative Engineering in Food Processing
    SUDHEER K P
    Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala
    Multiplex DNA probe-based methods for meat authenticity testing: From methods to technology
    SMRITI PRIYA
    CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
    Emerging pathogens and food safety
    JAYANT BANDEKAR
    Radiation Technology: A greener approach to Ensure Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability
    S. GAUTAM
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
    Traditional Foods : FoodSSSS
    Chair
    DR VILAS SIRHATTI
    Co Chair
    PRAKASH R KONDEKAR
    Indian Institute of Naturopathy
    The ubiquitous curries in Indian dietaries: A sensory and nutritional appraisal
    Dr. JAMUNA PRAKASH
    Talk by Dr Shashtri
    DR SHASHTRI
    Laxminarayan institute of Technology, RTMNU
    Talk by Mr Mahendra Ingle
    Mr. MAHENDRA S INGLE
    Advay Agro and food
    Sustainable Technology for Traditional food business
    PRATIMA SHASTRI
    Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur
  • 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
    New Frontiers in Food Science
    Chair
    DR SVN VIJAYENDRA
    CSIR- CFTRI
    Co Chair
    R MAHENDRAN
    NIFTEM-THANJAVUR
    Moderator
    DR SVN VIJAYENDRA
    CSIR- CFTRI
    15 mins presentations:
    UDANGSHREE BORAH
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Ms. HARAPRIYA SAHOO
    CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
    Dr. JANIFER RAJ XAVIER
    Defence Institute of Bio-defence Technologies (Formerly DFRL)
    Dr. RAJENDRA SINGH THAKUR
    JNKVV, Jabalpur
    SHALOM BENNY
    National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
  • 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
    AGBM
  • 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
    AGBM Dinner
  • 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    Breakfast
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Emerging Hazards & Food Safety Testing 5
    Chair
    DEBJANI DASGUPTA
    School of Biotechnology & Bio Informatics, DY Patil Deemed to be University
    Co Chair
    MANISH SINGH
    Moderator
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Talk by Ms Mercy Mmari
    09.25 - 09.45 AM: To Provide Safe, Nutritious, and Wholesome Food to the Human well-being and Hunger free India
    Dr. ANIL KUMAR CHAUHAN
    Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
    09.45 - 10.05 AM : Traditional Foods and its relevance in Modern times
    PARTHASARATHI RAMAKRISHNAN
    CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: Advances in Food Preservation for enhanced safety & sustainability
    Dr. RAGHAVENDRA S N
    Science St Aloysius (Deemed to be University)
    10.25 - 10.30 AM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    10.45 - 11.45 AM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Circular Economy & Sustainbility in Foods 5
    Chair
    Dr. THANKAMANI MARAR
    DY Patil Deemed to be University
    Co Chair
    KV SUNOOJ
    Pondiherry University
    Moderator
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Innovative valorization of agro- waste
    N. VENKATACHALAPATHY
    09.25 - 09.45 AM : Talk by Y N Sreerama
    Y N SREERAMA
    CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru
    09.45 - 10.05 AM : Sustainable flavoring solutions, production of high value plant derived sesquiterpenes via synthetic biology
    DINESH A. NAGEGOWDA
    CSIR-CIMAP Research Centre, Bengaluru
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: Process intesification
    V R SINIJA
    Associate Professor, NIFTEM
    10.25 - 10.30 AM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    10.45 - 11.45 AM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Innovations in Driving Food Security
    Chair
    K KEMPARAJU, PHD., FNASC
    Dept. of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Mysuru.
    Co Chair
    HARISH PRASHANTH K V
    Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Ultrasound assisted extraction & encapsulation of pricky pear betains for functional gummies, a sustainable approach to type 2 diabetes
    SHIVRAJ HARIRAM NILE
    09.25 - 09.45 AM : Functional Dairy Foods for health and Nutritional Security
    Prof. JASHBHAI B PRAJAPATI
    Indian Dairy Association, West Zone
    09.45 - 10.05 AM : Advances in cold plasma assisted food processing
    BRIJESH SRIVASTAVA
    Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Tezpur University
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: Talk by Dr Ashok Sangappa Alur
    ASHOK SANGAPPA ALUR
    VC, Kodagu University
    10.25 - 10.30 AM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    10.45 - 11.45 AM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    INSA Session
    10.45 - 11.45 AM: Poster Session / Tea break
    Chair
    Dr. DEV KUMAR YADAV
    DRDO-DFRL
    Co Chair
    Dr. TANAJI G KUDRE
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Moderator
    09.05 - 09.25 AM: Food processing sector in India: Trends and the future
    PROF V PALANIMUTHU
    NIFTEM-T
    09.25 - 09.45 AM : Novel Food Technologies for Enhancing Food Safety, Security, and Sustainability in Space Missions
    Dr. R KUMAR
    DIBT-DRDO
    09.45 - 10.05 AM : Pulsed Light Destruction Kinetics of Escherichia coli in Water
    HOSAHALLI S. RAMASWAMY,
    Department of Food Science, McGill University, Canada
    10.05 - 10.25 AM: Talk by Dr Rekha Singhal
    PROF REKHA SINGHAL
    Dept of Food Engeneering and Technology, ICT
    10.25 - 10.30 AM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
  • 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    New Frontiers
    Chair
    Dr. LAXMIKANT S BADWAIK
    Tezpur University
    Co Chair
    YOGESH GAT
    ICT
    Moderator
    15 Mins Presentations
    NEELU SURESH BABU
    CSIR-Centarl Food Technological Research Institute
    FARHAT ANSARI
    Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
    HEEBA S
    CSIR - National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum, Kerala
    JYOTHIBAI P
    CSIR-CFTRI
    10.25 - 10.30 AM: Concluding Remarks & speaker felicitation
    10.45 - 11.45 AM: Poster Session / Tea break
  • 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
    Presentation Schedule - Session No 3
    Emerging Food Pathogens and Contaminants (EFP)
    Meat and Dairy Products (MDP)
    Innovative Engineering for food processing (IEP)
    Food Chemistry and Analytics (FCA)
    Grains, Millets and Nutri Cereals; Bakery and Confectionery products (GMN)
    Military Nutrition and Space foods (MNS)
  • 10:30 AM - 01:00 PM
    Shri M M Chitale Memorial Start-up Convention
    Chair
    PRABODH HALDE
    Marico
    Co Chair
    Dr. AASHITOSH A INAMDAR
    CSIR-CFTRI
    Inaugural Session
    SUBHAPRADA NISHTALA
    VP AFSTI
    Welcome Address
    PRABODH HALDE
    Marico
    Context Setting
    Dr. NILESH S AMRITKAR
    Envirocare Labs Pvt. Ltd
    Inaugural Address
    Dr. NAVEEN SHIVANNA
    AFST(I)
    Plenary Talk on Building Your Brand Strategy
    VAISHALI MENON
    Golden Grass
    Plenary Talk on What Investors Seek: Key Ingredients for a Winning Food Business Pitch
    NILESH LELE
    RampUp Advisory LLP
    Fireside Chats on Decoding Success: Lessons from Thriving Startups
    RICHA PENDKE
    Nutrizoe
    SATISH NEGI
    Cravova
    AKASH ZAVERI
    Plix Olena
    SAHIL KUKREJA
    Pepper Health Pvt Ltd
    RAGHAV GUPTA
    Aussee Oat Sri Lanka
    From Campus to Market: Inspiring Success Stories of Food Start-up Incubations
    DEBRABRAT DAS
    KAMALNAYAN TIBREWAL
    ICT NICE
    Pitch Perfect: Mastering Investor Presentations for Student Start-ups
    Shark Tank style pitch to investors by 5 finalists shortlisted from online applications
    Dr. GEEVARGHESE P I
    College of Dairy Science and Technology
    R MAHENDRAN
    NIFTEM-THANJAVUR
    Ms. KHUSHBU VISHAL SHAH
    Food Safety SafeFoodz Solutions
    Concluding Remarks
    Dr. AASHITOSH A INAMDAR
    CSIR-CFTRI
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Advances in Food Science
    Chair
    PROF RADHAI SRI
    Co Chair
    KV SUNOOJ
    Pondiherry University
    Moderator
    11.00- 11.05 AM : Opening Remarks by Chair
    11.05 - 11.25 PM : The food grade antioxidant melatonin inhibits venom-induced methemoglobinemia
    K KEMPARAJU, PHD., FNASC
    Dept. of Studies in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Mysuru.
    11.25 - 11.45 PM: Bilobalide microemulsions for future food formulation towards Alzheimer’s disease management
    HARISH PRASHANTH K V
    Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI
    11.45 - 12.05 PM : Quercetin, a Dietary Redox Modulator Inhibits Platelet Activation and ER-stress Mediated Autophagy in Response to Extracellular Histone
    Mr. GIRISH S KESTURU
    DoSR in Biochemistry, Tumkur University, Tumkur, Karnataka, India
    12.05 - 12.25 PM: Rapid Detection and Ablation of Foodborne Pathogens Using Aptamer- Conjugated Nanoparticles: A New Approach to Combat Foodborne Illnesses
    NITIN KUMAR SHINGHAL
    12.25 - 12.45 PM: Oil Powder: An alternative for enhancing stability and bioavailability of PUFA rich Oils
    RAJINI CHOPRA
    12.45 - 13.05: Advancement in nanoemulsions for food applications
    SAJAD MOHD WANI
    Division of Food Science &Technology, SKUAST-Kashmir
  • 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    Lunch