Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore campus is organizing an International Conference on Agro Food Processing from August 16 – 21, 2016 in collaboration with CIRDAP & SAC Bangladesh and MSSF Chennai.
| Inaugural Session | ||
| 8.45Hrs | Registration | |
| 9.00Hrs | Arrival of Chief Guest | |
| 9.05Hrs | Welcome Remarks | Dr. Raghu Raman, Chairman, Amrita School of Business |
| 9.15Hrs | Agro Processing as Key to Rural Development in CMCs | Mr. Tevita Boseiwaqa Taginavulau, Director General, CIRDAP |
| 9.30Hrs | SAARC Agriculture Centre – its initiatives on Food and Poverty Alleviation | Dr. S.M. Bokhtiar, Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre |
| 9.45Hrs | Inaugural Speech | Dr. K. Sankaran, Registrar, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chief Guest |
| 10.00Hrs | Vote of Thanks | Dr. Tayan Gurung, Senior Program Specialist, SAARC Agriculture Centre |
| 10.15Hrs | Tea Break | |
| Technical Session – I: Country Presentations | ||
| Country Set A | ||
| 10.30Hrs | Opening remarks by the Chairman | |
| Country Paper Presentations of Set A | ||
| 10.40Hrs | Afghanistan | |
| 10.55Hrs | Bangladesh | |
| 11.10Hrs | Bhutan | |
| 11.25Hrs | India | |
| 11.50Hrs | Discussion | |
| 12.00Hrs | Closing by the Chairman | |
| Country Paper Presentations of Set B | ||
| 12.10Hrs | Opening remarks by the Chairman | |
| 12.20Hrs | Maldives | |
| 12.35Hrs | Nepal | |
| 12.50Hrs | Pakistan | |
| 13.05Hrs | Sri Lanka | |
| 13.20Hrs | Closing by the Chairperson | |
| 13.30Hrs | Lunch | |
| Technical Session – II: Agro-processing and Rural Development in SE Asia | ||
| 14.30Hrs | Agro-processing and Rural Development in SE Asia – Dr. Vasanthi Rajendran, Director ICD & Training CIRDAP | |
| 14.45Hrs | Thailand Experience on Agro-Processing: OTOP – Expert from Thailand | |
| 15.00Hrs | Discussion | |
| 15.15Hrs | Agro-processing and Product – Expert from MARDI, Malaysia Development for Livelihood Enhancement | |
| 15.30Hrs | Discussion | |
| 15.45Hrs | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| 16.00Hrs | Agro-processing Technologies -Expert from Indonesia in Indonesia | |
| 16.15Hrs | Discussion | |
| 16.30Hrs | Closing by Chairman | |
| 16.40Hrs | Screening of Embracing the World | |
| 19.30Hrs | Conference Dinner | |
| 09.00Hrs | ‘Strategic Approach for Linking Agro-processing to Rural Development in SAARC countries’ | Prof. Banerji AU |
| 09.30 Hrs | Panel Discussion on Strategic Approach for Linking Agro-Processing in SAARC countries with ASEAN countries | Moderated by CIRDAP, SAARC & AU |
| Technical Session – III: Working Group Session | Facilitated by Dr. Tayan, Prof. Banerji and Dr. Vasanthi Rajendran | |
| 10.30Hrs | Briefing on the Working Group Session – Group Division and Topics | |
| A.Policy | B.Research | C.Extension and Development |
| 10.45Hrs | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| Closing Session | ||
| 11.30Hrs | Presentation by Group – 1 | |
| 11.45Hrs | Presentation by Group – 2 | |
| 12.00Hrs | Presentation by Group – 3 | |
| 12.15Hrs | Workshop recommendations | SAC-AU-CIRDAP-MSSRF |
| 12.30Hrs | Presentation of Mementoes to Participants | Chair |
| 12.45Hrs | Closing Remarks | Director – SAC |
| 13.00Hrs | Closing Remarks | Chief Guest (Chairman) |
| 13:15Hrs | Vote of Thanks | AU Dr. S. Banerji |
Coordinator
Dr. Sanjay Banerji
Professor Emeritus,
Amrita School of Business,
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
E-mail: s_banerji@amrita.edu