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Detailed Day-to-Day Plan of 12th ASC
Day 1 : 3rd Feb 2015 (Tuesday)
DAY1
11:00
14:30
15:00
17:00
18:00
Registration at the Lawn of Sundaresan Auditorium
Inauguration of ASC India Expo. Venue: NDRI Play Ground
12th ASC Inauguration. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium
Inaugural Tea
Plenary Lecture by Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram: Emerging
Technology options for ensuring food, nutrition and energy
security. Chairman: Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR & President
NAAS Rapporteur: Dr. A. K. Gahlot, VC, RAJUVAS, Bikaner.
Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium.
19:00
Open air Cultural Programme & Dinner. Venue: Food Court
DAY2
Day 2: 4th Feb 2015 (Wednesday)
8:00
Breakfast. Venue: Food Court
9:00
9:00
9:40
10:20
Plenary Lectures. Chairman: Dr. S. Ayyappan, DG, ICAR & President
NAAS, Rapporteur: Dr. O. P. Gill, VC, MPUAT, Udaipur.
Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium.
Dr. Juergen Voegele, Senior Director of the World Bank’s,
Agriculture Global Practice, Washington DC, USA
Dr. R. S. Paroda, Ex DG, ICAR & Chairman, HKA. Reorienting,
Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) agenda for
sustainable livelihood of smallholder farmers
Dr. Jimmy Smith, DG, ILRI: Livestock, livelihoods and the future
of smallholder farmers
Session 1: Livelihood security for smallholder farmers. Chairpersons: Dr. S.
L. Mehta, Ex DDG, Ex VC, RAU, Dr. K. S. Khokhar, VC, CCSHAU, Hisar, Mr. M.
J. Khan, Editor, Agriculture Today, New Delhi & Dr. N. V. Patil, Director, NRC,
Camel, Bikaner. Session Coordinator: Dr. Vikas Vohra, PS, NBAGR, Karnal.
Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40
Sustainability issues for small farmers T. Jayaraman, Tata Institute
in context of climate change
of Social Sciences. Mumbai
Enhancing Economic viability
Dr. Deepak Shah,
of small farms: Evidence from
Gokhale Institute of Politics
horticulture crops
and Economics, Pune
Rural prosperity through
Dr. K. J. S. Satyasai, DEAR,
collective action
NABARD, Mumbai
Tea Break
MIA’s Experience with
Dr. Nihar Jangale, Micro
Community-Based Microinsurance Insurance Academy,
and Agricultural Insurance
New Delhi
The Role and Importance of
Prof. Jerzy Banski, IGSO
smallholder farmers in rural
PAS, Warsaw, Poland
space: An example from Poland
Session 2: Attracting & retaining youth in Agriculture. Chairpersons: Dr. M.
Mahadevappa, Ex. Chairman, ASRB, Dr. Arvind Kumar, DDG. (Edn.), ICAR,
Dr. R. S. Antil, Director Ext. CCS HAU, Hisar & Dr. Himanshu Pathak, IARI,
New Delhi. Session Coordinator: Dr. S. K. Tomar, PS, DM, NDRI, Karnal.
Venue: Dastur Auditorium
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40
11:00
13:00
15:20
Attracting Youth in Agriculture
Dr. Kamal Mathur, Former
Director, National Institute
of Agriculture Marketing,
Jaipur.
Sustainable Development of
small farmers – A successful
experience of RBRC model
Dr. K. Narayan Gowda,
Ex.Vice Chancellor, UAS,
Bengaluru
Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business
Centres – New Dimension
in Professionalizing and
Enterprising Agriculture
Dr. P. Chandra Shekara,
Director, Agri-Extension,
MANAGE, Hyderabad
Session 3: Skill and Human Resource Development for Diversification of
Employment and Income Opportunities. Chairpersons: Dr. J. C. Katyal,
Ex DDG, & VC, HAU, Hisar, Dr. B. S. Dhillon, VC, PAU, Ludhiana, Vijay
Singh Thakur, VC, YSPUHF, Solan & Dr. J. K. Bhatt, Director, VPKAS,
Almora. Session Coordinator: Dr. R. K. Singh, Sr. Sci. CSSRI, Karnal. Venue:
Sundaresan Auditorium
16:10
Practical goat farming present
scenario & problems
Mr. Deepak Patidar, Ekta
Agronomic and Livestock, MP
16:30
Business model on ‘Instant
Millets Mix for Breakfast’
Mr. Abhay Kumar Verma,
New Delhi
16:50
The success story of Kiwi farming Mr. Bodumba, Dirang,
at West Kameng of Arunachal
Arunachal Pradesh
17:10
Empowerment of Farmers
& Agriprenures through
Agribusiness
17:30
Tea Break
A National Virtual Academy in
Indian Agriculture to promote
massive open online courses for
agriculture professionals
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Dr. Dilip Kumar Guntuku,
ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Group approach in farming and Mr. Dhyaneswar Bodke,
linking small farmers to markets
President, Abhinav
Farmers’ Club, Pune
Dr. Satyan Yadav,
President, Horticulture
Produce Management
Institute, New Delhi
Tea Break
17:50
Empowering rural lives through
seed business incubation
Mr. Nainar Reddy, ICRISAT,
Hyderabad, AP
18:10
Panel Discussion on Session 3. To close at 19:00
M. L. Pathak, DDG (Animal Science), ICAR, Dr. A. K. Mishra, VC, MAFSU,
Nagpur & Dr. P. Biswas, VC, WBUAFS, Kolkata. Session Coordinator: Dr.
P. K. Singh, PS, NBAGR, Karnal. Venue: Dastur Auditorium
16:10
Session Coordinator: Dr. T. K. Mohanty, PS, LPM, NDRI, Karnal.
Venue: Library
Dr. Asitava Sur, General
Manager, Metro Dairy,
Kolkata
16:50
Creating Market For Smallholder
Farmers
Mr. Kaushlendra, Kaushlendra
Foundation, Patna, Bihar
17:10
17:30
17:50
Dr. P. Parthasarathy Rao,
ICRISAT, Hyderabad
Panel Discussion on Session 4. To close at 19:00
Cultural Programme: Kathak Recital by Padmashree
Mrs. Shovana Narayan & Troupe. Venue: Sundaresan
Auditorium
Breakfast. Venue: Food Court
16:50
Modeling Backyard Poultry
Farming as an Instrument for
Sustainable Livelihood under
diverse economy
Prof. S. Pan, WBUAFS,
Kolkata
9:00
Plenary Lecture by Prof. Ashok Gulati, Chair Professor
for Agriculture, ICRIER, New Delhi: Who Will Feed India?.
Chairman: Dr. Anupam Verma, VP, NAAS, Rapporteur:
Dr. A. C. Varshney, VC, PDDUPSCVV, Mathura. Venue:
Sundaresan Auditorium.
17:10
17:30
Tea Break
Crossbreeding versus indigenous Dr. D. K. Sadana, Ex-PS,
NBAGR, Karnal
cattle breeds for livelihood
security of smallholder farmers
Dr. R. K. Singh, Director,
IVRI, Izatnagar
16:10
Protected Cultivation with
special reference to vegetable
production
16:30
Small Farms : Comparative
Dr. K. C. Bansal, Director,
advantage of cultivating diversity NBPGR, New Delhi
16:50
Promoting sustainable livelihood
Dr. S. M. Deb, NRCY, Dirang
through enabling small farmers in NER
17:10
Tea Break
17:30
Strategies for better water
utilization in Agriculture
Dr. Brahma Singh,
President, Indian Society
for Protective Cultivation,
New Delhi
Dr. T. B. S. Rajput, Emeritus
Scientist, WTCIR, New Delhi
Dinner. Venue: Food Court
Day 3: 5th Feb 2015 ( Thursday)
DAY3
Session 6: Group dynamics of small holder farmers, SHG, Producers
Companies, Cooperatives and contract farming. Chairpersons: Mr. J. N.
L. Srivastava, Ex. Sect. MoA, GoI, Dr. A. R. Pathak, VC, JAU, Junagarh,
Dr. G. S. Sharma, Executive Dir. RPIIT, Karnal & Dr. Shiv Parsad, ADG,
(Coord.), ICAR. Session Coordinator: Dr. (Mrs.) Smita Sirohi, PS, DESM,
NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium
10:00
Special Session: Curbing Regional Issues for Profitable Agriculture.
Tea Break
Harnessing Emerging Market
Potential for the benefit of Small
Holder Farmers: Research and
Policy implications
Panel Discussion. To close at 19:00
19:00
8:00
16:10
Link or sink syndrome of
Indian milk producers: a
prognostication
18:10
Dr. M. R. Garg, General
Manager, NDDB, Anand
Chairpersons: Dr. K. L. Chadha President Horticultural Society of
India, New Delhi, Dr. Ngachan, Director, ICAR, NEH, Barapani, Dr.
Alagusundaram, DDG (Engineering), ICAR & Dr. W. S. Lakra, Director,
CIFE, Mumbai. Session Coordinator: Dr. Vivek Sharma, PS, DC, NDRI,
Karnal. Venue: ABTC
16:30
Dr. Gurbachan Singh, ASRB
Balanced Ration for Sustainable
dairy production in developing
countries
Panel Discussion on Session 5. To close at 19:00
Dr. Sukhpal Singh,
Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad
Curbing Salinity in Agriculture
16:30
18:10
Accessing modern agri markets
for small producers in India: The
role of Producer Companies
17:50
20:00
Session 4: Linking smallholder farmers with market. Chairpersons: Dr. S. S.
Achyarya, Ex. Director, Inst. Dev. Studies, Dr. U. K. Mishra, VC, CKV, Durg,
Dr. Devakumar, Ex ADG ICAR & Dr. Bakshi Ram, Director, SBI, Karnal.
Session Coordinator: Dr. B. S. Chandel, Head, DESM, NDRI, Karnal. Venue:
Library
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Strategies on intensification of
Dr. S. B. Gokhale, BAIF,
breeding for livestock production Pune
at small holder and landless
farmers set up
Veterinary Aid Delivery System in
India: Looking at future needs
Round table for policy formulation (Animal & Dairy). Chairpersons:
Plenary Lecture by Dr. Sherman Garnett, Dean MSU, USA:
New Models of Higher Education for Social Empowerment.
Chairman: Dr. P. L . Gautam, VP, NAAS, Rapporteur: Dr. C. R.
Kole, VC, BCKV. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium.
Session 5: Intensification of Livestock Production for Smallholder and
Landless Farmers. Chairpersons: Dr. K. Pradhan, Ex VC, HAU, Hisar, Dr. K.
17:50
Dr. Suresh. S. Honnappagol, AH Commissioner, GOI, Dr. B.
Patnaik, Director, FMD, Mukteshwar, Dr. M. P. Yadav, Ex.
Director IVRI & Dr. S. K. Agarwal, Director, CIRG, Makhdoom.
Lunch and Posters. Venue: Food Court
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10:20
10:40
11:00
Linking smallholders to Market:
Institutional Innovation and
Experiences
Mr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi
CEO, Indian Society of
Agribusiness Professionals
New Delhi
Marketing of Spices by
FPO
Sh. Shubhendu Dash
Sr. Manager (State
Technical Advisor), Jaipur
Group dynamics of smallholders:
Pradan Model
Mr. Rabindranath, Pradan
NGO
5
Session
7:
Mechanization
&
Post
Harvest
technologies
for small farmers. Chairpersons: Prof. Kirti Singh, Ex Chairman ASRB
& Chairperson, WNRF, Chennai. Prof. Anwar Alam Ex VC SKUAST,
Sri Nagar, Dr. P K Sharma, VC, SKUAST, Jammu & Dr. R. R. B. Singh,
Dean, Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology, Patna. Session
Coordinator: Dr. A. K. Singh, PS, DT, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Library
10:00
Changing perspective of industry Mr. T. R. Kesavan, COO,
from tractorization to farm
TAFE Ltd, Chennai
mechanization
10:20
Agricultural mechanization
development in India
Mr. Gajendra Singh, ExDDG (Engg) and Ex-VC,
Doon University
10:40
Strategy to bring protected
cultivation technology to the
doorsteps of small and marginal
farmers, with special reference to
horticultural crops
Mr. Sanjeev Chopra,
Joint Secretary, Dept. of
Agriculture & Cooperation,
New Delhi
11:00
Low cost processing and
packaging technologies for small
scale fish producers
Dr M. M. Prasad, CIFT,
Cochin
11:20
Approaches and advances in
milk testing, collection and
cooling: with special reference to
small farmers
Mr. Shiva Nagarajan,
Mother Dairy, New Delh
12:00
New Concepts for Preserving
Grains, Oilseeds and Pulses on
Small Farms
Prof. Digvir S. Jayas,
University of Manitoba,
Canada
12:20
Panel Discussion on Session 7. To close at 13:00
10:00
Student Elocution Contest. Chairpersons: Dr. M. L. Madan, Ex
DDG (AS), ICAR & Ex. VC PDKV, Akola, Maj Gen Shri Kant, SM,
VSM (Retd), VC, LLRVASU, Hisar, Dr. A. Bandyopadhaya, EX NC,
NAIP & Dr. Rajiv Singhal, Vice-Chariman, RPIIT, Karnal. Session
Coordinator: Dr. P. N. Raju, Sci. DT, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Dastur
Auditorium.
10:00
Round
Table
Meeting
(Plant)
Chairpersons:
Mr. Jeet Singh Sandhu, Ag Commissioner, GOI, Dr. D. P. Ray, Ex.
VC, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar, Dr. R. K. Mittal, VC, Samastipur & Dr.
T. A. More, VC, MPKV, Rahuri. Session Coordinator: Dr. Ratan
Tiwari, PS, IIWBR, Karnal. Venue: ABTC.
13:00
Lunch & poster. Venue: Food Court
Tea Break
11:20
Transfer of farm technologies for
agricultural sustainability
Sh. S. V. Kaore, IFFCO, New
Delhi
11:40
Role of cooperatives in
improving livelihood of farmers
Dr. V. Kumar
12:00
Panel Discussion on Session 6. To close at 13:00
Tea Break
11:40
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16:10
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Tea Break
VC, RVSKVV, Gwalior, Dr. A. K. Sikka, DDG (NRM), ICAR, Dr. R. C. Srivastava
& Directorate of water mangt. Dehradun. Session Coordinator: Dr. Sohanvir
16:30
Direct cash transfer system for
fertilizer: Why it might be hard to
implement
Dr. Avinash Kishore, IFPRI,
New Delhi
15:10
Adoption of Conservation
practices can effectively sustain
agricultural production on small
farms
Mr. Raj Gupta, BISACIMMYT, New Delhi
16:50
Enhancing Profitability of Small
Farmers-Technology and Policy
Options
Dr. K. Palanisami,
International Water
Management Institute
(IWMI), Hyderabad
15:30
Implication of climate change:
lessons learnt & way forward
Dr. P. K. Aggarwal,
Regional Program Leader,
CGIAR Research Program
on Climate Change
17:10
Improving water sharing through Dr. Dinesh K. Marothia, Exfostering institutional creativity
Commission for agriculture
Costs and Price (CACP)
Ten steps to be adopted by
small farmers to adapt to climate
change
Dr. B. Venkateswarlu,
Vice-Chancellor, Vasantrao
Naik Marathwada Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra
Singh, PS, DCP, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Dastur Auditorium
15:50
16:10
Ch Srinivas Rao, CRIDA,
Hyderabad
16:50
Indian Livestock- Challenges &
Opportunities under climate
change
Dr. R. C. Upadhaya, NDRI,
Karnal
17:10
Agroforestry and Ecosystem
Services
Dr. P. K. Ramachandran Nair,
University of Florida, USA
Panel Discussion on Session 8. To close at 18:00
15:10
Young Scientist Award Presentation. Chairpersons: Gautam
Kalloo, Ex. DDG, Horticulture, VC JKVV, Jabalpur, Dr. P. N. Bhat,
Ex. DDG, Animal Science, ICAR, Dr. P. K. Shrivastava, Ex. Director,
NDDB, Bangalore & Dr. K. V. Prabhu, JD (Res.), IARI, New Delhi.
Session Coordinator: Dr. Dheer Singh, PS, ABC, NDRI, Karnal.
Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium.
20:30
Dinner. Venue: Food Court
15:10
Smallholder agriculture:
challenges for R&D
Dr. P. K. Joshi, Director,
International Food Policy
Research Institute, New Delhi
15:30
Land Reforms
Dr. T. Haque, ExCommission for
Agriculture Costs and Price
15:50
Investments priority for
accelerating agricultural
productivity
Dr. Seema Batla, Jawaharlal
Nehru University,
New Delhi
Dr.
Neelam
Director,
Bhubaneswar
DAY4
Breakfast. Venue: Food Court
9:00
Dr. A. B. Joshi Memorial Lecture by Prof. R. B. Singh. Chairman:
Dr. Gurbachan Singh, Chairman, ASRB, Rapporteur: Dr. S. K.
Patil, VC, IGKV, Raipur. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium.
Farmers’ Session by Chairpersons: Dr. K. K. Katoch, VC, CSK
HPKV, Palampur, Dr. K. K. Vijayan, Director CIBA, Chennai, Dr. C.
L. Acharya, Director, IISS, Bhopal & Mr. J. S. Cheema, Cheema
Foundation, Chandigarh. Session Coordinator: Dr. D. K. Gosain,
Head, KVK, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium
Grewal,
DRWA,
Tea Break
11:10
Breaking ground: A case
study of an initiative towards
empowering women
11:30
Panel Discussion on Session 10. To close at 12:30
Ms. R. Rukmani, Director,
MSSRF, Chennai
Session 11: Credit flow and insurance support to smallholder farmers.
Chairpersons: Dr. Ramesh Rangan, MD, State Bank of Patiala, Dr.
Deshpandey, NABARD, Chandigarh, Dr. S. Kochhar, Ex. NC, NAIP &
Mr. Amit Gupta, Vice President, HCC. Session Coordinator: Dr. Ravinder
Malhotra, PS, DESM, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Dastur Auditorium
10:10
10:30
8:00
9:50
Gender issues in Agriculture
10:50
11:10
Agriculture credit - is it a case
of skewed supply and distorted
demand?
Mr. N. Srinivasan, Ex. Chief
General Manager, NABARD,
Mumbai
Socio Economic Dimension in
supporting sustainable livelihood
security for small holder farmers
Mr. G. G. Sohani, BAIF, Pune
Tea Break
Jharkhand Womens’ poultry
cooperative society: A case study
Mr. M. V. Ashok, Chief
General Manager, DEAR,
NABARD, Mumbai
11:30
Insurance schemes for supporting
credit linked agricultural activities
Mr. Kumaraswamy Naidu,
Regional manager, Oriental
Insurance, Hyderabad
11:50
Panel Discussion on Session 11. To close at 12:30
12:30
12 ASC Valedictory Function. Venue: Sundaresan Auditorium
14:30
Farewell Lunch. Venue: Food Court
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Established in 1990, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(NAAS) is among the most recent Science Academies of India. It
owes its origin to the vision of late Dr. B. P. Pal, FRS. The Academy
focuses on the broad field of agricultural sciences including
crop husbandry, animal husbandry, fisheries, agro-forestry
and interface between agriculture and agro-industry. Towards
policy making on issues of agricultural research, education and
extension at various levels, NAAS organizes and supports various
national and international congresses, conferences, seminars, symposia,
workshops and brainstorming sessions. Fourteen Regional Chapters of the
Academy are functioning at Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati,
Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai,
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Cultural Program by NDRI Students. Venue: Sundaresan
Auditorium
Session 9: Policy challenges for protecting smallholders. Chairpersons:
Dr. V. K. Taneja, VC, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Dr. M. L. Chaudhary, VC,
Bihar AU, Bhagalpur, Dr. A. K. Rawat, Director, DBT, New Delhi & Dr.
Saurav Gupta, Director RPIIT, Karnal. Session Coordinator: Dr. A. K.
Plenary Lecture by Dr. Thomas Lumpkin, Director General of
CIMMYT The Borlaug Institute of South Asia and its Impact
on Smallholder Farmers. Chairman: Dr. S. N. Puri, Ex. VC,
CAU, Rapporteur: Dr. Rameshwar Singh, PD, DKMA. Venue:
Sundaresan Auditorium.
19:00
Dr. R. Padmaja, ICRISAT,
Hyderabad
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Role of social networks in
adoption of technology and
women empowerment
10:50
Panel Discussion on Session 9. To close at 18:00
18.00
10:10
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Maintenance of soil quality
limits crop losses due to climate
change on small farms
Dr. (Mrs.) B. Meenakumari DDG (Fisheries), ICAR, Dr. A. K. Singh, D D
G (Ext), ICAR, Dr. (Ms.) Prem Dureja, Editor NAAS & Dr. Indu Sharma,
Director, IIWBR, Karnal. Session Coordinator: Mrs. Ritu Chakravarty, Sr.
Sci. D Ext, NDRI, Karnal. Venue: Library
17:30
Tea Break
16:30
Session 10: Empowerment of women in agriculture. Chairpersons:
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