National Milk Day 2025: FTCCI & Indian Dairy Association to host a national seminar on Innovations and Opportunities in Dairy Entrepreneurship

Hyderabad, December 11, 2025: The Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FTCCI), in collaboration with the Indian Dairy Association – Telangana Local Chapter, will be organising a full-day seminar titled “Innovations and Opportunities in Dairy Entrepreneurship: From Farm to Market” on 12th December at the KLN Prasad Auditorium, Federation House, Red Hills, Hyderabad.

The event is being organised as part of National Milk Day 2025 celebrations commemorating the birth anniversary of Dr Verghese Kurien, widely regarded as the Father of India’s White Revolution.

The National Milk Day seminar will be graced by distinguished dignitaries including Chief Guest Vakiti Srihari, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries, Government of Telangana; Guest of Honour Ilamparithi K., Special Chief Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Development, Government of Telangana; Special Guest Gutha Amith Reddy, Chairman, Telangana Dairy Development Co-operative Federation Ltd.; and Keynote Speaker Rajeshwara Rao, Chairman, Indian Dairy Association – Telangana Local Center. Senior FTCCI leadership comprising President R. Ravi Kumar, Senior Vice President K. K. Maheshwari, Vice President Srinivas Garimella and S. Chandra Mohan, Chairman of FTCCI’s Agro & Food Processing Committee, will preside over the programme.

The one-day seminar features four comprehensive technical sessions with participation from experts representing academia, industry, dairy cooperatives and financial institutions. The sessions will focus on Dairy Farming and Production, Processing and Value Addition, Dairy Technology and Digital Transformation, and Financial Support. The objective is to create a knowledge-sharing platform that supports dairy startups, FPOs, cooperatives and entrepreneurs in expanding their enterprises and exploring new business opportunities.

The seminar is especially relevant for dairy entrepreneurs and startups, farmers and FPOs, cooperatives and processors, food technologists and researchers, financial institutions and investors, policy-makers, government officials, students and aspiring dairy entrepreneurs.

Entry to the programme is complimentary.