TRAINING REPORT –AGRA

Duration : 2 day training program on Carbide Free Fruit Ripening Date : 29th- 30th September 2014 at Agra

Sl.No Particulars Remarks 1 Detailed curriculum enclosed 2 List of faculty with brief profile enclosed 3 List of trainees enclosed 4 List of representatives of Ripening Chambers participated enclosed a.)Ripening chambers in Agra enclosed b.) Opinion of the representatives of ripening chambers where training is

required. enclosed

5 Feedback from university enclosed 6 Feedback from trainees enclosed 7 Feedback from faculty enclosed 8 Copy of press note enclosed 9 Media attention received: Print media enclosed 10 Photos taken during training programme enclosed a.)First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos enclosed b.)Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber enclosed

AGRA - DETAILED CURRICULUM

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS

1 Mr K P Aggarwal Chairman, KPGI College Chief Guest 2 Mr Mukesh Aggarwal Secretary, KPGI College 3 Mr. Atul Khanna Director, ICE Centre of Excellence

4 Mr Anurag Aggarwal MD, Natural fruits Pvt Ltd

Capacity Building Initiative for Fruit Ripening

S. No. Time Duration Topics Speakers

Day 1: 29th September 2014

1

10.00 – 10.30 am

Inauguration by Lighting of lamp Welcome address by the Chairman,

Mr K P Aggarwal Address by The Secretary, Mr

Mukesh Aggarwal Address by Mr Atul Khanna,

Director, ICE Centre of Excellence Address by Mr Rajesh Goyal,

Secretary, Federation of Cold Storage Association of India

Address by Mr Anurag Aggarwal, MD, Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd

2

10.30 – 11.00 am

Introduction to NCCD

Mr. Lokesh Kumar, ICE Centre of Excellence

3

11.00 – 11.30 am

Presentation on Indian Economy and cold chain

Presentation on GCCA and ICE activities

Mr Lauren Jolly, ICE Centre of Excellence

4

11.30 – 12.30 pm

Opportunities in Agriculture with focus on fruit ripening

Mr. Atul Khanna, Director, ICE Centre of Excellence

5

12.30 – 01.30 pm

Physiology of Fruit ripening

Ms. Garima Khanna, ICE Centre of Excellence

6

01.30-02.30 pm

LUNCH

7

02.30 pm – 03.30 pm

Post Harvest Management of Banana

Mr J C Sharma, Former Fod Processing Officer

8

03.30 pm – 04.30 pm

Details of Ripening process and role of refrigeration

Mr Rahul Kapoor, Carrier

9

03.30 pm – 04.30 pm

Technical standards on ripening

Ms. Garima Khanna, ICE Centre of Excellence

10

04.30 pm – 05.30 pm

Financial Assistance available from Indian Banks

Mr R K Jain, Charted Accountant

Day 2: 30th September 2014

12

10.30 – 01.30 pm

Visit to Natural fruits Pvt Ltd

Technical presentation and Guided tour by Mr Anurag Aggarwal, MD, Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd

14

01.30 – 02.30 pm LUNCH

15

2.30 – 3.30 pm

Banana Ripening and role of controls in the Banana Ripening Chamber

Mr Kamath, Danfoss India

16

3.30 -4.00 pm

Valedictory Session : Certificate & Corporate Gift distribution

PRESS NOTE

Capacity Building Initiative for Carbide free fruit ripening

Agra: As per the agenda of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, Agriculture is the driving force of the economy. The government is laying special emphasis on development of the agriculture sector and encouraging the citizens to come up with projects and businesses to support this sector. The Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a Two Day training program on “Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Agriculture Sector with focus on Fruit Ripening” throughout the country. The course will be offered by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (Carried out by National Centre for Cold Chain development (NCCD)-the nodal government of India body for cold chain along with ICE Centre of Excellence). The training is aimed at imparting education and awareness regarding the modern methods of Fruit Ripening, hazards of Carbide Ripened fruits and the support available from the government to set up fruit ripening chambers. The workshop was successfully conducted in Agra on 29th-30th September 2014 in collaboration with KPGI College. The workshop was attended by the students and the entrepreneurs and was a great learning experience for all.

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Mr Atul Khanna, Director, ICE Centre of Excellence Commerce graduate with over 15 years experience in agri related products. He is the Director for ICE Centre of Excellence and GCCA India. He is the CO Chairman of the HRD and the Logistic Committee of NCCD. Ms Garima Khanna, Manager, Marcom, ICE Centre of Excellence A post graduate in management and graduate in Biotechnology with over 5 years of experience with cold chain. Mr Rahul Kapoor, Carrier Transcicold A management graduate from XLRI with a rich experience of over 12 years in the field of refrigeration and specializing in ripening chambers for the company. Mr Anurag Aggarwal, MD, Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd Commerce graduate and an entrepreneur who set up a ripening unit one year back. He has been successfully running the ripening unit for Banana and is planning to start plantation of Banana in Agra in collaboration with Jain Irrigation. Mr J C Sharma, Food Processing Officer J C Sharma is a retired officer from the Food processing University and has been the visiting faculty in many universities and colleges. He specializes in the subject of post harvest management and has interest and knowledge in the field of fruit ripening. He has assisted many entrepreneurs and farmers in banana ripening. Mr RK Jain, CA Mr Jain is a chartered accountant by profession and specializes in providing consultancy in the field of cold chain and fruit ripening. He has assisted in setup of many cold storages and ripening units in Agra

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED SL # Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 SAURAV SOLANKI 8445084989 STUDENT

2 PRIYANKA JOHARI 7417418513 STUDENT

3 KHUSHBOO LAVANIYA 7060429394 STUDENT

4 ANUPAM SINGHCHAUHAN 8273036055 STUDENT

5 SHRUTI MITTAL 8273489809 STUDENT

6 BHAVENDRA SHARMA 9319429931 STUDENT

7 SUPRIYA TIWARI 9837867067 STUDENT

8 DEVID UJALA 9837566569 STUDENT

9 ADITYA PATHAK 8909171625 STUDENT

10 FAIZAN KHAN 8394985857 STUDENT

11 KAVITA RAGHAV 9456809885 STUDENT

12 JAGRATI SINGH 8006674141 STUDENT

13 ANAMIKA SINGH 8938872049 STUDENT

14 JYOTI 8445948577 STUDENT

15 SHIKHA VERMA 8445987882 STUDENT

16 NIDHI GUPTA 8273193144 STUDENT

17 JITENDRA PAL SINGH 9997202614 STUDENT

18 KALPANA YADAV 9897626694 STUDENT

19 JAYA SIKARWAR 8449385733 STUDENT

20 TANYA KRISHRESHTA 8755654880 STUDENT

21 ANJALI GUPTA 9458542910 STUDENT

22 VARSHA VERMA 8439098117 STUDENT

23 SURBHI GUPTA 9837585628 STUDENT

24 SAPNA KUMARI 9548215715 STUDENT

25 LOKENDRA KUMAR 8523774297 STUDENT

26 REENA 9897058309 STUDENT

27 YOGESH KUMARI 8979971513 STUDENT

28 SAHIL KUMAR 75005844742 STUDENT

29 KRISHNA RORIA 8868016590 STUDENT

30 SAPNA 8923618909 STUDENT

31 VARSHA PUNDIR 7500181076 STUDENT

32 SUMIT KUMAR 8923618909 STUDENT

33 ANKIT KASHYAP 9837995546 STUDENT

34 PRACHI GUPTA 9027181645 FACULTY

35 DEEPTI JAIN 9045602998 FACULTY

36 RASHMI SAINI 9719666219 FACULTY

37 UPENDRA SHARMA 9997749608 FACULTY

38 JYOTI 9897775590 FACULTY

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RIPENING CHAMBERS PARTICIPATED

Sl.No Name of the ripening Chamber and Address

Name of the Representative

Opinion on proposed place of training

1 M/s. Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd Mr. Anurag Aggarwal Agra

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS:

After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain Development

(NCCD), we contacted Mr. Mukesh Aggarwal, secretary, KPGI College to give wide publicity about the

training programme to the students.

The existing ripening unit in Agra was requested to allow for the field visit and were also requested to share

their entrepreneurial journey with the trainees. Mr Anurag Aggarwal, MD, Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd. co-ordinated

effectively with the organizers to ensure participation by all concerned in the industry.

The related companies, agriculture universities and bank representatives were contacted for the lectures to be

given during the training. The faculty of KPGI College was also very enthusiastic to participate in the training

program.

AGENDA: GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPREURIAL OPPORTUNITIES; AWARENES

ABOUT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CARBIDE

The objective of the program was to:

Train Human resources in banana ripening technology

Educate the trainees about the harmful effects of Carbide ripened fruits

Educate the trainees in real time conditions to give them hands o experience

Promotion of standards, scientific procedures and best practices in banana ripening.

Assist in providing employment opportunities to the trained candidates through our existing network of

promoters of banana ripening chambers.

Educate the potential entrepreneurs about

o The financial viability of setting up a Banana ripening chamber.

o The Technical standards on Banana Ripening established by Ministry of Agriculture.

o New MIDH guidelines and financial assistance available

o Financial assistance available from Indian Banks

Provide feedback concerning future training needs, and participate in the design of annual training

activities.

The prospective employers ie: ripening chamber owners allowed practical trainings in their facility and

actively participated with the trainees, and clear the doubts of trainees during the practical session. The trainees

were management graduates who were made aware about the benefits of entering the field of agriculture.

Many of them had traditional farms in their native places. They have been registered in our database and will

be in touch for the preparation of DPRs etc.

Actual employment generated will be monitored and reported to the NCCD

FEEDBACK FROM UNIVERSITY

Mr K P Aggarwal, Chairman, KPGI College was contacted by the organizers and invited to inaugurate the

training programme. He expressed the necessity for such program by which sustainable livelihood can be

created to the youth and appreciated the efforts being made by the government and NCCD. According to him,

this program helps in creating awareness about the ill effects of carbide use besides raising the issue of safe and

scientific ripening chambers for fruits. Mr K P Aggarwal actively co-ordinated conduct of the programme.

Youth who undergo this training program would be able to handle the ripening chambers in scientific and

systematic way. Moreover they themselves can successfully become potential entrepreneurs by talking up

ripening chambers as agriculture allied activity. Thereby they are able to create employment and also become

job providers rather than job seekers.

The University was happy to know about the financial assistance and the impetus available from the

Government to build the interest in the Agriculture sector of the country. He encouraged the students to take up

entrepreneurship seriously as the opportunities are immense and they would help the economy of the country

to grow.

He applauded the efforts of NCCD for organizing such trainings all across the country.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES The participants expressed happiness about the training programme and found it very useful. The participants

felt that the information given by experts and faculty was a great learning experience. The participants were

unaware about the fact that the most good looking fruits in the market are ripened by Carbide.

Small stickers on the fruit trays stating that the fruits have been naturally ripened and calcium carbide has not

been used as done by one of the ripening units in Agra should be given lot of publicity. They were happy to

know that Natural fruits had launched their brand of Natural Banana.

The participants appreciated the contents of Dockets printed by the organizers for giving publicity to the

training programme. A summary of the harmful effects of carbide ripened fruits, aspects of ethylene ripening

and schedule of training were given in the Dockets.

The training program is practical hands on experience and very helpful in understanding the operations of

ripening chamber and how the Government is actively available to support the cause. The efforts made by

NCCD in organizing the programme at Agra were appreciated by all.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

The faculty was very keen to spread awareness about the harmful effects of carbide and encourage

people to use natural ripening.

They appreciated the efforts of the government and NCCD.

They wanted the training to have a mention about the proven ways of identifying carbide ripened fruits.

First Day of training Programme-inauguration and Registration photos

Welcome Address by Dean(KPGI University)

Presentation Photos

LUNCH

View of Participants

Day2- Visit to Natural Fruits Pvt Ltd Vehicle For Participants

VISIT TO NATURAL FRUITS PVT LTD

Valedictory Session: Certificate Distribution