United Nations WORLD PULSES DAY Celebration Organized by NAFED in association with Global Pulse Confederation, Dubai

Sunday- February, 09, 2020 – Curtain Raiser

Venue:
Hotel The Taj Mahal, Mansingh Road, New Delhi

6.00 pm to 6.30 pm 
Registration

6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Curtain Raiser
- Invocation and inauguration
- Welcome address - Chairman, Nafed
- Remarks - MD, Nafed
- Remarks - Tomio Shichiri, FAO, Representative in India
- Remarks – Ms Cindy Brown, President, GPC
- Vote of Thanks - AMD, Nafed

7.30 pm onwards Cocktail and Dinner

Monday – February, 10,2020 – The World Pulses Day

Venue:
Ambedkar International Centre, 15, Janpath, New Delhi

9.00 am to 10.00 am
Registration

10.00 am to 11.50 am
- Welcome of Dignitaries
- Welcome address by Chairman, Nafed
- Inauguration by Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare by watering of plants
- Release of Coffee Table Book
- Launch of Nafed Organic Pulses
- Release of the book “Global Economy of Pulses” (FAO)
- Address by MD, Nafed
- Address by President, GPC
- Address by Director, LBSNAA, Mussoorie
- Address by Secretary, Department of Agriculture,
- Cooperation & Farmers Welfare
- Address by Dr. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog
- Address by Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

12 Noon to 1.00 pm
Session 1 - Enhancing Pulse Production:
- Inputs as key drivers - Multiple technologies for yield enhancement
- Sustainable farm practices
- (In Chair - Dr. Ramesh Chand, Member,Niti Aayog).
Panelists
- Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority.
- Shri B.B. Singh, Ex-ADG, ICAR.
- Dr. Juan Osorno, a pulse breeder scientist from North Dakota State University.

1.00 pm to 2.00 pm
Lunch break (Daal feast) and Networking

2.00 pm to 3.00 pm
Session 2 - Promoting Pulse Consumption for Nutrition
- Nutritional benefits of pulses
- Strategies for promoting consumption worldwide
- Enhancing consumption in world’s largest market.
- ( Moderator - Sudhakar Tomar, MD, Hakan Agro DMCC),
Panelists
- Dr. Srivalli Krishnan, Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation,
- Dr. A. Laxmaiah, Scientist-G , National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.
- Vikas Rawal, Professor of Economics, Centre for Economic Study & Planning, Jawahar Lal University, New Delhi. - Suman Agarwal, Nutritionist & Founder, Selfcare

3.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Session 3 - Processing of Pulses and Value Addition
- Technologies for efficient processing
- Value addition potential of pulses
- Strategies to market value added pulse products
- (Moderator – Pravesh Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO, Kamatan Farm Tech Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi).
Panelists
- Varun Deshpande MD, The Good Food Institute of India,
- Huseyin Arslan, AGT Food and Ingredients Inc.
- Parag Gadre, CEO, ETG Group - India
- Rajesh Sinha, MD & CEO, NCDEX EMarkets Ltd

4.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Session 4 - Market and Policies
- Overview of world pulses market
- Global Outlook for 2020 - Outlook for India 2020 (Moderator G C Chandrashekhar, Economist, Senior Editor and Policy Commentator)
Outlook for India
- Australia-Sanjiv Dubey Black Sea
- Lalit Bangar Myanmar- Sunil Patwari Canada
- Marlene Boersch

5.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Concluding Remarks & Declaration

5.30 pm to 5.45 pm
Vote of Thanks

5.45 pm onwards High Tea

8.00pm onwards
Dinner & Cocktail at The Lawn, Qutub Golf Course, Press Enclave Road, Lado Sarai, New Delhi