Jaswant Singh Bhandair, International Improvement Mission's mission director, was present as an industry expert at the session. He and his team discussed the significance and purity of milk with the participants. He gave a demo of the prototype and in-house technique he had created for pasteurizing milk to extend its shelf life past seven days.
In the afternoon session, S. Sandeep Singh Randhawa, Chairman, Punjab Livestock farmers Association and S. Harinder Singh, Manager, Milk Procurement, Verka Dairy, Ludhiana graced the occasion as the special guests.
Dr. S.K. Mendiratta, Dean, College of Dairy Science and Technology inaugurated the session and discussed the importance of novel technologies for the need of the hour to promote the value addition of milk at the farm scale.
Jaswant Singh Bhandair delivered a lecture on “Ethical Dairy Business Plan for India to double the income of dairy farmers within one year” in a very interactive way and discussed some practical innovations to promote value addition at the farm scale. S. Sandeep Randhawa discussed the need for the realization of the true economic value of milk to benefit dairy farmers and stressed the need for ideas to increase the farmer’s income.
Harinder Singh shared his lifelong experience in the fields of procurement and handling of milk and emphasized maintaining the quality of milk from farm to fork.
Dr. S.K. Mendiratta presented the award of honor and extended a vote of thanks with special thanks to Dr. SPS Ghuman, Dean, College of Veterinary Science-cum-Principal Investigator, IDP, Dr. Y.P.S Malik, Dean, College of Animal Biotechnology and Dr. J.S. Bedi, Director, Centre for One Health for providing all sorts of support, facilities, and motivation for organizing this event.
Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Vice Chancellor, congratulated the team of CODST for organizing this event and said that these events would help devise strategies to support the farmers from time to time.
