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In This Issue
• Editorial
• Upcoming events
• Alumni Association
activities
• Alumni updates
• College currents
• Annual convocation
• SRC happenings
• NSS activities
• Vidya corner
Editorial Committee
Editor
Prof. (Ms.) Sreeja V.
Co-Editors
Prof. Amit Patel
Dr. (Ms) Smitha Balakrishnan
Prof. (Ms.) Jarita Malik
Prof. (Ms.) Komal Patel
Volume: 15-17, Number:1-2, July 2011 to June 2013
From the Patron...
“Innovation” was the buzz word for the
recently conducted National seminar and
Alumni convention, which saw emotional
and happy get togethers, formation of new
connections, sharing the insights gained
by journeys into other disciplines or places,
and lots of knowledge exchange. A perfect
setup for innovation! As far as our industry
is concerned, innovative efforts leading to tasty new products, new packaging
ideas, use of new ingredients, great new marketing campaigns and huge variety
of nutrition are the need of the hour. Three questions are important for innovation;
What the consumer wants? What can be done with the technology? And what is
the market viability? The Indian dairy industry has tremendous scope for growth as
world’s numero uno in dairy field. An ever increasing market demand for milk and
milk products along with abundant supply of raw milk and highly skilled technical
man power make India a strong contender in the world dairy scenario. We are
lucky to be born in a country with rich traditional dairy food heritage and an ever
increasing youth population which is ready to experiment. This provides ample
opportunities for the technocrats to exploit the traditional knowledge, coat it with
innovation and functionality, thus expand the product portfolio.
Innovation in dairy education as well as in jobs is also an important aspect where
our alumni can contribute to a great extent. Being the ambassadors of our alma
mater, dear alumni, you are vital for our existence! Being one of the finest technical
force and strongest alumni network in the food industry in India, let us jointly
exploit these ample opportunities, spice it up with innovation and serve signature
dishes to a food crazy nation!
We promise to reach you regularly with this News Link.
A News Letter of
Alumni Association
Sheth M. C. College of
Dairy Science
AAU, Anand-388 110
(Gujarat), India
Ph: 02692-261030
Fax: 02692-261314
E-mail: editordsca@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS AT SMC...
(a) National Dairy Products Judging Contest and Dairy & Food Quiz on 1718, September, 2013.
(b) 11th Alumni convention and National seminar in the first week of January,
2015
(c) Sixth International Conference on “Fermented Food, Health Status and
Social Well-being: 13-14 December 2013.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES (2011-13)
Executive Committee Meetings
The newly formed Executive Committee for the Year 2013-15.
Office bearers
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The Executive Committee of Alumni Association for
2011-12 met four times during July 11 to March 13. In
the 32nd meeting held on 2nd Feb 2013, it was decided
to set-up a separate core group of distinguished alumni
representing different industries, which may help in
counseling and helping in placement of our existing
students and help the faculty in getting industry
sponsored research projects.
The last, 34th meeting of the Executive Committee of
Alumni Association was held on 4th May, 2013. The EC
took decisions regarding tentative activity schedule for
the year 2013-2014. This included (a) organization of
National Dairy Products Judging Contest and Dairy &
Food Quiz, (b) organization of 11th Alumni convention and
a National seminar in the first week of January, 2015, (c)
publishing the revised edition of “Quest for knowledge”,
(d) organization of door step seminars, (e) preparation
of a placement brochure of final year students before
November and sending it to different plants/dairies to
facilitate better placements and (f) generation of alumni
welfare fund.
Door Step Seminar
SMC College of Dairy Science and its Alumni Association
organized a door step technical seminar at Amul Dairy, Anand
on 31st August 2012. Dr Atanu Jana, Dr Sunil Patel and
Mr Kunal Gawai from the college delivered lectures at the
seminar which was attended by about 85 technical persons
from various dairy plants of Gujarat.
Guest Lectures
1. Mr Sujit Nair (B.Tech., DT, 1996), Head of Food Sector &
Training Services (West Zone) DNV Business Assurance,
Mumbai delivered a guest lecture on “Food Safety
Systems and Certification for Dairy Industry” on 23rd
August 2012 at SMC College of Dairy Science.
2. Prof. Bhesh Bhandari (BSc DT, 1981) , Professor of Food
Processing Technology and Engineering from School
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Dr. B P Shah - Patron
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Dr. J B Prajapati – President
3
Shri D R Shah– Vice president
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Dr. H G Patel - Secretary
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Prof. Istiyak Chauhan - Joint Secretary
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Shri Sandeep Patel - Joint Secretary
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Prof. Hiral Modha -Treasurer
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Prof. (Ms.) Sreeja V. -Editor, DSCA News Link
Members from Dairy Science College
1
Dr. A J Pandya
2
Dr. A G Bhadania
3
Dr. K D Aparnathi
4
Dr. P S Prajapati
5
Dr. A K Makwana
Members from the Dairy Plants/ Organizations
1
Shri. Hemant Patel (Baroda Dairy)
2
Shri P K Patel (Dudhdhara Dairy, Bharuch)
3
Shri. M G Meghani (Amul Dairy, Anand)
4
Shri. Jasubhai Patel (Banas Dairy, Palanpur)
5
Sreejith Nair (Sabar Dairy, Himatnagar )
6
Shri. Pankaj Shah (Vasudhara Dairy, Valsad)
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Shri. Rohit Mehta (Madhur Dairy, Gandhinagar)
8
Shri. Alok Saxena (Panchamrut Dairy, Godhra
9
Shri. Praveen Bhambi (Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana)
10
Shri. Nitin B Shah (Consultant, Ahmedabad)
11
Shri. Manoj Gandhi (Uttam Dairy, Ahmedabad)
12
Shri. Meenesh Shah (NDDB, Anand)
13
Shri. Bhupesh Parikh (Sumul Dairy, Surat)
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Shri. Pramod Patel (Junagadh Dairy, Junagadh)
15
Shri. Bhargav Kanabar (Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar)
16
Shri. Neeranjan Kumar (Patna, Bihar)
17
Shri. Alpesh Jain (Mother Dairy, Delhi)
Shri. Manshukh B. Bambharolia (Rajkot Milk
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Union Ltd., Rajkot)
19
Shri Hemant Kalita (Assam)
20
Dr Madhav Patil (Dairy Technology College, Pusad)
21
Dr Karthikeyan (Dairy Technology College, Raipur)
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Mr Sameer Saxena (GCMMF, Anand)
Permnent Invitees
1
Dr. J M Dave (Rajkot)
2
Dr. K G Upadhyay (Falna, Raj.)
3
Dr. S S Sannabhadti (Anand)
4
Dr. P N Thakar (Anand)
5
Dr. J V Parekh (Consultant, Mumbai)
6
Shri. P R Patel (CEO, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana)
7
Dr. M J Solanky (Dairy Sci. College, Amreli)
8
Dr. H K Desai (GM, Amul Dairy, Anand)
9
Shri. K. T. Thomas (MD, MILMA, Calicut, Kerala)
10
Shri. S. Nagarajan (MD, Mother Dairy, Delhi)
of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia delivered a guest lecture
on “Understanding the glass transition in food materials
systems” on 15th October 2012 at Dr Radhakrishnan
Auditorium.
3. Mr Matthew Turner, Senior Technical Services Scientist
of 3M Food Safety, Asia Specific Region, Singapore
delivered a lecture on “Food safety in dairy industry” on
13th March 2013 at Dr Radhakrishnan Auditorium.
National Dairy Product Judging Contest and National
Dairy and Food Quiz Contest
Ninth National Dairy Product Judging contest and 5th
National Dairy and Food Quiz contest was organzied on
13th and 14th September 2012 respectively. Nineteen teams,
comprising of Dairy Technology educational institutes as
well as Dairy Industries, from all over India participated in
the event. Among the category of teams from dairy plants,
Sumul Dairy, Surat got the first prize while Baroda Dairy,
Baroda and Amul Dairy, Anand got second and third
position respectively. In the Educational Institution’s category,
GN Patel College of Dairy Science and Food Technology,
SK Nagar secured first position; College of Dairy Science
and Technology, Kerala got second and National Dairy
Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana got third position.
Contestants keenly judging the product samples...
As a part of this event, a “Direct Consumer-Producer
Interaction” session was also organized, wherein the newly
developed dairy products brought by the selected dairy
plants were given for evaluation to the representative groups
of people viz., engineers, doctors, professionals, housewives,
businessman, students, etc and their opinion and critics were
obtained. This was the unique event organized for the first
time to get the direct feedback from the cross section of the
consumers on the new products developed. The products
given for evaluation to this group included peda, kajukatri,
rasogolla, kaju-anjir rolls, kopra pak, cookies and lassi.
National Dairy and Food Quiz Contest was
co-sponsored by Gujarat Cooperative Milk
Marketing Federation Ltd, (Amul – The Taste
of India). This is a high profile technical quiz
organized in several rounds on stage to test and sharpen the
knowledge of dairy professionals. Teams from 11 institutions
(from Gujarat, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh,
Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala) and 7 dairy plants
(from Gujarat) participated in the event. Dr. Atanu Jana along
with Ms. Jarita Mallik were the Quiz Masters.
Dr. Atanu Jana conducting the dairy quiz...
The trophies to winning teams were awarded in a valedictory
function presided over by Dr. A.M. Shekh, Hon’ble Vice
Chancellor of Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The
team from SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand secured
the first position. Ms. Sreeja V, Assistant professor Dairy
Microbiology was the team leader, Mr. Khushwant Singh
Rathore and Mr. Shikhar Gaur, both UG students, were the
team members. Vidya Dairy, Anand secured second and
College of Dairy Technology, Pusad, Maharastra got the
third position. Dr. K.B. Kathiriya, Director of Research and
Dean P.G. Studies, AAU, Anand and Dr. P.P. Patel, Director of
Extension graced the function as Guests of Honour. Shri. H.R.
Dave, Chief General Manager, NABARD, Ahmedabad Region
was the Chief Guest of the event. Dr. J.B. Prajapati, VicePresident of Alumni Association honoured Shri H.R. Dave,
being the alumnus of the college.
Dairy quiz winning team from SMC College receiving the trophy
from Shri. H.R. Dave...
Consumer-Producer Interaction session…
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National Seminar and 10th Alumni Convention - 2013
Souvenir being released by the dignitaries at the National Seminar…
The inaugural function of National Seminar on “Innovative
Approaches in Dairy Industry” was held at Sheth M C
College of Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University,
Anand on 1st March 2013. The organizing secretary of the
national seminar was Dr. Atanu Jana. Principal and Dean,
Dr. BP Shah welcomed all the dignitaries and delegates of
the seminar. The Chief Guest of the function was Dr. A.K.
Shrivastava, Hon. Vice Chancellor and Director, National
Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. The two Guests of
Honour were Shri R.S. Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF
Ltd. and Shri Sangramsinh Chaudhary, Executive Director,
NDDB, Anand. The lead speakers in the seminar were Dr.
Pankaj Shah, Consultant, Larsen & Toubro, Shri Amit Vyas,
General Manager (Engineering), Amul Dairy, Anand, Dr. Sunil
Patel, Associate Prof., Dairy Engineering Dept., Dairy Science
College (DSC), Anand, Dr. J.B. Prajapati, Prof. & Head, Dairy
Microbiology Dept., DSC, Anand, Dr. S.P. Sarkar, Prof. &
Head, Dairy Microbiology Dept., WBVAFS, Nadia (WB), Dr.
H. Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Prof. Hitesh Bhatt, IRMA,
Anand and Mr. Sujit Nair, DNV India Ltd., Mumbai. In the
‘Industry Forum’ the Food companies that took part were Chr.
Hansen, 3M, Roquette, Krishna Industries, GCMMF, Tetra Pak,
and Duke Thompson. The seminar was attended by about
400 delegates and two books entitled “Dahi and Related
Products” and “Marketing Management and International
Trade” authored by ‘Prajapati JB and Sreeja V.’ and ‘Dr. A.K.
Makwana’ respectively, were released at the occasion.
Malabar, Kerala; Mr Ashok Sharma, Director, SSA, Govt. of
Gujarat, Mr Nishith Baxi, MD, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana,
Mr Prateek Kumar, MD, Baroda Dairy; Mr Alok Johri,
Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad; Dr Ashwani
Rathour, Vice President, Reliance, Delhi; Mr Pravin Bhambi,
ED, Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana; Mr D.R. Shah, MD, Vidya
Dairy, Anand were honoured during the alumni function.
Mr D. R. Patel, ACP (Crime & Traffic), Vadodara could not
attend the function. The Alumni association conferred the
‘Best Student Award’ to two B.Tech (Dairy Technology)
students viz., Ms. Preeti Paul and Ms. Bhavi Patel, while Dr.
J.R. Patel Memorial Award was conferred on Dr. J.V. Parekh,
International Dairy Consultant, Mumbai and Dr. B.P. Shah,
Principal & Dean, S.M.C. College of Dairy Science, Anand.
Ms. Bhavi and Ms. Preeti receiving Best Student award…
The topic of deliberation during Alumni convention was
“Diversification of Dairy Technology Graduates” wherein
the lead speakers were Shri H.R. Dave, CGM, NABARD,
Ahmedabad and Shri A.M. Sharma, Director, Sarva Siksha
Abhiyan, Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. Both the functions
were presided by Dr. A.M. Shekh, Honourable Vice Chancellor
of Anand Agricultural University, Anand.
Release of Career profile of 1987-88 batch...
The “10th Alumni Convention” was held on March 2, 2013.
Dr. JB Prajapati was the organizing Secretary. In the event,
the Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate batches of 1987 and
1988 were felicitated. The Chief Guest of the convention was
Dr. C L Patel, Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal, Vallabh
Vidyanagar. Shri Rahul Kumar, Managing Director, Amul
Dairy and Shri Kanubhai Patel, Chairman, Gayatri Dairy
Products Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad were the Guests of Honour at
the function. Distinguished alumni including Mr H.R. Dave,
CGM, NABARD, Ahmedabad; Mr K.T. Thomas, MD, MILMA,
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Dr. J.R. Patel Memorial Award conferred upon
Dr. J.V. Parekh (above) and Dr. B. P. Shah
10th General Body Meeting of Alumni Association
The 10th General Body Meeting of Alumni Association was
held on 2nd March, 2013. which was attended by 51 members .
After the welcome address by Dr. K. G. Upadhyay, President,
annual report and financial reports were presented and
approved by GB. Regarding ‘alumni welfare activities’, the
house suggested to generate special corpus fund and the
same would be used for alumni welfare activities. Dr. J B
Prajapati briefed the house about the initiative taken for
developing a ‘Business Forum’ which is a small group of
prominent alumni of the college who can interact for better
prospects for job placement of the students of the college.
On the eve of the National Seminar, a skype meeting
was organized of this potential business forum. Proposing
tentative schedule of activities for 2013-15, Dr. J B Prajapati
informed the house with the regular activities carried out
by the association and sought new suggestions. The house
acknowledged the active role of the association in organizing
different programmes and continuing with the same regularly.
The new Executive Committee was formed based on the
recommendation of the house. The house thanked the outgoing executive committee members for their services to the
association and welcomed the members of newly formed
executive committee.
ALUMNI UPDATES
Alumni get-together in Dubai
On 7th May 2011, a meeting of the alumni of SMC College of
Dairy Science, Anand Agricultural University was organized at
the hotel Holiday inn in UAE. There are at present 24 alumni of
Dairy Science College employed with various companies
at very responsible decision making positions. Our alumni
represent marketing,Ingredients, sales, marketing, packaging,
quality control, food safety,production and management
at top levels in various companies in gulf. Dr Baboo Nair,
Professor Emeritus at Lund University, Sweden and alumnus
of first batch IDD, 1962 was the special guest at the meeting.
He and his colleague, Dr Olof gave a presentation on Oatly
and Aventure companies in Sweden. He informed the group
about fermented foods network (www.fermented-foods.net)
and planned to organize a conference in Dubai along with
gulf food. The meeting was organized by Mr. Ravindra P
Kadam, Production Manager; Gulf and Safa Dairies Company
L. L.C , Mr. Subin Jose,Cluster Quality Manager; Cluster at
SIG, Combibloc Obeikan and Mr. CPM Tulsiram, Processing
Manager; Emirates Industry for Camel milk & Products.
Mr. Suresh Sutariya ( B. Tech DT, 2004 ) has joined South
Dakota state university - USA for Masters study along
with research assistantship in Dairy Science. He won “Dairy
Recognition and Education Scholarship” award in his first
semester study. Previously he served Almarai comapny Saudi
Arabia as Quality Assurance manager for 7 years.
Mr. Tapan Bhatt (B. Tech DT, 2003) is currently working
as Production Manager, Culinary department, Nestle Moga
after successfully completing his EGMP from IIM Kolkatta in
the year 2010. Prior to joining nestle in 2006, he served Amul.
Ms. Sonam Yangchen (B. Tech DT, 2010) is currently working
as Livestock Officer in the Dairy Development Center, Ministry
of Agriculture and Forest, Bhutan.
Mr. Ashishkumar S. Patel (B. Tech DT, 2002; M. Sc. 2008,)
moved to Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd, Noida
as Deputy Manager ( R & D) from Asst. Manager ( Quality
Assurance) of Heinz India Pvt.. Ltd.
Mr. Pranav Shah has joined SPX Corporation as Regional
Sales Manager in Copenhagen, Denmark. SPX is US Fourtune
500 multi – industry manufacturing leader, headquartered
in Charlotte, North Carolina. Earlier he worked with Amul,
Nestle & GEA Niro.
Ms. Sonal Singh (B. Tech, DT, 2009) completed MBA from
IABMI, AAU. She had 18 months experience in Sales &
Marketing of Dairy Engineering Products in IDMC Limited.
Currently She is pursuing Ph.D from IIT, Kharagpur.
Mr. Tushar Joshi (B. Tech DT, 2001) is working with Coca Cola
India - in corporate R&D based at Gurgaon since 2010. He
has recently completed “Executive Business Management”
part time - Operations & Marketing from Management
Development Institute, Gurgaon.
Mr. Abhishek Singh (B. Tech DT, 2005) is serving
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare business at NabhaPatiala, Punjab for the last 5 years. Currently he is rised to
Deputy Manager Manufacturing and is handling the Indian
supplies of Horlick’s , Boost and Actigrow/Actibase from the
house of brand Horlick’s . Prior to joining GlaxoSmithKline ,
he served Almarai Dairy Co in Saudi Arabia for 2 years.
Mr. Sajal biswas (B.Sc DT, 1979) is working as Deputy General
Manager (CS) with NDDB, Kolkata.
Mr. Ratan Kumar Singh (B.Sc DT, 1981 batch and a Post
Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management from
IRMA ) is currently serving Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable
Private Limited, Delhi as General Manager ( Procurement ).
He has played leadership roles in the capacity of MD, Bhilwara
Milk Union, Rajasthan; State Director, NDDB; Head - Supply
UAE alumni meet
Second UAE Alumni meet was held on 22nd Feb,2013 at Dubai.
Mr.K T Thomas, Managing Director, Malabar region MILMA
was the chief guest. Twenty alumni from Oman,UAE, KSA
and INDIA attended the meet. The role of well established
alumni in the growth of dairy industry as well as in the future
of upcoming technocrats was discussed in detail. The alumni
also shared experiences related to their field. Pl visit SMC
DSC facebook for details.
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Chain, Mother Dairy.
Mr. Harshad R Joshi (B.Sc., DT, 1992) is currently working
with Bharti Wal-mart Pvt. Ltd as GM - Store Operations
Mr. Himanshu Patel (B Tech DT, 2006) after completing his
Masters in Food Science and Technology, joined Danone/
Nutricia Infant Milk Nutrition. He was a Commissioning team
member towards setting up 300 TPD Infant Milk Formula
manufacturing facility in Wet Phase, Spray drying and Bag
filling. He is now working with Danone as Operations and
Continuous Improvement Manager in Cork, Ireland.
Mr. Devang Vaghela (B.Sc., DT, 1993) is currently working
as Production Manager, Hans Dairy ,Ontario , Canada.
devangv82@yahoo.ca
Mr. Chintan Patel (B Tech DT, 2006), pursued MS from
University of Wisconsin Stout after his under graduation.
Currently he is associated with Vets Plus Inc. USA as Assistant
Production Manager.
Mr. Pranshu Kulshrestha (B Tech DT, 2008) is working at
Nestle India Ltd., Samalkha (Haryana) as Production Executive
since last year in Infant Nutrition division. He was nominated
for Sparkz 2012, Nestle’s most prestigious Development
program. Earlier, he worked at Almarai Company, Saudi
Arabia in Manufacturing and R&D for 3.2 years. He is awaiting
his promotion to Assistant Manager level.
Mr. Pratik Misra (B. Tech DT, 2006) is serving as Sales Account
Manager (Dairy) with EI Dupont (Nutrition and Health), Bangalore.
Mr. Amitabh Pandey (M.Sc., Dairy Chemistry, 2006) has joined
Export Inspection Council of India, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India,
New Delhi as Technical Officer from August 2011. Presently
he is posted at Pilot Test House, Export Inspection AgencyMumbai.
Mr. Vijaykumar. V. Maslekar (B.Sc., DT 1972) is presently
serving with Vadilal industries ltd as president –operations
in the process food division.
Mr. Nitin B Shah (B.Sc., DT 1983) is currently a consultant
for icecream industries all over india. His webpage is www.
icecreamnitin.com
COLLEGE CURRENTS
New faculty members
Dr. Smitha Balakrishnan joined as Assistant professor in
Dairy Chemistry Department from 26th March, 2012. Ms.
Komal Patel and Mr. Dhinalkumar H. Patel have joined
Dairy Technology Department as Assistant professors on
26th March and 13th April, 2012 respectively. Mr. Ashish
Patel joined as Assistant professor in Dairy Engineering
Department from 27th March, 2012. Dr. Subroto Hati and
Mr. Kunal Gawai joined as Assistant professors in Dairy
Microbiology Department from 5th April 2012.
Awards and Recognitions
IDA Fellowship Award to Dr J.B. Prajapati: Dr Jashbhai B.
Prajapati (BSc DT, 1980), Professor & Head, Dairy Microbiology
Department of SMC College of Dairy Science has been
chosen for the IDA Fellowship 2012, in recognition of the
valuable services rendered by him in furthering the cause of
the Indian Dairy Association in particular and the Indian Dairy
Industry in general. This award was given to Dr Prajapati by
Prof. Abhijeet Sen, Member, Planning Commission, Govt,. of
India on 2nd February 2012 at the Inaugural ceremony of 40th
Dairy Industry Conference at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
Conferring the IDA Fellowship Award to Dr J.B. Prajapati by Prof.
Abhijeet Sen…
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Ms. Suja receiving the Young Researcher Award…
Young Researcher Award: Ms Suja Senan, Assistant
Professor, Dairy microbiology, got 3rd Best Young Researcher
Award for her oral presentation at the 1st International
Symposium on “Probiotics for Human Health- New
Innovations and Emerging Trends” on 27th August, 2012. The
paper was entitled “Safety investigation of probiotic strain
Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5363 using complete genome
sequence annotation studies” by Senan S and Prajapati JB
(2012). Ms. Senan, also received the Best presentation
award for paper entitled “Comparative Genomic analysis of
the stress response in Probiotic L. helveticus MTCC5463 and
dairy starter culture L. helveticus DPC 4571 strains” at national
seminar on innovative approaches in dairy industry. March
1-2, 2013 at AAU, Anand.
Young Scientist Award was given to Dr. Subrota Hati,
Assistant Professor in the field of Dairy Microbiology for paper
entitled “Antioxidative and Antimicrobial Activity of Fermented
Soy Milk supplemented with WPC 70” at 15th Indian Agricultural
Scientists and Farmers Congress on Feb. 22-24, 2013 at Vigyan
Parishad Hall, University of Allahabad, Allahabad.
IDA Best Research Paper Award : A research paper entitled
“Influence of Different Cryoprotectants and Packaging
Materials on the Viability and Acidifying Activity of Freezedried Streptococcus thermophilus Cultures” authored by
Palak Jani, Sreeja V. and Prajapati JB, published in Indian
Journal of Dairy Science, 2011, 64(2):112-120 was adjudged
as the best research paper – 2011 for the journal by Indian
Dairy Association. Dr JB Prajapati received this honour with
cash prize of Rs 5000/- and certificates for authors during
41st Dairy Industry conference in Mumbai on 16 March 2013.
during March 1-2, 2013, AAU, Anand.
Dr. Smitha Balakrishnan, Assistant professor, Department of
Dairy Chemistry, secured second prize for oral presentation
entitled “Studies on physico-chemical and sensory
characteristics of nutrient rich biscuits prepared from blends
of peanut, coprecipitates and millet” at National Seminar on
“Innovative approaches in dairy industry” held during March
1-2, 2013, AAU, Anand.
Dr. JB Prajapati receiving the best research paper award…
Dr. Smitha and Mr. A.K. Jain receiving the award……
Best Research Paper Award : Dr. H G Patel, professor
and Dr. P S Prajapati, Professor & Head, Dairy Technology
Department received First Best Research Paper Award for
their research paper entitled “Characterization of Halvasan
from market and a process of its manufacture.” The paper
was published in Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 63(5):376380 by H.G. Patel, J.P. Prajapati, M.J. Solanky, P.S. Prajapati
and Soni Dipal (2010). The award was presented at XL Dairy
Industry Conference held at New Delhi during 2-5 Feb., 2012.
Dr Sunil Patel, Ms. Rohini Vyas and Ms. Dipal Soni received
second prize for Best Poster Presentation on Research Paper
entitled ‘Innovative Equipment Design & Standardization of
Process for Mechanized Production of ‘Halwasan’ – A Value
Added Functional Food’ in National seminar on “Functional
Foods: Managing Health in the Modern Age’ held at Post
Graduate Department of Home Science, Sardar Patel
University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat on October 7-8, 2011.
Dr. P S Prajapati and Dr. H G Patel, Professors, Dairy Technology
receiving First Best Research Paper Award…
Innovations of Dr Sunil Patel, Associate Professor and CCPI,
BPD Unit, AAU on ‘Design and Development of Integrated
Plant for Mechanized Production of Value Added Traditional
Indian Dairy Products with Better Quality and Economy’ is
selected in the first 50 innovations by Department of Science
and Technology under India Innovation Growth Programme
2013.
A poster on “Energy Saving Potential of Evaporative cooling
system with bulk milk cooler”by Charan Shailesh M., A. D.
Patel, C. S. Baladhiya, J. B. Raol and A. G. Bhadania won third
prize for Best Poster Presentation during National Seminar
on “Innovative Approaches in Dairy Industry” organized by
SMC College of Dairy Science, AAU, Anand on March 1-2,
2013.
Dr. Sunil Patel and Ms. Soni receiving the award...
Dr. J B Prajapati and Dr. H G Patel are nominated as experts
in the Indian National Committee (INC) of the International
Dairy Federation (IDF) Standing Committee on Dairy Science
and Technology. The IDF, being an international body of dairy
professionals, has influence in the decision making process of
the international governmental bodies such as Codex and OIE.
Dr. Smitha Balakrishnan, Mr. A K Jain, Mr. S C Parmar and
Dr. K D Aparnathi, faculty members of Department of Dairy
Chemistry received the first prize for poster presentation
entitled “Development of ready-to-serve soup powder from
blends of groundnut flour, tofu and whey powder” at National
Seminar on “Innovative approaches in dairy industry” held
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Faculty Activities
Dr JB Prajapati, Professor and Head, Dairy Microbiology
and his team from SMC helped in organization of the “Fifth
International Conference on Fermented Food, Health Status
and Social Well-being: Challenges and Opportunities” during
15-16 December 2011 at CFTRI, Mysore under the aegis of
SASNET-Fermented Foods. Dr Prajapati was invited to World
Milk Day celebrations by Govt. of Jharkhand at Ranchi
during 1-2 June 2012. He took part in brain storming session
for Dairy Development in Jharkhand and also delivered a
lecture on clean milk production to progressive farmers. Dr
Prajapati was a lead speaker and a session Chairman at the
International Conference on ‘Innovations in food processing,
value chain management and food safety’ organized by
National Institute for Food Technology Entrepreneurship and
Technology Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana during
10-12 January 2013.
Ms. Suja Senan, Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology
is certified as a Lead auditor/Auditor for “Food safety
management system auditor/lead auditor program as
per ISO 22000:2005” by DNV Business Assurance (Course
number A17376 certified by IRCA).
Ms. Sreeja V., Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology has
participated in the Scientists Meet organized for Impact
assessment of International Trainings in frontier Areas of
Agricultural sciences at NASC, New Delhi from 28- 30
Sept 2011. Ms. Sreeja was an invited speaker in the Third
International Seminar on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical
Plant Biomass (SUPBT 2012) organized KVM College of
Engineering and Information Technology, Cherthala, Kerala
during 13-15 December 2012.
Dr. Subrota Hati, Assistant Professor, Dairy Microbiology
was an invited speaker at the Food Ingredients India 2012 at
Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai organized by UBM, India
during 5-7 September, 2012.
Dr. Atanu Jana, Professor, Dairy Technology gave an invited
talk on “Manufacturing process of different types of Ice cream
and Recent advances” at the One day National Seminar “Ice
cream for everyone, everyday, everywhere” organized by
Indian Dairy Association (West Zone) at Goregaon, Mumbai
on 7th December, 2011. Dr. Jana delivered a talk on “Value
addition to Mozzarella cheese” at International Workshop on
“Strategies in value addition and safety aspects pertaining to
Dairy and Food industry” organized by Department of Dairy
Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai on 15-16 March,
2012.
Dr. B P Shah, Principal and Dean, Dr. AG Bhadania, Professor
and Head, Dairy Engineering; Dr. K D Aparnathi, Professor
and Head, Dairy Chemistry attended 7th Convention of Indian
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Dairy Engineers Association at Tirupati during September 2425, 2012 and a National Workshop on “Revamping Education
and Research in Dairy Processing to meet Global Challenges”
organized by College of Dairy Science and Technology,
Mannuthy, Kerala during September 27-28, 2012.
Dr. Sunil Patel, Associate Professor, Dairy Engineering
gave a talk on ‘Success Stories of Dairy Science’ in the ‘Agri
Business Camp’ on ‘Funding Opportunity for Agri Business
Development’ on 29th February 2012, at AMA Management
Centre, Ahmedabad. Dr. Sunil was a participant in number
of events including French Dairy Seminar - on ‘Genetics
and Cattle Breeding Equipment to Dairy Processing &
Packaging Equipment’, organized by ADEPTA, France. He
attended a workshop on ‘Technology Commercialization
& Entrepreneurship Development’ under India Innovation
Growth Programme at Goa, 14-19 April, 2013.
Mr. Istiyakhusen A. Chauhan and Mr. Ashish D. Patel,
Assistant Professors in Dairy Engineering have attended
National Training on “ Innovative trends in Dairy and Food
products formulation” at NDRI, Karnal during 10-30 October,
2012.
Opening of Dairy Vigyan Kendra
Opening ceremony of dairy vigyan kendra...
Government of Gujarat in the year 2012 sanctioned a scheme
on ‘Establishment of Dairy Vigyan Kendra” at Vejalpur. This
is the first of its kind in India. The opening ceremony of the
same was held on 19 January 2012 in the august presence of
Dr. A M Shekh, Hon. Vice Chancellor, Dr. P P Patel, Director
of Extension Education, Dr. B P Shah, Principal and Dean,
SMC College of Dairy Science and Mrs. Rashmikaben Patel,
President District Panchayat. The first training programme
was conducted on the very first day of its opening with 23
dairy farmers. Up to the end of March 2012, five training
programmes on different areas of dairy and animal husbandry
practices were conducted, in which total 212 dairy farmers
got trained.
New projects and trainings
A collaborative research project in the sector of “New
knowledge and innovative food design leading to sustainable
development of the agro-food sector and decreased
poverty” between Lund University, Sweden and AAU has
been sanctioned by Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Government of Sweden under
a special drive of Indo-Swedish projects. The approx budget
for the project is Rs 2.0 crores and Dr. JB Prajapati is the
PI of the project. A new project “Metagenomic and Clinical
investigation of synbiotic fermented dairy product containing
probiotic Lactobacillus helveticus MTCC 5463 in geriatric
volunteers” sponsored by Department of Biotechnology,
Govt. of India with budget outlay of Rs 50 lakhs is granted to
Dairy Science College with Dr. J B Prajapati as the Project
In-charge.
A National training program on “Value added fermented
synbiotic functional foods” was conducted at the college
during 29 November to 12 December 2011 with the sanctioned
grant of Rs 5.20 lakhs under NAIP component I for capacity
building in NARS system by ICAR. Dr. J B Prajapati was
the course director while Dr. Kailasapathy from Taylor’s
University, Malaysia came as visiting faculty.
An Integrated Plant for Traditional Indian dairy Products was
inaugurated on 15th August 2011. Halwasan and Sandesh,
manufacturing unit was commercially launched on 29th
September, 2011. Both were designed and developed at
Dairy Engineering Department. An MoU between AAU
and Panchamrut Dairy, Godhara for standardizing the
mechanized method of production of khoa using Integrated
plant for Traditional Indian Dairy Products was signed in 2012.
SRC Happenings
Mr. Satish Parmar, Assistant Professor, Dairy Chemistry
Department is appointed as Chairman, Students
Representative Council (SRC) of the college from 11th
November 2011.College Magazine under the name of ‘Milky
Way’ is published on the occasion of Annual Day celebration
on 24/04/2013. In the year 2012-13, the students of Sheth
M.C. College of Dairy Science won Inter-collegiate Table
Tennis, Inter-collegiate Basketball, Inter-collegiate Volleyball
and Inter-collegiate Cricket events. They were runners up in
Inter-collegiate Chess and Inter-collegiate Kabaddi events. In
cultural events, our students won Inter-collegiate Folk Dance
and Inter-collegiate Group Song (Patriotic) events. Students
from our college participated in ‘All India AGRIUNIFEST-2013’
held at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh during 24th to 28th February, 2013 and
won 2nd prize in folk dance. Our college team consisting of
Shikhar Gaur and Harsh Thacker won 1st Prize in ‘Quizzerius
(Food Quiz)’ event during ‘ADROIT-2012’ function organized
by College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-Energy,
AAU, Anand on 15th -16th October, 2012. Teams of students
have participated in various events at ‘SAMATVA-2013’
function organized by MBICT, Vitthal Udyog Nagar, Anand.
Team of Raj Patel, Shikhar Gaur and P. Vishwanath won 1st
Prize in Nova-Innova (New Product Development) and Lavitae Empressario (New Business Idea). Team of Raj Patel and
Shikhar Gaur won 1st Prize in Fudo-Conqueror (Food Quiz).
SMC Students at AGRI UNIFEST 2013...
NSS ACTIVITIES
A Blood Donation Camp was organized on 22th November, 2011 in collaboration with Indian Red Cross Society; Anand. Total
42 units of blood were collected as donation from students
and staffs of the college and Vidya Dairy .
A special camp under National Service Scheme (NSS) was
organized at village Kasor (Bhalej), Taluka & Dist. Anand
during 15th to 21st March, 2012. Total 38 students from our
college participated actively in this camp. The villagers
and students swaymsevakas whole heartly participated
and gained knowledge on various aspects like human
health, Jivan-mulya adharit shikshan, co-ordial relationship,
animal health, agriculture, dairy products, vyasanmukti,
shramyagans etc. and strengthened their creativity.
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CAMPUS RECRUITMENT 2013
Books released
The Campus Recruitment drive for graduating and postgraduating batches of students took place during 19-28th
January, 2013. The students selected in the dairy plants is
shown below. We are proud to say that as usual we completed
100% placement for our students.
S.No.
1.
2.
Name of Dairy Plant
Amul Dairy, Anand
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., Anand
3 Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar
4 Mother Dairy, Pilkhuwa (U.P.)
5 Sumul Dairy, Surat
6 Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana
7 Panchamrut Dairy, Godhra
8 Baroda Dairy, Vadodara
9 Vasudhara Dairy, Valsad
10 Banas Dairy, Palanpur
11 Madhur Dairy, Gandhinagar
12 Opted for higher studies
Total strength of students
UG
students
2
-
PG
students
3
7
1
9
2
4
6
1
8
4
6
57
3
3
2
4
4
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8th AND 9th ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF AAU
The 8th and 9th Annual convocation of AAU was held on
14th February, 2012 and 26th February, 2013 respectively.
Dr. Shrimati Kamla, Hon’ble Chancellor and Her Excellency,
the Governor of Gujarat presided over the function on both
the occasions. In the 8th Annual convocation, medalists
of Faculty of Dairy Science were Ms. Bhavi Mayur Patel (2
medals including VCs Gold medal), Mr. Pal Anujbhai V.
(5 medals) , Mr. Panchal Bhaveshkumar R (5 medals), Mr.
Borad Sanket G. (2 medals). Dr. Arvind Kumar, Dy. Director
General (Education), ICAR, Govt. of India, New Delhi was the
Chief Guest. In the 9th Annual Convocation, Chancellor’s
gold medal for ‘Best Ph.D Thesis’ from amongst all the
faculties was awarded to Ms. Patel Amiben R., a student
of Dairy Microbiology under supervision of Dr JB Prajapati
by the Governor of Gujarat
and the Hon’ble Chancellor
Dr. Smt. Kamala
Devi.
Students of B.Tech. (D T)
programme also received
gold medals from the
Hon’ble
Chancellor for
their meritorious academic
performance. Ms. Preeti
Ashok, was awarded six;
Ms. Heenabahen Patel,
four; Mr. Desai Harsh
Dharmeshkumar, three and
Ms. Salma received one
Ms. Ami Patel with the
best Ph.D. Student Award...
gold medals.
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DR. J. R. PATEL MEMORIAL TRUST
Dr J R Patel Memorial Charitable Trust set-up in the fond
memory of our first principal is doing several activities for
our students. Fellowships are given to needy students of the
college from each year. Toppers of every semester also get
cash prizes from the trust. JR Patel Memorial awards were
given in the categories of dairy industry professional as well
as academic and research for the year 2012 at 10th alumni
convention.
Dr JR Patel Memorial lecture was
delivered by
Dr. J V Parekh
International Dairy & Food Industry
Consultant, Mumbai on 13th November
2011 on the theme “New Prospects and
developments for dairy science and
technology”
Donations given to Dr JR Patel Trust are
exempted from Income Tax U/s 80 (G)
Dr. Verghese Kurien
(1921-2012)
Alumni Association of Dairy Science College, Anand
pays tribute to father of white revolution
VIDYA DAIRY NEWS
Vidya Dairy received the “National Safety Award – 2009”.
On behalf of Vidya Dairy, Shri Kalpesh Parmar, Assistant
Manager, received the award from Hon’ble Union Minister
of Labour and Employment, Shri Mallikarjun Khadge at the
glittering function held at VigyanBhavan, New Delhi on
November 29, 2011.
model and its utility in design of Laminar Air Flow system’
at Vidya Dairy. A project entitled “Setting up fermented
products line with cold storage facility at Dairy Plant” will
be implemented at Vidya Dairy with grant of Rs. 304.41 lakhs
from Rashtriya Krushi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) New Delhi. The
Total cost of project will be Rs. 434/- lakhs.
Visitors in Vidya: The year 2012-13 saw some eminent
personalities visiting Vidya dairy including Mr. Nure Alam
Chowdhury, Minister for Animal Resources Development,
Government of West Bengal ; Dr. B.S.Sidhu, Managing
Director, Milk Fed, Punjab, Chandigarh ; Shri. Abhijit Sen,
Hon.Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India; Mr.
Suleman Sharif, MD, Sharif Group, Pakistan, Mr. Muhammad
Islam, Project Manager, AM, Milk Procurement ; Delegation
from Afghan Agriculture Ministry, Kabul, Afghanistan ; and
Shri. Babubhai Bokhriya ,Minister for Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of Gujarat.
Vidya Dairy has been adjudged as the recipient of ‘Certificate
of Merit’ for the year 2010 -11 in the category of nongovernmental organization by the South Asian Federation
of Accountants (SAFA) based on the evaluation of Annual
Report. The award ceremony was held at Celebrity Hall,
Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka on
29.11.2011. Vidya Dairy has been selected “1st Runner up”
in Baroda Productivity Council Good Housekeeping Contest
2012-13” under the category “Food, Agro & Pharma”.
External Training Programmes at Vidya Dairy :During
July-2011 to April-2013, total 811 participants from different
Vidya staff news: Mr. D R Shah (B. Sc. DT, 1987) has joined
organizations attended short term external training
as Managing Director, Vidya dairy from 15th September 2011.
programmes organized by Vidya dairy in collaboration with
Mr. Manoj Gandhi (B. Sc. DT, 1985), Sr. Officer has resigned
the college. Programs were also organized for Tetrapak
from Vidya and joined Uttam Dairy as Manager Production.
engineers, L&T trainee engineers, GEA processing and GEA
Mr. Raj Patel (B. Tech DT, 2009) is pursuing M.Tech. in Dairy
(Global) engineers. Vidya Dairy is also organizing one day
Chemistry as In service candidate. Mr. Priyank Chaudhary
“In-House Training Program on GMP, GHP and ISO” at the
(B. Tech DT, 2010) left Vidya Dairy for further study at Canada.
premises of the Dairy plant. Under this, on-site programmes
Mr. Amit Barot and Mr. Akshay Patel both (B. Tech DT,
at Baroda Dairy, Sabar Dairy, Amul Dairy, Uttam Dairy,
2012) have been appointed as Sr. Officer at Vidya Dairy .
Junagadh Dairy were organized.
Later on Mr. Amit Barot left Vidya Dairy and joined M.Tech.
New Projects at Vidya: NABARD has approved the financial
in Dairy Technology at SMC College of Dairy Science. Mr.
support of Rs. 9,80,000/- under Rural Innovation Fund to
Chirag Panchal (B. Tech DT, 2008) has joined Vidya dairy as
implement a project entitled ‘Development of a Mathematical
Sr. Officer from 1st May 2013.
TRAINING PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FROM JUL 2013 TO DEC 2013 AT VIDYA DAIRY
Month
Schedule
Course Name
Fee* (INR)
Jul-13
Aug-13
Sep-13
Oct-13
Nov-13
Dec-13
01.07.2013 to 06.07.2013 (6 Day)
15.07.2013 to 20.07.2013 (6 Day)
29.07.2013 to 31.07.2013 (3 Day)
05.08.2013 to 10.08.2013 (6 Day)
22.08.2013 to 24.08.2013 (3 Day)
02.09.2013 to 07.09.2013 (6 Day)
09.09.2013 to 14.09.2013 (6 Day)
10.09.2013 to 11.09.2013 (2 day)
16.09.2013 to 21.09.2013 (6 Day)
07.10.2013 to 12.10.2012 (6 day)
21.10.2013 to 26.10.2013 (6 day)
11.11.2013 to 13.11.2013 (3 day)
18.11.2013 to 22.11.2013 (5 day)
02.12.2013 to 07.12.2013 (6 day)
09.12.2013 to 14.12.2013 (6 day)
Dairy Technology for Non Dairy Technologists (English)
Laboratory Practices in Dairy and Food Plant
Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati)
New Developments in Energy Management of Dairy & Food Operations
Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati)
Dairy Technology for Non Dairy Technologists (Gujarati)
Technological and Engineering Aspects of Ice cream Plant
Advance in Automation in Dairy Industry
Technology of Fermented and Probiotic Dairy Products
Dairy Technology for Non-dairy Technologists (English)
Laboratory Practices in Dairy and Food Plant
Management of Bulk Milk Cooling System (Gujarati)
Sensory Evaluation of Milk and Milk Products
Dairy Technology for Non-dairy Technologists (Gujarati)
Technological and Engineering Aspects of Ice cream Plant
9000/9000/4500/12000/4500/8000/10000/4000/5500/9000/9000/4500/6500/8000/10000/-
Fee* to be paid by DD in favour of VIDYA DAIRY payable at Anand, is inclusive of food, accommodation (double occupancy,
non-A/C) and service tax. Due to unforeseen circumstances, programme dates may change / get cancelled in some cases.
Prior confirmation is therefore, a must before participating in any program. Contact: Training Co-ordinator 09377211866
/ 09377925129, 02692-221503, 02692-626501 Email : trainings@vidyadairy.in paoffice@vidyadairy.in Telefax (02692)
267996, Website : www.vidyadairy.in
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Best College for Dairy Science “India
Education Excellence Awards 2013” to SMC
In recognition to the contributions of Sheth M C College of
Dairy Science in the area of Dairy Education and Research,
Our Sponsor
This issue of news link is sponsored by Shri. Rakesh Kumar
in loving memory of his mother late Smt. Bhintra Devi,
wife of Shri Vishwa Nath.
it has been awarded the “Best College for Dairy Science
of the year- 2013” under the “India Education Excellence
Awards 2013” by India’s leading Market Research Company,
Time Research, New Delhi. Dr BP Shah, Principal and Dean of
the college received the award in presence of Dr KB Kathiria,
Director of Research, Dr PR Vaishnav, Registrar and Dr AM
Thakar, Dean, Veterinary faculty at Ashoka Hotel, New Delhi
on 10th April 2013.
Smt. Bhintra Devi
“Mother is next to God. The bond between a mother and
a child is pure and holy”
“My mother is my ideal. Even today when she is not around,
whenever I feel sad or tensed, she embraces me and all my
worries come to an end. Om Shanti”.
…Rakesh Kumar
hiral.modha@gmail.com
Mr. Rakesh Kumar (B. Sc. DT, 1988)
started his career with Glaxosmithkline as
a Trainee. Later in a span of 24 years he
has been able to serve various MNC’s and
local companies in India such as Nestle,
Modern Dairies, Jagatjit Industries and
Rich Graviss. He has also worked with
overseas MNC’s like Al Marai, Kuwait
Dairy Company & Open Country Dairy in Middle East and
New Zealand. During his vibrant career he has been able
to manage small to big dairy / food /beverage / nondairy
business units and establish many new products in the
market. His current assignment is with United Kaipara Dairies
co. in Dubai where he has started as Head of Manufacturing
last year and currently working as Director – Manufacturing &
Operations for UAE and Oman. On the academic front, apart
from various executive certificate courses, he did Masters
in Business Administration with specialization in Operations
Management and recently completed refresher course in MBA
from American Management Association. He lives in Dubai
with his wife and a grown up son studying in 12th standard.
We really appreciate your cooperation.
Alumni Association thanks Mr. Rakesh for sponsoring this issue.
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