TRAINING REPORT Malikapur , Berunanpukuria ,

Duration : 2 day training program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening Date : 19th & 20th August 2015 at Berunanpukuria, Kolkata, West Bengal

S. No Particulars Remarks

1 Detailed curriculum Enclosed 2 List of faculty with brief profile Enclosed 3 Program Schedule 4 List of trainees Enclosed 5 List of representatives of Ripening Chambers participated Enclosed a) Ripening chambers in M/S Keventer Fresh Ltd. Enclosed b) Opinion of the representatives of ripening chambers where training is Enclosed required. 6 Feedback from university Enclosed 7 Feedback from trainees Enclosed 8 Feedback from faculty Enclosed 9 Press note Enclosed 10 Media attention received: Print media Enclosed 11 Photos taken during training program Enclosed a) First day of training program inauguration and classroom photos Enclosed b) Hands on training & Field visit to ripening chamber Enclosed

Malikapur Barasat, Berunanpukuria, West Bengal - DETAILED CURRICULUM

INAUGURATION - GUESTS ON DIAS

1 Mr. Asim Kumar Bhadra Director, Kingston Polytechnic College

2 Mrs. Uma Bhattacharya Secretary, Kingston Polytechnic College

3 Mr Ranjan Roy Manager, SBI, Kolkata

4 Mr. Dipankar Sur Project Manager, ICE – Centre of Excellence. 5 Dr. Jay Prakash Chairman, Kingston Polytechnic College Bandhopadhyay

6. Swagata Chakraborty Training Officer, Kingston Polytechnic College

LIST OF FACULTY WITH BRIEF PROFILE

Dr. Jay Prakash Bandhopadhyay PhD (Tech), FIETE, SMIEEE (USA), the Chairman (Academic) of Kingston Educational Institute, UGC Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, University of Calcutta and Director of CMSDS

Mr. Asim Kumar Bhadra, Director, Kingston Polytechnic College B.Tech and M.Tech from Sivpur, Hawrah Ex Chairman of West Bengal state council of technical education. Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education and Institute of Engineers and having 3 years of experience.

Mr. Ranjan Roy, Manager, SBI, Kolkata BSc in Physics from Kolkata University, Done CAIIB from Mumbai. PG Diploma in Industrial relation and Personal Management from Bhawans College of Communication, Mumbai, MBA Banking and Finance from IGNOU and having 34 years of experience in rural banking.

Mr. Dipankar Sur, Project Manager-Marketing MSc. ( Chemistry ), Having Research experience in School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. MBA in International Marketing and Product Development and having experience of 35 years in diversified field.

Swagata Chakraborty, Training Officer, Kingston Polytechnic College Graduate in economics from Kolkata University, MBA in Marketing and Finance from NIS, Kolkata, Networking from NIIT Kolkata, Having Experience of 9 years.

Mr. Dipak Roy, Plant Manager, Keventer Fresh Ltd. Arts Graduate from Kolkata University, Trained at Rinac Ltd. for Ripening Chamber and having experience of 10 years in fruit ripening

Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee, Agri Consultant, Kolkata Bsc (Chemistry) from Kolkata University, MBA (Marketing & HR) from Sikkim Manlipal University, PG Diploma in IRPM (Industrial Relations & Personal Management from Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan and B Ed. From Kolkatta University having over 12 years of experience in agriculture field

Mr. Fahim Khan, Asst Manager, ICE Centre of Excellence BBM in Marketing, PGDM MBA in Marketing and International Business and having 3 years of experience in marketing

Mr. Lokesh Kumar, ICE Centre of Excellence Asst Manager, ICE Centre of Excellence A post graduate and having experience of 3 years in cold chain field.

Training Program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Kingston Polytechnic

Day 1: 19.08.15

1 10.00 pm – 10.30 am  Inauguration by Lighting of lamp  Welcome address by. Mr. Asim Bhadra, Director Kingston Polytechnic and Dr. Saugata Chakraborty, HOD, Kingston Polytechnic  Address by Mrs. Uma Bhattacharya, Secretary, Kingston Polytechnic College  Address by Mr. Ranjan Roy, Manager, State Bank of India, Kolkata  Address by Mr. Dipankar Sur, Project Manager, ICE Centre of Excellence 2 10.30 – 11.00 am Introduction and Significance to the Mr. Asim Bhadra, Director Course Kingston Polytechnic

3 11.00 – 11.30am Opportunities in Agriculture with focus Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee, on fruit ripening Agri. Consultant

4 11.30 – 12.30 pm Introduction to NCCD,GCCA & ICE Mr Fahim Khan, Asst. Manager Marketing, ICE Centre of Excellence

5 12.30-01.30 pm Overview of the Indian Agriculture and Mr. Saumyadev Chatterjee, Indian Cold Chain industry. Agri. Consultant Opportunities in the said sectors 1.30 – 2.30 pm LUNCH

6 2.30– 3.30 pm Physiology of Fruit Ripening, Process Mr. Dipankar Sur, & Support to set up a banana ripening Project Manager chamber. ICE Centre of Excellence Permission and clearances required by the Government

7 3.30-4.30 pm Financial Assistance available from Mr. Ranjan Roy, Indian Bank along with an overview of Manager, SBI the clearances required by the bank Kolkata

8 4.30-5.00 Banana Award Quiz and Valedictory Session Day 2: 20.08.15

10.00 am– 12.00 pm Visit to, Keventer Fresh Ltd Nilgunj Road Subhash Nagar, Barasat Kolkata- WB 12.00-01.00 pm Briefing on Fruit ripening & supply Mr. Dipak Roy, Manager chain of Keventer Fresh Ltd  Unloading Keventer Fresh Ltd  Sorting and Cleaning  Chilling Chamber  Ripening Chamber  Ethylene Generator 01.00-02.00 pm Operation and Maintenance of Ripening Mr. Dipak Roy, Manager Chamber Keventer Fresh Ltd

02.00- 2.30pm LUNCH

LIST OF TRAINEES PARTICIPATED

S.No Name of Participant Mobile No. Occupation

1 Riyanka Guha 7031678760 STUDENT

2 Pradip Sikder 8478831418 STUDENT

3 Rabiul Molla 8001263494 STUDENT

4 Surendra Sagar 9932842970 STUDENT

5 Suman Mondal 9647654225 STUDENT

6 Arnal Paul 7686800752 STUDENT

7 Bibhash Dutta 7063033111 STUDENT

8 Suchitra Ray 8981104935 STUDENT

9 Rumi Uarumder 9038228630 STUDENT

10 Sayantani Sen 9734536624 STUDENT

11 Moumita Roy 9804509505 STUDENT

12 Subhamoy Das 768515100 STUDENT

13 Md. Noor Hasan 9732491979 STUDENT

14 Raihan Seikh 7797706314 STUDENT STUDENT 15 Rohit Seth 8961700387 STUDENT 16 Gaurav Ghosh 8013857684 STUDENT 17 Nabaraj Nandy 9804627360 STUDENT 18 Pappu Ghosh 8967549019 STUDENT 19 Ajit Samui 8016954658 STUDENT 20 Tapan Kr Mondal 9679250357 STUDENT 21 Adwitya Pal 7699268101 STUDENT 22 Ujjawal Mondal 7074588901 STUDENT 23 SK Farid Hassan 8436067688 24 Dipranjan Maity 7797983602 STUDENT

25 Ajit Maji 8967868311 STUDENT

26 Arka Sarkar 7278671016 STUDENT

27 Samsad Ali 7059728490 STUDENT

28 SK Mahabub Islam 9609475049 STUDENT

29 Orasun Jana 8584861604 STUDENT

30 Tushar Kanti Roy 8641860883 STUDENT

31 Sunjit Midya 7797950683 STUDENT STUDENT 32 Prasant Bera 7699372233 STUDENT 33 Parasanta Sau 9775023426 STUDENT 34 Debiprasad Mohata 954733698 STUDENT 35 Trapada Mana 9647568362 36 STUDENT Rabindranath Samanta 8768467948

STUDENT 37 Shyamlal Ch Ray 8670311103 STUDENT 38 Prem Kumar Das 8584966963 STUDENT 39 Ayan Ghosh 9804945392

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE OF RIPENING CHAMBER PARTICIPATED

S.NO Name of the ripening Chamber and Name of the Opinion on proposed Address Representative place of training

1 M/s. Keventer Fresh Ltd. Mr. Dipak Roy Subhasnagar, Barasat Manager Keventer Fresh Ltd Nilgunj Bazar, Kolkata-700 121 WB

Keventer fruit ripening chamber is situated in Nilkunj Bazar, Shubhash Nagar, Barasat. The Chairman of this plant is Mr. Mahendra Kumar Jalan who started Keventer Fresh Agro in the year 1986.

Keventer is the largest organized supplier of branded bananas in the Eastern region, and sell almost 3,00,000 pieces daily. Unique ripening technology is used to ensure healthy, delicious and nutritious bananas. Keventer’s integrated facility at Barasat has a banana ripening capacity of over 50MT daily. Keventer is also actively involved in enriching farmers' lives by forming a Global Development Alliance with CII-FACE (Confederation of Indian Industry - Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence) and USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development).

After achieving Market Leader status in Kolkata, Keventer Bananas are now also available in Siliguri and its adjoining areas. Keventer is in the process of setting up Processing Centres at Durgapur and Jharkhand.

FEEDBACK FROM INSTITUTE

Dr. Jayprakash, Bandhopadhyay, Chairman (Academic) of Kingston Educational Institute expressed enthusiasm over conducting the said training program. The faculty and staff of the college were very supportive and actively involved to ensure smooth conduct of the training program which they perceived to be highly beneficial

He inspired the students to follow the details of the course and directed them to prepare individual project reports thereby announcing during the session that the finest project report shall receive financial support to set up a banana ripening chamber.

He opined that such trainings are quintessential for the youth as it prepares them to undertake an active and successful career in agriculture sector

The staff and participants were very encouraged to know about the financial assistance and in fact the chairman himself came forward to make available additional financial assistance.

FEEDBACK FROM TRAINEES

The participants were highly impressed by the Keventer fresh Ripening Chamber having state of the art modern facility The officials of Keventer Fresh showed them around the whole unit explaining in detail the Sorting, grading lines, machinery and controls, ripening chambers. The trainees found that the entire information shared very informative and majority of the participants were of the view that this skill would be useful to them in the near future.

They opined that the plant visit has enlightened and encouraged them to undertake agricultural activity as a full time business/profession. The chairman’s announcement of providing financial assistance has further encouraged them and created interest in this sector.

The training program has provided a practical hands on experience and was very helpful in understanding the operations of ripening chamber and how the Government is actively available to support the cause. The efforts made by NCCD in organizing the program at Kingston Polytechnic, were appreciated by all.

FEEDBACK FROM FACULTY

 The faculty was keen to ensure that a drive should be undertaken to make non carbide ripened fruits easily identifiable to the public at large  The faculty was very keen to spread awareness about the harmful effects of carbide and encourage people to use natural ripening.  They appreciated the efforts of the government and NCCD.  They thanked NCCD and ICE for organizing the visit to Keventer Fresh Ltd. which was an excellent learning experience for the students as well as the faculty.  They wanted the training to have a mention about the proven ways of identifying carbide ripened fruits.

PRESS NOTE

Training Program on Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening

Kingston Polytechnic College, Barasat, WB: As per the agenda of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, Agriculture is the driving force of the economy. The government is laying special emphasis on development of the agriculture sector and encouraging the citizens to come up with projects and businesses to support this sector. The Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a Two Day training program on “Capacity Building in Fruit Ripening” throughout the country. The course will be offered by Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India (Carried out by National Centre for Cold Chain development (NCCD)-the nodal government of India body for cold chain along with ICE Centre of Excellence).

The training is aimed at imparting education and awareness regarding the modern methods of Fruit Ripening, hazards of Carbide Ripened fruits and the support available from the government to set up fruit ripening chambers.

The workshop was successfully conducted in Kingston Polytechnic College, on 19th & 20th August 2015 in collaboration with Kingston Polytechnic College. The workshop was attended by the students, Faculties and the entrepreneurs and was a great learning experience for all.

The News paper cutting from “AAJKAL” dated 12th August 2015.

PREPARATION FOR THE SESSIONS

After receiving the approvals for conducting trainings from National Centre for Cold Chain Development (NCCD), we contacted Kingston Polytechnic to give wide publicity about the training program. The institute was positive and gave immense support and encouragement to ensure that the program is successful

One of the biggest ripening chambers in eastern India situated in Shubhash Nagar, Barasat having state of the art technology was contacted. They were keen to showcase their facility to the participants. Mr. S P Chaudhury, DGM of the ripening units respectively Co-ordinate effectively with the organizers to ensure participation by all concerned in the industry.

The related companies, agriculture universities and bank representatives were contacted for the lectures to be imparted during the training. They were extremely enthusiastic and to be part of the training.

AGENDA: GENERATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERPRENURIAL OPPORTUNITIES; AWARENESS ABOUT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF CARBIDE

The objective of the program was to:  Train Human resources in banana ripening technology  Educate the trainees about the harmful effects of Carbide ripened fruits  Educate the trainees in real time conditions to give them hands o experience  Promotion of standards, scientific procedures and best practices in banana ripening.  Assist in providing employment opportunities to the trained candidates through our existing network of promoters of banana ripening chambers.  Educate the potential entrepreneurs about o The financial viability of setting up a Banana ripening chamber. o The Technical standards on Banana Ripening established by Ministry of Agriculture. o New MIDH guidelines and financial assistance available o Financial assistance available from Indian Banks  Provide feedback concerning future training needs, and participate in the design of annual training activities. The prospective employers i.e.: ripening chamber owners allowed practical trainings in their facility and actively participated with the trainees, and clears the doubts of trainees during the practical session.

They have been registered in our database and will be in touch for the preparation of DPRs etc.

Actual employment generated will be monitored and reported to the NCCD

Inauguration Photos

Photos taken during Registration

View of Participants & Presentation photos

Photos Taken during Lunch

Second Day of Ripening Chamber Visit – Keventer Fresh Ltd

NCCD Banana Award Winner

Valedictory Session: Certificate Distribution