Thursday, 20 August 2015


Agenda

08:00

Registration

08:45

Inauguration

10:30

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session I : Issues & Challenges in Food Product Analysis

11:00

Mukul DasKeynote Presentation

Recent Trends in Food Contamination and Adulteration in India: Safety Paradigms
Mukul Das, Chief Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, India

This talk will discuss about various contaminants and the adulterants which can pose serious health hazard and also discuss about their safety paradigms.

11:45

Title to be Finalzed
Sanjay Singh, Head Commercial R&D, Piramal Enterprises Ltd, India

12:15

Rekha S SinghalKeynote Presentation

Challenges in Food Analysis
Rekha S Singhal, Professor , Institute of Chemical Technology, India

13:00

Poster Evaluation

13:25

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session II : Advances in Techniques for Food, Dairy & Beverage Analysis

14:25

Sergei EreminKeynote Presentation

Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay for Analysis of Food Contaminants
Sergei Eremin, Professor, Moscow State University, Russian Federation

In this talk, development of FPIAs for detection of Mycotoxins, Pesticides and Florquinolones in food (bread, corn, milk and honey samples)will be discussed.

14:45

DENZ BIO-Medical GmbHTechnology Spotlight:
Enhanced the Results with High Transparent Materials snd State of the Art Analysis Apparatus
Harald Denz, CEO, DENZ BIO-Medical GmbH

15:40

An Innovative Technology for Rapid Detection and Identification of Bacteria and Yeasts by rRNA Sandwich Hybridization
Shyam Verma, Market Segment Manager, Sigma-Aldrich Co, United States of America

This presentation discuss about rRNA sandwich hybridization based technology that allows comprehensive and quantitative detection of a group of microorganisms as well as specific species and no PCR is needed. It is ideal for safety and control of microbial contamination in plants and manufacturing processes.

16:10

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session III : Trends and Innovations in Food Processing & Packaging

16:30

Smart and Active Food Packaging Systems
Rajeshwar Matche, Head & Senior Principal Scientist, Central Food Technological Research Institute , India

This presentation highlights about smart and active packaging systems which are the packaging systems for the future in detail.

17:00

Implications and Management of Karnal Bunt in Wheat Trade and Food Processing
Ashwani Kumar, Assistant Breeder, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

17:20

Nutritional Quality Assessment and Evaluation of Acceptability of Value Added Flaxseed and Oat Cookies by School Going Children
Vinti Davar, Professor, Kurukshetra University, India

Friday, 21 August 2015


Session IV : Technological Advances in Dairy & Food Processing

09:00

Technology of Restructured Meat and Poultry Products
Sukhcharanjit Singh Thind, Professor, Punjab Agricultural University, India

09:30

Application of High Hydrostatic Pressure (HHP) for Dairy Products
A K Singh, Principal Scientist , National Dairy Research Institute, India

10:00

Tea Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session V : Addition of Value to Food Products & By-Products

10:30

Thoughts on Make in India Case for Agri-Food Processing Sector: India Specific Innovations for Global Bioproducts
Rajender Sangwan, Chief Executive Officer, Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, India

11:00

Value-Added and Functional Food from Fish and Fishery Products
Armaan U Muzaddadi, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CIPHET, India

This presentation will focus on growth and development in the food processing industry with special emphasis on the functional food, convenience food, food ingredients and high-valued non-food items with zero waste concepts, optimum utilization of by-products from the fishery industry and promoting value added healthy food.

11:30

Value addition and Optimum Utilization of by- products of Fruits and Vegetables
Poonam Aggarwal Sachdev, Senior Vegetable Technologist, Punjab Agricultural University, India


Session VI : Safety Aspects for Food & Dairy Products

12:00

S S MarwahaKeynote Presentation

Research & Development in Food and Safety Issues
S S Marwaha, Chief Executive Officer, Punjab Biotechnology Incubator, India

12:45

Safety and Stability of Artificial Sweeteners in Dairy Products
Sumit Arora, Principal Scientist, National Dairy Research Institute, India

This talk describes about the development of isolation protocol and analytical conditions which were standardized for the analysis of aspartame, acesulfame-K, saccharin, sucralose, neotame, maltitol and their different degradation products in flavoured milk, burfi, kalakand, lassi, cake and yoghurt. The evaluation on Effect of processing treatments (pasteurization, in-bottle sterilization, heat desiccation and fermentation) and storage conditions on the stability of the artificial sweeteners will also be discussed in detail.

13:15

Poster Evaluation

13:30

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session VII : Regulatory Issues in Food & Beverages

14:30

Regulatory Developments in Food, Beverage Sector in India
Shaminder Pal Singh, Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, PepsiCo, India

15:00

Science in Food Safety Standards - Codex and India
Shaminder Pal Singh, Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, PepsiCo, India

15:30

Risk, Science and Society
Jasvir Singh, Regulatory, Scientific and Government Affairs Leader – South Asia, Dupont Nutrition & Health, India

16:00

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibitor Area


Session VIII : Panel Discussion : Food Safety - Redefining Our Roadmap

16:16

Panel Discussion : Food Safety - Redefining Our Roadmap
Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd.), President, Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India, India

16:20

Panel Discussion
Vijay K Taneja, Former Vice-Chancellor, GADVASU, India

16:25

Panel Discussion
Jasvir Singh, Regulatory, Scientific and Government Affairs Leader – South Asia, Dupont Nutrition & Health, India

16:30

Panel Discussion
U S Shivhare, Professor, Panjab University, India

16:35

Panel Disussion
Shaminder Pal Singh, Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, PepsiCo, India