EVENT SCHEDULE
DAY 1
FEB 11
TIME
PROGRAM
8:00 am
Registration
SPEAKERS
8:30-8:50 am
Networking
Welcome Tea
Tea Break Millet Sweets and Savories
9:30-10:25 am
10:25 - 10:30 am
National Anthem followed by Lighting of Lamp
Dignitaries
10:30- 10:35 am
Welcome and Presidential Address
Chef Manjit Singh Gill
IFCA Presidium
10:35 - 10:40am
Felicitation of Dignitaries
10:40 - 10:45 am
IFCA Presentation
Chef Vijaya Baskaran
10:45 - 10:50 am
Address by DA & FW, JS (Crops)
​Ms. Shubha Thakur
11:50 - 11:55am
Address by DA & FW secretary
Shri Manoj Ahuja
10:55 - 11:10 am
Address by Honorable Minister of the state (Agriculture)
Shri Kailash Choudhary
11:10 - 11:13am
Address by Sr. Economic Advisor, MoT
Shri Gyan Bhushan
11:13 - 11:15 am
Concluding Remarks
IFCA Board
11:15-11:25 am
Partner Presentation
Culinary Academy of India
11:30 - 12:00 pm
History of Millet by Anthropologist
Dr. Kurush F Dalal
12:00-12:30 pm
Feeding the world with Millet
Mr. Paul Newnham Director SDG 2 Advocacy Hub UN
12:30-12:40 pm
Partner Presentation
Nestle
12:45-14:00 pm
Lunch
Featuring delicacy of millets
14:00-14:30 pm
Cooking Demo
Welbilt
14:30-14:45 pm
Partner Presentation
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Mukunda Foods
14:45-15:15 pm
Panel Discussion : Nutritional Importance of Millets
Chef Amey Marathe (Moderator)
Dr Bani Aeri, Dr Pulkit Mathur, Dr Eram Rao
15:30-16:00 pm
FSSAI
Dr. Inoshi Sharma, Executive Director FSSAI
16:00-16:30 pm
Tea
16:00-16:30 pm
Tea
16:30-17:00 pm
Cooking Demo- Millets
Chef Satinder Shergill
17:00-17:45 pm
Corporate Chefs Panel Discussion: Millet and Nutrition, its future use in hotels and catering
Moderator - Chef Salil Fadnis, Chef Sheetharam, Chef Satbir, Chef Manisha Bhasin,Chef Rajeev Janveja, Chef Rakesh Sethi
18:00-20:00 pm
Young Chefs Session
Chef Saby Gorai, Debraj Bhowmick
DAY 2
FEB 12
TIME
PROGRAM
SPEAKERS
9:oo-9:10 am
Special Information of the day, Housekeeping
9:10-9:50 am
Growth and opportunities in the tourism industry
MoT Representative & Chef Manjit Singh Gill
9:50-10:10 am
Health Benefits of Millets
Ms Ishi Khosla
10:10-10:40 am
Nourishing the world- How the Global Culinary Community can help create and scale impact
Mr. T.C. Chatterjee CEO Griffith Foods, USA
10:40-11:00 am
Connection of food with Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopath
Dr. Bharat k Pappala
11:oo-11:10 am
PARTNER PRESENTATION
Olam Food Ingredients
11:10-11:40 pm
Tea Break
11:4o-12:00 pm
Cooking Demo - Millets
Welbilt
12:oo-12:20 pm
Innovative and Creative F & B Concepts and Branding
Mr.Vikram Cotah, CEO GRT Group of Hotels
12:2o-12:50 pm
Panel Discussion : The future of work / attracting and retaining talent in Culinary Industry.
Chef Saurabh (moderator), Chef Ashish Bhasin
12:5o-13:00 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
RAK Porcelain
13:00-14:20 pm
Lunch
Millets delicacies included
14:20-14:30 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
Infini Foods India Private Limited
Share our strength & Akshaya Patra
14:3o-15:00 pm
Mr.Jeetu Jodhpurkar and Mr.Shridhar Venkat
15:00-15:45 pm
Talk by Vir
Vir Sanghvi
Tea
15:45-16:15 pm
16:15 - 16:25 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
Asian Christian Culinary and Agricultural science Institute
How we lost our sensory
connection with food - How to restore it
16:25-16:55 pm
Mr. Jaspal Sabharwal,Tag Taste foods
16:55-17:00 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
USAPEEC - I2I
17:00-18:00 pm
Transformation from within
Ms. Manisha Dahad & Mr. Krishna Iyer
18:00-18:10 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
PCK Agri Ventures- Saivai
DAY 3
FEB 13
TIME
PROGRAM
9:00-9:30 am
The wonder of Fermentation
SPEAKERS
Mr.Hakeui Kosato
9:30-10:00 am
Sustainable & Food safe supply chains in Hospitality
Mr.Kamesh Ellajosyula
10:00-10:10 am
Gift your Organ - a social initiative
Chef Raj Sethia
10:15-11:00 am
Making of Masala Lab and how science can help in the kitchen
Mr.Krish Ashok
11:00-11:30 am
Tea Break
11:30-12:00 pm
Cooking Demo
Stratsure Associates (Cranberry)
12:00 - 12:20 pm
Securing the future of food
Chef Madhu Krishnan and Ms.Priya Joshi
12:20-12:40 pm
IFCA
Millet delicacies
12:40-13:50 pm
Lunch
13:50-14:00 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
Haldirams
14:00-14:10 pm
PARTNER PRESENTATION
Veeba Foods
14:15-15:20 pm
Regional Associations - Showcase
15:20-16:30 pm
Awards Ceremony & Closing of event
16:30 pm onwards
Lucky draw followed by Tea