`Expertopedia’ - National Webinar Series on Post-Harvest Processing organized by ICAR-CIPHET

Ludhiana, October 18, 2021: To celebrate 75 years of the Indian Independence “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” ICAR-Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana organized National Webinar Series 'Expertopedia' on 18, October, 2021 and the event consisted of two sessions. The first session was on Entrepreneurship in Livestock and Poultry Sector: Opportunities and Approach and Dr Prithwi Singh, CEO, SuperZop, shared his experience as to how different marketing models can help farming communities by creating the right medium to sell their produce and how they improve retailer's competitiveness by helping them to buy smarter and better. In the second session, Dr Rahul Srivastava, Consultant, International Development Organization, shared his views on Innovation & Livestock Products: The Way Ahead. He highlighted about some innovative products which have good potential in local as well niche market. Both the speakers also highlighted the major opportunities and challenges in the animal product processing sector in India. Dr. Nachiket Kotwaliwale, Director, ICAR-CIPHET and Convener of the webinar, thanked all the virtual visitors and experts for active participation and encouraged the audience to take appropriate technologies to start their own enterprises and become a job provider rather than job seeker. He ensured all kind of possible assistance from the institute to the farmers, entrepreneurs and different stakeholders engaged in the line of post-harvest engineering and technology. The session was coordinated by Dr Yogesh Kumar and Dr Renu Balakrishnan. About 200 participants from India and abroad attended this webinar.