ICAR-CIPHET organized National Webinar Series `Expertopedia’

Ludhiana, November 17, 2021: ICAR-Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana organized National Webinar Series 'Expertopedia' today  to celebrate 75 years of the Indian Independence “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” and the event consisted of two expert lectures. The first one was on Development of Biosensors for Quality Analysis of Livestock Products by Prof. Sunil Bhand, Professor, Dept of Chemistry & Dean, Sponsored Research & Consultancy, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus. He enlightened the participants with the process of development of biosensors and their specific application for detection of microorganism and mycotoxins. In the second lecture, Dr Yogesh Kumar, Senior Scientist, ICAR-CIPHET, highlighted that about 71 per cent of the meat available at household level is adulterated and the need for identification of adulterants. He presented an overview of the recent development in rapid point-of-care devices for quality evaluation of meat products like LFA, LAMP, PCR based technologies. He also shared about the work being carried out in ICAR- CIPHET for rapid detection of adulteration by multiple meat species. Dr. Nachiket Kotwaialiwale, Director, ICAR-CIPHET and Convener of the webinar, thanked all the participants and experts for active participation and anticipated that these technologies be used for rapid quality assurance of food commodities/ processed foods. The session was coordinated by Dr Yogesh Kumar and Dr Renu Balakrishnan. About 160 participants attended the webinar series.